extracting .mp3 files from IBM platform IPod

prim88 · prim88 #1 (**permalink**)

11-11-2009, 04:51 PM

I need help! Recently my Mac based IPod broke and I purchased a used IBM based IPod. It is a 160 GB unit and the previous owner had loaded upwards to 75 GB of songs on it. What I need to know is, how do I extract the .mp3s and videos and put them on my desktop mac, so that I can reformat the unit in the mac format. My Desktop Mac is a G4 running MAC OS 10.4.11

Kash · Kash #2 (**permalink**)

11-11-2009, 05:01 PM

For starters, it's not "IBM based," it's a Windows formatted iPod. Second, if you didn't pay for that music, then extracting it would be illegal. Since you mentioned that it came preloaded from the previous owner, it's safe to assume that you did not pay for the music and as such, we cannot help you engage in illegal conduct here at Mac-Forums.

cwa107 · cwa107 #3 (**permalink**)

11-11-2009, 05:04 PM

You don't, because that would be content theft. And we don't permit discussion of illegal activity on these forums.

prim88 · prim88 #4 (**permalink**)

11-12-2009, 12:38 PM

I should have stated in my request that the one option that it gave me was to transfer purchased songs from the IPod to my ITunes, there was none, so I believe all the music on it was loaded through cds, so is this disimilar from purchasing used cd's, I don't think so. So I should be entitled to transfer them from my IPod to ITunes.

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I need help! Recently my Mac based IPod broke and I purchased a used IBM based IPod. It is a 160 GB unit and the previous owner had loaded upwards to 75 GB of songs on it. What I need to know is, how do I extract the .mp3s and videos and put them on my desktop mac, so that I can reformat the unit in the mac format. My Desktop Mac is a G4 running MAC OS 10.4.11

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prim88 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 11, 2009 Posts: 4	11-11-2009, 04:51 PM I need help! Recently my Mac based IPod broke and I purchased a used IBM based IPod. It is a 160 GB unit and the previous owner had loaded upwards to 75 GB of songs on it. What I need to know is, how do I extract the .mp3s and videos and put them on my desktop mac, so that I can reformat the unit in the mac format. My Desktop Mac is a G4 running MAC OS 10.4.11

Kash #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 03, 2006 Location: Irvine, CA Posts: 9,385 Mac Specs: Black Macbook C2D 2GHz 3GB RAM 250GB HD iPhone 4 iPad 3G	11-11-2009, 05:01 PM For starters, it's not "IBM based," it's a Windows formatted iPod. Second, if you didn't pay for that music, then extracting it would be illegal. Since you mentioned that it came preloaded from the previous owner, it's safe to assume that you did not pay for the music and as such, we cannot help you engage in illegal conduct here at Mac-Forums. June 2007 July 2009

prim88 #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 11, 2009 Posts: 4	11-12-2009, 12:38 PM I should have stated in my request that the one option that it gave me was to transfer purchased songs from the IPod to my ITunes, there was none, so I believe all the music on it was loaded through cds, so is this disimilar from purchasing used cd's, I don't think so. So I should be entitled to transfer them from my IPod to ITunes. original post: I need help! Recently my Mac based IPod broke and I purchased a used IBM based IPod. It is a 160 GB unit and the previous owner had loaded upwards to 75 GB of songs on it. What I need to know is, how do I extract the .mp3s and videos and put them on my desktop mac, so that I can reformat the unit in the mac format. My Desktop Mac is a G4 running MAC OS 10.4.11

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