how do i transfer music from my ipod to my computer (windows 7)?

If your songs purchased from iTunes, In the Apple official company FAQ, Apple originally stated that:

Synchronization occurs only in one direction, from your computer to your iPod. This means you cannot transfer music, automatically or manually, from your iPod to a computer(only for purchased music), and you cannot use iPod to copy a music library from one computer to another.

With the release of later iTunes , Apple revised the company FAQ to note (emphasis added):

Synchronization generally occurs only in one direction, from your computer to your iPod. This means you typically cannot transfer music, automatically or manually, from your iPod to a computer, and you cannot use iPod to copy a music library from one computer to another.

An exception to this is the transfer purchases feature which allows you to restore purchased iTunes

content to your computer from your iPod. Additionally, if you legally are allowed to copy music or other media files, you can configure your iPod as a storage drive to move media files.

The higher version of iTunes allow one to use an iPod to transfer songs purchased through iTunes to as many as five authorized computers. This only works for songs purchased through iTunes, not those ripped from CDs or downloaded from other sources, which are much more common.

This restriction was designed to discourage casual music piracy, but unfortunately, this also prevents one from easily copying legally acquired music from one's own iPod to their own computer.If you need to restore a music collection lost due to a system crash or want to transfer thousands of songs to a new computer using your iPod rather than again rip hundreds of CDs, fortunately, there are a number of easy to use freeware and shareware programs that make it simple.

For MacOS X, try iMacsoft iPhone to Mac transfer. http://www.iphone-to-mac-transfer.com/

For MacOS 9, try escapePod and iProber. For Windows, try Cucusoft iPad iPhone iPod to computer transfer http://www.allmediacopy.com/how-to-transfer-ipod-p... (and Support iPhone too,For Linux, try GUIPod as well as YamiPod (which supports MacOS X, Windows, and Linux).

Hope it helps yeah!!!

Good luck

If you bought all the music from iTunes store, once you plug in your iPod to computer, iTunes will ask you transfer purchases or not. And then you can copy the purchased music from your iPod to iTunes.

This way is not work for the CD ripped music and website download music. But you can follow this step by step guide to transfer all the music from iPod to iTunes, including the non-purchases songs. It's easy to understand and works pretty well for my iPod.

http://www.freedvdripper.net/how-to-transfer-music...

Hope it helps. Contact me if you have any other question.

Many iPod users have asked this.

It won't be a problem if you use this iPod to Computer/iTunes Transfer.

It automatically transfers your iPod and iPhone music, video, photo, playlist to computer and iTunes. Backup all your music and video in a couple of clicks. Really makes music and videos sharing pretty simple and enjoyable. Wish this can help and good luck.

I think its step by step guide is most helpful.

http://iphone-to-computer.net/transfer-songs-video...

It is easy to use and you can try it now.

1.get itunes.

2.plug in ipod

Steve Jobs would roll over in his grave right now if he read this question