Everytime I delete music from my iPad mini and then re-sync, it puts the music back on. How do I prevent this?

I shuffle music around a lot (and is there a way to delete whole albums at a swipe and not have to do it song by song) so am getting frustrated when iTunes keeps restoring my iPad mini to the last incarnation of songs. Are there settings I am missing?

If your iPad is on iOS 7 as your tagline suggests then you can only delete individual songs directly on your iPad, you can't delete whole albums in one go.
For the music being put back on, what music sync options do you have on its Music tab when connected to your computer's iTunes ? If you have it set to sync the album / artist / playlist that contains a song that you've deleted directly on your iPad then you will need to change your sync options - as far as iTunes knows you've accidentally deleted the song(s) from your iPad, so unless you also change your sync selection (e.g. removing the album, removing tracks from your playlists on your computer's iTunes) then it will them back on it.

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Hi, gcmar.
I would double check to make sure that you have selected the options for syncing. Look over the article below to make sure you have the items that you want selected to sync over.
iTunes 11 for Windows: Syncing overview
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12311
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Regards,
Jason H.

ITunes wiped all but iTunes purchased music from my iPad mini and my iPod nano instead of transferring the cd uploads into iTunes. Is there any way of recovering my music. Very disappointed!

Initially things worked fine. I was very pleased. I had my music library in itunes, on my Ipod nano, and a thumbdrive to back up most of my music.
When I tried to sync the music from itunes onto my new ipad mini last week it deleted the albums in itunes leaving me with only purchased itunes items in the account, On the new Ipad mini CD's from my collection could not be played but they were in fact listed. My new mac will not read the music files I backed up onto a thumb drive or show the uploaded CD music collection. Additionally when I logged into itunes with out any devices connected from my PC the itunes account was completely up to date with my CD's and purchase items in Itunes. As soon as I tried to sync it with my Ipad mini that virtual access to the collection was wiped out leaving only purchased items.
By trying to upload CD music from my Ipod nano into Itunes (originally uploaded into itunes from CD's and synced to the ipod nano in the first place, taking more than a weeks time), I am prompted to reset the entire ipod nano to factory settings (it gives no other option). I was following the instructions emailed to me from the applecare team. This was my only recourse for recovery of the lost music files, the only device left that had my album collection aside from the owned CD's. Now the ipod nano is being wiped clean and left with only the itunes purchased music ( same thing that happened with the itunes account and now the Ipad). When I disconnect the ipod nano to see if there are any albums still left on the device, it gives me an error that it was improperly disconnected.
I just wanted to add the music from itunes to my new mac and the new ipad mini. Instead I have lost all of my uploaded CD's and now have only purchased items in itunes, the new ipad mini, the new mac, and the ipod nano. I have to re-upload my entire music library into itunes/icloud from CD's again and hopefully be able to then sync it with my new devices.
However it may be better to buy the itunes purchased music on CD's from a store, Cut my losses while I can and never buy anything from apple or itunes again. Atleast I will not have my entire music collection wiped out for moving it between my own devices. Itunes match doesn't do **** either. I have wasted alot of hard earned cash on devices products and itunes purchases by converting to apple products and services.
What a big mistake.
Very dissapointed with the interface. Very Very Dissapointed!
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Had the same issue when I changed computers. I backed up my I-tunes files, including CDs, but I-Tunes will not recognize anything but Apple purchases now. There were 300+ CDs in that original catalog.

I have an iPod nano which s loaded with music from a pc. My wife is trying to put the music from the nano onto her Mac laptop. It will not allow her to drag and drop music from the nano to iTunes. How can we get the music from the nano onto her mac laptop

can someone please tell me if it is possible to get music off a nano (loaded from a pc) and into iTunes on a mac laptop ?

You're dealing with two different Apple ID's so that won't work and according to Apple, they cannot be consolidated.
Frequently Asked Questions About Apple ID

I copy songs into playlists that I create. And when I sync my iPod, the songs disappear. How do I stop this from happening?

I have an iPod nano version 1.0.4. I've created playlists on my iTunes and copied songs into them. But whenever I sync my iPod nano, the songs disappear from the playlists. They stay in the main library, however. Does anybody know of a way to keep them from disappearing from my playlists?

It's a plain old playlist (with a folder icon next to it). One more fact to complicate things. I just had my hard drive replace under a recall from Apple. Before I replaced it, plain old playlists worked fine.
But I may have just solved the problem. When I was having the problem, I was creating the playlists by going into the "File" tab and clicking "New Playlist Folder". This time I clicked the + sing in the lower left hand corner of the iTunes window. Instead of a file folder icon, there's now a musical note. And the songs now seem to be staying. I'll also play with the smart playlists and see if that help too. Thanks B-Rock for inspiring me to explore a bit more.
Georglj

How do I delete photos from my iPad mini?

How do I delete photos from my iPad mini?

Photos that were taken with the iPad (or any photos in the camera roll) can be deleted right on the iPad. Tap the trash can icon in the top right corner if you are viewing the photo in full screen, or if you are viewing as thumbnails - tap the arrow in the upper right corner - tap the photos that you want to delete and then tap - Delete.
Photos that were synced from your computer using iTunes can only be deleted by de-selecting them from the folder from where they were synced - and then re-syncing.

HT1349 I ordered iCloud with iTunes on my PC; now I have an iPad mini and want to sync the music

First I added iCloud with iTunes on my PC because I wanted to save the music I had purchases; I had Vista; that PC died and am now on Windows 7; Then I purchased an iPad mini and today I tried to set up both so I could sync the music purchased on iPad mini and PC previously.
However on the PC when I enter iCloud it does not have iTunes available; so I'm stuck and don't know where or how to get the music to sync between the two. It keeps asking for a serial number on the Apple product for the PC but that doesn't apply.
As a newbee I'm grateful for any answers or clues where to go. Thanks, Janet

Unless you backed up your iTunes library from the old computer and then copied it to the new computer, your iTunes library is gone now and you have to start all over again.
I'm not sure what you mean about when you entered iCloud, iTunes isn't available. You will need to explain that a little better. iCloud allows you to download the music again to your computer or to your iPad as long as you use the same Apple ID that you used to purchase the music or any other iTunes content.
Since you have a new computer and no longer have the iTunes library - or so it seems from what you are saying - you need to make the new computer your syncing computer. You might want to take a look at both of these user tips to see how you can do that.
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3141
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3991

How can I delete music from my iPad mini?

I want to delete music from my iPad mini, as in from the library but I can't seem to be able to. Does anyone know how to do this?

If the music is downloaded/synced to the Music app (i.e. it's not in the cloud, it doesn't have the cloud icon against it) then you should be able to delete tracks by swiping/dragging across them from right-to-left. If you have iOS 8 on your iPad then you can use the swipe/drag to also delete albums and/or artists, or you can delete tracks / albums / artists via Settings > General > Usage > Manage Storage (under 'storage' heading) > Music. You can also delete all music via Settings > General > Usage > Music on iOS 7, Settings > General > Usage > Manage Storage > Music on iOS 8.
If the music does have the cloud against it then you can stop cloud music showing via Settings > iTunes & App Store > Music (under 'show all') 'off'
You can also delete music when connected to your computer's iTunes, either by changing your sync selection if using automatic syncing, or by selecting Music under the iPad 'device' on the left-hand sidebar of iTunes (option-comman-S on a Mac, control-S on a PC, should enable/disable the sidebar) and using the right-hand side of the iTunes screen to select and delete music

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i synced my itunes music to my ipad mini and now my music is gone from my mac book pro. How do I get it back on my mac book?

Entourage is a third party app so stop down to the Microsoft support forums. In any case I would suspect in its preferences there would be a selection as to when (parameters) incoming mail should be deleted from the server.

HT4236 can i retrieve deleted video from my ipad mini

My son deleted a video from his ipad mini and I want it back, I was so upset when he deleted it so I was hoping I can restore it or retrive it somehow

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If on mac: Dr.Fone (Mac) will do the job nicely, I'm sure there's something equivalent for windows, but I'm not so familiar there.

HT4759 I have iOS 7.0.4, have tried to purchase iMatch to transfer my music from my iPad mini to the cloud and nothing happens. What am I doing wrong?

How do I get music from my ipad mini running iOS 7.0.4 to icloud

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Hello Pork Chop 2,
Congratulations on your new Mac! It sounds like your purchased songs are not playing completely after you downloaded them. I recommend to following steps for an issue like this:
Symptoms
Occasionally, if a song purchased from the iTunes Store on a Mac or PC was not downloaded completely, the song may not play back fully. The song may abruptly stop during playback, and iTunes may start playing the next song in your library or playlist.
Resolution
If iTunes in the Cloud is available in your country, try the following steps to resolve the issue:
Delete the purchased song that is exhibiting the problem from your iTunes library.
Click on the Purchased link in the iTunes Store to view your previously purchased music.
Download your previously purchased song from this list.
You can find the full article here:
Songs in iTunes may not play back completely
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4357
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Sheila M.

HT1473 I recently had to restore my laptop back to factory settings and lost my itunes music. I have imported all my cds again but i have some music on my ipad mini and am having problems importing this back into my itunes file. please help as this is dri

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iTunes sync is one way from iTunes library to an iOS device.
You will need third party software such as TouchCopy to transfer from iOS to your computer.

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