"...(ipod) cannot be updated because all of the playlists selected for

Please help! I get the error message, "Songs on the iPod
cannot be updated because all of the playlists selected for updating no longer exist." So it seems that I erased the playlists from my iPod. I have done the "Five Rs."
Doing the iPod Updater took 2 1/2 hrs. It did not help.
How can I get my iPod to work?

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iPod cannot sync because one or more playlist is missing.

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IPod cannot be synced because all of the playlists selected for syncing...

no longer exist.
My ipod could not hold all of the songs that I had on itunes...and after I deleted a playlist, this keeps popping up and i do not know how to fix it.
Windows 2000

You get this problem when the option 'Sync Music - Selected playlists' is being used to sync your iPod and then the playlist it has been updating from is deleted. Most people use this setting when the iPod is smaller than the iTunes library. If your library is larger than the capacity of your iPod, iTunes by default makes a new playlist called something along the lines of "Owner's iPod". If you for any reason delete it, you will not be able to sync your iPod.
Open iTunes and create a playlist to update your iPod from, call it -iPod to make it the first playlist in Sources. You can make this a normal playlist and drag whatever you want to it or you can make it a random Smart playlist. If you are making a smart playlist limit it to just less than the size of your iPod (for example 3700MB for a 4G iPod Nano). Now connect your iPod and when it appears in the Source list click on the iPod icon to bring up the preference tabs in the main pane. Go to the Music tab and choose Sync Music and the Selected playlists radio button. Choose the playlist you just made from the selection and click Apply. You can also sync from any existing playlists by choosing the same setting, you just need to make sure that the size of the playlists don't exceed the capacity of your iPod:
iTunes: Creating playlists of your favorite songs
How to create a Smart Playlist with iTunes
To make a random playlist go to File>New Smart Playlist.
Uncheck "Match the following rule"
Check "Limit to" put "3700" in the number box, choose "MB" from the first list box, choose "Random" from the next list box. Check "Live Updating"
When you want to change the selection in the playlist just delete everything in it and it will add a new selection

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"Songs on the iPod "____" cannot be updated because all of the playlists...

"Songs on the iPod "Harold Kim's iPod" cannot be updated because all of the playlists selected for updating no longer exist."
Im not sure what this means or how to fix it. any sort of advice or help would be greatly appreciated.

You get this problem when the option 'Sync Music - Selected playlists' is being used to sync your iPod. If the playlist selected is deleted from iTunes the iPod no longer has a location to sync from and you get an error. (Syncing selected playlists by the way is a useful setting to use when the iPod is smaller than the iTunes library). However you can make a new one or make use of an existing one.
Open iTunes and create a playlist to update your iPod from, call it -My iPod for example (the dash will position it at the top of the playlists in Sources). You can make it a smart playlist that picks the songs for you or just a normal one and drag whatever content you want to have into the playlist. If you are making a smart playlist limit it to just less than the size of your iPod (for example 3700MB for a 4G iPod Nano. Now connect your iPod and when it appears in the Source list click on the iPod icon to bring up the preference tabs in the main pane. Go to the Music tab and choose Sync Music and the Selected playlists radio button. Choose the playlist you just made from the selection and click Apply. You can also sync from any existing playlists by choosing the same setting, you just need to make sure that the size of the playlists don't exceed the capacity of your iPod:
How to create a Smart Playlist with iTunes
Syncing Music to iPod
To make a random playlist go to File>New Smart Playlist.
Uncheck "Match the following rule"
Check "Limit to" put "3700" in the number box, choose "MB" from the first list box, choose "Random" from the next list box. Check "Live Updating"
When you want to change the selection in the smart playlist just delete everything in it and it will add a new selection. When you want to change the normal playlist just delete out what you don't want and drag in a new selection.
Syncing selected playlists is just like syncing your whole library only on a smaller scale and more "selectively". When your iPod is is set to sync selected playlists it automatically picks up any changes you made to that playlist in iTunes since you last connected. Anything you added to the playlist will be added to the iPod, anything you deleted from it will be deleted from the iPod. In other words the iTunes playlist and the iPod are kept "in sync".

"Songs on iPod 'jerm' cannot be updated because all of the playlists..."

I recently bought a 1GB iPod Nano from a dude on craigslist and I updated it once, but when I try to update it now a message comes up that reads:
"Songs on iPod 'jerm' cannot be updated because all of the playlists selected for updating no longer exist."
Also, when I updated it yesterday, it said that the iPod didn't have room for all of the songs on my iTunes...but I only have like 75 regular-length songs on there and the 1GB is supposed to hold 240. Anyone know what's up with that?
After it informed me of this last thing, it made me a playlist of a "selection" of songs from the iTunes and updated it with those.
I deleted that playlist today...may that be related to my first question?
All of this doesn't make sense. Can anyone shed a little light on the subject?
Thanks
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I had this problem with my 4GB iPod nano and I tried everything that you said to try. I did accidentally delete the iPod Selection playlist and I tried to make a new smart playlist. When I did this I got an error message that said "The smart playlist contains one or more conditions which are empty of conflict with one another. This will result in never matching any item. Are you sure you want to save this playlist?" I tried to upload an old library onto my iTunes and it was successful, however, my iPod would still not sync. Do you know what i can do to fix this?
thank you.

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I was trying to update my ipod and my ipod only has 52 songs but my libary has 92 songs. i tried to updated it by left clicking where it said my "RISHI"S IPOD" and clicked update...and this message said "Songs on the iPod "Rishi's iPod" cannot be updated becuase all of the playlists selected for updating no longer exist."
HELP PLEASE WHAT DO I DO!!????

This should sort out your missing playlist problem: Hudgie - iPod cannot sync because one or more playlists are missing

Songs on iPod cant be synced cuz all of the playlists selected for...

all songs in my nano was gone so i tried to load songs again to it,
but iTune kept saying this message below, even there are songs in my iTune (but not in my nano).
"songs on iPod cannot be synced because all of the playlists selected for syncing no longer exist."
how do i load my songs back to my nano??
mine is 2nd gereneration.
Plz help me!!
Message was edited by: shan1211

See this user tip.
The iPod cannot be updated because one or more playlists no longer exist.
For versions of iTunes from 7 onwards, the option to "update selected playlists" is now under the "music" tab in the summary screen.

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Went to update my nano and got the above message although all the playlists are apparently still there in iTunes and can be played on the computer. Do I need to reinstall iTunes on my computer? Can I export the playlists to my music on windows and drag them backafter reinstalling?
Help!

hiya!
these resources might be of some help with that:
hudgie: iPod cannot sync because one or more playlist …
hudgie: iPod syncing options, OR, My iPod is locked in iTunes!
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When I try to update my mini iPod I get the following message. Songs on the iPod "administrator's iPod" cannot be updated because all of the playlists selected for updating no longer exists.
Any thoughts on where they have gone? what should I do?

Have a look at this post by forum member Hudgie it may help explain things: Hudgie - iPod cannot sync because one or more playlists are missing

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My family has 2 ipod shuffles. After purchasing a Nano recently, I inserted the cd that came with it. Apparently the existing iTunes software was removed and reinstalled. At any rate, the library still shows all the original songs, but when the Nano is plugged in, iTunes immediately gives a prompt stating "Songs on the iPod *** cannot be updated because all of the playlists selected for updating no longer exist." The library is there, the playlists that were there are there, and I can play the songs on my cpu. Is there anything I can do besides completely uninstalling everything and starting over?
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This user tip should help you sort out your missing playlist problem: Hudgie - iPod cannot sync because one or more playlists are missing

"cannot be synced because all of the playlists no longer exist"

I have a 2nd gen nano. I have had no problems with itunes since I purchased it in July last year. I bought my husband a 3rd gen nano for christmas. I had basically all the songs in my itunes that he wanted so I hooked his new ipod up. It wanted me to install 7.5 and seemed to work just fine. I got everything downloaded to his and was quite proud of myself~thinking that was too easy. Anyhow I then plugged in my 2nd gen in and I don't remember exactly what it said but it created a new playlist for me. I had already created and saved my own earlier that had all my favorites shuffled~just how I wanted it. The itunes created playlist was in order by album and couldn't get it to shuffle so before really thinking about what I was doing deleted the itunes created playlist. UGG! Now when I plug in my ipod it says "songs on the ipod "amys ipod" cannot be synced because all of the playlists selected for syncing no longer exist". I also have no songs on my ipod anymore! What do I do?!?!?

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Well my Itunes says "songs on terrys ipod cannot be updated because all of

all the playlists selected for updating no longer exist.

Hi brokebackIPod! And Welcome To Discussions!
You will probably get more response to your question in one of the iTunes for Windows forums, or one of the iPod forums.
This area is designated for Feedback About Discussions.
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Ipod cannot be updated because all of playlists for syncing no longer exist

I think i delted the playlist for my ipod and now i get this message and my ipod wont update and i have no clue what to do

This problem arises when you use 'Sync Music - Selected playlists' to sync your iPod and then delete the playlist it has been updating from. Most people use this setting when the iPod is smaller than the iTunes library. If you haven't deliberately chosen this method, adding a smaller iPod to a larger library for the first time causes iTunes by default to make a new playlist called something along the lines of "Owner's iPod Selection". If you for any reason delete it, you will not be able to sync your iPod.
Open iTunes and create a playlist to update your iPod from, call it -iPod to make it the first playlist in the source list. You can make this a normal playlist and drag whatever you want to it or you can make it a random Smart playlist. If you are making a smart playlist limit it to just less than the size of your iPod (for example 3700MB for a 4G iPod Nano). Now connect your iPod and when it appears in the Source list click on the iPod icon to bring up the preference tabs in the main pane. Go to the Music tab and choose Sync Music and the Selected playlists radio button. Choose the playlist you just made from the selection and click Apply:
iTunes: Creating playlists of your favorite songs
How to create a Smart Playlist with iTunes

Songs on Owner's ipod cannot be updated because playlists no longer exist

I recently uploaded new CDs into my itunes library. When I tried to sync it said that it could only sync an owner's selection. I agreed because I was in a hurry. Later I came back to delete some of the songs that I do not use and I get the message "Songs on Owner's ipod cannot be updated because all of the playlists selected for syncing no longer exist." I tried to delete some of the unused playlists and now my ipod is blank with not a single song on it. I want to get my playlists back and my music back.

You will have to create a couple of new playlists to use to sync your iPod, then your iPod preferences will need to be change to sync on those specific playlists.

I accidently deleted the playlist selected for updating thing...

i was adding new songs to my ipod and i guess there were too many songs there so it asked me if i wanted it to choose some songs randomly...
so i chose "ok" but actually i didnt really want it to choose songs on its own so i deleted the list that was automatically created by itself and decided to delete some songs on my own...
after doin that, i tried to update it but now it says i cant do it because i deleted that list...
it says "songs on the ipod "stephanie kim" cannot be updated because all of the playlists selected for updating no longer exists"
i turned my computer off and tried it again several times but it wont work...
and all the songs in my ipod are gone now...
is there anything i can do?

http://support.apple.com/kb/PH10918
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