Copying Content from your iPod to your Computer

"Copying Content from your iPod to your Computer - The Definitive Guide"

A very in-depth article on the subject. Basically I see two times when you want to get content off of an iPod (instead of onto it): 1) Your computer crashed and the only backup of the music or video is on the iPod 2) You want to share music or videos that are on an iPod. If you are doing the latter, just skip to the article's section on applications that help with copying. A free app for doing this on Macs is SenUti.

One thing I learned from the article is that Apple changes the format of its database of music with new versions. So if you are using an app to access your iPod, it can be a problem if the app is not up to date.