I cracked my ipod touch 4g screen really badly and i cant type in my lock screen password because the zero wont work, i dont want to reset my ipod because i will lose all my music and stuff

i need help changing my ipod touch 4g lock screen password

If iTunes is asking you to enter the iPod then yo have to restore and thus erase the iPod after you place the iPod in recovery mode. Otherwise:
Recovering your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device: Apple Support Communities
You can redownload most iTunes purchases by:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store

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HT1751 I am afraid to download the new version of itunes on my pc. I am afraid I will lose all of my library. Am I correct?

I am afraid to download the new version of itunes on my pc. I am afraid I will lose all of my library. Am I correct?

The following document might be of some help:
iTunes: Back up your iTunes library by copying to an external hard drive.
(If your content and library files are in the default locations, you can skip the consolidation step.)

I've opened itunes and none of my songs or albums are there in my library. I'm afraid to plug in my ipod cause i may lose all my music.

I've lost everything in my itunes library. No of my albums i've purchased over the years are there. I'm afraid to plug in my ipod cause I could lose all my songs on it? Very frustrated and I don't know what happened to my itunes Library?? Help?

Ok, so, what I had done before I saw your response is follow the prompts to activate "match" on this computer... So when I restarted my computer just now, I see a copy of what is on my iphone, which brings up another question that has had me confused for so long.. Between the cloud and match, shouldnt whatever I have on my computer be automatically put onto my iphone? As this does not happen. I think you have to attach the iphone to the computer in order to update, but whenever I do that, it doesnt do this. So, I dont have anything I did for bascially all of 2013 which is a lot... I never worried too much about it as I listen to most of my music from the computer and from my ipod, and dont worry about the music on my iphone. But I am so confused about how to reconcile all my songs, albums, playlists on all my devices..
Another thing that seems to be the root of all things annoying is regarding my apple id.. When I first chose my user name back in the day, it was simple.. You chose what you wanted.. Recently, when I wanted to try to get into this "cloud" thing, I was asked to choose another apple id that was in the format of an e-mail address. Which has caused so much confusion for me of which I can not figure out.. I have things purchased on both accounts and just wish I could have all my purchases together on all my devices..
I have not tried your suggestion yet, but will, if that is still your suggestion after all this additional information..
Thank you in advance for all your help...

My itunes will not start in Win XP. I get an error that says MSVCR80.dll can't be found. I am scared if I just reinstall iTunes that I will lose all my music and apps that are in the old itunes. What can I do.

My iTunes will not start in Win XP. I am getting an error that says MSVCR80.dll can't be found. I am concerned that if I just do a reinstall
of iTunes it will overwrite or delete all the music and apps I have on the current app that won't start. When I boot the PC I get the following:
APSDaemon.exe - unable to locate. MSVCR80.dll not found. Reinstalling application may fix this problem. How can I get iTunes started without losing
all my music and apps? Thanks

It won't unless a problem occurs. Back them up, uninstall iTunes and all related components, and reinstall them.
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TS1717 My itunes will not open anymore. I'm afraid if i delete it & install it all over again i will lose all my music, apps, photo, etc. when i install a new one & plug my phone in it will remove every thing on it.

I can not open my itunes. I'm afraid if I delete it and reinstall a new itunes that, when I plug my phone in it will delete everything on my phone. Then I will have lost everything music, photos, apps, etc. because I have deleted my old itune.

Uninstalling and reinstalling iTunes won't affect its library. Back it up anyway.
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I turned off my itouch and it won't turn back on and i really don't want to restore it because then i lose all my music what do i do

does anyone know a way to fix it

Try the following. Yo may end up erasing the iPod.:
- iOS: Not responding or does not turn on
- Also try DFU mode after try recovery mode
How to put iPod touch / iPhone into DFU mode « Karthik's scribblings
- If not successful and you can't fully turn the iOS device fully off, let the battery fully drain. After charging for an least an hour try the above again.
- Try on another computer
- If still not successful that usually indicates a hardware problem and an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store is in order.
Apple Retail Store - Genius Bar
You can redownload iTunes purchases by:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store

I have software problms, I want to restore my iphone, but I will lose all my songs. How can I preserve my songs and photos before i restore

I cant seem to import the present songs, photos etc on my phone so that I can restore. I have software problems. Why can't I transfer my photos to my new mac computer?

" Why can't I transfer my photos to my new mac computer?"
What photos? You can import camera roll photos ( taken with the iphone) as you would any other digital camera.
Photo library pics are synced one way only. As they came from your computer in the first place, they should still be there and included in your regular backup of your computer. Copy them from the old computer to the new one.
The music sync is one way as well. The only exception is itunes purchases. Without syncing: File>Transfer Purchases
You should copy everything from your old computer, or your backup copy of your old computer to the new one.

Every time I try to open my iTunes, it says "iTunes quit unexpectedly." I don't want to reinstall because I'll lose all my music! What can I do to fix this?

Please help. It's driving me crazy. Thank you

You won't lose your music - it isn't kept in iTunes, it's usually kept in (user)/Music/iTunes and you could back that up to be double secure.
Go to (user)/Preferences and delete every file which begins with com.apple.iTunes and com.apple.mobile.iTunes
Then open the ByHost folder in Preferences and again delete every file which begins with com.apple.iTunes
Then reboot. Doing this will not delete any of your music but obviously you will have to set up your Preferences from scratch. Don't open iTunes.
Then go to http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/ and download iTunes and reinstall.

HT1535 i have 4 ipods on my itunes but my computer was running slow so i put windows 7 on it and installed itunes but if i sync my ipod it will erase all my music i want to know how to take my music from my ipod and send it to my playlist so when i sync m

i have 4 ipods on itunes but my computer was running slow so i put windows 7 on it but it wants me to sync my ipod but if i do i will lose all my music on my ipod how do i take my music and send it to my playlist so i can sync myipod so i won't lose any music

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.
iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848
As for you own music, you may have to use a third party software. A good Free one is called Sharepod which you can download from Download.com here:
http://download.cnet.com/SharePod/3000-2141_4-10794489.html?tag=mncol;2

If i uninstall itunes and reinstall will i lose all my music

I got a messge saying i couldnt connect my iphone bc Bonjour something had been deleted and that i needed to uninstall itunes and reinstall it. I am worried that i will lose all my music... what do i do?

You won't lose the music unless a problem occurs. Back it up first.
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My itunes match subscription will be expiring soon. Will I lose all my music, as they are threatening, if I choose not to subscribe again?

My itunes match subscription will be expiring soon. Will I lose all my music if I choose not to subscribe again?

Hi,
If all your music is in your itunes library on your computer, you will not lose that music.
If you do not have the music on your computer and stream the music you will lose all your music except for previous itunes purchases. Likewise you will no longer have access to match music.
Jim

I did a backup on my iPod touch and it said it worked...but now it won't let me access anything and says "iTunes has detected an iPod in recovery mode. You must restore this IPod before it can be used." I will lose all my videos and pics if I do that

I did a backup on my iPod touch last night and it said it worked...I wanted to make sure my 1100 pictures and videos, mostly of my son, were safe since we rarely use the iPod touch anymore since we bought an iPad...I can't find them or I have no idea how to access them...I do not have a MAC...I have an HP computer with windows...
Now when I try to use my iTunes a message comes up that says my iPod is on recovery mode and has to do a restore to use my iTunes again...so when u click on that it states that pushing that button will restore my iPod touch to its factory settings...which means I will lose all my data...which I CANNOT do bc the videos of my son are some of his first words, first giggles, etc.
Now my iPod is stuck on a screen with a picture of a USB cord and an iTunes icon... and holding the power and push buttons down at the same time does nothing except bring up the apple icon for a moment and then it goes right back to the USB and iTunes icon
When I called Apple they said in order to talk to tech support I had to pay a fee of 19 dollars...which I think is kind of crap...I paid over 300 dollars for this and all I want is somebody to help me access my pics...I have done nothing wrong...this iPod was never dropped and never broke...I did the backup like I was supposed to and now I have an IPod touch that does nothing, and if my library of pics and videos are on my computer, I have no clue where or how to view them or back them up onto DVD....
I'm very upset and frustrated...please help!!!

You should really read the manual.
"How do you restore from backup? "
Restore. When given the choice, choose to use backup.
"And how can I check to see if the pics and videos are on my computer somewhere first??"
They would only be where you put them. What program did you use to import them? Pics/vids taken with ipod are not part of the sync process at all. You should be importing them just as you would with any digital camera.
If you did not import them, then they are not on your computer.

HT4972 I want to upgrade my iOS 4 to 5 on my Ipod Touch but I no longer have the original computer I used to sync with so it keeps saying I will loose all of my apps and stuff on my new computer

I want to upgrade my iOS 4 to 5 on my Ipod Touch but I no longer have the original computer I used to sync with so it keeps saying I will loose all of my apps and stuff on my new computer..... SO how do I tell it that my new computer is now my regular computer so that I can upgrade my iOS on it without it wiping all of my music, films and apps on it??? HELP please I am desperate to know what to do.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848 - just media purchased from iTunes Store
Post by Zevoneer: iPod media recovery options - https://discussions.apple.com/message/11624224 - this is an older post and many of the links are also for old posts, so bear this in mind when reading them.
Commercial software utilities for transferring songs from i-device to Mac:
Senuti - http://www.fadingred.com/senuti/
Phoneview - http://www.ecamm.com/mac/phoneview/
MusicRescue - http://www.kennettnet.co.uk/products/musicrescue/ - Mac & Windows

HT201413 updated last night and now ipod says to coonect to itunes which i cant because apple application support was not found. tells me to uninstall and reinstall itunes. Will i lose all my music or is it still on my ipod?

Updated ipod last night and now when turned on tells me to coonect to itunes (picture of usb cable with arrow to itunes). I can't connect to itunes on computer because apple application support can't be found. Tells me to uninstall then reinstall itunes. Will I lose all my music or is it still on my ipod?

Under normal circumstances, an uninstall/reinstall doesn't touch your content. (That being said, it's still always a good idea to maintain a current backup at all times in case of disasters.)

I need to update my iTunes and iPod touch,iPad and iPhone but they were set up with a hp laptop that i sold i tried to update my iTunes and apple devices but it tell's me if i update i will lose all media on my devices and to update with the original com

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Go to www.ecamm.com and d/l PhoneView.
To prevent a sync when plugging in the iPod/iPhone - hold down the 'option' and the 'command' keys when plugging in the iPod/iPhone - key the keys down until the iPod/iPhone is listed under the Devices list in iTunes - this will prevent a sync from taking place.
With PhoneView you can take the content from the device to the iTunes library.
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