Had to reinstall Lion. Backed up music to external hard drive. When I plug in iPod msg says it's synced w/another iTunes library. Do i "erase and sync" and re-add music from the hard drive?

Had to reinstall Lion. Backed up my music to an external hard drive. When I plug in my iPod a prompt msg says it's synced w/another iTunes library and asks if I want to "erase and sync" (to what is now an empty library) or "Transfer purchases". Do i "erase and sync" and re-add music from the hard drive once that's done?

You just need to tell iTunes where the library is located. If you want it back on your internal drive, copy the entite iTunes folder. Follow the instructions below.
iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer (Mac or Windows):
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527

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Even though it is the same music in iTunes, iTunes does not see it as the exact same library because you had to re-add all the songs to it.
You will need to erase and sync and you iPod will simply end up as it is now.
It's like of your house burns down and you rebuild it exactly the same, it is still not the "same" house it was.

When i plug my ipod in it tries to sync but gets stuck on the back up stage. HELP

When i plug my ipod in itunes loads etc then it states syncing, but it gets to stage 2 which is back up and wont get past that, ive left it on over night, reinstalled, checked my firewall etc and phones up itunes support with no success, Can any one help me? I have windows 7 with itunes 10.5 and ipod touch 4th generation with iso5 installed.
I have been trying to resolbe the problem for over 2 weeks now and have had my ipod replaced twice during this time.
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Have you tried completely uninstalling and re-installing iTunes using the instructions provided in this Apple support document?
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1925
Were you able to remove all the previous backups in iTunes?
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My computer crashed and I downloaded Itunes on a new computer and I'm trying to download new music to my ipod and a message comes up thatsays 'my ipod is synced with another Itunes library' {obviously my dead computer} and I can either 'Erase and Sync or Transfer Itunes purchases'. Is there ANY way possible I don't have to erase my music and can download some new stuff? Please help. Thanks- so frustrated.

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I had to do a restore on the iPhone - thanks Verizon. Music had been backled up to iTunes via computer and cloud. But it's gone. The music exists on my iPads as well. So when I hook the iPad up to an authorized computer it says it's synched to another library. ??? How do I get it synched to the iPhone? I have ONE account...don't get it

Music is not included in the iPhone backup, because it is already on your computer, so why duplicate it?
Music can only be synced to one computer at a time, so if you change computers the contents of the iOS device will be replaced by what is on the latest computer.
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I got a new computer and now all my music is gone. how do i transfer my music from my iPod touch to my new computer. right now when i plug it in, it says if i sync, i will lose everything on my itouch... PLEASE help!

So I had an ipod touch, got a lot of my music from my old CD's that i later threw away, then got a new computer and lost all my music on my itunes, but still have it all on my itouch. I just simply want to get my music from my itouch to my computer. I now have a iphone and it would be nice to put some of that music on my phone as well.
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While that may work9I do not think it will) with iTunes purchased music it will not work for other music.
- Transfer iTunes purchases by:
iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer
- For other music you will need a third-party program like one of those discussed here.
Copy music

HT4914 can I still have my entire itunes library on a device or do i have to download from the cloud

Can I still have all my music on my ipod touch device or do I have to download from the cloud?
Also if I can only have it on the cloud how do I get the music whe I don't have a wifi connection?

What?? You asked how to get all your music on your phone at once rather than downloading it to your phone from iCloud.
Go to your purchased list in iTunes and download all your music to your iTunes library, as explained in the linked article. Then sync it all to your phone using iTunes you're done. The music will be stored locally on your phone and you won't have to download it again in the future.

TS1368 my itunes says i am not connected to the internet when i am and when i plug my ipod touch in it wont show in my itunes

nothing to do with my firewall proxy laptop or version of itunes, seems to be an internet problem but clearly i am connected to the internet, HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!! thank you

That was the first thing I tried..what the site told me, but its still telling me I'm not connected to the internet when I am. Should I just delete everything by hand. Like I said I wanted to take it back and upgrade to the 80 gig ipod.

When it says do you want to romove music from the ipad to sync with the itunes libary? does this mean it will delete all my music on my ipad?

please help

Yes. That is what it means. If you are trying to sync with another iTunes library, that will erase the music that is on the device and replace it with the music in the iTunes library on the computer that you syncing with.
Why don't you explain the context in which you are seeing this message.

HT1349 My computer crashed & I downloaded itunes on a new computer & Im trying to get new music & it says my ipod is synced with another itunes library {my dead computer} & I can either erase &sync or transfer purchases....any possible way I dont erase my

My computer crashed and I downloaded Itunes on a new computer and I'm trying to get new music and it says my Ipod is synced with another itunes library {my dead computer} and I can either erase and sync or transfer itunes purchases. Is there any way possible I dont have to erase my music? So frustrating.

Yes. I have no personal experience with this, but it is possible to recover your music from an iPod. See this link: http://guides.macrumors.com/Recovering_Songs_from_an_iPod

I deleted all the music from my itunes library because I thought I had it backed up on an external hard drive. Can I restore the library from my ipod touch?

I deleted all the music from my itunes library because I mistakenly thought I had it backed up on an external hard drive. Can I restore the library from my ipod touch?

Maybe here:
iCloud: Troubleshooting creating backups

HT1386 my pc crashed and I bought a new laptop and was able to recover all my music from the old hard drive and transfer it to the new pc. I bought a new album on itunes and am unable to download it on my 6th nano even though I authorized the new pc. An

My old PC crashed and I ended up buying a new one. I was able to recover all my music from the old hard drive and restore it in itunes. I purchased a new album online thru itunes and added it to my library. When I tried to add the album to my 6th nano it wouldn't download. All the tracks are check marked and I can listen to the album on my pc but it won't sync onto the ipod. The new pc is authorized, any ideas?

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Importing music from the Hard drive to Itunes

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Bob H.

Drag the music into the open iTunes application window instead of the My Music folder; iTunes keeps a database of what's in the library instead of just checking the My Music folder contents, and music just dragged there will be ignored.
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New to all this upload stuff so pls excuse me ! So my computer had to be refreshed, I had ripped my CD's to iTunes and also purchased some, the purchased ones are still on iTunes but all of the ones that I had ripped have gone. I have them on my iphone 5, is there a way to put all of the music from the iphone back on to itunes? Have tried "Googling" without success have tried a converter app but still no joy. PLS HELP !!!

Justine8888 wrote:
New to all this upload stuff so pls excuse me ! So my computer had to be refreshed, I had ripped my CD's to iTunes and also purchased some, the purchased ones are still on iTunes but all of the ones that I had ripped have gone.
Restore them from the backup of yoru computer...
I have them on my iphone 5, is there a way to put all of the music from the iphone back on to itunes?
See this -> Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device
then regularly backup your computer.

Had to reinstall Lion. Backed up music to external hard drive. When I plug in iPod msg says it's synced w/another iTunes library. Do i "erase and sync" and re-add music from the hard drive?

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