Almost anybody is able to transfer music to iPod with ease, but to add music from iPod to computer is a different matter.

You can simply automatically or manually synchronize your music library from your computer with your iPod to copy the files from PC to iPod, but to transfer back the files the other way around is no easy process.

Perhaps, Apply intended for this to happen to lessen the possibility of piracy and abuse. After all there are plenty of music companies using Apple’s iTunes program, so Apple naturally will find ways and means to protect them. If the feature that lets you add music from iPod to computer is readily accessible, people may tend to abuse that certain feature.

Then again, adding music to your computer from iPod is not entirely impossible. Apple understands that there are honest individuals who would like to activate this feature for the purpose of recovering their files in the event something happens to their iPod.

Before music can be added back from iPod to computer, you must make the music folder in your iPod visible. This can be tricky because normally the music folder is hidden and cannot be accessed easily.

You will need a software called TinkerTool in order to find the hidden files if you are using Mac. The software can be downloaded from the internet and when you have done that already, plug in your iPod to your computer and then launch iTunes. If iTunes asks you if you would like to replace your iPod’s contents with songs from the iTunes library, just say no. Instead, look for the iPod icon from the source list and click on the Manually Manage Songs and Playlists and Disk Use options. Launch TinkerTool and click on the Finder Tab to see hidden files. The Relaunch Finder should be clicked then, while the iPod’s icon on your desktop should be double clicked. Inside this folder are several other folders, and one of these is the music folder. Now, drag this to your desktop and copy the files from your iPod.

If you are using Windows applications, plug your iPod, launch iTunes, select the iPod icon from the iTunes source list, and enable the Manually Manage Songs and Playlist option and the Disk Use option. Next, double click My Computer and look for the iPod icon; click it. Go to Tools Menu and click Folder Options and then View Tab. When you see the Hidden Files and Folders option, enable the Show Hidden Files and Folders option and click Apply. Now, double click your iPod folder on your desktop, double click the iPod control folder and drag the music folder back to your desktop in order to add music from iPod to computer.

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