How are my songs are on my ipod but not in my library

I recently changed to a new computer. Well, my questions is how are my songs are on my ipod but not in my library? i can play my songs but when i want to put the songs that are on my ipod in my library it will not work! what can i do???
Windows XP

Check out the instructions/suggestions here.
Music from iPod to computer.
You cannot transfer the songs from the iPod back to the computer using iTunes.

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I have duplicate songs displaying on my Ipod but not in my library.

I have an Ipod Touch, Itunes 10.5.33. I have duplicate songs showing up on my Touch, however, there are no duplicate songs in my library on my pc. as best as I can tell at this point, these duplicate songs on my Touch are purchased songs and I have only purchased them once. any ideas as to how to get rid of the duplicate entries on my Ipod?

I had this problem too. You just have to plug in your iPod to your computer. On the summary, there is a box that says "Manually manage music and videos". Uncheck that box. You now can add and remove music to your iPod without iTunes forcing anything. This also means that checks next to songs in your iTunes Library mean nothying while you are in that mode for that device (if this pressures you, you can re-check that box later). ANYWAY! So once you uncheck that box and click "Apply" in the lower right corner, you then open the drop down menu on your iPod's name on the sidebar and click music. This is a list of all of the music on your device. You now simply delete all of the doubles (this won't delete the songs from your iTunes Library. Your iPod will sync every time you delete a song. Once completed and you see no doubles on the list, you have the option to re-check the box with the automatic downloads (if you want) and your doubles will be GONE GONE GONE!
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Elena

I am still getting the same error message that says my ipod cannot be updated because all of the playlists selected for syncing no longer exist.
while the ipod is plugged in and showing up in the sourcelist, click on the "Music" tab.
you will currently have "Selected playlists" selected. go through the list of playlists beneath that, comparing them with the playlists that appear in your itunes sourcelist. uncheck any that no longer appear in the itunes sourcelist. check the playlists that you do want to sync to the ipod. click apply.

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I only want to see on iPod touch songs/artists/albums manually selected for sync (not the whole library in iTunes). How to do it? Not sync titles appear in grey colour...

So if I understand you correctly, you want to be able to sync only certain songs, artists, and albums correct? If so you can configure this set up from under the iPod's Music configuration tab in iTunes as described in the Syncing Automatically section in the Apple support document you linked in at the top of the page. Note that you cannot select only certain songs, but you can set it up to sync selected Artists, Genres, and Albums.
If the tab and its configurations are grayed out, it is likely because your iPod is set up for manual management, meaning the manually manage music and videos option is enabled from under the iPod's Summary tab.
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Downloaded songs show on two ipods but not the third in home share

I've downloaded a song and it shows up on two devices, but not on the third. Does anyone know why this might happen and how to move it to the third device?

Welcome to the Apple Community.
The first thing that comes to mind, is that on the third device, you do not have the option at settings> music> automatic downloads checked.

I have a lot of songs on my ipod that are not in my itunes. Not sure why, but I'm wondering if I sync them, will I lose all of these song that are on my ipod, but not in Itunes?

I pretty much summed it up in my question. The only other pertinent detail may be that I have switched computers? I have already authorized this computer.
Thanks!

Hey Raffiecat,
Thanks for the question. If your iPod is setup to manually manage content, you can add content from multiple libraries:
Managing content manually on iPhone, iPad, and iPod
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1535
When manually managing content, you can add content from multiple libraries to your iPod or iPad. Even when manually managing music, some content may be available from only one library at time. This includes all content on iPhone and video content on iPod and iPad.
You can also learn which content you can import to your new computer from your iPod:
iTunes: Transferring media from your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or iPod
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1209
Or, if you still have access to the previous computer, you can transfer your iTunes Library:
iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527
Thanks,
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Song order backwards on iPod but not in iTunes

I have already checked out the answers at
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=897265&#897265
and there wasn't anything helpful for me there (though the link from Da Gopha that may have been helpful was expired http://discussions.apple.com/webx?14@@.68b5fef1/6)
I have several playlists that despite the order they are showing as on itunes appear backwards on my iPod. This is occuring in instances with only one album in the playlist and with two albums by the same artist in the playlist.
I have a 20g photo pod and do not have the option of reloading my library as I am in the precarious position of having a 6g laptop, so only the songs that I want to import each day are in my iTunes library and all my songs live without backup (very crappy) on my ipod.
-I have attempted to reverse the order that the songs are in as show in iTunes making the last track the first to see if I could reverse psychology it as someone metioned.
-I have enabled and disabled the Keep iTunes folder organized button in Preferences/Advanced section.
-I have double checked the track numbers of the songs and they are correctly numbered, yet the 15th track plays as the first track on my Ipod.
Any help is very appreciated as I'm feeling utterly frustrated!

Try this thread:- http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6062086 for an earlier discussion of this issue. There are a number of potential causes however making sure each album title is unique and appears only once seems to be the key to clearing things up. At a guess you're going to find the same album title has been used by more than one band, changing the titles, e.g. *Album, Artist*, should help. Reset & resync isn't likely to help as this is a fault/feature of the firmware.
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How do i keep music on my ipod but not take up space on my computer? HELP!

is this possible? i thought there was a setting in iTunes that makes this possible.. but i haven't found it yet. i have an ipod nano and 900 songs being held on my laptop's hard drive is making it run slow.
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You can delete songs from your iTunes/computer hard drive after transferring them to the iPod, and for this you need to set your iPod to manage the songs manually.
However, this is an extremely risky option because when (and not if) there comes a time to restore your iPod, which is a very common fix for iPod problems, then all the music would be erased. If you no longer have the music in iTunes (or any other back up), then all that music would be lost.
What if the iPod were lost/stolen/needed repair? Again, the music would lost. I strongly recommend a back up, and if computer hard drive space is in short supply, you should seriously consider an external hard drive. They are not expensive, and the cost is well worth it when compared to the loss of all your precious music.
At the very least back up your music to either cd or dvd before deleting it, particularly any purchased music/videos, as this would have to be bought again if it were lost. See this.
Backing up your media in iTunes.
Please excuse the sermon, but we see far too many people lose their music because of no back up.

Songs in Ipod but not in itunes library. no option to back up so i can restore. Will someone please help me?

Ok, see, i was dowloading some songs off of http://www.youtube-mp3.org. I dragged the songs into my itunes library, but when i looked, they weren't in there. so i looked at my ipod and the songs i downloaded were on it! i dont know how either! i tried to back up my downloaded songs so i could restore it to see if that would help, but there wasn't an option for me to back up my ipod when i right clicked on it. i looked atsome of the other forums about the "AppData" solution. it said to delete the corrupted file if there was one, but i dont know what to look for. can someone please help me? this is driving me crazy.

See this older post from another forum member Zevoneer covering the different ways and software available to help you with this task.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2452022?start=0&tstart=0
B-rock

How to view songs that were recently downloaded, but not yet assigned to a play list?

I am using the new iTunes, version 11.0.2. In the older version, there was a category for last downloads. This allowed me to to view all the downloads in one place then assign them to a playlist. Is this hidden somewhere or there is another way to see the downlods then move them?

jofijama wrote:
Thanks for the tip, but I do not see a "recently added" when I view playlist. Above my created playists there is one called "purchased". This reflects those I purchased plus those downloaded from Starbucks. But this is a growing list. Perhaps I need to clear it after I download.
You cannot clear the Purchased playlist unless you delete the songs from your library. It is a smart playlist with all your purchases.
Create a new smart playlist.
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Why is the music on my iPod randomly not letting me play? all my good ones are the ones I purchased won't play, my storage is fine. I tap on the song but it skips to a completly different song on iPod but not laptop

Why is the music on my iPod randomly not letting me play? all my good ones are the ones I purchased won't play, my storage is fine. I tap on the song but it skips to a completly different song on iPod but not laptop. For example both versions of Til' I Collapse by Eminem won't play on my iPod but on laptop, same with Born this Way by Lady Gaga

Try:
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Unsync all music and resync
- Reset all settings
Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
All your preferences and settings are reset. Information (such as contacts and calendars) and media (such as songs and videos) aren’t affected.
- Restore from backup. See:
iOS: How to back up
- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.

A ton of songs disappeared from my iTunes, but not off my iPod. How do I put them back?

A ton of songs disappeared from my iTunes, but not off my iPod. How do I put them back?

Select all the songs you want to be in one album, right click and choose "Get Information", delete the album name, if any, and type the one you want. You can also paste the Artwork in the right bottom box. Then click "Accept".

How do I take songs off my ipod but not off my itunes?

How do I take songs off my ipod but not off my itunes?

If the iPod has iOS 5 or later just swipe the some left or right and tap the Delete button that comes up.
If not then connect the iPod to yur computer and unsync the songs
Go to iTunes>Help>iTunes Help>Sync your iPod... and follow the appropriate instructions.

Songs on Ipod but not in itunes - ???

I have a 4th gen 20gb ipod. I have some podcasts on my ipod, but not on my itunes. I'm running out of memory and i don't want them!! I can't see how to delete them off if they aren't on itunes.
Aslso i have marked some songs as to not show on my ipod (marked in itunes), but they are still there on my ipod. Songs are mostly duplicates.
However i can put new songs onto my ipod easily as doing up my shoes.
Any ideas people? It would be greatly appreciated.

How to use your iPod to move your music to a new computer using iTunes7
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300173
How to use your iPod to move your music to a new computer using iTunes6
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304304
Copying from iPod to Computer threads...
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=776996&tstart=0
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=805256&tstart=0
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=797432&#797432
Also these useful internet articles...
http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/02/how-to-get-music-off-your-ipod/
http://playlistmag.com/help/2005/01/2waystreet/
iPod: Frequently Asked Questions
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60920
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