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[hackthis_archive]

I am considering procuring a 20GB iPod in the immediate future, however, as someone who doesn't have a particular fast connection at home, and doesn't have an Apple interface at all, I am rather skittish about the entire business, and so I turn to you lot. Tell me everything you think I should know.*

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*I have also been told that once you set up one computer as your base, you can't use other computers to upload your music without losing all the contents of your iPod. I have also been told there is a way around this. Educate me kids, because my base will not be a consistent thing, like, ever.

ETA: Thank you, all of you, for your assistance!

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[amberlynne.livejournal.com]

I have also been told that once you set up one computer as your base, you can't use other computers to upload your music without losing all the contents of your iPod. I have also been told there is a way around this. Educate me kids.

There is software that will download music from your iPod to your harddrive but I don't have the link here at work. It is kind of a pain in the ass if you have a lot of music because it takes forever, but it's nice to be able to back it up or change computers.

[amberlynne.livejournal.com]

This (http://www.kennettnet.co.uk/software/podutil.php) is the software I use. :)

[twistingflame.livejournal.com]

Step one: go to VersionTracker (http://www.versiontracker.com)
Step two: search in your respective os for "ipod"
Step three: find program in search results that describes itself as one for transferring music from your iPod to your computer and download it
Step four: use

Funny thing really. When I transferred computers I lost all my music, and the guy at the apple store told me to use versiontracker to find a program to get it back. I have mac osx, used XPod, and everything worked perfectly.