iPod transfer troubles

[msommers]

I'm trying to get music off my friend's iPod. Thing is, the music she has on there now is from a mac which she doesn't have access too anymore. I'm on a PC and it tries to reformat it when I try to explore the iPod in explorer. Is there anyway around this like a program, or because they are different formats we're fucked?

I have an external HDD which I could load the music onto if I knew how to get the music from a MAC, but I'm only familiar how to get music from the iPod using a PC using this (http://www.mydigitallife.info/2006/07/16/copy-or-transfer-music-and-songs-from-ipod-to-pc-and-computer-without-itunes/) method.

[Dumbass17]

try winamp pro
you can copy from the device

or copypod, i believe it has a built in convertor with options

[j3vuong]

I've used Pod to PC, which also makes pod to mac.
It was super simple to use and best of all... free

dl it here
http://www.podtomac.com/release/PodtoMac_New3.zip

[nich148_9]

If the iPod is formatted for OS X, the disk is formatted in a way that Windows can't read, so you won't be able to get it through Explorer.

Read this thread (http://macosx.com/forums/howto-faqs/287277-howto-make-windows-see-hfs-formatted-drives.html) for ways to read HFS(+) drives with Windows. Then you should be able to go in there, grab the music folder and add it to your iTunes library with all the tags preserved.

[jhmed]

What about getting a LiveCD of Ubuntu and copying the music off of it that way?

OS-X uses the HFS+ file system, and the Ubuntu kernel does support it, just make sure it's based off of Kernel 2.6.18 or above...

[msommers]

Thanks for the suggestions guys! I was able to get it to work by downloading a program called MacDrive, which let me explore the iPod device and get into the iPod Controls folder where the music is located. Thanks again though, muchly appreciated beyonders :)