How to sync without losing artwork

I turned on match on devices and now with itunes it's a pain to get artwork sync between itunes on imac and my ipod touch, The ipod loses a lot of album artwork. What did apple di with itunes? can't now drag an album to ipod touch and get it there with artwork. Please fix this. thanks

I have the same problem, and would love to see the answer. Indeed, I have three computers - two of which have Itunes Match turned on. I have two Iphones. The Iphone with Itunes match turned on has most, but not all of the artwork. On the Iphone which I have not turned Itunes Match "on," all artwork is now missing. There are a lot of bugs in the Itunes Match. While there is much good, this application has a long way to go.

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If your iPod is set to update automatically you need to take care connecting to an empty iTunes. You can use a keyboard command to prevent your iPod auto-syncing with iTunes. While connecting the iPod to the computer on Windows with iTunes 7.3 or later installed hold down the Shift + Ctrl keys together. This will stop the iPod from auto-syncing with iTunes and the iPod will appear in the source list. Wait until you are sure the iPod has mounted, and that it will not auto sync and then you can let the keys go. This may take between 20 to 30 seconds depending on your computer: iTunes - Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows
When your iPod appears in the iTunes source list change the update setting to manual, that way you can continue to use your iPod without the risk of accidentally erasing it. Also when using most of the utilities listed below your iPod needs to be enabled for disc use, changing to manual update will do this by default: Managing content manually on iPod and iPhone
Once you are safely connected there are a few things you can do to restore your iTunes from the iPod. If you have any iTunes Music Store purchases the transfer of purchased content from the iPod to authorised computers was introduced with iTunes 7. You'll find details in this article: Copying iTunes Store purchases from your iPod or iPhone to a computer
The transfer of content from sources such as songs imported from CD is designed by default to be one way from iTunes to iPod. However there are a number of third party utilities that you can use to retrieve the music files and playlists from your iPod. You'll find that they have varying degrees of functionality and some will transfer movies, videos, photos, podcasts and games as well. Have a look at the web pages and documentation, this is just a small selection of what's available, they are generally quite straightforward. You can read reviews and comparisons of some of them here:
Wired News - Rescue Your Stranded Tunes
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TuneJack Windows Only (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
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YamiPod Mac and Windows
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TouchCopy Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible - Windows version only)
There's also a manual method of copying songs from your iPod to a Mac or PC. The procedure is a bit involved and won't recover playlists but if you're interested it's available on page 2 at this link: Copying Content from your iPod to your Computer - The Definitive Guide
Whichever of these retrieval methods you choose, keep your iPod in manual mode until you have reloaded your iTunes and you are happy with your playlists etc then it will be safe to return it auto-sync. I would also advise that you get yourself an external hard drive and back your stuff up, relying on an iPod as your sole backup is not a good idea and external drives are comparatively inexpensive these days, you can get loads of storage for a reasonable outlay.

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Hello bkmonkey1012,
The option to allow or disable the syncing artwork to your iPod was removed as of iTunes 9. So now there is now way to not sync the artwork with your content unless you remove it from the content in iTunes.
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My guess is that you previously synced the iPhone with a different computer in the past. You will probably want to set up Home Sharing.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4620
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Unfortunately there is not.
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Not without the help of third party software such as this one:
http://www.copytrans.net/copytrans.php
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If you had installed one of the many apps that can upload photos to a photo sharing site and had used it you will have your photos.
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HI
I would like to sync my iphone with a new Macbook.
I copied the iTunes folder from my old Mac and replaced it with the one I copied.
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If I would go ahead and re-sync with the new Mac... Will it erase everything on it?
Will I lose the apps if I would do that?
How can I keep the apps and all other info?
How can I simply start syncing with the new Mac without losing anything on it?
How do I start the sync progress from scratch but to have it just the way it is with the new Mac?
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In preparation for a new device, is it possible to transfer all your apps, music, bookmarks from iTunes to your new device without losing your apps/music, etc? If so, how? What are the steps involved? For example, if you have an iPod Touch and want to "clone" the iPod Touch to your new device, say iPhone or another iPod Touch?
Are there any limits in transferring paid apps to multiple devices? How does one do this?
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Thanks Niel, I did this once before and so did others that I know. Guess what happened? We lost all our data on iTunes. Fortunately, I kept a backup of my iTunes folders.
I want to prevent this from happening again. I believe there is a "special" sequence one must follow to ensure this does not happen or was this fixed in future versions of iTunes?.

Maverick won't permit syncing Address Book or Calendar by USB to iPhone or iPad and permits only syncing by iCloud, which I don't want to use. Any ideas on how to sync without using iCloud?

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ymcneil - thanks for the work around. But isn't it amazing Apple forces us to do this to maintain our privacy.
I live in Australia where there are good privacy laws protecting citizens. I do not want to be forced to use iCloud when the data sits in the USA with weaker privacy laws and also able to be seen by the US Government under the Patriot Act. Further I suspect Apple will interrogate my contacts and calendar for commercial purposes and I do not want that either.
I chose to synch my calendar and contacts with my iphone and ipad. I have relied for years on carrying around my phone with my diary on it. I can no longer do that.
Whoever made this decision at Apple has to be someone who knows little about the world. I can actually see EU regulators getting very annoyed by this.
I too woud like the itunes mac to iphone/ipad local backup given back.
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