Ipod Touch won't sync

I receive the following error messages when I try to sync my Ipod touch: "The IPOD cannot be synced. The disk could not be read from or written to." Sometimes I get this message when attempting to sync " Attempting to copy to the disk failed, the disk cannot be found." Or "attempting to copy to the disk failed. The device is not connected."
By hitting sync several times, it will eventually copy all of my music. All three of these messages have also appeared when I am attempting to download a rented movie from itunes. I've never gotten that function to complete successfully.
I have restored the Ipod to factory settings several times, I have reloaded itunes several times and nothing seems to work. Anyone experience this problem? Any suggestions?

I was stuck in the same situation. Everytime I tried uploading music or photos from my laptop to my iPod touch, an error message that said "disc cannot be read" would appear. I tried different solutions - such as restoring my iPod touch - but none of them seemed to work. Finally, I figured out that my laptop was just full of useless junk, so I did a disc clean and it went much faster.
Now, I can upload music onto my iPod easily. The error message still appears sometimes, but I just exit itunes and re-open it and it works fine. (I hope this helps...my computer might be different from yours but I dont know...)

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My son bought a brand-new iPod touch yesterday. He has been trying to compile his playlist and sync it to the new iPod. He has 41 songs on his playlist and only 22 of them will sync. They are all in the iTunes library and the iPod library, but not on the playlist. We tried changing Settings>Music>Group by Album Artist>Off, and that doesn't work. We've also created new playlists and tried syncing those, and that doesn't work either. Today, I noticed that my iPod Touch is doing the very same thing. We have the most recent software and many of the songs were purchased directly through iTunes.
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I had the same problem as well and tried so many of these solutions, but no luck. I just got a new laptop with windows 8 and when I hooked my iTouch4 to my computer it only show 36 songs out of 509 of the ones I have on my iTouch. (I was freaking out because I thought windows 8 had something to do with it, but as usual I was being paranoid )
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So I started searching for answers, but none of the methods solved my problem. So I started messing around with it and realized that the problem was ACTUALLY A SIMPLE SOLUTION.
So this is what I did...
1) Start playing one of the songs that won't sync to your iTouch4
(don't know how to sync all songs at once yet)
2) Now right click at the top bar of iTunes where it shows the song playing
right click on album picture
3) Then scroll to "Add to Playlist"
the arrow of "Add to Playlist" will show a list of your own playlists and the name of your iPod
4) Click on the name of your iPod Ex) Robert's iPod
5) Then (you can stop playing song at this point) click on iPod device
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6) Instead of being on "Summary" look for "On This iPod" - Click it
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8) Make sure all the songs you want in the list have been marked with a "check mark"
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*If not then - still on "On This iPod" - click on "Autofill"
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It's a simple solution, but I haven't seen anyone advicing it and I wish they had so I didn't have to go through all this trouble
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My iPod Touch won't sync

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What wrong with my iPod? How can I fix it?
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Thanks for trying, but unfortunately my iPod still has that problem. I try to restore my iPod but I still have that problem. But if I restore my iPod then sync then it will sync all my music on (but that takes nearly 4 hours, and after I sync my app are screwed. Today I backed up, then restored and sync it. Now I have 50 updates on the appstore (before I restored it there were only 3) and my layout was change to way I had it the last time I successfully synced it. Also some of my apps were delete, some apps I deleted were added (and it was random which apps got deleted, some I got months ago, some recent). So I had to redownload a lot of apps and update a lot as well, adding over another hour. So it would of took me probably nearly 6 hours to get new music on my iPod.
I hope someone or Apple finds a fix, 6 hours is way to long
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Maybe this:
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Hello,
I got a new iPod Touch yesterday after my old iPod Video died. Brought it home, connected it and all seemed fine until iTunes (that had worked flawlessly for years) just stopped (app stops responding).
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Helping my dad long-distance with his iPod Touch 5th generation, running 8.1.1.
He's having several problems trying to sync the thing:
1) "This cable or accessory is not certified and may not work reliably with your iPod" error, even though he's using the cable that came with the device, when connecting to his Mac. (This happens with both certified Apple cables he owns.)
1.1) He's unable to take screenshots of this error, even though he can take screenshots of any other screen.
2) Won't charge when connected to his Mac (does charge when connected to his 5w cube).
3) Connecting to Mac dones't launch iTunes, but does launch iPhoto.
4) Sometimes, even after launching iTunes manually, the iPod doesn't show up.
5) We we can get the iPod and iTunes to talk to each other, he gets 7/8ths through syncing, then gets the error "Some of the videos in your iTunes Library, including the video IMG0925.jpg, were not copied to the iPod because they cannot be played on this iPod." — yes, the "videos" that won't "play" on his iPod are all JPEGs.
6) When clicking [OK] to clear problem #5, it's always followed by "iTunes cannot back up the iPod (device name) because an error occurred." Even though it was 7/8ths done before the error occurred.
7) Issue 5 and 6 occur when connected to the Mac over wifi too. (We've tried with wifi backup both off and on.)
7) He's randomly prompted for his iCloud password at least 3-4 times a week. Entering it doesn't make this problem go away.
8) Tried to update to 8.1.2 (hoping it would fix some of these issues), but after tapping [Agree] in the overlay screen, he's taken back to the T&C screen with [Decline] and [Agree] buttons at the bottom, and NOTHING happens.
So we he back up via any means, he can't upgrade, and we can't wipe and restore because he'll lose a month's worth of updates to calendar and address book.
I'm know my way around Mac and iOS, and I'm stumped. Anybody got anything?

#1
- Try another cable. The cable for 5G iPod (lightning connector) seems to be more prone to failure than the older cable.
- If a 5G iPod
Iphone 5 lightning port charging problem - SOLUTION!
- Inspect the dock connector on the iPod for bent or missing contacts, foreign material, corroded contacts, broken, missing or cracked plastic.
- Make an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store.
Apple Retail Store - Genius Bar
#1.1 n/a because the errror message overrides it
#2 see #1
#3 iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Mac OS X
But could be caused by #1
#4 Covered by previous ones
#5 Obvious jpegs are photos and thus will not sync as videos. Also see:
iTunes: May be unable to transfer videos to iPhone, iPad, or iPod
iTunes: Frequently asked questions about viewing and syncing videos
#6 iOS: If you can't back up or restore from a backup in iTunes
First #7 See #6
Second #7 You have so many other problems resolve those first
#8 Resolve other problems first

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I'm having some issues trying to sync my wife's ipod touch. She's had it for a couple years and we haven't had any issues with it before. She purchased a couple songs recently and when we connected the ipod a message came up saying there was a software update available for the ipod so we downloaded the update. After we did that her ipod will charge when we connect it but it won't register that it's connected so we can't sync it. Sometimes an error message will pop up saying something about not being able to connect.
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First, try a system reset. It cures many ills and it's quick, easy and harmless...
Hold down the on/off switch and the Home button simultaneously until the screen blacks out or you see the Apple logo. Ignore the "Slide to power off" text if it appears. You will not lose any apps, data, music, movies, settings, etc.
If the Reset doesn't work, try a Restore. Note that it's nowhere near as quick as a Reset. Connect via cable to the computer that you use for sync. From iTunes, select the iPad/iPod and then select the Summary tab. Follow directions for Restore and be sure to say "yes" to the backup. You will be warned that all data (apps, music, movies, etc.) will be erased but, as the Restore finishes, you will be asked if you wish the contents of the backup to be copied to the iPad/iPod. Again, say "yes."

My brother's ipod touch won't sync in itunes but mine is fine. help :(

we share 1 laptop but different account..
i tried to sync his ipod on his itunes but it won't sync, it says that itunes session syncing failed to start"
and whenever i plug his ipod touch the pop says my ipod's name..
i tried to open my account and plug in my ipod and it's all fine..
both are IOS 5.0.1
Both are ipod touch 4G but his ipod touch is the white one and mine is the black one.
we are using windows 7
pls help!

Try this previous discussion:
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