How To Connect and Transfer Music Files from PC to Apple Ipods Files using Fedora

iPod is a popular brand of portable media players designed and marketed by Apple Inc. With the current line if IPods, worldwide Apple IPod users get to listen from their favorite music and sounds files stored from their very own personal Apple Ipods, As IPods comes as a music portable storage and media player, it features a high user friendly intuitive touch-driven menus and compatibility and PC desktop connection compatibility via USB.

Here's a quick guide on how to connect Apple Ipod to Fedora box and transfer media files from computer to Appled Ipod playlist.

Apple Ipods Connection to Fedora

Step One

Monitor IPod Initial USB Connection

Launch your terminal and isue

# tailf /var/log/messages

Alternatively

# dmesg | tail

Upon connection of your Apple Ipod's USB cable into your Fedora USB ports, you would be seeing similar lines shown below

scsi5 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=05ac, idProduct=1209
usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
usb 1-1: Product: iPod
usb 1-1: Manufacturer: Apple
usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 000A270015E520C2

If you are monitoring using tail command, you would be seeing similar lines like

Jul 19 12:28:57 ver kernel: usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=05ac, idProduct=1209
Jul 19 12:28:57 ver kernel: usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
Jul 19 12:28:57 ver kernel: usb 1-1: Product: iPod
Jul 19 12:28:57 ver kernel: usb 1-1: Manufacturer: Apple
Jul 19 12:28:57 ver kernel: usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 000A270015E520C2
Jul 19 12:29:02 ver kernel: scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Apple    iPod             1.62 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
Jul 19 12:29:02 ver kernel: sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] 39075372 2048-byte hardware sectors (80026 MB)
Jul 19 12:29:02 ver kernel: sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
Jul 19 12:29:02 ver kernel: sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
Jul 19 12:29:02 ver kernel: sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] 39075372 2048-byte hardware sectors (80026 MB)
Jul 19 12:29:02 ver kernel: sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
Jul 19 12:29:02 ver kernel: sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
Jul 19 12:29:02 ver kernel:  sdb: sdb1 sdb2

Take note of the last line that ends with sdb1 and sdb2.  These are the storage device mounting point for your Fedora. Usually, sdb2 is where your Ipod's sounds and media files are located. You would need to mount this device later on from this page.

To confirm and verify Apple IPod Connection

To further confirm your Apple Ipod USB port details and detection, simply issue

# lsusb -a

lsusb is a linux tool to display USB port details and connections. Issuing lsusb linux command would similarly give you the below lines

Bus 001 Device 003: ID 05ac:1209 Apple, Inc. iPod Video
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Step Two

Music and Sound File Transfers from Fedora Linux to Apple Ipod


To transfer files between Fedora and Apple Ipod, simply install gtkpod

GTkpod Installation

# yum -y install gtkpod

Mount Apple Ipod Storage Device

Mounting Apple Ipod storage device

# mkdir /mnt/ipod

# mount /dev/sdb2  /mnt/ipod

Sync Apple Ipod Music Files with Fedora Gtkpod

To transfer music and media files from Fedora box to Apple Ipod's playlist, launch Gtkpod

# gtkpod

From Gtkpod, simply click your Apple Ipod storage device name shown from the leftmost pane of the Gtkpod application.

Click File and  select Transfer Media Files to syncronise Apple Ipod files with Gtkpod interface.

All your sound and media files would then be fetched and displayed into the right pane of Gtkpod application. This provide you a chance to manage your Apple Ipod music files and playlist using Gtkpod.

Upload Music files from PC to Apple Ipod Playlist

To add music files to Apple Ipod, click File menu to add, edit or create a new Ipod playlists. By adding and removing media and sound files to the playlist, you can then upload sound and media files from your PC into Apple Ipod playlist. Remember to click Sync to finally save all changes with your Ipod's playlist.

To Eject and Unmount Appled Ipod Connection


# cd /

# umount /mnt/ipod

# eject /mnt/ipod

and continue removing Ipod's USB connection.

All is done.