Nov
3
From About.com BY Sam Costello
IPodCopy is one of the many programs available to help users copy or backup the contents of their iPods to a new computer.
This is especially useful because Apple ties every iPod to a single iTunes library. They do this as protection against unauthorized file sharing, but it also interferes with moving your iPod library to a new PC or making a backup in case your hard drive crashes.
Unfortunately, iPodCopy does not offer as smooth a copying process as some of its competitors.
IPodCopy works much like its competitors: you install the software, configure iTunes, and connect your iPod. IPodCopy then scans the iPod, displays them it in a browser, and lets you copy individuals items or all of the iPod’s contents to either iTunes or a computer, as a backup (read a how-to).
This, though, is one of iPodCopy’s shortcomings: There’s no one-touch button to transfer all the contents of the iPod, meaning that you need to transfer songs, movies, playlists, etc. individually. While this isn’t a major drawback, it does cause the transfer process to take more clicks to complete.
In a nice touch, though, iPodCopy includes specific utilities to transfer pictures, games, notes, calendar items, and address book entries from the iPod to the new machine (some of these features are available in the Windows version only).
The transfer process was not as quick using iPodCopy as other programs. My 6433 songs took about 3 hours to transfer; they took about 95 minutes to transfer using CopyPod.