I'm working on a program (now in BASH, soon to be in Perl) that will provide an interface for ripping the music from an iPod to one's computer. The code I've used so far works just great for older iPods (2008 shuffle and fifth-gen iPod) - that is, the ones that show up on the desktop when plugged in via USB. With newer models, though, such as the iPod touch, the iPod is shown in the iTunes sidebar and i can add and delete songs as normal; they are not displayed on the desktop, or anywhere in finder for that matter. Even upon using the terminal and listing the hidden contents of the /Volumes directory, the iPod touch does not appear.
If this is at all helpful, all iPods are displayed on the Ubuntu desktop when i mount them on my Ubuntu machine, and are easily rippable on that OS.
My question is: why are newer models of iPod not shown in the /Volumes directory, and how can I access their files using the terminal or otherwise?
Thanks!
If this is at all helpful, all iPods are displayed on the Ubuntu desktop when i mount them on my Ubuntu machine, and are easily rippable on that OS.
My question is: why are newer models of iPod not shown in the /Volumes directory, and how can I access their files using the terminal or otherwise?
Thanks!