1st generation won't transfer songs from iTunes without factory reset

Hi, my 1st gen won't transfer newly purchased songs from iTunes. I've tried checking for downloads but it checks and states "just checked for downloads"
Also attempted restarting, but that didn't help. Only way I can get it to transfer is a factory reset.

ones had an issue a bit like that with my 1g Apple TV what fixed it for me was to unpair the computer in the appletv settings and then rebind it
sure it took ages to sync everything over again but it fixed it
think I've done it 2 times over the years

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