Apple TV Reverse Sync FAIL

I buy content on my Apple TV and it has started not reverse syncing that content so I can see it on my MacBook iTubes library.
I use the same iTunes account on both so they should have the same content
no matter on which I purchase on. Even when I right-click the Apple TV icon in
iTubes and select 'Trasnfer Purchases' it syncs for 2 seconds... then nothing.
This was not an issue on Tiger and iTunes 7/8 etc.
But on Snow Leopard and iTunes 9, Apple TV 3.0.1 it's annoying as ****.

This isn't good enough from Apple. This is not some small glitch, it's a FUNDAMENTAL flaw. and needs to be sorted ASAP.
AppleCare have been absolutely useless, shuttling me back and forth between iTunes support, Apple TV support and back again with nobody taking responsibility.
What does it take for these issues to get to the people they need to!

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Apple TV reverse sync photos

My portable hard drive has cratered and I'm not sure if I can have the data recovered or not. However, alot of my photos on the drive were synced to my Apple TV and are still there. Is there any possibility of reverse syncing those photos back to my computer? My hard drive is a WD Passport, btw, and it is not initialized in the Disk Management. Maybe someone knows a fix to that as well which would resolve my problem as well. Many photos on the hd are my son's photos that I backed up for him before he left for Iraq. Those photos are NOT on my Apple TV so data recovery is the ideal solution. Thanx

No easy way to get content off AppleTV I'm afraid.
Your only options are to:
- dismantle and remove internal drive, and try and read the drive inserted in a caddy (but you'd need a Mac for that due to the file system)
- hack AppleTV to gain command line access (you might need some utilities to do this on Windows)
Neither are ideal options.
Depending on how valuable the photos are your best option may be a professional data recovery solution but there would be no guarantees.
Best case would be if it's not the passport drive but the control electronics/interface that's gone. Might also be worth checking that your USB cable and port on PC are ok.
If you do gain access to the drive and you think it's partially corrupted do not delete/write to it.
Might also be worth checking if WD have any diagnostic apps online for you to try and determine what's wrong.
You haven't added any new drives/optical drives recently, which in some configurastions could take that externald drive letter and hide it ?

Apple TV reverse sync with iMac

So I made the mistake of trying to use Senuti to grab some songs off of my brothers iPod. My Mac lost the connection with our AppleTV and won't recognize it and now my entire library of 4500 songs is gone. My iTunes folder only has 1000 songs on it (I think that it also got corrupted during my Senuti sync). The Apple TV still has my 4500 songs on it. I have been told that the sync is only a one-way street from Mac to AppleTV. Any suggestions to get the music from my Apple TV back to my computer?

Welcome to the  Discussion Forums.
I doubt  have any objections to people recovering data whether it be by conventional methods or unsupported ones or indeed whether anyone voids their warranty or not. As others have said there is no easy way to move data from the tv to your mac, but you can remove the HD from it and do so but it does void your warranty.
If you are in the slightest doubt about such methods I suggest approaching a data recovery practice that has experience with macs.

I can't sync my iphone to itunes i get this error message "Iphone could not sync because the sync failed to start" Help? both my computer windows and my phone are on the current versions of ios and itunes

I can't sync my iphone to itunes i get this error message "Iphone could not sync because the sync failed to start" Help? both my computer windows and my phone are on the current versions of ios and itunes

Hello lenmin,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
To help resolve this issue where you're repeatedly prompted to authorize with your Apple ID in iTunes when syncing, please follow the directions in the article below.
iTunes: Missing folder or incorrect permissions may prevent authorization - Apple Support
Have a great weekend,
Alex H.

I purchased Modern Combat3 from I tunes Store and tried installing it but it shows an error message 'App sync failed'. Please help me out. Can it be installed or my $9.00 are wasted ?

I tried this on my windows machine and then connected my IPAD 2 to install it. The app was shown in the Itunes library but when i checked it and clicked sync, the sync failed.

Is this the Version you purchased...
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ultimate-mortal-kombat-3-for/id417787179?mt=8

Sync failed to start w/ iTunes 10.7, iPod Touch 3rd gen

Since upgrading to iTunes 10.7 on Windows 7x64, I have had trouble getting my iPod Touch (3rd gen, 5.1.1) to sync. I am getting the message "sync failed to start". This happens with either WiFi or USB connection to the device. I know the iPod WiFi is working because the Remote app shows my iTunes library, fetches email, etc.
After installing iTunes 10.7, when I connected via USB, Windows tried to search for and install new drivers. After a very long delay, I canceled the search and continued using the existing drivers. I'm not sure if this is related.

I have resolved the problem by 'shutting down' my MacBook ('restarting' the computer was not sufficient to resolve it). While I was at it, I took the battery out briefly before rebooting – don't know if this made the difference, but I do know that Apple Tech Support have instructed me to remove the battery momentarily on previous occasions when resolving other issues with the computer. Anyway, either just shutting down (or shutting down + removing the battery) seems to have resolved the problem, as iTunes is once again recognising my iPod Touch and I'm able to sync again. Phew!

I am trying to download from iTunes and when I clicked on the Sync button, it indicates that it is waiting to start and then says the sync failed. what is the problem

Trying to download from iTunes and when I clicked on the Sync button, it indicates that it is waiting to sync. Then it comes back saying sync failed. What is the problem ?

Few questions..
are you using windows or mac?
what version of itunes are you using?
have you EVER been able to successfully sync with itunes?
what iOS version are you running on your phone?
This is a great article for syncing with itunes. Good Luck
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1386?viewlocale=en_US

I get an error message that sync failed to start

When I try to sync my Ipod Touch it shows that it is waiting to sync but then I get an error message that sync failed to start. I have tried restore and re starting my computer but I still get the same message, what is going on and how do I fix it? Please help!

Quit iTunes, restart your computer, restart your iPad and try again. If it doesn't work with a restart of the iPad, try a reset of the iPad.
Reset the iPad by holding down on the sleep and home buttons at the same time for about 10-15 seconds until the Apple Logo appears - ignore the red slider if it appears on the screen - let go of the buttons. Let the iPad start up.

Reverse Sync iPod Bookmarks to my MBP

Hi,
Don't know what happened yesterday, but I did something in my Safari bookmarks collections menu and all of a sudden all of my bookmarks were gone (hundreds, neatly organized, and very necessary to my work). After panicking, it occurred to me that they all still reside on my iPod Touch, but now I'm afraid to plug it in because a two-way sync will erase all of the bookmarks on the Touch, too.
Is there any way to somehow save the bookmarks from the Touch, or one-way sync them to the MBP?
I have searched the web quite exhaustively, and it seems anyone interested in reverse-syncing iPods just wants to rip the music.
Thanks in advance.

Welcome to the discussions,
First of all, disable autosync and backup your ipod manually by right clicking on it in the device list and choosing backup. After that at least your bookmarks can be restored on your ipod again, just in case.
See this article about syncing: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1296
Bookmarks sync two ways, so if you set up new bookmarks on your mac, your bookmarks should be merged during the next sync, from the ipod towards the mac and back.

Sync fails

I am trying to sync my phone with my computer. The sync fails and I get the following message "The settings were not saved for the iPhone “Robert Nielsen’s iPhone” because it could not be found." My computer and telephone are connected with via a cable.
Any suggestions?

I'm getting the same message for my iPad. I have to connect the ipad to my computer with the usb cable in order for itunes to be able to "see" the ipad. This ipad is only a few months old and this is what happens? Are Apple products starting to suck or what?

IOS 5.1 sync fail to start

Just updated to iTunes 10.6 and iOS 5.1 on iPhone 4S.
Despite repeated attempts, including turning "sync over wi-fi" off, sync fails to start.

Suggestion:
Assuming your OS software and version of iTunes are both up to date, with iPhone connected and iTunes running, Power Off iPhone (hold power button on top until red slider appears, then slide slider to power off), then power iPhone back on (hold power button on top until apple appears on iPhone screen).
In iTunes,with phone still connected, select iPhone in Devices and Summary screen, if phone does not sync after a minute or so, click Sync button in iTunes. If phone does not sync then, on iPhone choose Settings/General/iTunes Wi-Fi Sync and click Sync Now.
If that doesn't work, try changing a phone option in iTunes (such as un-check "Sync this phone over Wi-Fi"), and with phone still connected, quit then re-launch iTunes, and if Sync does not start automatically, click iTunes Sync button.
If iPhone still does not sync, I suggest calling 1-800-MY-IPHONE.
My iPhone still does not sync automatically daily over wi-fi even though that option is set, but it will sync when connected to computer. So I am guessing there is still a bug somewhere.

I am getting a sync failed error message after trying to download my settings.

After upgrading to 2014 version my settings did not migrate. I have maintained my settings by uploading all my current settings recently, but each time I try to download I'm getting a "sync failed" message.

Hello, MommaLloyd24.
Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.
Here are the steps I would recommend going through as they should resolve the issue.
iTunes 11.1.4 for Windows: Unable to install or open
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS5376
Cheers,
Jason H.

When syncing ipad to my itunes i get the message 'sync could not be finished because the sync failed to start' help!!

when syncing ipad to my pc's itunes i get the message 'sync cud not be finished as sync failed to start' help

So I reset my Apple ID password. Which then stopped my MobileMe account from working. Hang on - these were 2 different accounts a while ago, with different passwords!!!
So I have logged back in to MobileMe with my AppleID, and that's working again. After a short wait I can now create Home Sharing again.
Folks, I think we have just had our Apple IDs merged with our MobileMe accounts!! With no consultation or warning.
My guess is that this is the most seamless way for Apple to do it, as the vast majority of people use only one email address and one password for everything. Only those of us who had the same email adress but different a different passwords for MobileMe and Apple ID will have noticed. Annoying for us few, but a clever strategy on Apple's part, becasue we have been driven to fix the issue ourselves by chaning the password, and in doing so we have realised that our mobileme account is now the same thing as our Apple ID.

Reverse Sync Software

What is the recommended software to do reverse sync? I need to move music from an iPod to my iTunes w/o erasing the iPod.

See this older post from another forum member Zevoneer covering the different methods and software available to assist you with the task of copying content from your iPod back to your PC and into iTunes.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2452022?start=0&tstart=0
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Reverse sync-ing of iPod to iTunes?

I made a HUGE mistake!! About 2-3 weeks ago I d/l'd the 7.0.1.8 version of iTunes (CD Driver 2.0.6.0 and CD Driver DLL 2.0.6.0).
It worked fine to watch an episode of Heroes.
Then this week I opened up iTunes and there was a series of pop-up prompts that I (mea culpa!) ignored and I just kept clicking on "Next" until it got to the last one which I think asked something about my library and if I wanted iTunes to do it or if I wanted to manually do it. I answered yes. I am completely at fault, I just kept clicking through without really reading the prompts.
My whole library was scanned for about 20 minutes or more, something about gapless backups. Then when it was all done, I realized I had duplicates and triplicates of songs in my iTunes.
I went to "Show All Duplicates" and clicked on Select All and Delete. That deleted the whole library. Fortunately I had it backed up recently to an external USB hard drive. I repopulated iTunes via the backups. It still created duplicates which I am painstakingly and manually deleting.
HOWEVER, while the restore did restore my playlists, they are not all populated. The SmartPlaylists were re-created and repopulated. My personal playlists were re-created but were not populated.
I have not synced my iPod since before all this occured. Is there a way to reverse sync iTunes from the iPod to restore my settings and populated lists that are still on my iPod?
Thanks for any advice, insight, or suggestions offered!
Jezzie

take a look at this
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300173
or
you can download third party software that will allow you to take the information on your ipod and trasfer it back on to your computer.. you can find these programs at www.versiontracker.com
good luck

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