How do I download music to my iPod? How to download music to iPod

If you are a lucky owner of Apple's branded player, you may have a question about how to download music to your iPod. We will try to solve it now.

What are the options?

To begin with, the way you download music to your iPod and mp3 player is different
Companies are significantly different. On other music players, you can transfer music using Windows Explorer, like regular files to a removable drive. However, the question "how to record music on iPod" is a little more complicated. After all, you can not habitually drag and drop audio files into a music folder on the player, this requires the use of the free iTunes program, which is also developed by Apple.

Probably, in the beginning this method will seem unexpectedly complex to you, but here all the details are taken into account, and the work with the program is convenient and pleasant. Note that the question of how to drop music on iPod has similar solutions, regardless of which player model (touch, nano or shuffle) you are using.

About the process of installing the program

We already found out that there is a program iTunes. It will help us understand the
How to download music to iPod. This application can be downloaded on the official website of Apple. Then install the program.

Operations for downloading music are made thanks to this software solution, also there is a radio, in it you will find absolutely all genres that exist in the music world. After the installation is completed, launch the application and you will end up in an endless world of entertainment and recreation.

Upload music to your iPod: add music to your library

To add music to the library, go to "File", then "Add file (or folder) to the library". After that, you need to find and select the music you need . The process of adding music files is displayed on the display in a special status window.

We already did everything we needed, but the question of how to download music on iPod has its own nuances, we'll discuss them below. Thanks to the above-described actions in your iTunes library, the necessary music files will appear, they can be listened to, and can easily be transferred to the iPod device.

How to download music to iPod: the synchronization process

If you need to keep the music library organized all the time, you should
Go to the menu item "Edit", then go to "Settings", after that open "Add-ons" and, finally, start "Basic". Confirm by ticking the item that suggests copying to iTunes Music while adding music files to the library.

After that, you need to connect the player to the computer using the USB port and install it in iTunes. In the "Music" section, select the item called "Synchronize music", then click "Apply". Thus, your favorite pieces will automatically be recorded on the iPod. If the format of a particular file that you put into the program is not currently supported by the iPod, iTunes will prompt you to automatically convert it to a compatible one.

The synchronization takes approximately 5-10 minutes. You can choose the music materials in the library that you want to put on the iPod - all at once (if the amount of memory and player status allows), or several or even one of your playlists.

Note that after the music recording on the player is finished, the message in the already mentioned status window will appear on the display indicating that the synchronization with the iPod is complete.

How to delete music files?

To clear the player from music files, you need to open the "Music" folder in the music library, then start deleting songs you do not need. Open your device in iTunes and select "Music", then click the sync button. After you create your own music library, you can disconnect iPod from your PC and enjoy the sound.

Nuances

If you downloaded music on the iPod outside your home, for example, in a service center, and after that you wanted to add your own music files to your device already on your computer, all the music that was downloaded from another PC will be deleted, the material you selected will be replaced.

After the work with the device is completed, it must be correctly extracted. To do this, click on the "Extract device" function next to the iPod and wait until the safe shutdown is completed.

Do not connect your iPod to another person's computer if iTunes is installed on this PC. In case of extreme necessity of connection, for example, to share information from the player as from a removable drive, you should disable automatic synchronization with iTunes. To do this, go to the "Edit" menu and select "Settings".

Next, visit the "Devices" section, in order to tick off the item about preventing automatic synchronization of branded devices. After completing these steps, click "OK".

Bypassing iTunes

Next, we'll look at how music downloads to an iPod without iTunes, by virtue of
Its special popularity, however we recommend using only official software.

PwnTunes is an application that is suitable for anyone who does not want to be reconciled with the official iTunes solution. On i-devices there is a file system that is hidden from prying eyes, its contents are encoded, instead of file names, vague combinations of letters are displayed. Uploading music to a personal computer is problematic.

It is completely impossible to write information without iTunes to the device, because when you connect a USB device to a computer, the user in the Explorer sees only the folder with the photos that were made by the camera of the device. The PwnTunes application modifies the folders so that the user in the explorer gets access to several additional folders.

• My Music. In this section, you can record music for the i-device, in this directory, music files are automatically converted, and then go to your library.
• ITunes Music. From this section, you can transfer your music library to your computer from the player, while retaining the familiar file names.
• Misc. You can use this folder as a repository for any file, also transfer files from here. In other words, the i-device becomes a flash drive.

Now you know how to download music to iPod.