On a phone you need the Stonepod app
With the Stonepod app you connect the iPod to your phone with its cable: find your music, videos and photos, add songs, covers and playlists, and back it up.
On a computer this page does it all in Chrome or Edge (Windows or Mac).
Discover the Stonepod appSAVE YOUR IPOD · DESKTOP MANAGER
Your iPod, from your computer.
Browse and play the iPod’s library, add your computer’s music with its covers, make playlists, fix tags, back it up. All in the browser: nothing is uploaded to our servers.
- 1Connect the iPod to the computer with its cable and wait until it shows up in Finder or File Explorer.
- 2Press “Open your iPod”, choose the iPod in the window and confirm when the browser asks for permission.
- 3Choose what to do: save the music on the computer, add new music, make a backup.
Everything stays on your computer: nothing is uploaded to our servers.
Brave: switch on folder access (one minute)
- Copy this address (the page cannot open it itself):
brave://flags/#file-system-access-api - Paste it into Brave’s address bar and press Enter.
- Next to “File System Access API” choose “Enabled”.
- Press “Relaunch” at the bottom: Brave reopens on this page, which can now open and change the iPod.
Or open the page in Chrome or Edge with “Copy the page link”.
What you can do
All in your computer’s browser: nothing to install, no iTunes.
Free
- Your libraryThe iPod’s music, videos and photos, with covers, search and sorting.
- ListenThe iPod’s songs on your computer, plus radio, podcasts and YouTube.
- BackupA backup of your library, restored with one click.
- ExportSongs and photos from the iPod to the computer, also as a ZIP file: 50 songs per iPod in the limited version.
- Numbers and clean-upListening stats, duplicates and missing files.
Full version Limited version: 5 songs changed and 50 saved per iPod
- Add musicMP3, AAC, FLAC (as Apple Lossless), audiobooks and videos, with covers.
- Complete artists and albumsArtist, album and year found online for the songs missing them.
- Covers and tagsFix titles and albums, find missing covers.
- PlaylistsMake playlists on the iPod, also from the computer’s folders.
- Podcasts on the iPodYour podcasts’ episodes in the iPod’s Podcasts menu.
- Re-sort and repairMenus in order, split albums put back together.
THE FIRST 50 SONGS FREE
Save your iPod’s music
The computer it synced with is gone? Copy every song from the iPod to your Mac or PC, or to an external drive, with real names instead of «ABCD.mp3» files.
- Tidy foldersArtist › Album › numbered songs, with each album’s cover and the iPod’s playlists.
- Several iPods, no duplicatesExport one iPod after another into the same folder: songs already copied are skipped.
- Ready to playFor your phone, Music or iTunes, or a server such as Plex, Jellyfin and Navidrome.
Connect the iPod, select it above, then in «Library» press «Export to folder» and choose the drive.
Everything stays on your device
The check runs in your browser. No songs, filenames, serial numbers or databases are uploaded to our servers.
Which iPods
- iPod classic 6th, 6.5th and 7th generation, also with SSD or iFlash
- iPod video 5th and 5.5th generation
- iPod nano every generation, 1st to 7th
- iPod mini, iPod photo and the first iPods 1st–4th generation
- iPod with Rockbox also alongside the Apple software
- iPod shuffle read-only: browse and back up
- iPod touch it works like an iPhone and does not open as a disk: use Finder or iTunes
✓ add and edit music · ◐ read-only: browse, play and back up
Frequently asked questions
How do I copy the music from my iPod to my computer or phone?
Connect the iPod, open it on this page in Chrome or Edge and press «Export to folder»: the songs go into the folder you choose, by artist and album, with covers and playlists. The first 50 songs of each iPod are free; with the code you save them all. Then import the folder into Music or iTunes, copy it to your phone or use it with Plex.
Which browser should I use?
On Mac and Windows, Chrome or Edge (also Opera and Arc) can do everything. Safari and Firefox open the iPod read-only: you can browse, listen and download songs. Brave keeps folders shut until you switch on “File System Access API”: the page shows you how, in a minute. On iPhone, iPad and Android phones no browser can open the iPod, not even Chrome: there you need the Stonepod app.
My iPod does not appear on Windows
It is probably formatted for Mac: Windows cannot read that format and no browser can do it instead. Use it from a Mac, or restore it for Windows with iTunes (this erases it: back it up from a Mac first).
Where is the iPod’s folder?
On a Mac it is in the Finder under Locations, with the iPod’s name; on Windows it is a drive in File Explorer (for example E:). If it does not appear, turn on “Enable disk use” in the Finder or iTunes, or put the iPod in disk mode.
How do I put the iPod in disk mode?
iPod classic and video: hold MENU and the centre button until the Apple logo appears, then immediately hold the centre button and Play until “Disk Mode” appears. Connect it to the computer.
Why does an iPod classic ask for an identifier?
The classic signs its library with its USB serial number (FireWire GUID). With Chrome we read it from the cable with “Recognise my iPod”; otherwise it is in the Mac’s System Information or Windows Device Manager. We check it against the signature before writing.
Done: can I unplug it?
Eject it safely first (Finder or the Windows icon), then unplug it. Unplugging during a copy leaves the iPod as it was: the new library is installed only at the end.
Finder, iTunes or “Apple Devices” is open: is that a problem?
While you use this page, don’t sync the iPod from there too: on a Mac turn off “Automatically sync” in the Finder, on Windows close iTunes or the “Apple Devices” app. If two programs write at once, one of them loses its changes.
What leaves my computer?
None of your files: songs, photos and the library stay on the computer. Only when you use the feature that needs it do title, artist and album go to MusicBrainz and the Cover Art Archive (covers, “Complete artists and albums”), your listens to ListenBrainz (only with your token) and to Last.fm (only if you connect it; they pass through our site, which signs the request and keeps nothing), and the unlock code to our site to be checked. The details are in the privacy policy.
Limited version: 5 songs to change and 50 to save to the computer per iPod.
IPOD OPEN
What do you want to do?
Free, without limits: browsing, listening, saving the music on your computer and backups. To change the music on the iPod you can try 5 songs; after that you need the unlock code.
Protected local mode
Check complete
YOUR MUSIC
iPod library
No items match your search.
Rockbox
Rockbox library
This iPod also runs Rockbox: these are the songs it plays from its own folders, outside the Apple library.
In Rockbox: Files › Pictures. If you don’t see them: Settings › General Settings › File View › Show Files › All.
ON THIS COMPUTER
Computer music
Choose the folder where you keep your music (for example Music or iTunes Media). The page reads it in the browser: nothing is uploaded.
Chrome and Edge remember the folder for next time.
YOUR PHOTOS
iPod photos
No photos match the filters.
YOUR IPOD
Numbers and clean-up
Your iPod in numbers
Library clean-up
Find damaged files, duplicate songs and entries whose file is gone. Nothing is removed without your confirmation.
Re-sort the iPod’s menus
Songs, Albums and Artists go back to alphabetical order: letters first, then names starting with a number. Useful after joining albums or changing names. Genres and Composers stay as they are; the songs do not change. “Like iTunes” follows iTunes’ sort names (in French “Les Acariens” files under A). “By visible name” sorts as you read: “Les Acariens” under L, “The Beatles” under T.
Repair the covers
On an iPod 5G, 5.5G or older every song needs a cover of its own: when an album has just one, only its first song shows it. This gives each song its own, with the same picture; wrong covers left by an old sync are taken off. The songs don’t change.
Split albums
Albums split into several parts (disc numbers or years in the name). Once joined, the iPod shows each one as a single album with its discs in order.
Songs without artist or album
We look up the artist, album, year and track number of the songs missing them on MusicBrainz (up to 100 at a time, one a second). Pick the right ones: only the empty fields are written.
Empty library
All songs, videos, audiobooks and podcasts are deleted from the iPod, with your playlists. Photos, the firmware and, on an iPod with Rockbox, Rockbox’s files stay. The database is backed up first. Useful to start again from a messy library or to get the iPod ready to sell.
MusicBrainz · Cover Art Archive
Missing covers
The iPod’s albums without a cover, looked up on MusicBrainz and the Cover Art Archive: untick the wrong ones and write the others to the iPod.
CHANGES TO THE IPOD
Unlock changes
Browsing and listening are free. In the limited version you can change 5 songs and save 50 to the computer per iPod. With the unlock code there are no limits: music, covers, playlists, menu re-sorting and the whole library saved to the computer.
Trial version: free for now. Ask for the code and try every feature, without the 5-song limit.
Frequently asked questions
How do I copy the music from my iPod to my computer or phone?
Connect the iPod, open it on this page in Chrome or Edge and press «Export to folder»: the songs go into the folder you choose, by artist and album, with covers and playlists. The first 50 songs of each iPod are free; with the code you save them all. Then import the folder into Music or iTunes, copy it to your phone or use it with Plex.
Which browser should I use?
On Mac and Windows, Chrome or Edge (also Opera and Arc) can do everything. Safari and Firefox open the iPod read-only: you can browse, listen and download songs. Brave keeps folders shut until you switch on “File System Access API”: the page shows you how, in a minute. On iPhone, iPad and Android phones no browser can open the iPod, not even Chrome: there you need the Stonepod app.
My iPod does not appear on Windows
It is probably formatted for Mac: Windows cannot read that format and no browser can do it instead. Use it from a Mac, or restore it for Windows with iTunes (this erases it: back it up from a Mac first).
Where is the iPod’s folder?
On a Mac it is in the Finder under Locations, with the iPod’s name; on Windows it is a drive in File Explorer (for example E:). If it does not appear, turn on “Enable disk use” in the Finder or iTunes, or put the iPod in disk mode.
How do I put the iPod in disk mode?
iPod classic and video: hold MENU and the centre button until the Apple logo appears, then immediately hold the centre button and Play until “Disk Mode” appears. Connect it to the computer.
Why does an iPod classic ask for an identifier?
The classic signs its library with its USB serial number (FireWire GUID). With Chrome we read it from the cable with “Recognise my iPod”; otherwise it is in the Mac’s System Information or Windows Device Manager. We check it against the signature before writing.
Done: can I unplug it?
Eject it safely first (Finder or the Windows icon), then unplug it. Unplugging during a copy leaves the iPod as it was: the new library is installed only at the end.
Finder, iTunes or “Apple Devices” is open: is that a problem?
While you use this page, don’t sync the iPod from there too: on a Mac turn off “Automatically sync” in the Finder, on Windows close iTunes or the “Apple Devices” app. If two programs write at once, one of them loses its changes.
What leaves my computer?
None of your files: songs, photos and the library stay on the computer. Only when you use the feature that needs it do title, artist and album go to MusicBrainz and the Cover Art Archive (covers, “Complete artists and albums”), your listens to ListenBrainz (only with your token) and to Last.fm (only if you connect it; they pass through our site, which signs the request and keeps nothing), and the unlock code to our site to be checked. The details are in the privacy policy.
Listen
Radio
Stations from all over the world, from radio-browser.info: by country, by genre or by name.
Listen
Podcasts
Your country’s chart, search and the shows you follow; each episode starts again where you left it.
Listen
YouTube
A selection of songs in YouTube’s official player. With your own (free) API key you can search all of YouTube.
Listen
Sound
The iPod’s equaliser, even loudness, crossfade and sleep timer: for the iPod’s songs and the computer’s.
Equaliser
Songs at the same loudness: the iPod’s Sound Check or the files’ ReplayGain (quiet ones raised at most 6 dB).
Crossfade between songs
Sleep timer
ListenBrainz
Add the songs you play here to your history on listenbrainz.org: paste the token from listenbrainz.org › Settings.
Last.fm
Add the songs you play here and on the iPod to your Last.fm profile. Sign in on last.fm in a small window: your password stays with them.
BACKUP
Backup and restore
Save a copy of your iPod on your computer and put it back as it was if something goes wrong, or after a disk replacement. The iPod is not changed while backing up.
Moving the library
For a disk replacement (SSD, iFlash) or a move to another disk. 1) Before: a full backup. 2) After: restore the iPod with Finder or iTunes if needed, connect it, open it here and do the full restore. Library, playlists, play counts and covers come back as before; at the end we check every song is there.
Create a backup
Choose what to save, then the folder on your computer.
Restore
Open a backup folder made here or in the Stonepod app and choose what to put back on the iPod.
Restore from a .zip copy
Before every change to a nano 5G, 6G or 7G, the page keeps a copy of its library in this browser (the last 5). If the nano loses its library, press “Restore the previous library”: the files go back in place (the songs stay where they are). You can also download the latest copy, or choose one you downloaded earlier.
ADD MUSIC
From your computer to your iPod
Choose MP3, AAC, WAV or AIFF songs (FLAC, Ogg and Opus are converted to Apple Lossless) or compatible MP4/M4V videos. Check the details before adding them to the iPod.
The first time, the page loads its tools for a few seconds. Your songs stay on your computer: they are not uploaded anywhere.
Recognise this iPod
To write to this iPod the page must recognise it by its serial number. Press “Recognise my iPod” and pick the iPod in the browser’s window: we check it against its library without writing anything.
Where to find it: Mac › System Information › USB › iPod › Serial Number. Windows › Device Manager › iPod › Properties › Details › Device instance path (the last 16 digits).
No songs chosen yet. Press “Choose files” or drag songs here from your computer.
Independent tool, not affiliated with or endorsed by Apple. iPod is a trademark of Apple Inc.