Start the backup

Now, it's time to copy the selected songs and videos straight into the iTunes library on your PC.

Click the "iTunes" button to start the backup.

If a message pops up stating that your iTunes settings are incorrect, please follow these instructions.

CopyTrans now shows that it is ready for backup and displays a summary of how the backup will be done.

You can just click the "Start Backup" button if you don't need any fine tuning of your iTunes import and skip the rest of the tutorial.

The "CopyTrans is ready to backup" window displays:

• The "iTunes music folder" section displays the location of your iTunes library. This is the place where the songs will be copied. You can change the location by clicking the "Browse" button.
• The "File & folder naming preview" section shows a sample of how the backed up songs will be named in the destination backup folder. You can customize the name of your files using the "Customize" button.
• The "iTunes import" section shows which personal data (ratings, play counts, date last played and playlists) will be imported into iTunes.

You can just click the "Start Backup" button if you don't need any fine tuning of your iTunes import.

Otherwise, if you wish to customize these settings, do not hesitate to use the available buttons.

The name options allow you to manage:

• the way your songs will be organized in folders and sub-folders inside your iTunes music folder.
• the information you wish to appear in the name of each song in your iTunes music folder.

Remarks:
• Folders: if you want your backed up songs to end up as a list in the backup folder (= without subfolders based on artist or album), set all three menus to blank.
• File names: these options will only concern the files and folders names if your iTunes music folder and not the way your songs will appear in iTunes.

Even more flexible names options are available for the most advanced users among you. Just click "Advanced".

Regarding the personal data that you wish to import from your iPod to iTunes, CopyTrans offers, once again, all the desired versatility.

As its name implies, the "Skip playlists duplicates" option either allows you to avoid having songs appear several times in a playlist or it imports a playlist exactly the way you created it, including with several occurrences of the same songs if that's what you wished.

Adding a prefix to your playlists can be very useful if you wish, for example, to date your playlists (e.g. 11-10-2007 Rock, 11-10-2007 Jazz) or assign them to a user (e.g.: David Jazz, Michael Jazz, etc).

Once you click

CopyTrans launches the backup and starts by copying your iPod to your computer.

Once the copy is complete, CopyTrans automatically ejects your iPod. If it's not able to do it automatically, it will ask you to physically unplug it from your computer.

Make sure to do so.

CopyTrans starts importing your iPod songs, playlists and other personal data to iTunes.

Once the backup is complete, the summary shows you all the details of the backup.

Note: the previously copied or imported files are the ones that were already on your computer or in iTunes before the backup and that CopyTrans did not copy or import a second time in order to avoid duplicates.

Click "Finish" and Voilà! Your iTunes library has been successfully rebuilt with your songs, videos and personal data such as your playlists, ratings, etc!

If errors occurred during the copy of your iPod songs to your computer or during the import of your iPod songs into iTunes, please contact our dedicated support team which will be happy to troubleshoot the problem with you at copytrans@copytrans.net.

If you receive a message from iTunes stating that your iPod is linked to another library and asking if you wish to synchronize its contents with the ones of your library, you can go ahead if your iPod backup with CopyTrans was successful and if all your iPod data have been properly imported into iTunes.