[BillCKing]

My iTunes Library is corrupted. There is no way for me to get music back from the computer.

I did the search. I tried Senuti, YamiPod. Neither of them will restore ratings.

I tried iPod Rip, but this software won't read from an iPod that is synced to a PC.

I also tried CopyTrans, it works decently on a PC and CAN restore all of the music from iPod WITH RATINGS. But I had a hard time getting the music from PC to my Mac.

It would be really nice if someone could tell me a way to restore the entire library from my iPod with ratings, preferably with as much information as possible. I do have access to a PC and I would like it to be restored on a Mac.

iPod Classic 80G, Songs 10833, Version 1.1.2 PC (I synced this with a PC)

Many thanks in advance.

[seanc]

Where did you struggle with getting the music from one computer to another?

[BillCKing]

I can transfer music from computer to computer. However, the music information doesn't stay, meaning my music will lost all of its ratings and play counts if I do the transfer in a simple manner by just copying the music files.

[seanc]

Copy the iTunes library files over.

On the PC they're

[codex]C:\Documents and Settings\YourUserHere\My Documents\My Music\iTunes
iTunes Library.itl
iTunes Music Library.xml[/codex]


You may have to chage the music location sting in the xml file but it may just work without it.

[BillCKing]

Originally Posted by seanc 

Copy the iTunes library files over.

On the PC they're

[codex]CDocuments and Settings\YourUserHere\My Documents\My Music\iTunes
iTunes Library.itl
iTunes Music Library.xml[/codex]


You may have to chage the music location sting in the xml file but it may just work without it.

I tried. But the music location string in the xml file will be changed back to its original every time I open iTunes. It seems that those information are all in the .itl file, and iTunes has a default preference on this file over the xml one.