60 GB iPod with Limited Computer HDD

I'm considering the 60 GB 5th Gen iPod. But it seems that all info on the iPod must also be in iTunes on my IBook or PC (I use both). None of my HDDs currently have 60 GB free on them (e.g., only 50 GB on iBook now).
Can I manage files on a 60 GB iPod without having them all on my computer HDD at the same time? With my iRiver 40 GB MP-3 player I can just copy files over and delete them from the computer. But iTunes seems to be more constraining.
Phil

Also, we can't download from our iPod library onto a computer, right? So if you want to use the iPod as a backup of your music (so you can put it back onto a computer in the future) then you'll need to put the music files onto the iPod as data files, too.
In other words, if you have 20 GB of music and stuff, it'll take up 20 GB on the iPod, but you won't be able to put that back onto another computer. You'd have to use an additional 20 GB to put the files on as data, too.

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Is the following document of any help with that?
[How to use multiple iPods with one computer|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1495]

How can I sync my ipod with my computer without plugging it in?

I recently bought several songs on itunes on my desktop at home (I own a vista if it's relevant) and went on vacation, forgeting to sync my ipod with my computer. Is there any way I can sync my itouch with itunes without my computer?
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No, it's impossible as your iTunes Library containing your new music is on your computer, which you don't have access to.

How can I sync my iPod with my computer without deleting the songs that are on my ipod

how can I sync my iPod with my computer without deleting the songs that are on my ipod

See this post by forum regular Zevoneer on transferring files from the iPod to your computer.
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Synching ipod with new computer and lost music

We just got a new computer and I finally got to hook up my ipod. I tried moving my songs from the ipod into itunes and they wouldn't transfer so now I am synching the ipod with the computer; however, I seem to have lost the original songs that I had on my ipod before I downloaded the new songs. Did I really lose my songs or are they there? If they are there, how do I find them?
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If you syncronised your iPod with a new and different library it will have erased your original songs. You could have a look at this post for possible solutions but there's no real guarantee you'll get anything back: Buegie - Recovering Songs

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Can anyone help me figure out how to sync my ipod with my purchased music? I have used several computer and at one point synced my ipod with a computer that only had about half of my music. My other computers are no longer working. Not sure how to get my purchased music back onto my ipod?

Hi kimcinma!
Your previous purchases are saved on iCloud even if you bought them on another computer. If you can't find them on your current computer, you might need to unhide them. Go to iTunes preferences, and click on Store Preferences. Then click the box for "show iTunes in the Cloud purchases". Then click on OK, and everything you've ever bought from iTunes on that Apple ID will show up in your library. You will need to download them from iCloud first before you can synch them to your iPod Classic. To do this, click on the little cloud with the arrow in it next to your song, and it will download to your computer. When you have the music that you want downloaded, plug in your iPod and synch away. Hope this helps!
Sandygirl

I was sycing my ipod with my computer to get a new album and itunes prompted me saying that there was a previous account for the ipod or something and if I should carry on and deletle it or cancel the sync. I wanted the album so I clicked carry on an

I was sycing my ipod with my computer to get a new album and itunes prompted me saying that there was a previous account for the ipod or something and if I should carry on and deletle it or cancel the sync. I wanted the album so I clicked carry on and delete the account. When I checked my ipod afterwards all almost all of my music was gone exept for what I had just downloaded. This was thosands of songs that I had carefully picked over the years and now they are all gone. Someone please help me!!!

Get all that music back in itunes and sync again.

If i sync my ipod with another computer to get more music on it. Will it erase all my apps, app data, and pictures?

If i sync my ipod with another computer to get more music on it. Will it erase all my apps, app data, and pictures?

All synced media that is not already in the iTunes library on the second computer will be erased. This second computer will be your syncing computer
You can only sync with one computer/iTunes library.

HT1212 i want to unlock my ipod with a computer that i am using using now i have synced it with a pc which is now in another country , so what should i do now ?

i want to unlock my ipod with a computer that i am using using now i have synced it with a pc which is now in another country , so what should i do now ?

Connect the iOS device to your computer and try to make a backup ( I doubt you can)
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Then restore via iTunes. The iPod will be erased. Place the iOS device in Recovery Mode if necessary to allow the restore.
If recovery mode does not work try DFU mode.
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For how to restore:
iTunes: Restoring iOS software
To restore from backup see:
iOS: How to back up
If you restore from iCloud backup the apps will be automatically downloaded. If you restore from iTunes backup the apps and music have to be in the iTunes library since synced media like apps and music are not included in the backup of the iOS device that iTunes makes.
You can redownload most iTunes purchases by:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store

How can sync 2 ipods with 1 computer

can i sync 2 ipod with 1 computer?

You can sync as many ipods/iphone/ipad as you like with one computer.
Open itunes, connect device, select what you want to sync, sync, disconnect device.
do the same for the next device.
and the next
and so on

Need help re-synching iPods with new computer and getting iTunes to...

Need help re-synching iPods with new computer and getting iTunes to recognize our iPods (it doesn't even recognize them when they're plugged in).
Hubby wiped my harddrive for me, so now I need to get everything back in proper places. I'm using windows XP and installed iTunes once again (I believe it's version 8). I also installed all of my iTunes songs. Now I need to know where to go from here. We have 3 iPods and I need to get them all synched once again. I know how to create different libraries for each of us, but I can't figure out how to get our songs back into our iTunes libraries. When I open iTunes and plug in an iPod, iTunes doesn't even show that an iPod is plugged in.
What do I do now to get each of our iPods synched with our own libraries?
TIA
Brandy

Thanks Zevoneer. The "Restart ipod service" worked and itunes is now recognizing my ipod! Hooray!
Okay, now how do I synch all of our ipods with our individual libraries (I don't want all of my kids' songs and vice versa)? We each have hundreds of songs on our ipods that we don't want to lose.
Thanks again!

HT1212 I rest my Ipod with ather computer and then when I would like to use that with my computer it tell me the password it's not correct. can you Help

I rest my Ipod with ather computer and then when I would like to use that with my computer it tell me the password it's not correct. can you Help

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Place the iOS device in Recovery Mode and then connect to your computer and restore via iTunes. The iPod will be erased.
iOS: Wrong passcode results in red disabled screen
If recovery mode does not work try DFU mode.
How to put iPod touch / iPhone into DFU mode « Karthik's scribblings
For how to restore:
iTunes: Restoring iOS software
To restore from backup see:
iOS: Back up and restore your iOS device with iCloud or iTunes
If you restore from iCloud backup the apps will be automatically downloaded. If you restore from iTunes backup the apps and music have to be in the iTunes library since synced media like apps and music are not included in the backup of the iOS device that iTunes makes.
You can redownload most iTunes purchases by:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
If problem what happens or does not happen and when in the instructions? When you successfully get the iPod in recovery mode and connect to computer iTunes should say it found an iPod in recovery mode.

HT1296 my computer crashed and I had to reinstall itunes and now I cannot sync my ipod with my computer

My computer crashed and I had to reinstall iTunes. Now I cannot sync my iPod with my computer. Any suggestions?

Was this issue ever resolved?
Ditto for me! I am so upset because about 15 years, I've had the same old Toshiba Gigabeat MP3 player which worked perfectly fine until the day Gigabeat (the software) upgraded to a Vista-compatibility program which made the MP3 go haywired!! I couldn't get the MP3 player (again) to work as normal prior to the update. Then, two years later, the business no longer supports MP3 players, nor does it invest in software patches! Now I have a failed equipment ... though it still plays, but just won't let me work the controls to choose or select tracks! I can only operate the on/off button on the Toshiba Gigabeat MP3 player! AND, concidentally, the battery seems to shorten (lessen)! Interesting...
Then, I decided okay, I had enough...I can't play over 5.000 songs just to return to start; I decided to purchase the Apple iPod Classic 160 GB Silver! I've had it only since March 2012. It worked wonderfully at first. It took me months to put all the music from my CDs to this magical device. And, then, all of a sudden, my computer CRASHED (ironically in JUNE 2012!!) and lost all on the hard drive ... perhaps it is not ironic afterall.
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Whith the new iTunes 11, it is not possible to sync my iPhone and my iPod with my computer.
1. the iPhone AND iPod are not detected by iTunes, they don't appear any more on iTunes. (for eg with iTunes 10, we see clearly that an iPod/iPhone is connected)
2. There is no possibility (page, button, etc) to sync and to see what is on the iPhone/iPod
Why?
How can i sync my iPhone and my iPod with iTunes 11?
How can i manage what is to sync between iTunes 11 and the iPhone/iPod?

Im using a PC, and yes i tried everything, turning my phone off, my pc off, plugging the phone on another computer, but nothing works

Ipod with my computer

I've just set up my ipod with my computer and can't get my music to transfer over to my ipod, any help with this would be greatly appreciated

What did you try?
What happened?
Error message?

60 GB iPod with Limited Computer HDD

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