Quick Start Guide to Using Senuti

This page provides a brief overview of the application to help get you started using Senuti.

Below are the steps you must take to prepare your iPod, a simple copying example, and a few basic features of the application. For more advanced features, please visit our page on using Senuti and iTunes together.

We also provide support videos for various topics.

Step 1: Preparing your iPod

Important: If you are using an iPod Touch or iPhone, you may skip this step.

If you do not have a backup of the songs on your iPod, please read these more detailed instructions for preparing your iPod.

In order to use Senuti, you must first "Enable Disk Use" on your iPod. Please follow these instructions or watch our support video.

The steps to Enable Disk Use are as follows:

  1. Launch iTunes with your iPod disconnected
  2. Hold down the Command (Apple) and Option keys (this disables auto-sync)
  3. Continue to hold the keys down as you plug in your iPod
  4. After your iPod appears in iTunes, you can release the keys
  5. Click on your iPod in iTunes
  6. Under the Summary tab choose Enable disk use
  7. You're all set up!

Step 2: Transfer Music from your iPod/iPhone to your Computer

To copy songs from your iPod/iPhone to your computer, all you have to do is select the songs in Senuti and click the Transfer button in the upper left hand corner of the application.

Transfer

The songs will now be copied to your computer. They will be added to iTunes if you enabled the preference to "Automatically Add songs to iTunes Library". For more information, please see using Senuti with iTunes.

Once your music has been transferred to iTunes successfully, a blue dot will appear next to the songs in Senuti. Use this to verify what songs have already been copied, and to locate songs without blue dots that still need to be copied.

For further assistance please watch our support video.

Step 3 (Optional): Transfer Playlists

Once you have copied your music to iTunes using Senuti, you may want to recreate your playlists. Senuti does this easily, without duplicating songs.

The steps are as follows:

  1. Launch Senuti with your iPod plugged in
  2. Locate the name of a playlist you wish to copy on the left-hand source list in Senuti
  3. Locate the ITUNES item on the source list in Senuti
  4. Drag and drop the playlist to the ITUNES item within Senuti. See [this page] for a screenshot example.
  5. Repeat step 3 for each playlist you wish to copy
  6. iTunes has now recreated your playlists without duplicating any songs, and Senuti has added any songs from the playlist which were not already copied to iTunes

Other Options: Transfer songs to a different location

To copy songs to a location other than your "Music" folder, open the Preferences window by selecting Preferences from the Senuti menu, and switch to the Copying tab. The save location can be changed by choosing a default location in the drop down menu. Your music will now be copied to this location when you click Transfer.

Location