My sister's computer just bit it, losing, oh, pretty much everything. She freaked. But she's got all her photos on her iPod (which she's not about to connect to her computer...it's not even working, and if it somehow zapped the iPod, she's out all those pics).
Aside from the cruel "back up" lesson she's learned, how can I best help her right now, in terms of getting her Windows-formatted iPod connected to my PowerBook to safely copy all those photos and other things over, where I can burn her a CD, as well as keep the photos here for her until she gets a new computer or whatever.
1. I don't want anything that's going to mess up
my iTunes library or syncing, first and foremost
2. I don't want something that's going to zap all the stuff on her iPod the minute I connect it to my machine and it tries to sync/match itself to
my iTunes library and sync settings (she'll officially freak-out and I'll never be forgiven).
I know there are several iPod transfer apps out there, PC and Mac. But in my unique situation above, what do you guys recommend?
Again, it'll be a Windows-formatted iPod with a ton of sentimental (kids and all) photos on it. The music isn't nearly as important, but if I could rescue that too, that would be nice.
Ideally I want something that will let me connect the thing to my PowerBook and then ask me to copy over the contents of the iPod safely to my PowerBook, without it all spilling into my iTunes and iPhoto library necessarily...would a new, separate user account be good for this sort of thing?
But she's got these photos in only one place now - her iPod - which is just asking for it...if she loses it, has it stolen or if
it fails (and iPod hard drives can), she's toast. I'd like to get those photos onto my PowerBook (and a CD as well, to give to her), so if something happens to her iPod while she's computer-less, at least she's covered.
