Artists missing from Ipod

Artists that are in my computer Itunes library are missing on my Ipod after synching. Songs are all there under the Ipod Songs tab listing the Artist but under the Artists tab the Artist is gone.

There are usually two things that contribute to songs not appearing under Artist on the iPod, both due to information either in or missing from the Get Info>Info tab against the song in iTunes. 1) the song is incorrectly marked as part of a compilation (and you have Compilations enabled on the iPod) or 2) the song has no album name associated with it.
if the tracks are ticked in the Get Info>Info tab as part of a compilation, they will not appear under Artist on the iPod. Highlight a song in iTunes that you know is not appearing correctly on your iPod. Right click on it and choose Get Info and click the Info tab (alternatively choose Get Info from the File menu), if "Part of a Compilation" is marked untick it and afterwards update your iPod, you should find it now appears as normal. If you are using iTunes 8 and view the multiple items info box the compilations setting is in the "Options" tab. Setting "Compilations" on your iPod main menu prevents you getting lots of single artist entries when you load an album by various artists.
Also if the tracks are missing an Album name in the Info tab, this information needs to be filled in. The no album one is a bit quirky as the songs will appear under certain circumstances (for instance I read somewhere that if you have at least two tracks with different album names the rest will appear), however the simplest remedy is just add None or Miscellaneous to all the blanks in place of a title. See this link for more detail: I don't see some of my songs when browsing by artist on my iPod

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Having synced my ipod, there are certain artists missing from the list on the ipod, but the tracks are there under the songs list. Any reason why and how do i correct this. Thanks.

Having synced my ipod, there are certain artists missing from the list on the ipod, but the tracks are there under the songs list. Any reason why and how do i correct this. Thanks.

We'll assume for now, that all the songs and albums in your iTunes Library are correctly labelled (dangerous assumption, by the way!), and that a Compilation album is one with songs by different artists. Unfortunately, the music industry (bless their little cotton socks!) often mark an album by one artist, that has a collection of their songs from old albums, as a compilation! iTunes doesn't think it is!
The missing artists will be those who only appear on Compilation albums. For example, if you have one song by Fleetwood Mac in your Library, and it's on a multi-artist Compilation album, then Fleetwood Mac will not be listed in the Artists menu. But, if you then import a Fleetwood Mac album (or even a Fleetwood Mac single) into your Library, then not only will Fleetwood Mac appear under Artists, but the song by them in the Compilation album will also be listed.
One way to sort this out is to remove the Compilations option from the Main Menu and the Music Menu on your iPod. To do this, go to Settings/Main Menu/Compilations and press the Select (centre) button to turn off the tick. Then repeat this in the Settings/Music Menu/Compilations.
You should now find the missing artists listed in the Artists menu.
By the way, I now routinely check all albums I import from CD into my iTunes Library. Before I start the import procedure, I make sure that Compilation CD is turned on (highlight the album in the import window and right-click/Compilation CD) if it really is a multi-artist CD - and off if it's a single artist CD. Once imported, I manually change the album info to; (highlight album and select ) File/Get Info/Info/Album Artist has "Various Artists" in the box. Make sure it's the Album Artist box, not the Artist box.

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Camera is missing from ipod touch 4G. Finally succumbed and did the Restore, Reset All to Factory Settings, installed OS5 but camera still not there. Also, there 's no Camera in the Restrictions settings. Does someone have an answer for me?

Are you sure you reset the home screen layout?
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Does your ipod have a camera lens?

Artists missing from ITunes - how do you ask ITunes to provide them?

There are a LOT of artists missing from ITUNES. Some seminal albums. For example I wanted to download Ian Dury and the Blockheads (amongst many other artists) but ITUNES does not have a single track by him. Is this because ITUNES is particularly American in their outlook? or some other reason? How do you ask them to make certain artists and albums available for download?

You need to be aware that often the reason any given artist isn't represented on the iTunes Music Store is that the artist or their record company won't license Apple to resell their tracks. This often happens with a deceased artist; the rights are sown up in estates.
So by all means submit your request, but don't be surprised if nothing happens; often there's nothing Apple can do. In the case of The Blockheads, you might want to contact them directly and ask them to get their CDs onto the iTMS.
Message was edited by: Dave Sawyer

Artists 'missing' on iPod

Hello, I have an iPod nano (hurrah). Whilst my iPod has all the songs from my library, when I do a search for artist, a shedload are missing from the list (although, as mentioned, the songs are there).
I assumed then that there would be some criteria such as an artist only appears on the list on iPod if they had (e.g) lots of songs, but this isn't the case.
Can anyone help?

This isn't foolproof but there are usually two things that contribute to songs not appearing under Artist on the iPod, both due to information either in or missing from the Get Info>Info tab against the song in iTunes. 1) the song is marked as part of a compilation or 2) it is missing an album name.
If the tracks are ticked in the Get Info>Info tab as part of a compilation, they will not appear under Artist on the iPod. Highlight a song in iTunes that you know is not appearing correctly on your iPod. Right click on it and choose Get Info and click the Info tab (alternatively choose Get Info from the File menu), if "Part of a Compilation" is marked untick it and afterwards update your iPod, you should find it now appears as normal. Compilations are stored in a separate folder in iTunes so the songs don't appear inside the normal Artist>Album folder which may be why this happens.
Also if tracks are missing an Album name in the Info tab, this information needs to be filled in. The no album one is a bit quirky as the songs will appear under certain circumstances but the simplest remedy is just add None or Miscellaneous in place of a title. See this link for more detail: I don't see some of my songs when browsing by artist on my iPod

Artists missing from column browser

Today I noticed some artists are missing from the artist list in the column browser in iTunes 11.0.2
No idea why some artists are there and others are not. They do appear in the artist view.

Sure, you can select multiple tracks and use CTRL-I to *Get Info*, then on the Options tab set *Part of a Compilation* to No. You might also find my previous post on Grouping Tracks Into Albums useful.
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Items Listed In Library, But Missing From iPod/Hard Drive of Computer

I recently had my latest disaster with iTunes wiping out the content of my iPod. I hooked up the iPod to the computer to charge and to add on a few more items. When it updated, it started from scratch and updated some 1700 items or so directly from my computer hard drive into the iPod, as if they had never been on the iPod in the first place. Further, there are still something like 2000 more items that were on the iPod before this, but now are missing from its list. These items are songs that are no longer on my computer's hard drive. These items are still listed in the iTunes library, however.
What do I do to get these items accessible again on the iPod itself? Whatever I have tried so far with updating does not do anything but have the iPod/iTunes deal with the items that are still on my hard drive of the computer. How can I get the full listing of 3700 items to play on the iPod again? Or do I have to start from scratch (this will be the third time I will have to do this if so) and reload all those hundreds of CDs back into the iPod manually?
Thank you for any advice you may be able to provide!

Were any of those exception edited with Photoshop or Photoshop Elements? If so and you can identify them, download the "Embed sRGB Profile" application from Toad's Cellar, unzip it and place on the desktop. Then take those files and drop onto the application. After the profile is embedded in the files try importing them again.
Do you Twango?
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've written an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

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for some reason my ipod would not play and just keep running from one song to the next.i connected to computer to update and now all my songs are missing from the ipod and nothing i try puts is back.i have removed and put everything back,latest update,restore back to the begining still my ipod is blank.need help on what to do next.thanks loraine

i do normally auto update, and there is some music in itunes that I have moved around or deleted, more specifically, itunes cannot find it-however the music HAS stayed on my ipod!! do you know why this is?
Not really sure.
Have you tried a Reset on the iPod?
If it keeps happening (and you don't want it to, you may have to Restore.)
should I just uncheck all the old music that I have deleted, then only update the checked stuff? (just to keep it organized?)
How are you deleting the music? Directly from the folder or are you using iTunes to delete it?
If you use iTunes, it will not be in iTunes to check or uncheck. I recommend you use iTunes to manage your music, then you don't have to worry abou twhere it is stored or what it is named, etc.

Songs missing from IPOD menus

Hi this is a bit complicated to explain so may take awhile but here goes:
Me and my Boyfrind both share the same computer and Itunes Libary. However one album is causing him problems. The Jimi Hendrix Voodoo child album is synced in Itunes and is on my Ipod and can be accsessed through all of the menu options Albums, artists, songs etc. However on my boyfriends the album or any of the songs cannot be found in any of these menus. The weird thing is that the album Is on his Ipod as songs from the album and diplaying the artwork and album name pop up randomly when in shuffle mode but we cannot not find it in any of the menus so that he can acsess it manually??? We would be gratful for any help anyone could give us in solving this problem.
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This is a little confusing. You say your b/f iPod cannot access that album via any of these menus, "Albums, artists, songs etc."
Then you go on to say "The weird thing is that the album Is on his Ipod as songs".
So where are you accessing these songs if not from the artist/album/songs menu?
The best place to start is with this.
It could be that you have inadvertently imported this CD into iTunes as part of a compilation (I believe that JH album is a compilation right?). If so, the artists won't show in the artists menu on the iPod.
To check, highlight the tracks on one of the offending artists CDs in iTunes, right click and select "get info". This brings up a multiple song info window, and from there you can check if you have 'yes' in the box marked "part of a compilation".
If you have, select 'no' instead and click 'ok'. Do this with any CD that has this issue. This will alter the info in iTunes, and you should then connect your iPod and synchronize the changes.
The problem arises because the information contained on the Gracenote CD Data Base (where iTunes gets all it's album/artist/track info from), is sometimes incorrect. It can show CDs as compilations when in fact they are not, although in this case I think it is a copmilation and the CDDB is correct.
You should also check that the songs have album name info in their ID tags.
See: Some songs don't don't show under artist on my iPod.
Also, I would check to see if your b/f ipod has the "compilations" menu turned on. Settings/main menu/compilations/on. This way you can keep that album marked as a comp if you so wish.
If I've misunderstood and it's none of these things, post back.

All music missing from ipod... Pls help!

Hi,
So i listened to my ipod on the way to work, connected it via UBS to my laptop for charging as normal. On the way home.. NO MUSIC!!!
When I connect to itunes now, itunes say it can't recognise the ipod and tells me to restore factory settings.
I have less than a third of what was on my ipod in my itunes because they changed my hardrive months ago and didn't back up my music so it was lost from itunes.
my Ipod settings say I have Capacity 27.8Gb and Available 16.8GB. So this tells me that my music is still in my ipod.. but I can't see it and all menus say there is nothing in there!! I'm going mad. I had over 3000 songs and it'll be a nightmare to upload all my cd's again which is why i don't want to restore the factory settings.
Anyone else had this problem and managed to get their music back???
Please say yes and let me know how I can resolve this.
Many thanks,
D
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Before you restore, try recovering your music by following the suggestions here.
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Artist missing from index

I have 12000+ songs on an iPod Classic. I was searching through Artists for an artist I know is there but it does not show on the index or through the search option. If I go to the Compilation Album on which that artist appears, I can find the track which is clearly marked as being by the artist in question.
Is the index corrupted? If so, how can I fix it?
Thanks

To ensure artists from Compilation albums appear on the Artists menu on the iPod Classic:
In iTunes, highlight the complete album:
Make sure the album is ticked as Part of a compilation (File/Get Info/Options>Part of a compilation>Yes.) Note; even if it states "yes", change it to "no" and then back to "Yes". This ensure all tracks for that album are set to "yes".
(With the complete album still selected) look on File/Get Info/Info and make sure that the Album Artist field has "Various Artists" typed in it. With this item, if it has text in the box, then it applies to each and every track, unlike the compilation menu above.
Sync iTunes with the iPod to ensure any changes are reflected on the iPod.
On the iPod Classic (this is the crucial part):
Remove "Compilations" from the Main and the Music menus.
Look in Settings/Main Menu>Compilations and make sure there is no tick next to Compilations.
Look in Settings/Music Menu>Compilations and make sure there is no tick next to Compilations.
In both cases, scroll to the Compilations and press the select (centre) button to toggle the tick on and off.
Artists who only appear on Compilation albums should now be visible in the Artists menu.

Whole albums missing from ipod touch (current gen) after latest sync with mac air...

Any ideas why? All that is different to previous times is the ipod is on ios7.
What i had done was delete a few albums i didnt listen ever, just cleaning up. Connnected to ipod as i assume it would clear the albums off of that too (i sync my WHOLE music collection as can fit it on 64gb ipod) but albums i did not delete are now missing.
Guess i'm heading for 'reset ipod' and start over as new?
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Try:
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Unsync all music and resync
- Reset all settings
Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
All your preferences and settings are reset. Information (such as contacts and calendars) and media (such as songs and videos) aren’t affected.
- Restore from backup. See:
iOS: How to back up
- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.

Artists missing from menu

When I go the Artists there are quite a few missing, they are not from compilation albums either. How can I get all the artists to show up?

Try this article: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307206
The songs may not be part of a compilation, but does iTunes know that? Check the setting.
Try this article next: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302773

Harddrive Crashed-One artist missing from purchased...

My harddrive crashed recently and I had to replace it. When I went to get back my purchased songs from iTunes, all of them were there except for the songs of one artist (Utada Hikaru). I had 5 songs from her and none of them were found and when I go to "check for purchases" it says I have all the songs associated with this account (and I only have one).
I bought these songs from the US iTunes so I don't understand why those are the only ones missing. Does anyone know?

Just a thought. Are the songs of the 'missing artists' marked as 'Part of a compilation'?
You will find the checkbox when Getting Info (command-I) of one of the songs (Info tab).
Artists whose albums are marked as part of a compilation do not show up in the iTunes browser. Their albums will show up when you select Compilations (left part of the browser pane, below 'All (xxx Artists)').
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Songs and Videos missing from iPod?

I have added a large number of songs to my iPod and I have realised some of them are missing under the artist. However I can find them under the song search. I know this is due to ID3 album tags but this seems really silly, is there anyway to overcome this on mass? I have a large number of songs and don't know which ones have ID3 album tags or not. A seperate issue, I also added a number of videos to the iPod, however they aren't there when I look for them. iTunes shows them there when I browse my iPod, but when I unplug and look for them, they're not there? Any help would be much appreciated.

Regarding your first question, sort your iTunes library by Album, then group-select all those with no album name and select Get Info. Enter "N/A" or something like that for songs which have no album name.

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