[qimosabe]

Make sure you have enabled root access by going to NetInfo Manager in your Utilities folder. In the menu, select Security and Authenticate. Then select allow root access and reauthenticate. Next open terminal, and type su <return> and your password. You will now be in root mode so be careful. Type cd .. <return> and keep going until you are at the root of your drive. At any time, type ls -al to see a list of files (hidden and visible) contained in that folder. Then type cd ipod and navigate to the music folder. You should see a list of folders called F01 to F20. Each is a folder containing hundreds of Mp3s. From there, just cp (copy) any file you wish to your desired destination folder on your hard drive. I would consult some general help in terminal on the actions: pwd, ls -al and cp. Good luck.

[Dan Frakes]

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Make sure you have enabled root access by going to NetInfo Manager in your Utilities folder. In the menu, select Security and Authenticate. Then select allow root access and reauthenticate. Next open terminal, and type su <return> and your password. You will now be in root mode so be careful.

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WOAH! There's absolutely no reason to enable the root account. You don't need to be the root user to view the contents of your iPod; the commands listed in the previous post work just as well as a normal user, and as long as you're copying files to your home directory, you don't even need admin access.
(Even if you did need "root" access, you could do so in Terminal using sudo -- or sudo -s to run multiple commands. For the average user, enabling the root account offers no benefits but plenty of risks.)