Copy your iPod files to your Mac!

Found a video on CNET TV (http://www.cnettv.com) that made me seem very smart. W00t!

da ron files brings to you again, The "How to move songs of your iPod" guide.

NOTE: this guide only works on a Mac. Buzz off, Windows Users.

Step 1: Connect your iPod to your Mac
Step 2: Enable Disk Use on your iPod by going to iTunes.
Step 3: go to Application\Utilities\Terminal or Go\Utilities\Terminal (Go is found on the taskbar.)
Step 4: type the following into Terminal:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE

Step 5: press Enter and then type the following line of code.

killall Finder

Step 6: Press Enter, and MINIMIZE (if necessary) BUT DON'T CLOSE YET.
Step 7: press F11, double-click on your iPod, open "iPod_Control"
Step 8: Drag & drop the "Music" folder to your DESKTOP.

Beware: You may need more Hard Drive Space. Please make sure you have enough hard drive space on your Mac.

Step 9: Rename the Music folder and move to your Hard drive.
Step 10: In iTunes, Click on "Preferences\Advanced" and check the first 2 checkboxes from the top. (they're too long, i'm not typing out.)
Step 11: You can use Automator to do this or do it manually. I don't know how to use Automator, so I just drag & drop all the tracks from each of the files manually. just Select all and then drag. don't bother doing one by one. the files names are all 4-digit numerics-alphabetical combinations.
Step 12: Delete the file you copied form the iPod. DON'T DELETE ANYTHING ON THE iPOD! You
ll CRY!.
Step 13: go back to the Terminal window you launched. Type the following:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE

(then press enter, and then continue):

killall Finder

Step 14: Press Enter and exit. Congrats! all your music has been liberated! to get the music tracks, go to Music \ iTunes and browse yourself. the ID3 tag should be fixed after the transfer. if not, then you're screwed.

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Note: da ron files is not responsible for any iPods which spoil as a result of following he following steps.)
BTW: the above steps CAN work on BOTH Windows-formatted (FAT32) and Macintosh-formatted (HFS) iPods. But they will not work in Windows OS. Only Macintosh OS.