It’s really a useful solution for those who need to transfer iPod library to PC. But as you might know or not, Yamipod can’t handle the DRM-protected AAC music (.m4p), which means you can’t transfer the protected iPod content to another PC that is not authorized with playback license, for example, it won’t go as what you expect if you try to use Yamipod transfer your friends’ licensed iPod library to your own PC unauthorized.

Thus what we’re going to talk about here is, how to make the Yamipod a complete iPod to PC transfer, iPod to iTunes transfer or iPod to iPod transfer for both the regular MP3, AAC and the DRM’ed songs.

1. Use this protected music converter to strip license from the DRM protected AAC music which is usually tabbed with .m4p file extension, then keep them as MP3 or AAC just as you like.

2. Before transferring music from PC to iPod or iPod to PC, make sure to set your iPod to work as a Hard Disk according this instruction

And set iTunes to manage songs manually as shown here.

3. Then edit your iPod music library without iTunes as shown on Yamipod docs section

Including: Edit Song Infos; Add/Edit Lyrics; Duplicates Songs; Synchronize Music; Copy music from PC to iPod; Copy music from iPod to PC, etc

After getting used to Yamipod and the protected music converter mentioned above, you’ll find yourself well-served with an integrated solution that can transfer PC music to iPod or transfer iPod library to PC without iTunes existing.