Effort: MinimalCost: Free

With the largest-capacity iPod today weighing in at a whopping 120GB, Apple is proud to point out that you can fit up to 30,000 songs on the device. Unfortunately the Apple folks have no interest in helping you get any of the songs off your iPod. Simply put, Apple wants to discourage any method of sharing music that doesn't involve your taking a trip to the iTunes Music Store. But you have plenty of legitimate reasons to move music from your iPod to your PC--which is why we're happy to point you toward and , free tools that quickly and easily transfer music from any iPod or iPhone to any computer.

Effort: ModerateCost: Free (apps); $50 to $100 (Eye-Fi)