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If you want to transfer music from iPod to computer Windows 10 for backup or you just want to listen to the music on your computer, you can take advantage of iTunes iCloud or third-party software to help you. But the solutions are not limited to these methods. Asides from official tools like iTunes and iCloud, Windows Explorer, Dropbox, as well as iOS data transfer tool would be your quick solutions. If this is what you are looking for, then stop here for more information and refer to the following ways to easily transfer music from iPod to computer Windows 10.

Option 1: Use Cloud to Transfer Music from iPod to Computer Windows 10

For some users, they may have spent a large sum of money on iTunes to purchase their favorite songs to iPod. However, you can still keep these purchased songs even if you don’t keep using iPod any more. What you can do is to make full use of iCloud to transfer music from iPod to computer Windows 10. Here there are two general ways to solve the problem.

1. iCloud Music Library

iCloud is not only used to store users’ data on the iPhone, but also is capable of managing all the music files via cloud. You probably have already downloaded all the songs in your iPod, and moving them could be a syncing process. In other words, you can easily get the music downloads via iCloud. What you need to do is to enable the iCloud Music Library option on your iPod and iTunes as well. If you have an old iPod, such as iPod nano or iPod shuffle, then iCloud probably won’t be able to help you. In this case, move down to our second option.

iCloud Music Library

Step 1: If you subscribe to Apple Music, this function is enabled by default. If you disabled it by mistake, you can navigate to “Settings > Your Name > iCloud > Music”. Find iCloud Music Library and toggle it on.

Step 2: All the music would be synced automatically to your iCloud Music Library which could be seen on the Apply Music in the iTunes.

Step 3: Open iTunes on your computer and click Preference to choose checkbox next to iCloud Music Library. Make sure it is enabled. Once it is turned on, all the songs you purchased on iPod could be automatically synced on the iTunes. Then, it is easy to download all these songs to your computer.