Checking consistancy between iPod and iTunes library

Is there a way to tell which files are missing from an iPod that are in the iTunes library? My library on my computer says 2948, and for my iPod it says 2947. I was hoping maybe there was some program that would tell you rather than having to go through every file and check. Thanks.

I don't think there is any programs like this. You can search Google. To make sure you are getting all of your songs from iTunes onto your iPod follow these instructions:
1. Go to all of your songs(Library)
2. Click on your first song on the list and press and hold Shift
3. Go to the last song on the list. Click on it and let go of Shift.
4. Then all of your songs are highlighted. Right click on any song and click on "Uncheck Selection". Now all of your songs are unchecked.
5. Now right click again on any song and click on "Check Selection". Now every single song is checked.
6. Now update your iPod again and everything from your iTunes library should transfer correctly onto your iPod.
I have tried this solution and it has worked for me. I personaly created these instructions so I helped you out

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Transfer between iPod and iTunes - mission impossible !

I recently got iPod Touch (latest model with latest iOS) - just to use it in my car. I simply wanted to add and remove few songs. In a normal world, there would be just 2 columns (ipod/computer and simple managing both parts within files and folders management - let us be sincere, can anything be more natural and straightforward ? Sure not). But Apple wants it to make super complicated and highly frustrating. OK, what to do,
Since I already have a different computer (newer version of MBP Retina, with the latest OSX) , I needed to get the iPod content to the iTunes on the new computer somehow. This is impossible as such - since iTunes keep telling that if I want to associate this iPod with this iTunes library , I have to erase the iPod (this is something I really don't want). I try "full backup" - as offered by iTunes ... I do it few times, the process starts, but always lasts quite short (considering 1700 songs with 24 GB on my iPod). The result is - nothing is backuped to this computer ... very nice ...
In further search, I discover some third party apps, that supposedly could help with this terrible process. I bought AnyTrans and started transferring the content to iTunes. in 9 hours, it was just 4 GB transferred ... (overnight) ... obviously not the way ... On another advice , I bought iExplorer, it should be supposedly better. I tried to transfer the iPod content to iTunes ("start automatic transfer). I tried it 5 times. As a result, the app always froze and for quit was the only solution. NIce. Then I got an advice that it is good not to transfer to iTunes but just to some folder on a computer. That finally worked. Good
Then I added all these songs to iTunes Library (finally some first result after many hours of effort). Then I agreed that this iPod can be associated with this iTunes Library (that already contained those 1700 songs) and let it synced with this iPod. After some time the iPod was indeed erased. No music in it any more. As much as I tried again and again to sync it with iTunes Library, the process went in three short steps and finished. The result - no music on iPod, whatever I do ... Full music Library in iTunes on MBP
What shall I say and still keep my expressions decent ? (difficult) This iTunes and this system of working with files on iPod or iPhones is for me the most stupid invention ever. How could someone ever create such a terrible nonsense that make simple things impossible and highly frustrating ? Instead of simple file transfer between devices ... I have no words for that ... It is also possible that it is me who is stupid, in that case, please let me know how can I transfer songs from iPod to iTunes and how can I how some songs on iPod (that are already in iTunes Library). Not to waste computer space by having iPod library copied there, is another thing, but let us not go to details now

Yes, all played in iTunes in the computer, right boxes checked (see the printscreens) ... In the end , I restored to restarting iPod and MBP. After that it started working (synchronisation). But only up to some extent. In iTunes Library I have about 1700 tracks, but only 660 were transferred to iPod. Now I made: "add to library" - adding to library all the song I already have in Library: and the iTunes started working hard to add the rest in the Library (but they were already there ...)
So finally I spend nice whole day to add/remove songs in my iPod ...
Another thing is - when in iTunes Library I want to add/change genre to some songs, the process takes so long, it is like each song is freshly copied just to add the tag "classical" etc to each ... I thought I have the "fastest Mac ever" ... Waiting so long for such trivial process is unbelievable ... (with rainbow circle making a nice decoration now and then)

IPod and iTunes Library

I have all of my music on my iPod. I have all of my music set up to be on an external hard drive that only works with a Mac which mine is currently out of commission. I used a trial software to put the music all onto my iPod thru a PC. Now I have added some new music to my library. If I connect my iPod will it delete all of the music on there currently and replace it with the new music or will it keep all of whats currently on there and just add to it? I haven't tried it yet because I will have hurt feelings if it replaces everything. Can I even add music to the iPod or should I just wait until I get my Mac up and running again?

You just need to change the iPod from auto sync to manual sync. When you first plug it into the new machine, you will get a pop up warning you that your iPod is synced to another library and do you want to sync it to this library instead or transfer purchases. Click CANCEL.
After a moment it will look like it is syncing the iPod but isn't doing anything other than reading it. Now you can go to the iPod in iTunes and change it to manual mode by clicking on the check box in front of "manually Manage music and videos" when you are in the main Summary page for the iPod.
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How to connect ratings between iPod and iTunes

Hey I just got an iPod and I want the ratings I set on the pod to update onto my computer. When I connect the iPod I can see the songs on the iPod have the ratings I set when I was using the iPod, but the original songs on the computer aren't updated.
Any advice?
Or do the ratings only flow one way? Thanks a lot guys,
Josh

It works for me; i.e. when I set ratings on the iPod, and then I sync the iPod, the ratings in the iTunes Library change to what I set on the iPod.
Maybe it depends on the iPod model?

How do I set up my second Ipod and itunes library (same computer)?

I recently filled up my first Ipod, and want to load my second Ipod's software on the same computer without causing interference and problems with my first ipod and library. How do I load my second ipod's software and create a library just for it, without the libraries becoming confused, or not recognizing ipods, or double copying songs?
Thanks in advance,
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There are numerous ways to do what you want. Check this out: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300432

Memory discrepancy between iPod and iTunes

I just bought a new 30GB iPod today. My iTunes library says that I have 9.45GB used, but when I loaded the music onto the new iPod it says I've used 9.54GB - not 9.45GB. Why the discrepancy and how do I fix that?

Hi!
My name is Florian and I know, what´s youre problem...
With Windows XP, I think you have NTFS on your HDD.
When you format the iPod for Windows (the iPod's operating system can't have other) you have only FAT on your iPod.
Short intro in file systems:
your HDD is a circle. in the middle of the disc (lowest radius ) there is saved, where the files are on your HDD. Your HDD is composed out of litlle "squaers" (width is very, very little). and this squares have a definite bigness. in NTFS the bigness is just littler than in FAT. So if you have a part of a file (this squares are very very little capacity) you have a part of a file is littler than a sqare, this capacity is wasted.
==> bigger sqares in FAT => more waste.
Hope could help you. For more infos, visit wikipedia
(teh operating system of iPod (with games,...) is already abstracted from the 30 GB (the 30GB are not 30GB, only 27,89...) because of the management system of the file-system (FAT, NTFS,...))
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7.0.2 crashes when click between iPod and music library

I just upgraded to 7.0.2. iTunes recognizes my iPod and will even play the music, but if I click on the music library after having clicked on anything in my connected iPod, iTunes quits without even an error message. I just wiped my 1.6 Ghz PowerPC G5 and reinstalled 10.4, then upgraded to iTunes 7.0.2. I have a 5G iPod video. 7.0.1 works just fine with my iPod on my iBook.
Help!
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I think it's fixed. I followed the instructions on this thread:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=717600&tstart=0
and reinstalled 7.0. First I put iTunesX.pkg and iTunes 7.0.2 in the trash, then I ran the installer. iTunes still behaved badly until I emptied the trash. Now iTunes and my iPod play nicely together unless I click on the iPod while it's still loading, in which case iTunes crashes again.
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Music plays on iPad but not iPod and iTunes library

I have recently purchased music off of iTunes and some of the songs won't play on my iPod or in my iTunes library but they will play on my iPad. I am not sure how to fix this. I've downloaded the most recent version of iTunes and deauthorized and reauthorized my computer, but nothing so far has helped. Has anyone had this problem and knows how to fix it?

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IPod and iTunes library skip songs bought from iTunes

I just bought the song "Wanted" by Hunter Hayes and a few other songs from itunes. All my other songs play just fine, but Wanted won't. Everytime I go to play it in my itunes library it says: "This computer is not authorized to play 'Wanted'. Would you like to authorize it?" so I type my username and password and hit the "authorize" button, and it says: "This computer is authorized" so I go to play it again and the same thing happens all over again. Then when I go to play it on my iPod, it skips over it and won't play. Does anyone know what to do? It annoys me that a song a PAYED for won't work.

Remove the downloaded purchase and then redownload it at no cost via iCloud. This has fixed this authorization issue for a number of users.
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IPOD and iTunes Library have different amount of used space

My iPod mini has 1.86 GB used while my library only has 864 MB used. How can I identify the discrepancy?

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Transferring songs from IPOD to Itunes library after reintalling itunes and

i recenty re-installed itunes after having to reinsatll windows XP I want to tranfer all the songs on my ipod to itunes library. i can not see my songs in 'myipod'itunes,all i see is a new library. i want my library back on. and all my playlists.
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temigurl

If you have any iTunes Music Store purchases the transfer of purchased content from the iPod to authorised computers was introduced with iTunes 7. You'll find details in this article: Copying iTunes Store purchases from your iPod to a computer
The transfer of content from other sources such as songs imported from CD is designed by default to be one way from iTunes to iPod. However there are a number of third party utilities that you can use to retrieve the music files and playlists from your iPod. You'll find that they have varying degrees of functionality and some will transfer movies, videos, photos, podcasts and games as well. Have a look at the web pages and documentation, this is just a small selection of what's available, they are generally quite straightforward. You can read reviews and comparisons of some of them here:
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TuneJack Windows Only
iPod2PC Windows Only
iGadget Windows Only
iDump Windows Only
SharePod Windows Only
iPodRip Mac & Windows
YamiPod Mac and Windows
Music Rescue Mac & Windows
iPodCopy Mac and Windows
iRepo Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
iPod Access Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
There is also a manual method of accessing the iPod's hard drive and copying songs back to iTunes on Windows or a Mac. The procedure is a bit involved and won't recover playlists but if you're interested it's available at this link: Two-way Street: Moving Music Off the iPod
One last thing, if your iPod is set to update automatically you need to take care connecting to an empty iTunes. You can use a keyboard command to prevent your iPod auto-syncing with iTunes. While connecting the iPod to the computer on Windows with iTunes 7.3 or later installed hold down the Shift + Ctrl keys together. 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: iTunes 7.3 Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows
When your iPod appears in the iTunes source list change the update setting to manual, that way you can continue to use your iPod without the risk of accidentally erasing it. Also when using most of the utilities listed above your iPod needs to be enabled for disc use, changing to manual update will do this by default: Managing content manually on iPod
Whichever retrieval method you choose, keep your iPod in manual mode until you have reloaded your iTunes and you are happy with your playlists etc then it will be safe to return it auto-sync. I would also advise that you get yourself an external hard drive and back your stuff up, relying on an iPod as your sole backup is not a good idea and external drives are comparatively inexpensive these days, you can get loads of storage for a reasonable outlay.

I purchased a song on my Ipod Touch 4 GEN. and i listened to it not 5 mins before i synced it with Itunes...then i looked in my Ipod music library and itunes library...GONE. but when i go to download, it wanted me to pay even tho i have bot it! HELP!!!

i purchased a song on my Ipod Touch 4 GEN. and i listened to it not 5 mins before i synced it with Itunes...then i looked in my Ipod music library and itunes library...GONE. but when i go to download it, like with Apps when if you have purchased an app and it get's deleted...you can have it back for FREE
and i tryed that with this song...and it says that " you have already purchased this song, would you like to buy it again?" but it wont let me get it again for free even tho i have bought it before...is there a way i can get it back with out having to pay??
HHHHHEEEELLLLPPPP!!!! PPPLLLEEEAAASSSEEE!!!!!!

You buy one and only one download.
As it should have been transferred to your computer when you synced, you can contact itunes support and ask for an exception.
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes

I have one imac. my wife and i each have our own user accounts and itunes library. How do we share selected music between user accounts?

i have one imac. my wife and i each have our own user accounts and itunes library. How do we share selected music between user accounts?

To give other users read-only access to your library, use the Sharing features of iTunes. Sharing works over the local network as well as on the same computer. See the built-in help for details.
If you want to give full read/write access to more than one user, see the support article linked below.
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I just purchased a 120gb iPod classic 6th generation from a friend. I have the latest iTunes installed and the software on the iPod is also current. My problem is whenever I'm syncing the iPod and iTunes freezes between the 250- 300th song...

I just purchased a 120gb iPod classic 6th generation from a friend. I have the latest iTunes installed and the software on the iPod is also current. My problem is whenever I'm syncing the iPod and iTunes freezes between the 250- 300th song... I have to manually reset the iPod for the iTunes to run correctly, but then my music isn't added and iTunes tells me I have to restore the iPod... I've done this numerous times only to no avail... Someone please help!!!

Here is what worked for me:
My usb hub, being usb2, was too fast. I moved the wire to a usb port directory on my pc. That is a usb1 port which is slow enough to run your snyc.

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