IPod Selection Playlist

So I have more music than my mini has capacity. Itunes creates this playlist that serves to hold all the music that will fit on my iPod automatically. My question is, though, can I still get other playlists on my iPod? Someone else must have experienced this dilemma of having more songs than will fit on their iPod mini. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks.

b My question is, though, can I still get other playlists on my iPod? Someone else must have experienced this dilemma of having more songs than will fit on their iPod mini.
Yes.
Here is how I do it.
Create a new, Smart playlist called iPod Music (or whatever).
Choose 3700MB (on the 4 GB) and 5700MB (on the 6 BG) At Random.
Also, make the first criteria My Rating is Not 1 star.
When you listen to the iPod, rate any song you do not like as 1 Star.
Then I create a few more
b Smart
playlists such as;
- Favorites not listened to in the last 3 weeks.
- Recently added.
- Top 25 most listened to.
The 1st criteria of these Smart playlists is;
Playlist is iPod Playlist.
Open iTunes preferences, select the iPod tab and select Update only selected playlist and choose the smart playlists you just created.
The songs on the iPod will be updated randomly from your library and any songs you rated 1 star will be removed from the iPod.
This will give you different playlists to use on the iPod.

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Start deleting stuff from your iPod to make room.

Ipod nano-ipod selection playlist

my sister has an nano 1gb ipod. I recently accidentally deleted the ipod selection list for it,which is the playlist for your ipod if you have too many songs in your library .I have Itnues 7.0.2.16. I have a 30gb ipod and my other sister has an 1gb nano ipod as well. All three of us managed to use itunes fine before. I have tried updating the nano ipod so i can then restore and hopefully retrieve the playlist but i can't get the update to download because it times out(assumingly i think it's because i have dial-up)even though i am still connected. my computer is windows xp home. I have looked through my computer to see if they playlist is still floating around but i can't find it.
Any help is much appreciated and even if you read this in you only have the tiniest idea and may think it won't work it is still very welcome.
thankyou.

Have a look at this user tip, it should help you sort things out: Hudgie - iPod cannot sync because one or more playlists are missing

I deleted my "iPod Slection" playlist and now my iPod won't update.

I don't know exactly how it happened but the songs on my original "iPod Selection" playlist got messed up and so iTunes automatically created another "iPod Selection Playlist" and I didn't want the songs it put in that playlist on my iPod so I deleted it. But now my iPod won't update because it says "your iPod cannot be updated because all the playlists selected for updating no longer exist." If anyone could help me I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks!

Seems like you've got auto sync with your iPod and it is looking for a specifically named playlist.
Check your preferences.
Create a new playlist and sync that.
Regards,
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Removing a song that isn't on the "iPod Selection" list - but its on iPod!

Firstly, let me say - I am a technocripple!!
I don't know how I managed this one, but I am trying to delete a song from the iPod itself...
However it is not listed in the "iPod Selection" playlist (or another playlist for that matter) the only time I see it is when I plug my iPod in and look at the contents of the iPod (the listing that I can't change..)
Also, when I click on the iPod Selections... it shows that there is only 979mb worth of music (on the iPod itself there is 2.73Gb)!!!
I know not what I have done!! Can anyone 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 all music and resync
- Delete all music by going 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: How to back up
- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.

Synching ipod incl playlists despite insufficient memory

My iTunes library holds more songs than my ipod can. That was never a problem on my old computer, when I synched the iPod I simply got a selection of songs and all playlists synched as well. With my new computer this seems to be different though. I get an error message that my iPod does not have enough room and that I can either sync manually or let iTunes create the "iPod selection" playlist for me. That's fine, just that i'm missing my playlists. Is this a new thing, or do I need to un-select 6,000 songs in the library in order to have enough room for a playlist when I sync my iPod automatically?

It has nothing to do with having "enough room" for playlists. The playlist itself does not take any significant space.
On the Music tab in the iPod's pane in iTunes, you are either syncing +All songs and playlists+ or +Selected playlists+. If you let iTunes create a playlist for you with a subset of all your songs, that is just a regular playlist. Since that is now the only playlist selected to sync to on the Music tab, that is the only playlist that will appear on the iPod.
All you need to do is uncheck (in the Music tab) the special playlist iTunes created. You can even delete that playlist from the iTunes sidebar. Then, check all the playlists you want on the iPod (in the Music tab). Now sync it. Unless you have some really extensive playlists, the total number of unique songs on those playlists you created should be well below the capacity of the iPod. If you want to fill up the rest of the space with songs, make one more playlist called "More Songs" (or whatever you want to call it) and put other songs on it that are not on your other playlist, until you have used the remaining space on the iPod.

Special syncing with iPod question, playlist

Hi- I have 2 playlists. I only want those 2 playlists to sync with my Nano. How do I get it so only those two playlists update automatically without the "ipod selection" playlist being created and a lot of the music I don't want copied over to my ipod.
Thanks!

When your iPod is docked & the iPod "summary" tab is displayed in iTunes, the second tab is "music", click on that tab. Under "sync music", the second choice is selected playlists where all of your available playlists will be displayed. At that point, you can choose what playlists you wish to sync to the Nano by checking "selected playlists' & then check the specific playlists you wish to sync.

I am unable to synch music from selected playlists in my iTunes library onto my new iPod Classic, despite meticulously following the User Guide.

I just purchased an iPod Classic, and after making sure I had the latest ver. of iTunes on my Intel MacMini, printed out the User Guide and carefully began learning how to operate the iPod. My first step was to ensure I had manual control (vs. auto synch) because I want only selected songs and playlists on the iPod, not my whole iTunes Library.
On pg. 24 of the Guide is the topic "Synching music from selected playlists onto iPod Classic." Just what I wanted. OK, I selected iPod "in the source list" (aside: Shouldn't it be "in the device list?" I dispair of imprecision). This brought up the iPod Summary page, showing I had selected Open iTunes when connected and Manually manage music and videos. Next I clicked on the Music tab.
This presented me with Synch Music next to an empty check box. Below it, and entirely grayed out was:
Entire music library (showing a checked box)
Selected Playlists, artists, albums and genres (next to an unchecked box).
There's also a third grayed out item: Include music videos that is checked.
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1. The grayed option Entire Music Library is checked, not mly preferred option of Selected playlists, artists, albums and genres. .
2. I can't find anywhere in the User Guide how to "Select the Playlists" I want to synch to my iPod. At present all I have in iTunes is my list of playlists in the left hand side bar.
OK, my first thought was the checked box in the iPod's Summary window: Manually manage music and videos. So I went there and unchecked it, which immediately brought up an alert to the effect "Are you sure you want to automatically synch your entire iTunes library, etc. etc...? I quickly cancelled. Thus, I seem to be in a Catch-22 situation.
So the questions are:
How do I resolve the Synch Music issue so I am assured only selected playlists will be sent to my iPod?
How do I create a list of playlists in my iTunes library to be transferred to my iPod?
How do I manually move a playlist in my iTunes library to my iPod's lists of playlists?
Any help much appreciated. Thanks to all.
John in the Pacific Northwest

For the immediately problem, you can shut down the computer and disconnect the iPod.
There may be a process (program) running on your computer in the background that continuously monitors mounted volumes for things like maintenance, data corruption, and malware. The iPod's storage is a mounted volume. If you know of any such program, such as an "anti-virus" utility, and it has settings that allow you to exclude certain volumes, you can set it to ignore the iPod "disk" when connected.
Also, if you are using automatic syncing (not the manual method) to load the iPod, and you have Enable disk use turned ON, turn it OFF. With Enable disk use turned OFF, iTunes only mounts the iPods disk when syncing, then immediately unmounts the disk. Thus, other processes you have running on your PC (not iTunes) will have less of a chance to make the disk "in use" and cause this problem. You won't even have to eject the iPod before disconnecting.

"Sync" is not working correctly. selected playlists even when the "Sync selected playlists" was selected and playlists were checked in the music iTunes library. Do I have a defective iPod touch?

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?
5Red5

   Sync 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.
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   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.
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Syncing iPod to Selected Playlists: How to collapse the tree

My iTunes library is much larger than my 60GB iPod, so I have two ways to pare things down when I download to the pod.
1) I can uncheck things in playlists that I don't wish to load on my iPod. This is what I do.
2) I can check the "Selected Playlists" button and then check the playlists I wish to download. I'd like to do this, but it's a little hard to get around a problem:
Whenever I connect my iPod and go to the "Music" tab that controls how I download, my "tree" of playlists is always fully expanded (I have folders within folder). Of course I can manually collapse the tree, but this operation doesn't appear to be "sticky". As soon as I apply changes, or simply reconnect the iPod, there's the tree fully expanded again. It's a large tree and this is rather a large pain.
So does anyone know how I can collapse the tree (or pieces of the tree) and have it stick? Many thanks.

You might provide feedback to Apple regarding this issue, so they know you care.
I too, would assume that the state of the "tree" should be remembered, or at least, it should be in the same state than in the sidebar when you connect you iPod.
http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html
Frédéric

Have a 36GB iPod. I have several playlists that just do not sync. They don't show up in the list of playlists if I check the 'Sync Selected Playlists' button in the Music tab.

Have a 36GB iPod. I have several playlists in ITunes that just do not sync. They don'tshow up in the list of playlists if I check the 'Sync Selected Playlists'button in the Music tab. All help is appreciated.

Ringtones are currently a one-time only download. Have you not got a copy of them on your computer and/or on a backup ? If not then you can try contacting iTunes support and asking for a re-download, but they are under no obligation to let you you re-download them : http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/contact/ - click on Express Lane, then iTunes > iTunes Store

All playlists replaced w/ "iPod Selection" (iTunes exceeds iPod capacity)

After downloading several CD's into my iTunes, the capacity of my iPod was exceeded. Consequently, all my playlists have been erased (on the iPod) and replaced with "FVGomez iPod Selection". What criteria is used to select the songs in that new playlist? Most recent? Highest rated? Also, how can I restore my playlists?

*how can I restore my playlists?*
If the playlists contain too much for your iPod to hold you'll have to choose which ones go on unless you want to delete some of the content from iTunes. 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 playlists you want on the iPod from the selection: Syncing Music to iPod
You could also set the iPod to manual update and just drag whatever songs and playlists you want to have on the iPod: Managing content manually on iPod

How do I transfer my iPod songs & playlists to a new computer?

Hi there:
First here's the situation. I've got iTunes 7.71 on my MacBook Pro and I've got a huge music library (approx 256 GB) that I keep on an external firewire drive. (In case it matters, the overwhelming majority of stuff in the library consists of MP3 rips from my CD collection-- very little is from the iTunes store).
I also have a 60 GB color display iPod that I use to listen to tunes when I'm at the gym, on planes, etc. Since my whole iTunes library does NOT fit on that, I don't try to synch my whole library to the iPod, but just a few selected playlists (which I keep in a playlist folder called "iPod playlists"), which total about 50 GB of songs.
OK, got that? Now: here's the challenge:
I just started work at a new job and I would really like to be able to transfer the iPod part of my library to the (Windows) machine I have there... the songs/playlists, etc. (I don't want/need all 256 GB of my library there... and in fact, I'm pretty sure there wouldn't be enough room on the machine for it. Also, I don't want to just plug in my iPod or an iPod dock and play from that, as I really like all the additional sorting functionality that iTunes offers, and frankly, I just know I'd leave my iPod at work half the time and be kicking myself for it at the gym..)
So: How do I do this? I searched around among the support documents and found very detailed instructions on how one can use an iPod to transfer a WHOLE library from one computer to another (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1329). But that's not what I want to do here-- and the size of my main library precludes it. I just want to transfer the part of my library that I put on my iPod to my work machine.
There ought to be an easy way to do this, I think-- but I can't seem to find it. Can anyone out there please point me to info on how this can be done? Or just tell me? Thanks!

Although my question has not yet been answered, I have since discovered that I asked on too specific of a forum. I have re-posted it on the general iPod forum and will shortly be marking this thread as answered to avoid confusion.
The new version of this post is it at:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1737777
Please post any responses there.

How do you move songs from the 'iTunes library to 'Jenni's iPod Selection'?

I have 2 folders with songs in them: iTunes Library and Jenni's iPod Selection. Whenever I download music, they are automatically saved in the 'iTunes Library' folder. But when I hook up my iPod to download them into the iPod, the songs are downloaded from the 'Jenni's iPod Selection' folder. Most of the songs are in the iTunes Library folder... Can someone help me?

Song that are imported from CD or downloaded into iTunes are always going to be in iTunes music folder. Can't change this.
Any reason you don't want this and you have music stored in "Jenni's iPod Selection"?
Why not add it all to the iTunes music folder and create a playlist called "Jenni's iPod Selection".

Songs deleted off of iPod, after I deleted "iPod selection"

Hi! I DESPERATELY need help! (I can't live without my music)
I have the 2nd generation, 4 GB nano, and when I synced my songs today, iTunes (the newest version available on the apple website) told me that all of my songs in iTunes cannot fit in my iPod. So it asked me if I wanted to create an "iPod selection" so my songs would be synced, so I said yes.
After turning on my iPod, I noticed that all my playlists were gone, and this "iPod selection" had replaced all of them. So, I went back to iTunes, deleted the "iPod selection", and went back to my iPod thinking all my old playlists would be there, but ALL MY MUSIC IS GONE! Luckily, I have all my songs backed up on my computer, but now my iPod is EMPTY, and I have no idea how to re-sync my songs!
Whenever I try to sync, it tells me "it cannot be synced because all of the playlists for syncing no longer exist".
I would really appreciate some help, thanks!!

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.

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