IPod Nano won't accept new songs

When I try to add new songs to my iPod Nano in iTunes it LOOKS like they get added. I can see them on the iPod, both at the top-level and in whatever playlist I put them in, and I can even PLAY them from the iPod in iTunes.
But once I disconnect the iPod from the PC they're gone from the iPod - they're not in Songs or in any playlist. The only sign that I did anything is that Info shows the amount free space decremented by the size of the songs. So they're taking up space on the iPod but they're not visible.
If I reconnect the iPod to iTunes it doesn't show them either (and it fixes the available space discrepancy, too).
FWIW I currently have 291MB of free space, and 314 songs on my 2GB iPod Nano, PC is Win XP.
Thanks in advance!

> I'm sorry that there doesnt seem to be a better
solution unless the post above applies :)
Reloading the the songs seems like reloading the whole OS on a PC just because one DLL or Registry entry is bad or replacing a car engine because of a blown head gasket.
Right now I have an Ipod with lots of songs on it that plays just fine. It just won't accept new songs. What if I dump everything to my PC, blow-everything-away, and try to reload it and it won't load ANY SONGS? I'm 4000 miles from home, so then I'm really stuck, with no tunes! From an engineering standpoint this approach just doesn't make sense to me. This is my first Apple product - are they all like this (i.e., if something acts up start over from scratch)?
When I have my iPod connectd to my PC I can see all kinds of system files in iPod_Control\Device. Aren't there any diagnostics we can run on those to simply solve the problem?
Windows XP

Similar Messages

My iPod Nano won't update new songs onto it!

Alright, so i went to go download new music one day in the Music Store and it said that I needed to download iTunes 6.0.2 or whatever its called. So i finally got the download to work and all my old music showed up and everything was fine. Then i decided to go and buy some more music (in the iTunes Music Store). All the downloads worked and everything and they play on my iTunes but when i plug my iPod into the USB port, it says its updating my iPod, and then it says it is complete but then when i look on my iPod itself, none of the new songs are there! I have no idea how to fix any of this so if someone has any suggestions that would be great!
Presario 6000 Windows XP

Have you tried Restoring iPod to factory settings with the Latest iPod Updater?

IPod Nano Won't Sync New Songs

My 6th (or whatever the latest version is) Gen Nano is having an issue since updating the iOS. It has only been synced to my iMac, and now it doesn't sync with iTunes (latest update). It acts like it doesn't recognize my iMac as it's home computer. When I go to sync music, it cannot because iTunes continually unchecks the box telling it to sync my selected playlists and songs. It works once and will sync what I tell it to. But when I try to do it again; it will not and has unchecked my choices and has greyed out the entire "Music" area on iTunes relating to my Nano. And yes, I did check all the correct boxes... have done it for years so I know something is definitely wrong here. It keeps what I've synced on the Nano, but I have to re-select and then re-sync all the playlists if I want to add a song in a playlist. I did re-install the iOS but no good, and I did a restore, reboot, hard reboot... nothing works to make iTunes rermember how to sync my Nano. Very frustrating... any ideas?

I am having a similar problem with my Nano 6th gen too. I changed laptops ( H.P.) purchased several songs over the weekend but when I went to synch them to my NANO, it indicates a synching taking place ( when I connect the Nano to my laptop), the battery is charged but the music is not transferred from the laptop to the NANO. I too need some advise.
Thanks in advance

IPod mini won't accept new song updates from iTunes

I have today tried to update my iPod with a few songs, yet for some reason I have been unable to do so. I have recently downloaded the lastest update for the iPod and have got iTunes 6, so it is not an issue of out of date software.
At first, the error message appearing was that there iTunes could not copy to the hard disk, but now that has changed since i rstored the factory settings to the iTunes message saying that there is no space even though the restoring it deleted all the songs off the iPod. It has shown a message to put on an iPod selection playlist but since it has copied this on, i have found a number of songs unable to fit onto the iPod now despite them being fit on previously.
Anyone know how to solve this problem?
P.S. Previously there was a message that loaded up in my system tray saying a particular iTunes file was corrup, yet this has stopped appearing- could this have anything to do with it?

"It has shown a message to put on an iPod selection playlist but since it has copied this on, i have found a number of songs unable to fit onto the iPod now despite them being fit on previously"
It sounds to me like your iTunes library is larger than the storage capacity of your iPod because this is the message you see when that happens. iTunes then asks if you want it to create a playlist of songs from your library and transfer this to your iPod. It appears you said 'yes' to this.
If this is indeed what has happened, then your iPod is now full, and that's why it cannot be updated with more songs.
How large is your iTunes library and what size iPod do you have, the 4GB or the 6GB?

Ipod Nano won't play any songs downloaded from MySpace pages...

My first generation Nano was initially sent back to Apple due to the battery losing it's charge to quickly. They sent me back what appears to be a replacement Nano and now this one won't play any songs downloaded from MySpace pages of bands, shared from friends (unprotected mp3 files) or otherwise downloaded from the internet.
Whats unusual is that any songs imported from a CD to the Nano play fine as do any songs purchased from iTunes. I know Apple has stated that any files the user wishes to play on their iPods will play as long as the format is compatible. (All of these songs in question played on the original Nano and the problems started when they said they fixed it and sent it back (although it is missing the engraving which to me indicates they gave me a refurbished Nano). My Applecare runs out in mid-October so I need to figure out what is wrong. I sent it back a second time and they told me they couldn't recreate the problem so they just updated the software and sent it back.
Someone suggested that some iPods have a part of the firmware activated (which Apple may have been testing) that prevents any non-ITunes store music or music no t off an original CD to fail to play.
When attempting to play downloaded songs from sites like Purevolume and MySpace the iPod plays for a few seconds then shuts down and restarts itself, all of these songs worked fine before Apple took it in for service.
Any suggestions?

Hello,
I have exactly the same problem. It`s so annoying.
I did a little bit research on this discussion board and this problem seems to be known for quite a long time. It`s confusing me Apple is not able to fix that prob or give customers quick introduction to resolve the prob.
I am currently on vacation in Florida and just bought the new iPod 30 Gig. I transfered already songs from my music cd. That worked fine.
I bought 2 music video files, synced them with no error to the iPod, but it only shows me a black screen when I want to start the video on the iPod itself. itunes plays the files with no problem.
Any ideas how to fix it??
DELL Latitude D800 Windows XP Pro

Nano won't update new songs from library

When I first connected nano, my itunes copied all my songs to the ipod very well. But if I add new song to my library, connect ipod nano to my computer, it says updating, done. But the song isn't in my nano. Whats going on? PC user.

Have you tried Restoring iPod to factory settings with the Latest iPod Updater?

IPod touch won't load new songs

My iPod touch won't add any more files, although there is plenty of space. It gets stuck on "preparing to update." What gives?

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>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.

New Nano, won't accept purchased songs.

Just bought my wife a new nano, I installed the iTunes 7 update. Her iPod is recognized, but it won't let me click and drag songs to transfer them into her iPod library. It shows up as recognized but won't let me transfer any songs.
-Frustrated

Multiple threads on this issue.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3182424&#3182424

Nano won't play new songs

I can only play songs from my current Nano playlist. I can't move songs I purchased last night (to my one Mac) or any other songs from my iTunes playlist, they show in my ipod playlist but they won't play. When I plug the iPod into my Mac I see the songs in iTunes on the iPod playlist and I can play them through my computer.
I changed USB Ports and reset my iPod

Can you play the recently purchases songs on the Computer?
Have you tried the five Rs?
http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/five_rs/

Itunes won't accept new songs

I have successfully uploaded over 7300 to itunes. These songs have been acquired in multiple facets such as downloading, and burning from cd, etc. However, the last two albums I have tried to upload to itunes by dragging or by adding folder itunes acts like I have done nothing at all and the songs do not appear. I have the UAC control off in Vista and I have checked the ownership settings of these songs and they are the same as all my other mp3's. What do I do to get itunes to accept music again? Any ideas or anyone experiencing this problem who has solved it please help!

Hi avmary11,
If your are having issues with your iPod not being recognized by iTunes (but it is being recognized by the computer), you may find the following article helpful:
iPod: Appears in Windows but not in iTunes
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1363
Regards,
- Brenden

IPOD NANO WON'T DOWNLOAD PURCHASED SONGS

I have purchased songs from itunes and when i try to put them into my IPOD i get the following message.... Some of the songs in the ITUNES music library icluding the song (songg purchased name) were not copied to the IPOD because you are not authorized to play them on this computer. PLEASE HELP. I am tired of messing with this IPOD. Got it for CHristmas and still can't use it.
Thanks,
CIndy

Pull down the 'Advanced' menu. There should be an entry that says one of two things... either 'Authorize computer...' or 'Deauthorize computer...'
If it say 'Authorize computer...' press it. I don't know what happens after you do that, but I imagine it asks you for your itunes username and password details.
If it doesn't say 'Authorize' and only says 'Deauthorize', then don't click it. If that's the case, I don't know what's wrong.

My ipod nano doesn't accept transfers from overdrive with new windows 8.1

my ipod nano won't accept audio transfers from overdrive using a new windows 8.1 computer.

Hello lyndd, We discovered your issue on the forum, and are providing this article to help you resolve the issue. You can also find many other useful articles and videos at help.overdrive.com. With the limited information, contacting support by clicking on Help from the library site and providing full details about the issue will help to get the issue resolved for you.
OverDrive Support Services

My iPod nano g7 isn't showing up on iTunes although i plug it in. it shows on the computer but not on iTunes. also it won't sync , accept new songs and doesn't put on podcasts. it is new, i got it for christmas. PLEASE HELP

my iPod nano g7 isn't showing up on iTunes although i plug it in. it shows on the computer but not on iTunes. also it won't sync , accept new songs and doesn't put on podcasts. it is new, i got it for christmas. PLEASE HELP

Hi avmary11,
If your are having issues with your iPod not being recognized by iTunes (but it is being recognized by the computer), you may find the following article helpful:
iPod: Appears in Windows but not in iTunes
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1363
Regards,
- Brenden

My ipod nano4th gen will not download the purchased songs in itunes v11. Just upgraded to mac 10.6.8-won't synch new songs since this upgrade. The ipod is seen in the itunes as the devise, and the nano screens says synching when plugged into the macmini

my ipod nano4th gen will not download the purchased songs in itunes v11. Just upgraded to mac 10.6.8-won't synch new songs since this upgrade. The ipod is seen in the itunes as the devise, and the nano screens says synching when plugged into the macmini usb port, but the itunes window does not say it is synching like it has before so whats the culprit? Techno virgin in distress!
PS - I added an iphone5 which is whay these upgrades happened so this synching to the ipod error is since the iphone began synching.

I just learn in some post that the most common lapses in syncing is not checking if "sync music" in music section of the ipod is ticked. So double check if it is. Cheers!

I downloaded the latest version of itunes and now my ipod nano won't sync. The sync process appears to be locked up on the 2nd song and will not continue to sync. I unchecked the 2nd song so a different song would be 2nd, no benefit; reset my ipod nano;

I downloaded the latest version of itunes and now my ipod nano won't sync. The sync process appears to lock up on the 2nd song and will not continue to sync. I let it run all night the first time and it never went past the 2nd song. I unchecked the 2nd song so a different song would be 2nd, no benefit; reset my ipod nano; shut down laptop and restarted a different time; shorted the number of songs to sync; all without benefit.

When you connect your ipod up to the computer. It should show the device, usually with the name of the device, in my case 'jordan's ipod'. This should be on the row which shows 'songs', 'albums' e.t.c on the far right. There when you click on it it should go to a different screen showing a picture of your ipod along with two buttons - Update and Restore. Click update and it should take a 2 mins while your ipod is updated to the latest version of Ios.
After updating te ipod see if there is a change in results.
PS: make sure the device is active while syncing so keep tapping the screen.
Sorry for any incorrect info, i have an ipod touch, but i've had experience with an ipod

IPod Nano won't accept new songs

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for