Transferring Purchased Songs

• 1). Authorize your MacBook for iTunes purchases by opening iTunes. Click on the "Store" menu at the top and select "Authorize Computer."
  
  
• 2). Enter your Apple ID and password in the pop-up box when prompted. If you have more than four computers already authorized to play your iTunes purchases, you must first de-authorize another computer.
  
  
• 3). Select "File" from the iTunes menu. Select "Transfer Purchases from iPod," which shows up under "Sync iPod" and above "Page Setup..." It may include your iPod's name.
  
  

Transferring iPod Library to Empty MacBook iTunes

• 1). Plug in your iPod to your computer. When the iPod appears in the source list on the left-hand side of iTunes, click on it and select the "Summary" tab.
  
  
• 2). Look under Options and click "Enable disk use." This allows you to see your iPod as a disk and copy material from it to your MacBook, rather than letting your iTunes do all the work without your input.
  
  
• 3). On your MacBook's menu bar, open the Finder. It should appear as a folder. Click on your iPod from the Devices menu on the left-hand side.
  
  
• 4). Open Macintosh Hard Drive on your desktop. Open Applications, then Utilities, then Terminal. This will allow you to find hidden folders on your iPod so you can control the transferring of your music.
  
  
• 5). Type or copy and paste the following into the box that appears:
  
  defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
  
  Hit Enter and type:
  
  killall Finder
  
  Hit Enter again. Don't worry about the extraneous text that automatically appears in the box, such as your name. Leave the window open.
  
  
• 6). Return to your iPod in the Finder. Now, you should see a new folder called iPod_Control. Open it.
  
  
• 7). Drag the Music folder onto your desktop. Wait for it to copy the music to your desktop.
  
  
• 8). Drag the folder on your desktop to your hard drive.
  
  
• 9). Return to iTunes. From the menu, select iTunes. Click on "Preferences," then "Advanced," which is on the far right-hand side of the Preferences pop-up.
  
  
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  Check the boxes "Keep iTunes Music folder organized" and "Copy files to iTunes Music folder when adding to library," if they are not already checked. Hit OK to finish.
  
  
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  Return to the Finder and open your hard drive. Select the music folder that contains your newly copied iPod music. Open a subfolder, which will probably have a strange name, such as F01, and drag the files inside to your iTunes. Although the files also have strange names, they should copy the artist names, song names and other information accurately, according to Brendon Chase at Apple Source. Continue to drag files from every subfolder.
  
  
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  Delete the music folder from your hard drive after all of your songs are copied into iTunes. Return to the Terminal and type the following:
  
  defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE
  
  Hit Enter, then type:
  
  killall Finder
  
  Hit Enter and close.