Need a free program to back up iPod touch

sean555

I have just got a new laptop, i have loads of music on my ipod touch but im worried it will be erased if it syncs with the new machine, is there a free program i can use, i have had a search but cant find any that dont require a payment

googler

iTunes SHOULD prompt you before auto-syncing an iPod which hasn't been synced already with the iTunes library you have.

Do you still have the old laptop available to copy the library to the new?

The_Grandmaster

googler is correct but if you want to be extra careful, apparently opening Edit - Preferences, prevents autosyncing occuring - or so I have read on the mac forum.

witchypoo

Can you back up your iTunes library and put it on the laptop? I've not tried before but would like to know too. I've seen there's an option to 'burn disc' and when you select it you can choose what type of disc to create.

Before you connect iPod, see if you can set iTunes up how you want it.

bat999

@ sean555
To back up the files from your iPod onto your new computer hard drive you can use an iPod manager such as Sharepod.
From here:-http://www.getsharepod.com/

googler

If I were using the back up programs like Sharepod, I'd back up the library FROM the iPod BEFORE installing iTunes on the PC being used.

iTunes will only let you change the auto-sync option once the iPod is connected - and once you connect it, iTunes may well try and sync the empty library to it before you get a chance to change any options.

If iTunes isn't installed yet, backup the iPod before you install it. If it is installed already (with an empty library), I'd uninstall it, backup the iPod library, then install iTunes and load the backup library to iTunes.