Content erased from ipod by error

I had my son't ipod hooked to the computer and it came up with your ipod is synced with another library- go you want to erase.... I didn't want to erase and I clicked cancel but somehow it all erased. Any suggestions on how to get it back?

If you normally sync the iPod to a different computer, go back to that computer and sync with it again.
Does your son sync with iTunes?

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HT1386 Will apps and/or music be erased from iPod if synced to a computer other than orginally used?

Will apps and or/music be erased from iPod if synced to a computer other than original one used?

Yes. To avoid that:
- Transfer iTunes purchases to the computer by:
iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer
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Copy music
- Connect the iPod to the computer and make a backup by right clicking on the iPod under Devices in iTunes and select Back Up.
- Restore the iPod from that backup.
The computer will now be your syncing computer in the future. Note that the backup that iTunes makes does not include synced media like apps and music.

Songs erased from ipod

my ipod froze, and then after i reset it, all the songs were gone. this happened once before, and that time after resetting it a second time, the songs came back. no luck this time, and the songs aren't saved on i tunes. any help is greatly appreciated!!

Help - My songs erased from my ipod and my itunes list - one of two things happened here - I am hooked up via cable internet through adelphia, on the day this all occurred, my internet was down, our TV was on the fritz - when I contacted Adelphia, I was advised that they had to do work in my area, however, he advised that it had been corrected and there really was no reason why I should not be on line - he took me through some steps and had me unplug the line from my computer out of the cable modem and into the Linksy router - I now have one blue telephone/cable plug that was unplugged from the router just hanging out there -I was then able to get on the internet, however, when I did, my itunes library was empty and when I go went into my music file (under documents)and pull up my library, it comes up as empty - I never backed up my computer, it is a home computer and because I am ot really not exact;u computer savy, I don't know what the heck I'm doing - the I-pod itself tells me that it only has the 13 songs on it that I just downloaded to it for sanity purposes yesterday, otherwise, all of my memory is free and clear - all songs and itunes are lost and all library and specialty library's are empty. I tried to reset it and this did nothing.
One of my main questions would be will itunes resend me the songs that I had downloaded to them and will I have to pay for it? Doesn't itunes have a back up of my library and can't they sail them back into my computer for re-download? I cannot find a telephone number or e-mail address/link to actually get person to answer my questions.
Please help me - I am so upset over this - I just got done spending over $300.00 in new music from itunes, I am so so upset.
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All songs erased from iPod, still located on i Tunes

I recently deleted some songs from my iTunes. I then deleted the playlist "iPod selection" where songs that went on my iPod were located. I can't seem to get the songs currently on my iTunes to download onto the iPod. Tried to follow the directions on the support page but cannot locate the "Summary" tab. How can I manually put the songs from my iTunes back onto the iPod.

*Tried to follow the directions on the support page but cannot locate the "Summary" tab*
Connect your iPod to your computer. It should be appearing in the source pane which is the long pane on the left of the iTunes window where you see the icons for Movies, Music, Playlists etc. When you connect your iPod it should appear under the heading "Devices". Devices is only visible when an external source such as your iPod or a CD is mounted. Click on the iPod icon to highlight it, the will bring up the preference tabs in the main pane to the right, Summary is the very first tab.
*I then deleted the playlist "iPod selection" where songs that went on my iPod were located.*
You get this problem when the option 'Sync Music - Selected playlists' is being used to sync your iPod and then the playlist it has been updating from is deleted. Most people use this setting when the iPod is smaller than the iTunes library. If your library is larger than the capacity of your iPod, iTunes by default makes a new playlist called something along the lines of "Owner's iPod". If you for any reason delete it, you will not be able to sync your iPod.
Open iTunes and create a playlist to update your iPod from, call it -iPod to make it the first playlist in Sources. You can make it a smart playlist that picks the songs for you or just a normal one and drag whatever content you want to have into the playlist. If you are making a smart playlist limit it to just less than the size of your iPod (for example 3700MB for a 4G iPod Nano. Now connect your iPod and when it appears in the Source list click on the iPod icon to bring up the preference tabs in the main pane. Go to the Music tab and choose Sync Music and the Selected playlists radio button. Choose the playlist you just made from the selection and click Apply. You can also sync from any existing playlists by choosing the same setting, you just need to make sure that the size of the playlists don't exceed the capacity of your iPod:
iTunes: Creating playlists of your favorite songs
How to create a Smart Playlist with iTunes
To make a random playlist go to File>New Smart Playlist.
Uncheck "Match the following rule"
Check "Limit to" put "3700" in the number box, choose "MB" from the first list box, choose "Random" from the next list box. Check "Live Updating"
When you want to change the selection in the smart playlist just delete everything in it and it will add a new selection. When you want to change the normal playlist just delete out what you don't want and drag in a new selection.

Files being erased from iPod

When I first got my iPod, I synced it with my dad's computer and then I went to my mom's and synced it again with my computer. When I ynced it with my computer all of the files that were already on it from syncing it with my dad's computer were erased. Is there any way of syncing my iPod with two computers without the files from the other computer being erased?

You have to set it for manually managing the ipod.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1202

When i sync to mac all my purchases got erased from ipod

when i purchase music from my ipod in the wifi itunes store the next time i sync it to my computer it gets erased, it doesnt even transfer anywhere, its completely gone, and i bought over $40 worth, and its all just gone. this has happened before but i didnt pay attention to it and i bought a same album again, and when i went to purchase it it said to me are you sure youd like to buy this you already have before and i said ok.
i cant just look past this one guys, i lost alot of music and money. there has to be somehting i can do
please help me and tell me whatever you can.
even someone to contact. i dont know...
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Hayley

First off you need to figure out how you are erasing the music. I say "you are erasing the music" because it's very unlikely that its just disappearing. Make sure you are signed into the same account in itunes (top right hand corner of the main itunes store screen) as you used to purchase the music on the ipod. Next make sure you are signed into the same account on the computer. How are you syncing the ipod with itunes, manually, automatically, only certain playlists? After you figure out whats happening with your music you could contact apple at http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/store/browser/ from what I've heard they will sometimes allow you to redownload any purchased music ONCE, so decide on whether its worth it or not at this point. Finally always backup any purchases you make to a seperate location!

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I'm trying to help a friend and learn in the process. When he turned on his ipod all the songs were gone and when itunes was opened to see about putting the 3000+ songs back on to the ipod the library had disappeared as well. He said he hadn't done anything,and he didn't back up any of the music. Is there anyway to rescue all of these songs from either itunes or the ipod? We bought and ran a program called Recover My Ipod, but it didn't work and I'm not to sure about it's reliability. Any help at all would be great it's windows xp.
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Don't give up on looking for the songs.
You can use Explorer to search your computer for missing songs.
On the Start menu, click "Search".
Select "All Files and folders".
In the "All or part of the file name" field, type the song name and then click "Search".
If you see the file you are looking for in the Search Results window, you can add it back into your iTunes library.
See: How to add songs from your hard drive to iTunes.
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Itunes cannot read contents of the ipod. go to summary tab in ipod preferences and click restore to restore to factory settings

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HT1655 my i pod shuffle (3rd genration ) is not seeing in itune and all data is erased from there.

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The three music came with your operating system.
Sync is only oneway, from PC to your device. Unless you have the music on your PC, iTunes is going to wipe out what you have on your device if you are syncing to a new library.
You can only transfer Purchased music over to Itunes on your PC.
iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848
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How do I unlink Ipod from my old PC (which has crashed HDD) and link to new PC without erasing contents of my Ipod?. Unfortunately I lost all my content (photos, music) etc from my old PC when it crashed .... but when I try and link my iPod to my new PC it wants to erase the iPod first, which obviously i don't want to do, else I lose all my content ... can anyone help?

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HT201274 If you erase your iPod content, would it erase the music from the iTunes on the computer which that iPod is connected with?

I'm giving away my old iPod touch so I want to restore everything, deleting all content but I also have an iPhone connected to the same iTunes account on my laptop. If I restore all music, setting, apps, etc. will it also erase all those things from my iTunes on my laptop?

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Content erased from ipod by error

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