Ipod shuffle - problems syncing music

Just bought an ipod shuffle, have loaded my music on itunes and clicked sync music, it says this is done but there is no music on the device!

You can load content onto a shuffle manually, using Autofill, or by setting up automatic syncing. This document describles those methods.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1719
NOTE: If the iTunes sidebar (along left side of window) is not visible, from the menu bar, under View, select Show Sidebar.
When you select the shuffle in the sidebar, under DEVICES, you should see the Sync button at the lower right corner of the window. However, "syncing" does not come into play (for loading content) if you are using the manual method (or Autofill). If you set up automatic syncing, syncing (any changes since the last sync) happens automatically when you connect the shuffle.
FYI - There is a link to the shuffle user manual, from this support web page for the shuffle
http://www.apple.com/support/ipodshuffle/

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IPod Shuffle not syncing music

iTunes says that the iPod Shuffle is synced. I have selected a song to put on the iPod but I can not find the command to 'sync.' I have tried selecting a song and dragging it to the iPod but when I disconnect the iPod Shuffle and pulg in the earphones, I get a message to use iTune to sync. What is the command or procedure to sync the music to the iPod so it will play?

You can load content onto a shuffle manually, using Autofill, or by setting up automatic syncing. This document describles those methods.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1719
NOTE: If the iTunes sidebar (along left side of window) is not visible, from the menu bar, under View, select Show Sidebar.
When you select the shuffle in the sidebar, under DEVICES, you should see the Sync button at the lower right corner of the window. However, "syncing" does not come into play (for loading content) if you are using the manual method (or Autofill). If you set up automatic syncing, syncing (any changes since the last sync) happens automatically when you connect the shuffle.
FYI - There is a link to the shuffle user manual, from this support web page for the shuffle
http://www.apple.com/support/ipodshuffle/

Problems syncing music....

ever since upgrading to itunes 7.1 and 7.1.1, i've had problems syncing music to my ipod. When I use the dock and the firewire connection, it is extremely slow to transfer songs from itunes to ipod, then the ipod eventually just freezes. When I connect the USB 2.0 cable, it transfers songs quickly, but then just automatically shuts itself off and ejects itself from itunes/computer. then I get the message that "the device was not put away properly". please help, thanks!

I am having a similar problem. I have not been able to sync my ipod since updating to 7.1.1

I have an Itunes account from my Ipod Shuffle and have music stored there, but I cannot find it to put on my new Iphone. How do I get to my stored music?

I have an Itunes account from my Ipod Shuffle and have music stored there, but I cannot find it to put on my new Iphone. How do I get to my stored music?

Welcome to the Apple Community.
The music on your shuffle will be in the iTunes library it syncs with.

My ipod touch will sync music but when i go to play it it will not play.It goes from the play screen back to menu

Help! my ipod touch will sync music and podcasts. They show up on the playlists but when I tap on them to play it very briefly show the artist/album cover for playing but then quickly reverts to the playlist or artist menu. I have restored it and tried everything from the troubleshooting list. Any ideas? And everything else is working perfectly...

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.

HT1719 my ipod shuffle wont sync, it says can not sync the required file can not be found??? please help.

my ipod shuffle wont sync, it says can not sync the required file can not be found??? please help.

if u can get your hands on a mac tis will work
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfnXjV9p0pA&feature=related

My ipod is not syncing music and videos

my ipod is not syncing music and videos

mine did that to so i restored it and it fixed it now i have music and videos on my ipod, but keep in mind restoring it will erase everything on it so make sure everything is synced to the computer hope that helps:):)

Adding music to iPod Shuffle PROBLEM!!!

ok...
when i try to put a music on my iPod Shuffle with iTunes after like 5~10 music the iPod just disconect from my pc and keep doing this all the time
anyone know how to fix that?

An iPod shuffle can't contain content from more than one iTunes library at once. Use the Transfer Purchases command in the iTunes Store menu or other methods to move the music to the new computer and then erase and sync it.
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Why will my iPod shuffle only sync iTunes purchased music not CDs?

My ipod shuffle will happily sync with and transfer the music from iTunes that I have downloaded from iTunes but fails to transfer music from iTunes that I have uploaded from CD. Why?! Help!

My ipod shuffle will happily sync with and
transfer
the music from iTunes that I have downloaded from
iTunes but fails to transfer music from iTunes that
I
have uploaded from CD. Why?! Help!
What format is the music uploaded from CDs? Select
one of the tracks and click on File>Get
Info>Summary and post results here.
Kind: AAC audio file
Size: 3.5MB
bit rate: 128k
sample rates: 44.100kHz
data modified: 9/24/2006 7:30PM
play count: 29
Last played: 3/19/2007 7:33PM
Profile: Low complexity
Channels: stereo
encoded with: iTunes v7.0.0.70, Quick Time 7.1.3
Now what?

Problem Syncing music to iPod....PLEASE HELP!!!

When I click on the sync ipod icon a warning message pops up saying that the songs can't sync because all playlists selected to sync no longer exist.
What can I do to fix this problem???

This problem arises 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:
iTunes: Creating playlists of your favorite songs
How to create a Smart Playlist with iTunes

Problems Syncing Music - iPod data erased

I have a friend who has a 60GB(?) Fifth-Generation iPod that she purchased a few months back, and she's been having some trouble figuring it out.
The most recent (and only, at the moment) problem she is having involves syncing music. Whenever she goes to sync her new music from he library, her iPod wipes itself clean of all files. It was working perfectly fine before.
How can she go about fixing this situation? She has the most recent version of iTunes and her operating system is Windows XP.
Thank you.

You cannot auto sync with more than one computer, well yea you can, but you've experienced what happens when you do. You CAN however manually manage your music and get music from multiple computers. Please see this article about doing that:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61675

Big, confusing iPod Shuffle Problem

Okay, this is a confusing one, so read it carefully to understand it fully
The iPod shuffle in question is my ladyfriend's, bought in October 2005, and has never caused us a bit of trouble. Until last night.
Last night I downloaded and ran the new iPod Shuffle fix that Apple distributed (http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303979) The iPod never had trouble in the past, but I wanted to keep up with the updates so that it stayed that way, and ran it.
After it had finished running and reset, the iPod dissapeared from the finder. I thought "great, all done and dusted." When I tried to plug it in again and add music, I went through the "what is it called" tabs etc. which come up when you first use a shuffle. It was on the Finder, in iTunes, all was well.
I noticed that after a few seconds, the iPod dissapeared from the Finder. Stayed in iTunes, but had seemingly vanished from everywhere else. This is interesting, as it's one of the things that the fix is supposed to solve in the first place!
This is my problem. The iPod vanishes when something tries to use it. If I enable 'disk use' on the device, it appears. Turn it off, vanishes again. The iPod vanishing tricks have given me some error:1418's, which were fixed to many on a website dedicated to the 1418 error who used the fix. Even running older updaters doesn't fix these problems.
I'd like to have this iPod stop dissapearing when I open programs such as iTunes, and have it work properly again.
If anyone can contribute anything to this, I'd be very appreciative.
Cheers everyone.
Mac Mini Mac OS X (10.4.8) Saving for a Mac Pro

Try this for last......
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/ipodshuffleresetutility10forwindows.html
or
Solution for iPod shuffel 512 not working (Green and Amber light blinking ), recommended
(This is an apple bug - thousands have the same problem
If the problem of green and amber light is still there with some people pl try this
http://www.manythings.org/shuffle/
1 set your ipod preferences on max data usage as shown on site
2 set off the option that open ipod in itunes when connected
3 get rebuild.py from net (exe) and put it on your base directory of ipod and run it, info is given on above site,
every time u edit the songs directory hit the above file
Otherwise product is really excellent
If you get solved mail on [email protected] , INDIA
thanks
ENJOY_!!!

Solving Ipod shuffle problem

After a week of fighting with the ipod shuffle not playing songs and trying all of the suggestions I finally uninstalled the software and then reinstalled. Do not install software with ipod connected to USB. Windows attepts to format the ipod and I believe it affects the ipod.

I was hoping it would be something like a USB device conflict, but now the shuffle is the only thing connected...
This article was one of the ones you linked to above in your initial post
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1369
Under Part 9. Verify that USB drivers are installed, did you try the steps in If only "Unknown Device" appears? That appears to be your situation.
Also, you said that the shuffle initially worked well enough to do a sync, then it had the same problem again. If you can get it to work again initially, before doing anything else, try the following. Select the shuffle in the iTunes sidebar, under DEVICES. Over to the right, go to the Summary tab. By default, the checkbox for Enable disk use should be unchecked. If so, check it and Apply the change. See if that makes any difference.
(If Enable disk use was already checked, try unchecking it and Apply the change. Basically, set it the "other way" and see if there is any improvement.)
NOTE: When disk use is enabled, you have to eject the iPod in iTunes before disconnecting it physically.
If the disk use change makes a difference, that may provide a clue about the actual cause.

IPod shuffle problem with iTunes 7

In all previous versions of iTunes I had an icon of my iPod shuffle always visible on the left hand side of the screen underneath the library. This allowed me to drag and drop new content to this icon and remove old content. Then, when I plugged my shuffle into the USB port iTunes would update my shuffle with the new content and remove the old content. The icon of my suffle would stay displayed in iTunes even when my shuffle was not conneced to my computer.
Since installing iTunes 7. The shuffle icon only displays when my shuffle is synced to my Mac. When I unplug my shuffle the icon disappears. The other problem is that once I sync my ipod shuffle and start dragging content to the shuffle it automatically starts downloading and slows down the whole process of dragging a second or third piece of content to the shuffle.
I really liked having the ability to organize the content on my shuffle without having the shuffle synced. Any suggestions how I can get this to work in iTunes 7??
eMac Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Unfortunately, as you are aware, the Keep this iPod in the source list option does not exist in iTunes 7.
So the first thing you will probably want to do is let Apple know your feelings on the matter by submitting the feedback form on this support page .
Done that? Okay then, so now you'll probably want to make the best of the situation by figuring out if there's any kind of workaround to deal with the matter.
The best I can come up with is suggest that you create a playlist dedicated to your iPod shuffle which, for discussion's sake, we can call the iPod Shuffle Playlist.
Once you have created that playlist, when you connect your shuffle to your computer you can drag the Shuffle Playlist into your shuffle.
After disconnecting the shuffle you can get to work on modifying the Shuffle Playlist for your next update.
Note that you will have to manually clear the iPod shuffle's contents before putting a new Shuffle Playlist on it.

IPod shuffle not playing music

After a few months of having an ipod shuffle I decided to finally use it. I did EVERYTHING according to the instructions without any problems. I didn't get any error indications from my pc or iTunes software (latest version).
Now, I 'm trying to listen to the music I loaded and I can't hear any sound at all! I tried the following: 1. I turned my ipod off and on again after a few seconds - 2. I made sure that my ipod buttons were not locked and that my battery was fully charged - 3. I tried the "5 R'S" - 4. Also made sure that the headphone connector is pushed in all the way. - 5. I installed and used the "ipod reset utility" and every other thing that I could possibly think of and nothing....
When I turn it on the green light goes on for a few seconds and then shuts off and the only thing that happens after that is that the green light goes on for as long as I push the volume up/down buttons. ( I am positive that my songs are loaded by the way...)
Any ideas? Thanks in advance for any responses.
spee

I'm in the exact same boat. It behaves normally in every way... except it produces no music. This is the fifth iPod I have owned and I've tried everything to fix it. It's used up a lot of my time, and I am very dissatisfied. I'll be sending it in for a replacement if no solutions come up. Also, it's a refurbished model... came broken right out of the box, which really makes me wonder about the "fully tested, works perfectly" crap.

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