IPod playlists messed up on Sync
Hey all, I have noticed this problem on my iPod...
Whenever I put the ipod on my computer to charge, iTunes fires up, right? And if I've left a playlist playing (for example, On-The-Go) then it'll be changed to "on-the-go1" with autosave. So how come it messes up all the songs? I'll have stuff like podcasts and totally random songs on the playlist, but a new name. Sometimes the songs that were lost will not be on my iPod anymore. WHat's going on? Can anyone help?
I've just found this problem, seems to have gone 1 track out on all the albums on all the track that weren't lready played.
Does it only happen if the playlist is in now playing?
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Ever since I bought my ipod touch 4th generation, IOS 4G, 8GB in January 2011, it would not sync selected playlists.
This is even when I have checked 3 things:
1. Under Summary/Options, I've checked "Manually manage music and videos" and "sync only checked songs and video."
2. When I go to the Music tab and attempt to sync, I have already chosen "selected playlists, artists, albums and genres"
3. When I click on "Sync" a window comes up and says "Are you sure you want to sync music? All existing content on the iPod will be removed and replaced with songs and playlists from your iTunes library."
Do I have a defective ipod?
5Red5Sync should be an automatic feature that can be triggered manually. Although, I have a two Shuffles, which are obviously not Touches, so they might be different.
If you have your iPod set to manually manage music, the option to sync only checked songs should not do anything. You have to drag songs manually to the iPod on the sidebar to add music (I've created playlists of only songs I want, then I shift-click the whole thing and drag all of the songs at once to update them, that way I don't have to remember what goes where), and you have to manually select and delete songs from the iPod's 'Music' library on the sidebar to remove them.
As for syncing the files, on my shuffles, they sync individual songs (for Get Info information changes ONLY) automatically every time I plug them into iTunes, and again if I make any changes to the Get Info stuff while they're plugged in. For example, if I added a song to my iPod playlist, it wouldn't sync it, but if I changed the genre of a song that's already on it, it will automatically sync.
Good luck. -
I upgraded to iTunes 11.0. My iPod Nano 4th Version will sync, but music and playlists will not appear to manage and add more songs. Is there a fix?
If I go from 'Devices' to Summary and then Music, I only get one option-Sync Music,There is a box on this page but the options within it are grayed out. If I tick the Sync Music option I get this message-
'Are you sure you want to remove existing music,films,ect, from this ipod and sync with this itunes library?
'Music synced to (my ipods name) from other itunes libraries will be removed and items will be synced from this itunes library' I have only ever used itunes on this PC and the 'Manually manage music and videos' is ticked but
that must be a default setting as I haven't ticked it. -
My Ipod 5th generation won't sync new music or playlists
Can someone please help me. I've added new music to Itunes and to my workout playlist (it's a playlist I made, not a smartlist - have no idea what a smartlist even is). When I plug my Ipod into my computer, it syncs ok. There are no error messages or anything. But when I look on my Ipod, the new music isn't in my library and my playlist isn't updated with the songs that I've added to it. I don't know what to do. Can anyone help me? Also, I'm new to this, so it will have to be explained Big Bird Barney Style. Thanks so much.
What exactly happens when you try to sync?
Was the iPod previous synced to another iTunes library/computer?
Have you successfully synced from this iTunes library/computer before?
Do the songs play in iTunes?
Do you have the right boxes checked to sync?
iTunes: Syncing media content to iOS devices and iPod
Try syncing using the manual method -
Why do I lose the playlist I have created on my ipod touch every time I sync with itunes?
Why do I lose the playlists I havae created on my ipod touch every time I sync with itunes?
If I go to contacts for a split second the + sign is there and then it goes. Also on Mail,Contacts, Calendars in Settings opens and then in a split second goes back to desk top. As I lost my earlier ipod touch had to change password to gmail but cant change it on my ipod as cant get to settings! Help please?
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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 -
Total mess trying to sync iTunes playlists to my iPhone 5
Hi. So I'm trying to get just certain playlists from my Mac to my iPhone 5. But I'd settle for just copying the whole library. When I try the former, I get 87 out of nearly 600 songs from my main playlist, and I get all my wife's country songs that I can't stand. When I try the latter, I get 246 of the 2200 songs in our library.
The Mac is the new problem. Our old macbook pro died and we replaced it with a desktop, concurrent with getting iphones. My old ipod synced without a hitch on the old macbook, but my experience with the iphone and the mac desktop has been beyond frustrating. It's really puzzling to me how the **** it chooses to import songs I don't even have in the playlists checked to be synced.your phone is in recovery mode, which means your data is already lost. hopefuly you've been keeping regular backups
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There is an album on a smart playlist on my ipod that is not on the music section of my ipod. I am not synced to any computer. How do I delete this album from the playlist and presumably my computer?
Thanks!You will need to restore your phone as a new one using the itunes on your computer. This WILL erase everything on the phone but it will let you change the name of the phone and then you can add content to it.
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i am having problems with my ipod syncing all of my videos to my ipod from my itunes playlist, it will only sync about half even though they are all checked
I assume there is more than ample space remaining on your iPod to hold all the videos? Are you getting any error messages during the sync process?
Do all of these videos play okay in iTunes? Is the sync only checked songs and videos option enabled from under the iPod's Summary tab?
What other setting do you have enabled from under the iPod's video configuration tab in iTunes?
B-rock -
Is there Any way to sync what's on my ipod(playlists in particular) INTO my iTunes? Somehow most of my playlists disappeared after i did a software update.
Use a program like YamiPod to export the playlists back into iTunes.
B-rock -
I am using a friends ipod who created a playlist for me to sync to my mac - how do I sync the playlist on the ipod to my mac desktop?
That is stealing. Your friend does not have the right/licence to give you music.
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I have a new ipod nano to replace a previous one. I can't copy over my old playlists on to the new ipod. have tried selecting the playlists I want to sync but when I click sync , nothing happens
You may refer to this tutorial, it's about how to fix iTunes sync problem with iPod. Hope it helps. Feel free to email me if you need further help.
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IPod wont sync, deleted ipod playlist?
Hi if anyone could help me undo my mistake id be very greatful!
I accidentially deleted my ipod playlist on iTunes as it wasn't in sync with my music lib. I have now been left with no music on my iPod. Im assuming this is to down to me deleting of the playlist but cant sync the remaining playlists.
Hope that makes sense any help would be brilliant!Select the iPod in iTunes.
Tick Sync music.
Select the Music tab.
Tick Sync All playlists or Selected playlists and tick the playlists you want on the iPod. -
Genius playlist appears blank when sync'd to iPod - fixable?
I create a Genius playlist using iTunes 10.5.1.42 (Windows) based on Beegie Adair's "Take The A Train" from album Songs of Duke Ellington. I save the playlist in iTunes. I sync (entire music library) to my iPod Touch (4th Gen), iOS 5.0.1. The playlist name "Take The A Train" appears in the iPod Playlists, but upon inspecting its content, the lines are all blank!
"Edit/Refresh/Delete" buttons appear on the top of this playlist's content. If you tap one of the blank lines, one of the songs in the playlist starts to play, album cover and song info are displayed normally. The basis for the playlist, "Take The A Train" by Adair, is not in the playlist on the iPod; it is not the first song.
Fixes I tried:
Delete playlist on iPod, reset iPod, delete playlist on iTunes, reboot computer: the problem is readily re-created.
Updated Genius data in iTunes/Windows and re-sync'd, with no improvement.
Notes:
Syncing iPod Touch produces message "Syncing Genius Data... copying xx of 70" every time even when nothing has changed in iTunes/Windows.
Other playlists from the same Beegie Adair album can be created and they sync properly.
Selecting the song on the iPod and attempting to generate a Genius playlist produces "This song does not have enough related songs to create a Genius Playlist", though Genius playlist based on this song can be created on iTunes/Windows, and can be created for apparently any other song on iPod.
This playlist syncs, appears and works properly on older iPod 4th Gen (Click Wheel, 40GB), ver. 3.1.1Trying to resolve the coverflow crash (crashing Music app, crashing the iPod) even when no music is playing, I finally told iTunes to not sync music and sync'd the iPod Touch 4th Gen, erasing all music from it. Then told iTunes to sync all the music and let the iPod Touch resync.
This resync did solve the problem of the blank Genius playlist.
This resync did not solve the coverflow crash problems, however.
See https://discussions.apple.com/message/17045668#17045668 -
I bought some songs off of itunes and the songs synced onto my ipod CLASSIC but they didnt sync into my ipod TOUCH. I have tried authorizing and deauthorizing my laptop, updating softwares but nothing works. Anyone know why this is happening?!?!?!
Hi,
The songs need to be in the playlist(s) that go onto the ipod touch.
Plug the ipod touch into the computer and go to the music section of it from the devices menu. From here make sure that the playlist(s) that go on to this ipod are the ones that have the new songs.
Once this is done, click sync/apply.
I hope this helps.
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