Disabling auto-sync, turning on "manually manage songs"

Just so everyone here knows,
I had an iPod mini which I managed manually. I got the new iTunes, and plugged in my ipod. It said it was "updating", and I couldn't figure out how to make it stop. I thought it was going to delete my music and sync it with the library, so I stressed out a little bit.
But for EVERYONE else who has this problem:
-Don't worry! It says it's "updating" for about a minute, but it doesn't delete anything at all! It's just making sure it's connected properly, and then it lets you decide between auto and manual music selection right afterwards.
So basically, plug in the mini, and let it do it's thing, and it won't delete anything at all, and you can choose the manual option right afterwards.

Read through the above, because it's really not a problem, it's a solution.

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Is there a way to auto sync playlists while manually managing your music?

I used to use WMP11 before I bought an iPod and used iTunes, and in that I was able to auto sync playlists to my Samsung dap, as well as being able to manually drag tracks/albums to it.
Since using iTunes, I have found it is not as accessible in this regard. Of course, you can opt to manually manage your music, but if you do this, it does not auto sync any info. This means that if I drag a playlist to my iPod and alter it at a later stage by adding more tracks, it won't alter it on the iPod unless I manually replace it with the amended one. It also means that any ratings that I set on my iPod do NOT get transfered to the tracks in iTunes when connected.
What I have done is set a playlist called 'iPod Tracks' in iTunes, and have dragged any extra albums to my iPod using that, as well as the smart playlist 'Top Tracks'. But the disadvantage of this is, if I drag a few songs from an album into my 'iPod Tracks' playlist, then later decide I want the whole album and drag that over, I end up with two of the same tracks in the playlist, which makes it look very untidy (although I am aware only one of each track will be on the iPod) so it is not ideal.
Surely there must be a way to auto sync playlists so that when you amend them in iTunes it does so on the iPod too, as well as manually drag over any extra tracks/albums you want without having a messy playlist work-around like I have done.
Any help/ideas?
Thanks in advance.

There is no way to sync content back to itunes. As you are aware there are a couple of unsupported ways to recover your content, you will need to decide if your content is valuable enough to go down this route.
If so and you are not comfortable with the procedures, I suggest taking the unit to a data recovery specialist with mac experience.

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So, I accidently deleted Itunes from my cumputer. I downloaded it again but my library "Charles" was now "Itunes" , so it wasn't my Iphone's "home" library anymore ... And the case " Manually manage songs and videos" wasn't selected , but when I clic on it and put "Apply" a windows appear and tell my I have to Sync. with the new library because I can't do it with more than one library ... The result is : I can't manually manage songs from my cumputer to my iPhone with Itunes, If I sync I loose every songs and videos I have on my iPhone ! I need some help to be able to manage manually my songs without sync first !

a very good explanation given by the great wjosten
By design, the iphone will sync itunes content with one computer at a time. Any attempt to sync such content with a second computer will result in ALL itunes content being first erased from her phone & then replaced with the content from the second computer. This is a design feature and cannot be overridden. Because you are replacing your GF's computer, her phone will see this computer as a "new" computer. The itunes content sync is one way: computer to phone. If you have photos that were synced to her phone or music ripped on her own that were not backed up, you will first have to extract them from her phone using third party software, before you do anything else, as Apple makes no provision to do so:
http://www.wideanglesoftware.com/touchcopy/index.php
Once you've done that, do the following in the order specified:
1. Disable auto sync when an iPod/iPhone is connected under Preferences>Devices in itunes(under the edit menu if using Windows).
2. Make sure you have one contact & one event in the supported applications(Address Book, iCal) on your computer. These entries can be fake, doesn't matter, the important point is that these programs not be empty.
3. Connect her phone, iTunes running, do not sync at this point.
4. Store>Authorize this computer.
5. File>Transfer Purchases(To make sure all purchased content on her phone will be in her itunes library).
6. Right click in the device pane & select reset warnings.
7. Right click again and select backup.
8. Right click again & select restore from backup, select the backup you just made. When prompted to create another backup, decline.
9. This MUST be followed by a sync to restore her itunes content, which you select from the various tabs, You'll get a popup regarding her contacts & calendars asking to merge or replace, select merge.
You should be good to go.

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I have my iPod set with "manually manage songs and playlists" so that
(a) it won't try to update every time I connect it; and
(b) so that I can see all of the songs from my iTunes application, as I don't store my music library on my laptop computer.
But sometimes I do want to do a full sync of the iPod to my music library. I'm not sure how to do that. If I select "update ipod", it says "iPod update complete", but doesn't really do anything.
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thanks

Hi, Michael, and thanks for your help.
I realize I can change the options to "automatically update..."
But the whole point of my inquiry was to find out whether there's a way to NOT have that preference set, as I
(a) don't want the iPod updating every time I plug it in; and
(b) want to be able to see its songs on other computers when I'm not seeking to update it.
What I want is a command that I can initiate that will say "act as though the automatically-update preferences were on and do a full update just this once".
I suppose I can go in and turn the preference on, do the update, then turn the update off, but it seems like lots of steps. I might have thought that there would be a control+click command that would accomplish this all in one click.

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single song on my iPod, iTunes performs a sync.
For example, I want to uncheck several songs loaded
on my shuffel, but iTunes performs a sync after each
time I de-select a check-box.
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Can I disable automatic syncing after each change to
a song or podcast on my shuffel?
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Welcome To Apple Discussions!
Make sure everything is up to date:
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Make sure everything is up to date:
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Update iTunes
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