How do i choose what information is synced

i have 1260 albums 550 artists. when i sync my ipod i get thousands of artists, i only want the album artist. how do i limit what information gets sync'd?

The iPod classic only recognizes the artist field, not album artist. You can cut down some of the clutter by setting the compilation flag for compilation albums, and enabling one of the Compilations menu items in the classic menus. To get things really organized however you should also move all guest/featured artist information out of the artist field. There are other issues regarding common album titles such as Greatest Hits. See Grouping tracks into albums for more information.
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How do I choose what I want to put onto my iphone from itunes? I dont want all my kid's music and apps

Hey Dodge50,
Great question! You can choose to sync your entire library, or selected playlists and other items. For more information, check out this resource:
Sync your iPhone, iPad and iPod with iTunes using USB - Apple Support
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT1386
You can also opt to manually manage the content that is on your device. For more information about this option, see the following:
Manage content manually on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod - Apple Support
http://support.apple.com/en-us/ht1535
Thanks,
Matt M.

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That information is not available.
De-authorizing Computers (contributed by user John Galt)
You can de-authorize individual computers, but only by using those computers. The only other option is to "de-authorize all" from your iTunes account.
1. Open iTunes on a computer
2. From the Store menu, select "View my Account..."
3. Sign in with your Apple ID and password.
4. Under "Computer Authorizations" select "De-authorize All".
5. Authorize each computer you still have, as you may require.
You may only do this once per year.
After you "de-authorize all" your authorized computers, re-authorize each one as required.
If you have de-authorized all computers and need to do it again, but your year has not elapsed, then contact: Apple - Support - iTunes - Contact Us.
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How do I choose what songs will be on my shuffle.

I also own a classic ipod that holds lots of songs. I wanted something smaller to take to the gym. I connected my new ipod shuffle registered it then it automactically started downloading songs from my library. I have certian songs selected or checked to go on my classic, not all my songs are on my classic from my library. How can I choose what songs will be on my shuffle? Do I have to uncheck all my songs then check only the songs from my library that I want on my shuffle? If this is the case that is a bummer...because it would mean that I would have to redo all of the selecting again for my classic. Please tell me this is not the case! Does anyone know how to go around this so I don't have to reconfigure everything everytime I want to synch different songs to put on my shuffle...there has got to be a way...I don't think that apple would be that uninformed to let this happen...Maybe I need to load a whole different itunes for my shuffle and have two seperate programs????

Depending on the type of iPod you are using, "Other" can be various things such as Album Artwork, Notes, Contacts, Firmware etc. or files that are on there if you are using the iPod as a removable storage device.
If you feel that Other is being incorrectly reported then try restoring your iPod. Restoring will erase the iPod's hard drive, reload the software and put it back to default settings: Restoring iPod to factory settings with iTunes

How is iTunes deciding what music to sync?

After my previous question received no responses I broke down my process for testing music syncing even further.
In my music syncing preferences, I have sync "selected playlists... (etc)" selected, do NOT automatically fill space, and exactly ONE playlist selected for syncing: Top 50 Most Played. Up at the top of the screen next to "Sync Music" it says "50 songs" which would be correct. There should be the 50 songs that appear on this one selected playlist on the phone. Simple.
But down at the bottom where it shows the space taken, it's showing 2105 songs, and it certainly seems like that's what's being synced. Although if I go to "On this phone" it shows 83 songs in that list, but some of that appears to be streaming stuff, which I'm not sure how it got there because I never stream anything - I only want music that I've specifically synced to the phone to appear. There is a ton of stuff actually on the phone that is NOT appearing in "On This iPhone."
I've been using iTunes since it was called SoundJam MP - the fact that I can't figure out how to get specific music on my phone is a NIGHTMARE. I'm officially at the point where if it were possible to use non-Apple software to do this, I'd try it, because I've spent way too much time trying to figure out a simple thing.
Anyway - I hope I'm just being an idiot and someone can explain it to me easily. That'd be a nice surprise. Thanks!

Try to Maually Add/Delete songs from your iPod.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1535
other than that, that all i know of....
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OK,
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Suggestion-Let us choose what videos to sync to devices

Why can you not choose exactly what music videos to sync to your iphone or other apple devices? I just want a few videos on my iphone, NOT all 200 of them.
Is there a way to choose exactly what music videos to sync?
Thank you for your assistance.

With your device selected on the left-hand side of iTunes, on the right-hand side on the Movies/films tab for the device you should be able to select which films/videos to sync to the device, you don't have to sync everything.

How do you choose what music goes onto your iPhone?

My iPhone has finally hit capacity, mostly with music. I don't want to delete things from my library, because my comptuer has plenty of space, but I want to limit what gets sync'd to my iphone. I.E. There is old music that I don't listen to regularly anymore that I don't want on my iPhone, but I would still like to keep.
I know one option would be to create a playlist and just sync that playlist, but I don't want to have to drag new stuff into a playlist every time (Because I know I will forget.)
Does anyone have any suggestions? I already have "Convert to 128kbps AAC" selected.

kevinfromfontana wrote:
I wish there was an option to sync all music EXCEPT what is in a certain playlist.
Piece o' cake...
Create a regular playlist and name it something like Not on iPhone.
Add songs to it you do not want to sync.
Create a smart playlist named something like Sync to iPhone.
Match all rules;
Playlist is Music
Playlist is not Not on iPhone.
Like this...
Select the iPhone in iTunes and click the Music tab.
Tick Sync music and tick Sync selected playlists, Artists Albums and Genre.
Tick the Sync to iPhone playlist and click OK.
If you want to change what is on the iPhone, simply add/remove items from the Not on iPhone playlist then plug in the iPhone.

How do you choose what account to send an iMessage from?

I have one account set up on iMessage, but it can accept messages sent to my phone number, email address, plus email aliases.
I want to retain this ability to receive messages on several accounts but I also want to force the system to send messages from my phone number, especially when using Share buttons elsewhere in the operating system.
My default account to send messages from IS my phone number, but every time that I send a file from somewhere else in the OS it sends from my email, so I'm not sure what's going on here.
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HI,
I understood from the first post but was not in a position to actually test it at the time
I went to my Contacts App > My Card and removed the iPhone number.
It syncs via iCloud to the iPhone.
I went to the iMessages > Preferences > Accounts > iMessages account and changed the bottom drop down to read "Start From" my iPhone Number.
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This meant it should have appeared on the iPhone as a Stand alone iMessages "from Itself" effectively.
However it listed another Address Card that did not have the iPhone Number on it. (only the Apple ID in Use)
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3) What GB would you recommend for the wifi? I dont want to use a phone service wireless connection. only wifi

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how do i in itunes sync only specific books? i try unchecking certain books, but they still end up on my ipad and iphone.
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Are you first un checking the all books button and clicking on the selected books then clicking the books you want to sync.

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