I know its been asked before, but really, where is the restore button????!!

OK clever people... lets get this straight:
I start up itunes (updated, downloaded this morning)
I plug in ipod
Then i click on my ipod in the source list
I then see all my music appear in a long greyed out list
AND, where is the summary tab? What is the SUMMARY TAB?
Where is the restore button? It is NOT there.
Really!
Can someone screen dump me itunes with the restore button present, so i can actually see that it does exist?!?!?!!?
Dazed and Confused
(but still love my ipod!!!!)

I have iTunes 6.0.5 and I have the iPod updater on the Start menu under iPod.
Start>iPod>iPod Updater
Presumably intalled with the iTunes software?
If not check here
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304215

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Sure its been asked before but please can someone help re transfer old ipod

Hello,
I appreciate this has probably been asked loads of times before but could someone "in the know" please tell me the easiest way to sort my dilema!!
I have a 2nd gen ipod & 1st gen ipod touch which were both on my old PC on seperate user accounts. I have since left my wife & she has the PC (we're still amicable!!) which contains both itunes accounts. That left me debating what to do as ideally I didn't want to be going back to hers to do my music management! To make things easy both the audio jack & dock connector broke on my touch meaning the repairs would have been the same as the cost of a new ipod classic so I went for the latter & set up a new itunes account on my laptop. Problem is I would like all of my old music on my new ipod as I had approx 4000 songs on the 2ng gen & 3500ish on my touch. Is there an easy way to get all of that music over to my new laptop & subsequently my new ipod without losing whats on my new ipod/itunes now?
Thank you to anyone who can help me with this.
Ben

Hey there,
One solution is to copy all the songs currently on your iPod to your new iTunes library. There are several ways you can pull the music off your iPod and onto iTunes.
It all depends on if you have a Mac or PC with how you copy your music over. The first link after the Apple support document below provides step-by-step instructions for the direct method if you have a PC as well as a few third party applications (for both the Mac and PC) if you choose to go that route instead. You can also do a simple google search for "copy music from iPod to computer" and you should receive a number of sites that can help you out.
Just make sure that when you have your iPod plugged into your new computer, that you don't hit "Erase and Sync" before completing the task of copying your music over.
Also, if you have any purchased music, you will probably have to re-authorize your computer by heading to the Store drop down menu and choosing "Authorize computer." From there, restore your iPod and sync it with your new library. I did notice you did not want to go this route though.
[5 Ways to Copy Music OFF your iPod and onto iTunes|http://www.metaphoriclabs.com/articles/5-ways-to-copy-music-off-your-ipo d-windows-mac-os-x>
Here are a few more helpful sites.
[Copying Content from your iPod to your Computer - The Definitive Guide|http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/copying-music-from-ipo d-to-computer]
Or
[How to copy songs your iPod to your PC|http://lifehacker.com/software/ipod/how-to-copy-songs-from-your-ipod-to-your -pc-105256.php]
B-rock

Time machine full (yes, I know its been posted before but I have no answer)

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So its telling me that it needs 10.4GB to complete its backup.... and is no longer backing my drive up. I want to say "Hey, Time Machine, go ahead and delete some of my older backups, its cool, I get it."
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Brian.Chambers wrote:
I see. I have a 120GB, I'll use it in its place. How then, do I move my current backup to my new backup drive? Can I just copy it?
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It's 'Donationware' - and worth a donation, it transparently uses Terminal/UNIX commands to do its stuff, has lots of lovely simple options- including the optional creation of a well-compressed but OS bog-standard SPARSEIMAGE disk image file of your Volume, supports the iPod:iTunes synchronization, will do fast block-level disk-to-disk clones etc. etc. and has UNIX-stndard syncing built in .. thru RSYNC...
The amazing thing about the SPARSEIMAGE format (well, amazing until you understand the 'why') is that it can very easily turn 120 gig into 90 : and the bulk of the reason turns out to be one of the 'usuals': allocation blocks.. as you no doubt know, the Mac - like all computers allocates space for file in minimum units: Blocks.. - a bit like writing a book but having to write it 10 pages at a time and having to actually use the ten pages... so, if the block size if 4 K (usually is on a Mac), eenif you only WRITE 500 bytes, the file will be allocated about 4k.. wasting 3.5KB (get info on a small file to see this: it'll say something like 4KB on Disk (512 bytes)).
On most systems but particularly with the Mac OS, you can have a LOT of small files (most of them are hidden from view inside other things - like, say applications which are really a special kind of directory or folder(show contents & browse about).. also prefs /plist files, small READMEs...) On a reasonable size disk it's not all that unusual to have 4 or 500,000 files. In 'Native format, 100 of those 500Byte files will take up 400KB. On a sparseimage (or in a zip or similar) the same 100 files will take 1/8th the space.
Hard to get better ,...
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I am sure its been asked before, but "Convert SWF to F4V?"

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I have iTunes 6.0.5 and I have the iPod updater on the Start menu under iPod.
Start>iPod>iPod Updater
Presumably intalled with the iTunes software?
If not check here
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304215

I know this has been asked before But I Deleted 6 mths worth of Bookmark folders, Cant use Undo,

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I know this has been asked before, but...

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I'm sure its been answered before but i can't see it.

i've only had my ipod 2 weeks and i've never used itunes before. i was lovin the ease of it all the transfering of files, syncing of itunes-ipod.
But everytime i play my ipod it either skips halfway through a song or it turns itself off.i've reset twice and forced sync's all to no avail.
Reading these disussions i think it's because the files are not in ACC format. How do i change my 5300 songs in 1 go? or do i need to them 1 at a time? or do i delete and start again? and will this affect any albums i've bought from itunes?
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In iTunes go to edit/select all, then when the items in the library are highlighted in blue choose edit/delete. This will remove all the items from your library and give you the option of moving them to the trash or recycle bin where you can empty it.
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Yes it’s time consuming, but much better to rip your cds at decent sound quality now, rather than decide much later that you are not satisfied, and have to rip them again.
A song of the same length, encoded at the same bitrate, gives an almost identical file size whether it be encoded in aac or mp3.
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I know it's been asked before but ..

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IM TOOOOO LOST I BEEN FOOLING AROUND WITH IT FOR LIKE 3HR NOW TRYING DIFFERENT THINGS....WHAT AM I DOING WRONG??
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