Cant manage music on ipod?

Ever since I did the update, when I connect the ipod then click on the ipod device, cant figure out how to access the music on it...just the summary menu with all of the settings tabs

Click on the chevron > to the left of the iPod icon in the Source list. This will display the various icons for the iPod itself, Music, Movies, TV Shows and Playlists. Click on Music and you'll see the traditional song view with the information at the bottom.

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Managing music on ipod (from mac to ipod, and visa versa)

I cant believe how cumbersone and how totaly ruined by commercial bullshiat ipod and itunes is.
I realy need away to manualy copy from and to,,,and manage my music in the ipod
Is there such a program?? (freeware i hope)

Well you can put your iPod into Manual sync mode and then the manual copying from iTunes to the iPod is as easy and drag and drop.
But the other way around is not enabled to prevent illegal file sharing as this would allow a very simple way for people to share their digital music to other computers. Apple purposely designed the iPod to be a player so that music is sort of one way, onto the iPod or deleted from it, but not transferred off of it to something else.
There are third party apps that can move stuff off the iPod to the computer, but I am not sure if any of them allow normal day to day to and from transfers of individual tracks like you want to do.
Patrick

Laptop died. Had backup of ITunes Media Folder but now cant restore music to Ipod after ios5 upgrade!

Hi guys. My laptop died a week ago and I managed to get the Itunes Media Folder copied off hard drive before it completely died. Since then, loaded Itunes on my main PC for first time (ios5), authorised it and then pointed iTunes at the Itunes Media Folder. Since trying to sync my Ipod Touch (which effectively had to be overwritten) I've noticed that most of my music on the iPod Touch is Greyed out. Majority of the music was from Amazon and purchased CD's imported to Itunes. All plays OK on iTunes but Ipod wont play 'em.
Any ideas guys? Tried syncing about 8 times now. Real pain in the bum!

I am getting a bit lost on what was done and exactly why you did it that way. It looks to me like you use iTunes with standard preferences settings and you didn't so much move your media folder to the external drive as your whole iTunes library (everything in the top level folder including all the media files). This should have been done simply by copying the iTunes folder from the old drive to the new one, renaming the AllMyiTunesMusic folder if you so desire, then starting iTunes while holding down the option/alt key and selecting that folder as the iTunes library to now start using. Apart from the copy time when you could go away and drink a pot of coffee the actual labor time would be about 2 minutes. I think you must have done something different which has kind of messed up your library and resulted in duplication of files. Some of those folders such as Movies and the neighboring Music folder should be in the media folder, but don't move things about in Finder or iTunes may lose track of them and things will get worse. If you can go back and do things properly then I recommend you do so, otherwise we can see what we can work with here.
What are the iTunes library files? - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1660
More on iTunes library files and what they do - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITunes#Media_management
What are all those iTunes files? - http://www.macworld.com/article/139974/2009/04/itunes_files.html
Where are my iTunes files located? - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1391
iTunes 9 [and later]: Understanding iTunes Media Organization - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3847 - plus supplemental information about organizing to new structure https://discussions.apple.com/message/26404702#26404702
Image of folder structure and explanation of different iTunes versions (turingtest2 post) - https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-7392 and making an iTunes library portable.

Cant add music to ipod... all old content is overwritten

Hi,
I cannot add new playlist and music files to my ipod. when i sync my ipod to add new files.. it gives me a message saying all the contents of the ipod will be erased and the new playlist will be added.
I am having a Ipod with 30G memory and its the one with where i can watch video.
Please help me add files to my ipod with out deleting the old music files
Aquib
Intel Pentium 111 1 GHz Windows XP

Hi,
You can only drag and drop music across if the iPod is setup to be 'manually managed'. Check your iTunes preferences when the iPod is connected to see what the current setting is.

Cant put music on ipod?

ok so i have about 300 songs on my ipod and alot more room to use up. i bought 3 new songs off itunes and i tryed to drag it from my purcused music to my ipod play list. the circle with a line inside of it showed meaning i cant put it there. so i put it into my library and tryed it again. still doesnt work. what am i doing wrong?

I'm confused also!! : )
With manual transfer, the list of songs on your iPod are not "shadowed" and this allows you to edit the songs on the iPod without making the same changes to the songs in iTunes. If you want to make changes in iTunes, and have those changes reflected on your iPod, then as I said earlier, you have to do it twice. Once on the iPod, and once in iTunes. For many people, manual transfer is cumbersome.
With automatic transfer the list of songs on your iPod are "shadowed", so you cannot make changes directly on your ipod, you must do it through iTunes. Any changes you make in iTunes will be reflected on your iPod the next time you sync it. Similarly, any ratings you give a song on your iPod will be reflected in iTunes. This does not happen with manual transfer.
If you want everything to be updated on your iPod automatically, then you should select "automatically update all songs and playlist" from the iPod preferences menu.
I'm not sure what you mean by "when i go to make a new playlist, it is not indented under the ipod like my old lists used to be"
Auto transfer is the most convenient method, and less messy method in my opinion.
With regard to your iTrip, I'm afraid I can't offer any advice as I don't use one so am not familiar with it.

Cant put music on Ipod, Anyone have suggestions?

i have a computer at home, and i put about 400-500 songs on my ipod. Right now im living in idaho, and I have my laptop, ive been downloading things on this itunes on my laptop, but everytime i go to put it on my ipod, it says its going to delete everything thats on there and replace it with the new library. All i want to do is add it to the old one, what can i do?
thank you, Josh.

Change the update setting for your iPod to manual. You can use a keyboard command to prevent your iPod auto-syncing with iTunes. While connecting the iPod to the computer on Windows hold down the Shift + Ctrl keys (on a Mac hold down the Option and Command (⌥ and ⌘) keys). This will stop the iPod from auto-syncing with iTunes and the iPod will appear in the source list. Wait until you are sure the iPod has mounted, and that it will not auto sync and then you can let the keys go. This may take between 20 to 30 seconds depending on your computer. Then go to Preferences>iPod and check the "Manually manage songs and playlists" box: Managing Your Songs Manually
If at any stage you get the message that your iPod is linked to a different library and asking if you want to link to this one and replace all your songs etc, press *No*. Pressing "Yes" will irretrievably remove all songs from your iPod. At this stage on a Mac the iPod appears in the iTunes source list from where you can change the update setting to manual, I would expect that this is the same on a PC.

Cant drag music into iPod

For some reason, i can't drag my music into my iPod or anything in the panel on the right hand side for that matter (playlists, ect..)
I updated my iTunes and it still does not work.
Has anyone had this problem before?
1 Windows XP

Check to see how iTunes is set for synchronization (iPod Options). If iTunes is set to automatically synchronize with your iPod, you cannot drag music to the iPod nor delete tracks or playlists from it. Only if iTunes is set for manual synchronization can you drag tracks and playlists on and off your iPod yourself.

Cant load music from ipod to library

my computer received a virus but we reformatted the computer so I had to download itunes again. so i lost my music from the library. I tried to do these instructions:
- Start with the iPod disconnected from the computer - DON'T CONNECT IPOD YET
- open iTunes
- open iTunes Preferences - this blocks iTunes from seeing an iPod connection; leave the preferences window up and running
- connect the iPod to the computer, wait about 15 seconds before continuing
- open 'My Computer'
- Tools menu, Folder Options, View tab, enable 'show hidden files /folders'
- open iPod icon in My Computer
- open iPod_Control folder
- you should see a folder named Music
- drag this folder to somewhere on your computer hard drive
- after the copy completes, right-click the new Music folder on your hard drive and select 'Properties'
- clear the checkmark next to 'Hidden'
- Close that explorer window
- eject iPod from System tray "Safely Remove Hardware" icon. there's more!!
but when i open my ipod icon on my computer it doesnt have a music folder. It has calendar, notes, and contacts. What do i do??

Unless you subscribe to Match, you will have to transfer your non-iTunes stuff from your old computer:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527
If you want to copy non-iTunes music off of your iPod (eg, if your old computer doesn't exist), you'll need to use a third party program. I don't know of any free ones anymore, but if you google, you can find several in the $19 range.

After newest iTunes update i cant sync music to ipod! erroe OxE800400C

I was having issues with my 3rd Generation iTouch, so I restored it. After having issues restoring it, i updated all the newest software (iTunes 10). Once I tried syncing it I realized something odd...my music wont sync! All of my apps synced perfectly but my music and podcasts arent. The bar at the top of the screen says "Copying 1 of 1: 'song name'" and the bar just wont move. My iPod says "sync in progress" and will sit there for a half hour or so before a box comes on and says the device timed out and error code OxE800400C. Also, everytime i try to sync it the whole iTunes program becomes non responsive and im forced to end the task and start over, only to have the same thing happen again. I have tried everything I can think of and i have found no solution to this problem. Can someone please help me im so frustrated and cofused!!

Interesting, I get this exact same error! And it's the music on mine as well -- however, it will copy SOME songs over. It still syncs with my older iPod, and my new iPod will work on my other computer, which it was never connected to before. I'm hoping you hear an answer soon!

HT2555 Missing the ability to play songs from iPod connected to itunes/ manage music on iPod/ iPhone via iTunes. was available last iTunes version. Please bring back!

In the past I was able to charge my iPhone or iPod while enjoying my music located on either device via the built in speakers on my macbook pro. After i did my upgrade of itunes, I lost that functionality as well as the ability to easily drag and drop music to, or delete from, my iphone/ ipod.
I have so far discovered that if I want to delete from my iphone I can swipe right and delete, nice to have that on the phone, but could I please get it back at my laptop.
I don't keep my music library on my laptop due to limited space, nor do I always have my external connected due to limited usb ports.
please bring this back.
Thank you,
michael angelo gonzalez

In the past I was able to charge my iPhone or iPod while enjoying my music located on either device via the built in speakers on my macbook pro. After i did my upgrade of itunes, I lost that functionality as well as the ability to easily drag and drop music to, or delete from, my iphone/ ipod.
I have so far discovered that if I want to delete from my iphone I can swipe right and delete, nice to have that on the phone, but could I please get it back at my laptop.
I don't keep my music library on my laptop due to limited space, nor do I always have my external connected due to limited usb ports.
please bring this back.
Thank you,
michael angelo gonzalez

HT1386 i cant get music my ipod from my compter is not work

i know how use the new visod of i tuns store and got ipod tunch old visiod of one and wiont dowend muics to my ipod from my compter

Are you following these instructions?
What happens when you try to sync? Error message?

IPhone 5C cant manually manage music?

My sister's iPhone cant get music from more than one computuer, why? I choose manually manage music on our family PC, select it then tells me I have to erase and sync. I do that but then when plugged into my sister's laptop the manually manage music option is no longer chEcked and if i check it i have to erase and sync again, this happened with her iPhone 4 too. Why does this happen!? HELP

xmendez009 wrote:
For what I know. Managing the music manually is just for iPods and iPads. Even if you tick Manually manage for iPhones it won't work.
Maunally managing music on iPhones works just fine.

Cannot delete music from iPod nano (latest generation). Have already selected "Manually Manage music and videos" but delete is unavailable from right click or Edit.

I have done everything I've seen recommended for deleting music (jncluding "manually manage"). Thanks for the assistance!!!

Did you Apply the change after selecting (checking the box for) Manually manage music and videos?
With the latest iTunes, if the sidebar is hidden, from the menu bar, under View, select Show Sidebar.
In the sidebar, select the iPod under DEVICES. Click the toggle (to the left of iPod) to drop down the iPod's content list, indented under iPod. Click on Music there. Over to the right, the list of songs on the iPod is shown. You can select songs there, right click on them, and select Delete from the contextual menu. You can also select songs there, go up to the menu bar, and select Delete under Edit. You can also select songs there, and just press the Delete key on the keyboard.
If you want to use automatic syncing, which is far more convenient than the manual method, and easily manage content on the iPod (add and remove songs), please post back.

I have music on iPod touch that isn't listed in iTunes, can't seem to "manage" the content

Sheesh. I know it's supposed to be simple & intuitive, but I can't quite figure some things out. Now, I may have reloaded iTunes since I had to rebuild my PC. Fortunately, my library of music - mainly from CDs - was saved on a backup.
1. I have some music that isn't quite listed in iTunes
Creedence Clearwater Revival album Chronicle Volume 1 also shows up as Chronicle, Vol.1 on the iPod
but it shows up only as Chronicle, Vol. 1 in my Music Library. How did it duplicate itself and how do I get rid of the duplicates?
note that these duplicates do not appear in iTunes, so clicking on Display Duplicates does not find them.
2. I cannot remove the rogue versions of songs either directly from the iPod or from iTunes
3. I cannot adjust the columns or sort order when viewing my iPod's Music in iTunes
4. Sync is not checked for any of the categories in iTunes
if I check the Sync box for music, it states it will wipe out my music and replace it with my library. My whole library won't fit on my 8 GB iPod. How do I pick and choose what goes to the iPod. Do I really need to wipe out the contents of my iPod first?
5. Last question - Can I assign the album art that was ripped from my CDs to the albums/songs imported from My Music in Windows to iTunes?
So I'm a bit frustrated but very open to solutions. My iPod touch is maxed out and I want to adjust what content - pictures, apps, music & playlists only - gets loaded on the iPod.
Help! Help! Thanks!!

- From your description you did something to iTunes on the computer such that the iPod sees ythe iTunes library as a new library. That is why you are getting the message about erasing when you try to sync. Yu can, as you are doing, managing music with the computer since you can do that among different conputer. See:
Using iPhone, iPad, or iPod with multiple computers
- If all music, apps, sysnced photos are on the computer you need to:
--- Make a backup of the iPod by connecting the iPod to the computer and right clicking on the iPod under Devices in iTunes and selecing Backup and then restore the iPod from that backup.
- You can transfer iTunes purchases to the computer by:
iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod to a computer
- You can transfer non-iTunes purchaed music by using one of the third-party programs discussed here. Some of those may also do synced photos.
Copy music from Ipod to new computer...: Apple Support Communities

Manually Manage Music Option get error The iPod cannot be updated error(-50

I am following the instructions on how to move music to a new computer. When I get to the step "Switch the iPod to manual update and enable disk use" and try to apply the 'Manually manage music' option, I get the following error: 'The iPod (my iPod) cannot be updated. An unknown error occurred (-50). I have tried moving my dock between the two USB ports on my Dell but nothing works..can someone help?

I tried some additional things and it seems to have fixed the problem.
First, I forced the iPod Service to close using the Windows task manager (control-alt-delete and then closing it). I then restored my iPod to its original factory settings using that option in iTunes.
I renamed the iPod and then set up what I wanted to sync with it. I have made a couple of changes and they have worked.

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