How to Copy Music to a Mac From an iPhone or iPod Touch for Free

Senuti is iTunes Backwards

The iPhone/iTunes combo is usually a one-way street. You can put the tunes on but you can't get them off. What happens if your hard drive dies? Your music is forever trapped on your iPhone or iPod Touch. Of course, there is free software available to help you out.

The new format of the iPhone and iPod Touch makes it a little more difficult to just mount the device as a hard drive and extract the music from there. The latest version of Senuti (iTunes backwards) allows you to move your tunes the other way from the iPhone to your Apple computer.

Things You'll Need

• iPhone or iPod Touch
• Apple Macintosh Computer running Mac OS X
• Senuti 0.50.2b7 (free download)

Instructions

How to Download and Install Senuti

1. Go to the Senuti site to download the latest version of Senuti 0.50.2b7 or higher (see link in Resources below).

   Version 0.50.2b7 is a beta version of Senuti. Make sure you download this one or the next highest version when it becomes available.

2. Double-click the Senuti.dmg you just downloaded.

3. Double-click the Senuti disk image. It should be on your desktop.

4. 

   Drag the Senuti icon to the Applications folder shortcut beneath it. This will install the program.

5. 

   Launch Senuti. It should be in your Applications folder. This will launch the Senuti Setup Assistant, which only happens the first time you launch the program.

6. 

   Click "Continue" on the Senuti Setup Assistant until you get to the screen that asks you where you want your tunes placed when they're transferred.

7. 

   Select "iTunes Music Folder" in the "Copy Location" drop-down box in the Senuti Setup Assistant.

8. 

   Click the checkbox next to "Automatically add songs to iTunes" if you want Senuti to automatically add your music to iTunes when you launch Senuti.

9. Hit the "Continue" button until the Setup Assistant finishes setting up Senuti.

How to Transfer Your Music From Your iPhone or iPod Touch

1. Plug in your iPhone or iPod Touch.

2. Launch iTunes.

3. 

   Go to your iPhone/iPod Touch and make sure you don't have it set on "Automatically sync when this iPhone is connected."

   The verbiage for the iPod Touch will vary slightly. Just make sure you don't have iTunes set up to automatically sync.

4. Close iTunes.

5. Launch Senuti.

6. 

   Select the songs on your iPhone or iPod Touch that you want to transfer. The blue dot next to a song indicates that it's already in your iTunes library.

7. 

   Click the"Transfer" button. If you've opted to automatically add the music to iTunes, this step is not necessary.

Tips & Warnings

• This is a Mac-only solution. For Windows PCs you'll have to jailbreak your iPhone or iPod Touch and use an FTP program to transfer the music to your computer.

• Senuti will not transfer songs that already exist in your iTunes Library.

Resources

• Senuti