HT1212 syncing ipod to a new computer

I had itunes running on our home computer and all of my kids' ipods were synched to that computer. That computer is no longer operating and I have a new computer which I had transfered all of the itunes files from the old computer onto. But non of the kids' devices show up on it. Can the ipods be connected to the new computer's itunes for synching?

yes they can. plug each ipod touch individually and there be a pop up screen that will come up on the screen asking do you trust the computer to access the ipod click yes and you need to do that with each ipod now that since each ipod was synced with another itunes library any music that is currently on each ipod will be deleted and that is because each ipod can only be synced to one itunes library at a time. also be sure that the new computer is authorized to play all content assoicated with the apple id that your are using and then go into your account through the itunes store and go to the area that allows you to manage devices and remove your old computer and make sure as well that your computer is deauthorized as well but since you can't do that don't worry about that

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Sync is only oneway, from PC to your device. Unless you have the music on your PC, iTunes is going to wipe out what you have on your device if you are syncing to a new library.
You can only transfer Purchased music over to Itunes on your PC.
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Be very careful when connecting an iPod full of music to an empty iTunes library.There is very real risk of permanently losing all the music.
To prevent auto sync, before you connect the iPod go to the iTunes preferences and select "devices", then select "disable automatic syncing for iPhones and iPods".
An alternative method is to connect the iPod whilst holding down the 'control+shift' keys and do not let them go until your iPod appears in iTunes.
If you see a message that your iPod is associated with a different library and asks if you want to link to a new one, make sure you press "Cancel".
If you should click on "Erase and Sync" will erase all the content currently on your iPod and it will be replaced with the content of the iTunes library you just connected to.
When you've pressed cancel your iPod should appear in the iTunes source list under "devices" and allow you to change the update setting to manage the iPod content manually, and that will let you use your iPod for the time being without the risk of accidentally erasing the contents.
Then do any of the following to transfer your music from iPod back to the computer/iTunes.
For iTunes version 7 or later, then you can transfer purchased iTunes store music from the iPod to an authorized computer by using the "file/transfer purchases from iPod" menu. Note that the maximum of 5 authorized computers applies here.
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Be very careful when connecting an iPod full of music to an empty iTunes library.There is very real risk of permanently losing all the music.
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I have a large music library on my home desktop computer which I sync to a 160GB iPod Classic, and thorugh iTunes Match, to my work laptop and my iPhone. I'm traveling over the holidays with my iPod and my laptop, and got some new CDs (thanks, Santa!) that I want to get onto my iPod. My plan was to import the tracks to the iTunes library on my laptop, and then sync my iPod to the library on the laptop. Technically, it's the same library as what's on my desktop, but obviously very few of the actual files from my music library are locally stored on my harddrive. However, since my last sync to the desktop computer was very recent, the only new content that needs to be synched is the new stuff that's actually locally on the laptop, so my hope is that the general lack of physical music files on the laptop shouldn't matter.
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