HT1351 My ipod won't sync with itunes because it says a duplicate file name exist

My ipod won't sync with itunes because it says a duplicate file name exist

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    Before the newer version of itunes, all my music sync on to my ipod with no problem. Now after I updated to the most recent itunes, my music won't sync. I restored my ipod and I have the latest version of irunes. But it always say unkown error(-69). I just want sall my songs on my 80gb classic, because it had all my songs on there before with no problem til this new version and me restoring my ipod.

    Hi,
    I'm not sure how to help but here is an official Apple Support article: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1210
    Hope this helps!

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    I moved my music from the c drive to the d drive. All of my music is in itunes but my ipod won't sync with itunes. The syncing process is taking much longer than usual too. I left my ipod over night to sync and it didnt finish. Fails to sync every time. I tried to restore my ipod and it didnt help.

    Ignore.  I figured it out:)

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    iPhone won't sync with iTunes and It says iTunes can not add songs to iPhone because no songs in iTunes library can be copied to iPhone. Help!!!! What should I do. I tried everything!
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    First off try and go into your IPhone manually through My Computer and cut photos or anything you can through the device to be able to free space up so that you can continue to do what you want to do with ITunes. This way you will be able to create a backup or do what you have to do to manage your information, photos and texts on your device a little better.

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    Hi,
    See this Link:
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    http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1567
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  • Ipod won't sync with Itunes even after restore

    Hiya,
    When I plug my ipod into my computer, it recognises it's there, but it won't sync with the ipod & update the music on it.
    I restored the ipod using itunes so now there's absolutely nothing on my ipod at all, but it still won't sync with itunes, so I have a completely blank ipod...
    I've only had it for about 3 months so am not impressed...
    Does anyone have any suggestions?
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    My was doing the same thing. But I figured out how to fix it. My computer was not recognizing the IPOD so I had to reset the drive letter. Click on Start, then go to the Control Panel, Click on Adminstration tools, Click on Computer Management, on the left hand side of your screen pick Disk Management from the box, it will take a few seconds then it will pull up a list of all your computer drives, highlight your Ipod, then right click and change drive letter or path, I changed it to "I" for ipod. My computer then recognized my Ipod. I opened up itunes and my sync worked then.

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    I just updated my PC to Windows 7/64 bit. iPod will not sync with iTunes. I have uninstalled/reinstalled iTunes, and tried all the suggestions on the Internet (except restoring the iPod, too scary; and modifying registry on the PC, too too scary). The device thinks it has the most current software. The iPod tries to connect and appears briefly but then disconnects. A Windows message appears asking the following: "Do you want to scan and fix My iPod? There might be a problem with some files on this device or disc. This can happen if you remove the device or disc before all files have been written to it." If I tell it yes to scan it gives another error message that is it not recognized. If I tell it to skip the scan, the device disconnects and nothing happens. No syncing. I am at a loss as to how to fix this. Has anyone encountered this type of issue and if so - how did you resolve it. I don't want to restore the iPod as I do not know if it will ever connect and sync again and all the music on it now would be lost and the device would be useless. Thank you in advance for your suggestions. Tikimom

    This article has a lot of great troubleshooting steps for that particular issue
    http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1538

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    I upgraded from Tiger to Snow Leopard and since then my trusty 3rd Gen Ipod will not sync with iTunes (9.0.3). It mounts in Finder, but does not appear in iTunes. The iPod will still charge, but it constantly displays the "Do Not Disconnect" message until manually ejected.
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    Thank you kindly

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    My iPad can't sync with iTunes because apparently my iTunes doesn't recognise my apps! I've had the iPad for 9 months and have been syncing regularly so am not sure why it's decided there's a problem.

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  • Ipod won't sync with itunes, wiped itself, won't leave apple logo screen

    I think the problem showed up after I plugged my ipod classic into a Belkin (I think) ipod speaker dock. The next time I plugged it into my computer, it wouldn't sync with itunes. When there's no ipod plugged into the computer, itunes opens fine, but when I plug my ipod in, itunes will open then freeze. Unplugging my ipod makes itunes go back to normal, but with an error message that I can't sync my ipod. After going through that a few times this morning, I tried doing the middle button+menu reset, which left it stuck at the apple logo for around 15 minutes. It eventually took me to the language select screen, where I saw that all my songs and podcasts had been wiped from the drive. However, when I hover over the "settings" menu option, it says I only have 40 gigs free, which is the amount I had when I still had all my data on the ipod. I've also tried plugging it into my computer and formatting it through windows, but that doesn't work either. Do I have any options here? Thanks in advance

    Tried most of these (including swapping out cords in dfferent ports) with no luck. I tried to restore it as well but it won't let me do that either. The hard drive is working to the point where the ipod works normally with the exception of the syncing issue. I have also run the diagnostic and everyting is fine until the last one, the device sync test. It is able to see the ipod earlier in the diagnostics.

  • IPod won't sync with iTunes after iOS8

    I already posted about this but I will post again since I didn't receive any replies. I don't know if there is any way to contact Apple directly about this without having to fork up some money. My iPod Touch 5 will not sync with iTunes ever since the iOS8 update. It shows up in the menu, but will not sync. I click on sync or update, or even backup... nothing. It looks like it's trying to do something for about a second, then it just stops. I NEED TO SYNC MY IPOD. Please someone address this issue and fix it!!!

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  • IPod won't sync with itunes 7.7

    the other day i plugged my ipod in to update 4 new songs on it. i watched itunes put the songs on the ipod and said it was succesfull. so i took it with me and when i went to go listen to it it had no songs on it. so i took it home and plugged it in and when it synced the memory bar was all orange. so after trying different usb ports i restored it. after i restored it it will not sync with itunes anymore. the most it will ever do if anything is sync a little at a time then comes up with the error, "unable to sync because the required file cannot be written from or written to." if i click sync again it will do the same thing. does anybody know how to fix this?

    Try the instructions in this article.
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  • On windows 8 and itunes 11 i try to sync my iphone and it says a duplicate file name was specified and won't let me sync, what do i do ?

    duplicate file name was specified...... windows 8 and itunes 11...... won't let me sync..... what do i do ?

    OK, read this thread... https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3928453
    tt2

  • When i go to sync my ipod nano 5th generation i get an error saying "A duplicate file name was specified".  what do i do then?

    I am trying to sync my iPod nano 5th generation to my computer and when i go to add music through iTunes i get the following message:
    The iPod "X's iPod" cannot be synced.  A duplicate file name was specified.  Any ideas how to fix this?
    On my computer (iMac) while in iTunes it is showing that the music is indeed on my iPod, but when i eject the iPod there is nothing there.

    I have a 27" iMac with the latest version of iTunes.  I tried restoring my iPod and even removing and re-installing iTunes.  What eventually worked for me was plugging into my PC and restoring/reformatting it to work with my PC.  I don't know why it wouldn't work with my iMac, but now it seems to be working.

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