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I have an iPhone and now an iPod Classic. My iPhone holds some of my music libary but i want my iPod Classic to hold EVERYTHING. (music, movies, movie trailers, music videos, photos, ect.) How do I sync everything to the ipod classic without syncing everything to the iPhone? Thanks
-Jesse-

iTunes knows the difference between different iPod devices, so you can set up each one to sync any way you want and in different ways from each other. You are not required to sync all devices the same way. So the new Classic you can sync everything onto and the iPhone you can continue to sync it how ever you currently sync it.
Patrick

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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1725
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now when ipod is connected if i go to file/ devices ipod isnt there eg bla blas ipod and the sync is greyed out ..
now before i updated the latest update all was fine..
ive since put my libary back as is stored on external hard drive and reset ipod and added libary back to ipod
but still the same as dicribed above.
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OS X: ~/Library/iTunes/iPhone Software Updates
XP: C:\Documents and Settingsusername\Application Data\Apple Computer\iTunes\iPhone Software Updates
7 & Vista: C:\Usersusername\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\iTunes\iPhone Software Updates
You may have to turn on "show all hidden files" to find them.
Once done, reboot your computer, launch itunes, connect your phone & restore as "new". When finished, DO NOT SYNC, rather eject your phone & see if all is working properly. If it is, sync your content back to your phone. If not, proceed AT YOUR OWN RISK!
2. Try and downgrade to 3.1.3 from here:
http://www.felixbruns.de/iPod/firmware/
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