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Yes I know there are a number of very good third party apps that will do this for you. In fact, if you're a Unix newb, by all means use one ([http://thelittleappfactory.com/irip/ iRip] is excellent)

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−	~~I will preface this by saying that the purpose of this is '''NOT''' to pirate music!! I '''DO NOT''' condone such behaviour!~~

−	I have often wanted to restore my music from my iPod after I have blown away the OS. Yes I know there are a number of very good third party apps that will do this for you. In fact, if you're a Unix newb, by all means use one ([http://thelittleappfactory.com/irip/ iRip] is excellent). But if all you want to do is copy all the music off your iPod, onto your Mac, here's how to do it!
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−	~~1. Plug in your iPod.~~
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−	~~2. Fire up either the Terminal or X11 apps.~~
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−	~~3. From the command line, copy all the music off the iPod~~
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−	~~cp -r /Volumes/My\ iPod/iPod_Control/Music ~/Desktop/~~
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−	~~Once this is completed, there will be a hidden directory on your Desktop called Music, i.e. you won't be able to see it there! If you do an ls -la on the command line, you'll get:~~
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−	~~bash-3.2$ ls -la ~/Desktop/~~
−	~~total 2167792~~
−	~~drwx------@ 10 peter staff 340 Oct 14 11:04 .~~
−	~~drwxr-xr-x+ 18 peter staff 612 Oct 14 10:32 ..~~
−	~~drwxr-xr-x@ 32 peter staff 1088 Oct 14 11:26 Music~~
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−	~~The '''@''' at the end of the directory permissions is an extended attribute that is hiding the directory and for that matter all the directories in it.~~
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−	~~4. On the command line, use the '''xattr''' command to remove the extended attribute '''com.apple.FinderInfo''' recursively.~~
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−	~~xattr -dr com.apple.FinderInfo Music/~~
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−	~~Now the Music directory should appear on the Desktop.~~
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−	~~5. In iTunes, go to the '''File''' menu and choose '''Add to Library...'''. Choose to the Music directory on the Dekstop and click '''Open'''.~~
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−	~~iTunes will now import all your music from the iPod and organise it for you!~~
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−	~~6. Clean up! Delete the Music directory and it's contents on your Desktop, as you now have two copies of your music.~~

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    drwxr-xr-x@ 32 peter  staff       1088 Oct 14 11:26 Music

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	iTunes will now import all your music from the iPod and organise it for you!		iTunes will now import all your music from the iPod and organise it for you!
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		+	6. Clean up! Delete the Music directory and it's contents on your Desktop, as you now have two copies of your music.

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 I will preface this by saying that the purpose of this is '''NOT''' to pirate music!!  I '''DO NOT''' condone such behaviour!
-I have often wanted to copy the music off my iPod on to another computer, for instance my work machine, so I don't always have to have my iPod taking up a valuable USB port, or to restore it after I have blown away the OS.  Yes I know there are a number of very good third party apps that will do this for you.  In fact, if you're a Unix newb, by all means use one ([http://thelittleappfactory.com/irip/ iRip] is excellent).  But if all you want to do is copy all the music off your iPod, onto your Mac, here's how to do it!
+I have often wanted to restore my music from my iPod after I have blown away the OS.  Yes I know there are a number of very good third party apps that will do this for you.  In fact, if you're a Unix newb, by all means use one ([http://thelittleappfactory.com/irip/ iRip] is excellent).  But if all you want to do is copy all the music off your iPod, onto your Mac, here's how to do it!
 . Plug in your iPod.
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 The '''@''' at the end of the directory permissions is an extended attribute that is hiding the directory and for that matter all the directories in it.

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−	Yes I know there are a number of very good third party apps that will do this for you. In fact, if you're a Unix newb, by all means use one ([http://thelittleappfactory.com/irip/ iRip] is excellent)	+	I will preface this by saying that the purpose of this is '''NOT''' to pirate music!! I '''DO NOT''' condone such behaviour!
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		+	I have often wanted to copy the music off my iPod on to another computer, for instance my work machine, so I don't always have to have my iPod taking up a valuable USB port, or to restore it after I have blown away the OS. Yes I know there are a number of very good third party apps that will do this for you. In fact, if you're a Unix newb, by all means use one ([http://thelittleappfactory.com/irip/ iRip] is excellent). But if all you want to do is copy all the music off your iPod, onto your Mac, here's how to do it!
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		+	1. Plug in your iPod.
		+
		+	2. Fire up either the Terminal or X11 apps.
		+
		+	3. From the command line, copy all the music off the iPod
		+
		+	cp -r /Volumes/My\ iPod/iPod_Control/Music ~/Desktop/
		+
		+	Once this is completed, there will be a hidden directory on your Desktop called Music, i.e. you won't be able to see it there! If you do an ls -la on the command line, you'll get:
		+
		+	bash-3.2$ ls -la ~/Desktop/
		+	total 2167792
		+	drwx------@ 10 peter staff 340 Oct 14 11:04 .
		+	drwxr-xr-x+ 18 peter staff 612 Oct 14 10:32 ..
		+	-rw-------@ 1 peter staff 6148 Oct 14 10:50 .DS_Store
		+	drwxr-xr-x@ 32 peter staff 1088 Oct 14 11:26 Music
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		+	The '''@''' at the end of the directory permissions is an extended attribute that is hiding the directory and for that matter all the directories in it.