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Copy Songs from iPod?

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I've found a lot on the web about being able to manage your iPod through Ubuntu. Is it possible to take songs off the ipod onto disk in a usable form, as my song drive has crashed¹ and that's the only back up I have.

The closest question I found has the answer using gtkpod (Same with this one), but looking in the software centre reviews, that seems busted in 12.04 and I don't want to throw something buggy at my iPod.

If it makes a difference, it's an iPod classic.

¹Yes, I know I should have been taking regular back ups to either the cloud or another disk.

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answered 2 Years ago impisaso · Accepted Answer

The standard Ubuntu music player, Rhythmbox, is able to do that. Just select all the songs/artists you want to copy from your iPod and drag them to the Music tab under Library (all on the left hand side). Once it's done, you can find them in the folder that's under "music library" (edit > preferences > music). Rhythmbox also syncs. I don't use that myself but that might be even easier.