HELP :( Everytime I sync new songs, everything on my Ipod gets deleted.
Hi Guys,
I just bought an I-Pod Classic. On wednesday, I synced lots of songs onto my ipod (there were about 196 songs) and yesterday I added an album (with 19 songs) and synced it again, I dunno what i did wrong but when i checked my Ipod - there were only 19 songs. All 196 songs I added on wednesday were deleted and replaced by the new album.
and also when i want to get songs from my CDs to the i-tune - is Importing the only option?? coz it was taking for ever to import those 19 songs or is there a faster way of importing them to i-tunes?
Thanks for your help
Did you perhaps delete the original 196 songs from your computer after you synced them to your iPod? If you did that is why they were removed. If you want to delete them from the computer (which is not a good idea) you will need to set your iPod to manually manage your music and drag songs to it when you connect. You will also have to manually eject your iPod.
There is not other way to put music on your iPod, except to perhaps use 3rd party software such as Xplay. How long it takes to import songs from a CD depends on the speed of your CD drive, computer, and hard drive.
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