Wondering How to Transfer The Songs from Your iPod to Your New Computer?

For 4 years now, I have been frustrated that I had thousands of songs on my iPod, and no way to transfer them on my lap top. The original song files were located on my family's desktop which crashed some time ago, and as far as I knew there was no possible way to get those songs on to a new computer because of the limitations Apple placed on the device. My friends and I were talking the other day, and someone brought up there was indeed a way to get the songs back, but didn't exactly know how. Since I had alot of free time today (on this boring Spring Break) I did some research and was thrilled to find several online tutorials on how to transfer songs, and relatively simply. Here is a step-by-step process, just incase you, or someone you know may be stuck in the same predicament.

1) Download "Senuti" a program designed for exactly the problems of transferring songs between PCs - Download Senuti

2) Once the program is downloaded, it will ask you to plug in the iPod to your computer, but maybe sure you disable automatic syncing. Plugging in your iPod will automatically open iTunes, but you can do this in your iTunes preferences.

3) Leave your iPod connected, and a list of all of you music files will appear in Senuti as a list. When you click on the song, choose the green arrow that says "Transfer" at the top left of the window.

4) A window will open asking if you would like to copy the files to your computer only, or add to your iTunes. By choosing "add to iTunes" the file is saved on your computer, and additionally added to your music library.

5) You can pick and choose each song manually, and a blue circle to the left of the song file indicates that it already exists in your iTunes library.

Unfortunately, there is no "Select all" option, and with the trial version you can only transfer 1000 songs before having to purchase the program. Also, keep in mind there is a different process for both the iTouch and iPhone, but tutorials are available online as well. Lucky for me, my iPod is ancient (30G color screen from 2008) and it was super easy.

Here is a sample of a tutorial I found. Hope this helps!