I have a new (4gen) iPod Touch. There's an MP3 on the web that I want to download so I can listen to it when there's no wifi available.
I can figure out how to play it, but I can't figure out how to download it (i.e., save it for future listening). It seems like iTunes is the only way to download audio or video, and it only has a preset list of things that can be downloaded (and a poor search feature!).
Do I need to download it on my Mac, and then sync, just to download an MP3?
Feb 26, 2013 - How to download music to your iPod or iPhone. Download iTunes. You can find the latest version here for free. Add songs to your iTunes library. Open iTunes and go to “File” and then select “Add Folder to Library”. Connect your device. Decide which music to import. Sync your device. Eject your device.
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KenKen
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Download Music from iPod touch to Computer with PodTrans Pro Step 3. Pick up songs you want to download to computer, click To PC button on the top-right of this window to start downloading music from iPod.
However, before listening cozily, you should add music to iPod first. In general, there are two basic ways to put music to iPod: transfer music from computer to iPod with and without iTunes. This article covers the 2 methods about how to transfer music from computer to iPod Touch, select the way that’s right for you.
Using iTunes for Desktop. Open iTunes on your computer. Attach your iPod Touch to your computer. Click the media drop-down menu. Click a 'Library' option. Drag music to your iPod. Drop the music on your iPod. Wait for your music to finish uploading.
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You answered your self. You must download the file on your Mac and then you must sync it to your iPod Touch!
TimTim
If you can get yourself a direct link to the MP3 file through Safari, your best bet is GoodReader or something like it.
You can put a URL into this app and it will actually download the file to the app's allocated document storage space on your iOS device. It won't add the song to your iTunes library or the Music section of your iPod, but you'll at least be able to play the file offline by opening the GoodReader app and browsing to it.
The nice thing about this is that when you get back to your Mac, you can plug in your iPod, copy the MP3 from GoodReader's document storage (through iTunes) to your hard drive, and then add it to your iTunes music library 'the right way', so it'll sync into your iPod's Music section from now on.
VickashVickash
If the MP3 isn't trapped in a Flash or Silverlight player, this will work:
In Safari, go to Window -> Activity in the menu bar. In the Activity window, you'll see a list of each page you currently have open. Find the one your MP3 is on and look through the listed files. The list shows every file on the currently open pages.
Select the address for the MP3 and press Command (Apple key) and C at the same time to copy the address. (This part is the tricky part. If the page it's on has a lot of other files, it can sometimes be difficult to identify the right one.)
Now go to Window -> Downloads and press Command and V to paste the address into the download window. This should cause the file you selected to download to your default location for Downloads (usually the Downloads folder within your home folder).
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Once it's in your Downloads folder, you can just drag it into iTunes. And of course, once it's in iTunes, you can sync to your iPod.
Ben WyattBen Wyatt
Download a download app, I used Air Download Lite. Navigate to the webpage, click and hold the link to the mp3 file until a menu pops up. Choose copy from the menu. open the download program and paste the url into the download app, and it should download the file for you.
I found this question of yours because I wanted to do the exact same thing. I JUST did it so I know it works. Good Luck!!
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