How to Transfer iPod Songs and Videos to Mac with Senuti
Senuti is a useful Mac application for transferring songs, playlists, or videos from your iPod back to your computer. In the event that you lost your iTunes library or you got a new Mac and want to move songs from ipod to itunes Mac. Below is the step by step tutorial about how to use Senuti to transfer your iPod songs to Mac.
1. Free download Senuti.
Note: The lastest version of Senuti is no longer free and cost $18. If you are looking for a free app that does the same thing, check out FreeSync.
2. Install Senuti. Drag the Seunti application to your Applications Folder. Drag Senuti into your dock or save a copy on your desktop if you wish. Eject the Senuti disk image and clear your download folder.
3. Make sure you have iTunes. Plug your iPod into your computer.
4. In the iPod settings window in iTunes, set your iPod to "Manually manage music and videos" in iTunes.
5. Open Senuti. Songs with a note or dot next to them are already in iTunes. However if you changed song information separately in your iTunes library or your iPod, it will think the same song is two different ones.
6. Go to "Preferences" and then "Copying" in Senuti. Choose the iTunes Music Folder as the "Save Location" for copied music. Otherwise two copies will be created of each song. (This will take up unnecessary hard drive space.)
7. Highlight songs (hold down the Command key/shift and click on them or press Command key-A to highlight everything) and drag them to the text "iTunes". You can also drag and drop playlists from your iPod into "iTunes".
8. Make sure all the songs look normal and that there are no double copies.
This is how to transfer iPod Songs to Mac with Senuti. Seeking for an easier way to backup iPod songs other than move songs from ipod senuti? SyncPod is your best choice.
SyncPod (Click Here to get it) is a Mac application that not only transfers iPod songs, videos and movies like Senuti from iPod to Mac (Snow Leopard, Lion included), but also offering more features and functions for Mac users: sync Mac items to iPod without open iTunes, convert and transfer DVD movies and videos to iPod. Detailed information in the user guide of SyncPod.See below:
1. Separate playlist for music and movies, you can add, edit your playlist conveniently. Senuti have music and movies in the same category: Library, making it a little bit troublesome to find the movies or songs you would like to transfer to Mac or iTunes.
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2. When you connect two iPods or both iPod and iPhone simultaneously to Mac. SyncPod allows you to organize two iPods at the same time, making the process of sharing music and videos between iPods as easy as a few clicks.
3. SyncPod also supports you to transfer photos, audio books, playlists, TV shows, e-books, audio books to Mac while Senuti only supports songs and videos.
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