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| PD+Rescue for iPod Win/Mac | 
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Category: Software
Buy New: $29.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  30 reviews
Sales Rank: 278
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Mac Os X, Windows Xp, Windows Vista
Media: CD-ROM
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 9.6 x 7.9 x 1.7
MPN: 1011
Model: 001011
UPC: 852572001011
EAN: 0852572001011
ASIN: B000BNGI7K
Release Date: September 13, 2005
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Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews:
 Excellent! July 19, 2007
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
This software was excellent and very easy to use. I had all of my music in iTunes, but then my computer crashed, so I lost all of it. Then when I installed this software, I was able to transfer all of my music from the iPod back into the computer, as a backup. Highly recommended for anyone who buys an iPod!
 Pretty much does what it claims to March 21, 2007
7 out of 10 found this review helpful
What can I say it worked. The user interface was slightly confusing but not really that bad. ;)
 Requires additional software to fully work December 3, 2006
17 out of 19 found this review helpful
This product is easy to use and works as advertised to backup your ipod. So why did I give it only 3 stars? Because a major disclosure is lacking.
One of the reasons for buying this software is to move music on an ipod used with computer #1 (like a home computer) to computer #2(like a work computer). Suppose computer #1 is a Mac, and computer #2 is a PC. Can you
use this software to backup your music on the Mac onto the PC? Yes--but only if you purchase additional software that lets Windows recognize Mac files. Tastybites suggests MacDrive 6, which works fine (it lists for $50, but is $25 on Amazon).
But when I bought PD+Rescue, I had no idea that I would have to buy more software for getting music from a Mac to a PC--not because I didn't know that Windows cannot recognize Mac files, but because I thought that PD+Rescue was designed to deal with that problem. It isn't, which I found annoying since transferring songs from a Mac to a PC is not something unexpected.
Now for some positive news. Although PD+Rescue is not designed to permit two ipods to exchange music, it makes it possible. Yes, there is special software to do this (e.g Ipod 2 Ipod), but if you don't want to spend yet more money on software, here is how to do it using PD+Rescue. For this example, assume ipod #1 syncs on a Mac and ipod #2 syncs on a PC, and that only the PC is available(e.g. you bring both ipods to work). NOTE: Both ipods MUST be in manual mode before you start.
1. Plug ipod #1 into PC.
2. Select songs from ipod #1 you want to put on ipod #2.
3. Create a folder on an external hard drive or the desktop labelled "Songs from Ipod #1". Use PD+Rescue to backup the selected songs to this folder. Unplug ipod #1 from PC.
4. Open iTunes on PC. Go to File, Add Folder to Library, and choose "Songs from Ipod #1." This will load those songs into iTunes.
5. Plug in ipod #2 and change from manual mode to auto sync,which will install all the newly added songs onto ipod #2.
6. When done, change ipod #2 back to manual mode, go to PD+Rescue and backup all of the songs.
7. After doing backup, select songs from ipod #2 that you want to put onto ipod #1, create folder "Songs from ipod #2", and use PD+Rescue to backup selected songs to this folder.
8. Unplug ipod #2 from PC, plug in ipod #1, and copy the folder "Songs from ipod #2" onto it (or onto a cd or usb stick).
9. When the Mac is available, plug in ipod #1, move the folder "Songs from ipod #1 onto an external hard drive or the desktop(or use the folder if on a cd or usb stick)and follow same procedures discussed above.
At first glance this may sound complicated, but it really isn't.
Overall I am pleased at what PD+Rescue enables me to do. I just wish they had made clear the need for additional software when dealing with transfers between Macs and PCs.
 Fair and Balanced Reporting May 3, 2006
14 out of 22 found this review helpful
I can't change the number of stars, but after corresponding with Tastybytes' prompt and nearly courteous tech support, I will shift the blame to Amazon.
Amazon is not providing the full list of requirements, so I will provide them here (for Windows):
- Windows 2000 or XP
- Latest service packs recommended.
- 500MHz Pentium of better
- 128MB RAM (256 recommended)
- A working connection to an iPod
- iPod software v1.2 or higher
- Quicktime v6.5.2 or higher
- iTunes v4.7 or higher
- Not required per se (and not on the box), but Tastybytes support recommends USB 2.0.
Great insurance policy February 26, 2006
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
I have a 30 gig ipod that is full of music. It took countless hours to burn all my Cd's and transfer the files to my player. I have very little room on my PCs hard drive, so after transferring the files I had to delete them from my PC. I recently bought an external hard drive and with this product it was very quick and easy to back up my ipod to my new hard drive. I can now rest easy knowing that I will never need to burn all my Cd's ever again. Great Product!
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