IPod music is gone

When I plug my iPod in I get a blank iTunes page and a box pops up that asks me if I want to sync to the current (blank) library. I would go ahead and try it but box also states that all music will be deleted. My USB ports are fine,the iPod itself plays the music that is on it, but my library and all purchased music is gone!!!!

Sorry to hear about our trouble. There are a bunch of iTunes and iPod gurus in the iPod + iTunes forum areas. see here:
http://discussions.apple.com/index.jspa?categoryID=1
Some more complete info about your set up would probably go a long way in helping.

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After upgrading software my ipods music is gone and wont sync with computer

so i just upgraded my itunes software on both my ipod and computer and it totally wiped out my music from my ipod. when i try to make it sync the music from my computer it prepares and at the last second it says sync has been cancelled. it does this over and over again and now im stuck with an ipod with no music on it. i dont know whats wrong please help

Try:
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Unsync/delete all music and resync
To delete all music go to Settings>General>Usage>Storage>Manage Storage>Music>Tap edit in upper right and then tap the minus sign by All Music
- Reset all settings
Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
All your preferences and settings are reset. Information (such as contacts and calendars) and media (such as songs and videos) aren’t affected.
- Restore from backup. See:
iOS: Back up and restore your iOS device with iCloud or iTunes
- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.

I recently connected my new ipad to my itunes, but now itunes will not recognise my ipod classic, and 50gig of music has gone. ipad connects ok but no longer ipod which has been there for two years! help!!!

I recently connected my new ipad to my itunes, but now itunes will not recognise my ipod classic, and 50gig of music has gone. ipad connects ok but no longer ipod which has been there for two years! help!!!

What happens when the iPod is plugged in? anything? any errors?
Why is 50GB of music gone? All music should exist on the computer. Only a fool would rely on a single device which could easily be lost or stolen to store their content on.

Everytime i eject my ipod and reconnect it all my music is gone. and sometimes while i try adding music to it. itunes completely freezes. please help. and sometimes when i plug it back into my PC i have to rename my ipod and such

Everytime i eject my ipod and reconnect it all my music is gone. and sometimes while i try adding music to it. itunes completely freezes. please help. and sometimes when i plug it back into my PC i have to rename my ipod and such

Antivirus has a tendency to freeze iTunes sync Operation with iPod Classic, causing a timeout, which corrupt your iPod filesystem, so when iTunes can't read the iPod, it is pointing to this problem. Other causes is when your iPod hardisk is dying, or your battery is dying causing hardisk crashes.
My suggestion.
Connect your iPod to the PC and run chkdsk, to fix any iPod diskerror, then disconnect it, after chkdsk complete.
Disconnect your PC from Internet. (just to make sure no nasties creep into your system while you syncing.
Stop the Antivirus program
Connect your Ipod to the PC
When iTunes Open up, Restore your iPod please, this is for iTunes to map correctly, to fix the corrupted filesystem.
When Restore complete, eject the iPod and reconnect again.
Sync your ipod, preferably manually Manage in small batches and disconnect after every batch, to check that all is well, since you got such a huge library.
When all sync is complete, and iPod disconnected, start back your Antivirus and connect back the Internet.
If this doesn't resolve your problem, then let me know.
Good Luck!

I purchased a song on my Ipod Touch 4 GEN. and i listened to it not 5 mins before i synced it with Itunes...then i looked in my Ipod music library and itunes library...GONE. but when i go to download, it wanted me to pay even tho i have bot it! HELP!!!

i purchased a song on my Ipod Touch 4 GEN. and i listened to it not 5 mins before i synced it with Itunes...then i looked in my Ipod music library and itunes library...GONE. but when i go to download it, like with Apps when if you have purchased an app and it get's deleted...you can have it back for FREE
and i tryed that with this song...and it says that " you have already purchased this song, would you like to buy it again?" but it wont let me get it again for free even tho i have bought it before...is there a way i can get it back with out having to pay??
HHHHHEEEELLLLPPPP!!!! PPPLLLEEEAAASSSEEE!!!!!!

You buy one and only one download.
As it should have been transferred to your computer when you synced, you can contact itunes support and ask for an exception.
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes

I plug my ipod in and it starts to charge but i open itunes and it says its synced with a diff library. my music is gone. is there anyway i can get my music back to my itunes, most of it is cds and downloads no itunes stuff cuz i had a zune. PLZ HELP!

I plug my ipod into my computer and it begins to charge, then in the bottom right corner it says installing device driver, and then says digital still camera failed. Im not sure what that means. Then when i open my itunes all my music is gone from my library and i dont know why. it says that my ipod is synced with a different library and gives me the option to transfer purchases, or erase and sync. All my music and stuff is still on my ipod but i dont know how to get it back into my itunes. Like eight of my songs are actually from itunes, the rest is from cds, and downloads, and my zune music because i had a zune, but broke it. Is there any way to fix this? Please?!? I beg for an answer. Please Help me, I dont Know what to Do. I want to be able to put more music on and there is no way im erasing the content of my ipod. PLEASE HELP

That's what backups are for. Use Time Machine. It's free and external drives are cheap. To recover your iPhone's content requires the use of third party utilities. Success is not guaranteed. Read:
Recovering your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3991

I have updated to IOS 7.1 my music has disappeared and my boyfriend has put his iPod music onto my iPod those also were gone I'd like to know how to get it back if there is anything you can tell me to get my music to pop back up that would be great.

I have updated to IOS 7.1 my music has disappeared and my boyfriend has put his iPod music onto my iPod those also were gone I'd like to know how to get it back if there is anything you can tell me to get my music to pop back up that would be great.

You can only sync with one computer/iTunes library. If you sync with another iTunes library/computer the media from the iPod will be deleted and replaced with the media on the second computer.
If you want to change syncing computers then:
Syncing to a "New" Computer or replacing a "crashed" Hard Drive: Apple Support Communities
You can redownload most iTunes purchases by:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store

I did an update and only only the music purchased from itunes store is there all the cds I burned to it are gone. Tried syncing ipod but it says it will wipe all content. How do I get all my music back. gone from over 6000 songs to 250?

I did an update and only only the music purchased from itunes store is there all the cds I burned to it are gone. Tried syncing ipod but it says it will wipe all content. How do I get all my music back. gone from over 6000 songs to 250?

See Empty/corrupt iTunes library after upgrade/crash.
tt2

I've just updated my ipod and all of my music has gone. how can i get it back?

I've just updated my ipod touch, all the music has gone. How do i get them back?

Just try resyncing it from your iTunes library.
If it was not in your iTunes library when you did the update it is gone.

I updated my iPod Touch to 6.0.1. after much prompting. Now my music is gone! (along with apps, photos and podcasts). After syncing a bunch of times some of it came back, but not all of it. How odd is that? How can I get my music back on it??

I updated my iPod Touch to 6.0.1. -- after much prompting from iTunes. Now my music is GONE (along with apps, photos and podcasts). After syncing a bunch of times some of it came back, but not all of it. How odd is that? How can I get my music back?? I'm really bummed! Everything shows in iTunes, but it's not synching right. So glad I updated. NOT.

Go to iTunea>Preferences>Devices and see if there is a backupright at the time you did the update. Then try restoring from that backup. If the apps are in your iTunes library, any app data will be restored to the iPod.
When restoring from an iOS 4 (or later) backup, if the device had a passcode set, iTunes will ask if you want to set a passcode (and remind you that you had protected your device with a passcode). iTunes will not ask you to set a passcode when restoring from iOS 3.x and prior backups.
Therefore, remembe the passcode that you enter this time.
It appears that if you restore from a backup, that backup is not subseqyently overwritten by the next backup.

I updated my ipod touch to ios.5 and my music is gone but on my computer how do i get it back on??

i updated my ipod touch to ios.5 and my music is gone but on my computer . how do i get it back on?

there nothing about syncing music? show the memu bar. The menu bar includes Help.
Again:
To sync to your iPod go to iTunes>Help>iTunes Help>Sync your iPod....>Sync You Device and follow the instructions.

All iPOD music gone

Ok, now I am furious... after doing the updater and such, iTunes for some reason updated all my songs from Library to my iPOD, I saw it... took some time... now looking at my iPOD, there is nothing there! Gone! Dont know why it wiped out my music but now dont know how to get them back on the iPOD... it acts like updates are complete in iTunes... and some songs are not authorized to play on computer? and of course, none of my recently purchased music is dowloading... but at this point, all music is gone... <sigh>

try a reset
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61705
report back
I'm struggling too.
frodolives, "my experience with iTunes 5.0.1, update 9/23/05" #5, 10:14pm Sep 24, 2005 CDT

My ipod reads "0 KB used" "0 KB free" in the 'About' tab in 'Settings' but my music is GONE!!, no content! PLEASE Help I have or had over 3000 songs on ipod Classic!!

my ipod reads "0 KB used" "0 KB free" in the 'About' tab in 'Settings' but my music is GONE!!, no content! PLEASE Help I have or had over 3000 songs on ipod Classic!!

If you have all of the songs and videos still in your library I would recommend doing the restore of the iPod.
Restoring iPod to factory settings
- Zenatrul

What does "other"other" mean? I was attempting to transfer my iPot music to my MacBook.That the music is gone is okey, however my iPod now shows about 35 Gs of "other"

I was attempting to transfer my iPod music to my MacBook.That the music is gone is okey, however my iPod now shows about 35 Gs of "other". Unless I hear otherwise I will delete it if someone tells me how.

The 35G of others is most probably your music, that got lost during a failed sync Operartion, which did not terminate correctly.
If you want to recover these, refer to an earlier post by Zeevoneer
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2452022?start=0&tstart=0
Would be good if you have the time to read the last paragraph, link to ilounge site.
Have a nice day.
PS: if you don't have the time, just Restore your iPod, and re-sync your library data to the iPod.

I hooked up my iPod to the computer and opened iTunes and now all my music is gone. I have greyed out areas where the music is supposed to be. Can I get my music back?

I hooked up my iPod to the computer and opened iTunes and now all my music is gone. I have greyed out areas where the music is supposed to be, but it says that I still have the same number of songs as I did before. Can I get my music back?

Grayed out whee? Computer? On iPod?
If in iPod that means the music files got corrupted and are lost.
You can redownload most iTunes purchases by:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store

IPod music is gone

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