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Importing playlists from iPod into iTunes?
violet_creme
19-06-2011
Help!

I've had a total computer crash and re-format and needed to start from scratch again with everything and I thought it would be easy just to plug in my iPod and sync it with iTunes to get my music and playlists back but appparently....NOT!

Spent all of yesterday searching for answers and managed to watch a YouTube video and get my music into iTunes and although I can see the playlist xml file and if I drag it into the left hand pane of itunes all the playlists are there in a ghostly fashion, I cannot actually import the playlists whatsoever, have tried everything including downloading third party software (Gizmorip) which seems to offer no way of doing it.

All I want is my playlists back, such a simple thing and I am stumped.

Anyone got any ideas? Is it really simple and I'm just being dense?
Matchu
20-06-2011
Plug your iPod in and open iTunes. Under devices, should be all your playlists. Right click on one, then hit "export". You'll be saving it as a text file. Repeat as necessary. Then in iTunes, File -> Library -> Import Playlist. Use all the text files you just saved and all your playlists should be now in iTunes.
violet_creme
20-06-2011
Originally Posted by Matchu:
“Plug your iPod in and open iTunes. Under devices, should be all your playlists. Right click on one, then hit "export". You'll be saving it as a text file. Repeat as necessary. Then in iTunes, File -> Library -> Import Playlist. Use all the text files you just saved and all your playlists should be now in iTunes.”

Aha! I knew there must be an easy way...thank you SO much, you've saved my sanity!
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