ITunes/iPod sync help needed!

So I have a 2nd gen iPod touch, and I buy all my music straight off of iTunes app. My old Mac computer (Let's call it Mac1) had all of my songs that I had bought on there prior to when we replaced it (may 2011). Then, we got Mac2. I can't put my songs that I bought after May 2011 onto Mac2, because it will only let me delete my ENTIRE library on my iPod (which has all of my purchased music on it). I don't want to lose those songs that I spent my money on. How do I make my iPod sync to a new computer and get the iPod's songs onto the computer?

Just transfer the iTunes purchases to the new computer by:
iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod to a computer
You may also be able to redownload the music( and apps) by:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store

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If so have you done anything like update iTunes on the computer since it last successfully synced?
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I don't have an iphone, but if it's anything like my click-wheel ipod, a reset doesn't delete anything.
It just resets the ipod's operating system, kind of like a PC restart. Did you try this Sleep/Wake button thing mentioned here?
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1737
Maybe it's a podcast of voice memo causing the problem like it did for this person
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bechosken wrote:
My friend wanted to get some music off my itunes
This is called "stealing". You do not have the legal right to give her the music you have in your iTunes library unless you are the copyright holder.
when syncing it it said she had to update her phone software first
That's not quite what it said. Someone should have paid more attention to the great big warning about the possibility of losing data if the phone wasn't backed up.
We cannot find her new photos. Please help and there was 100 new pics. Is there any way we can get them back. I already have the program Asoftech - but it doesnt seem to register the iphone only C and D drive. Please help!
It restored the backup that was made on your computer 6 months ago, which did not contain those photos. You're wasting your time trying to find them on the phone. They don't exist.
Hopefully, your friend syncs her phone to her own computer on a regular basis. She needs to plug her phone into her computer and restore it from her last backup. That will restore it to the state it was in when the backup was made.
She also needs to get in the habit of extracting the photos on a regular basis, like she would from any other digital camera.

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Hello,
I had my old Itunes Library on my Powerspec using W-XP PRO, then one day my PC started to cat funny... I think it was hacked, so then I decided to back up some of my items to an external HD! (I put my 5 Gigs of Music on my external HD) then my PC crashed, HD failed... It was not a good site!
Now I am using my older Dell 4300, using Windows 2000... I need to know how to get my Itunes Library back onto THIS PC! (Dell)
Should I just insert the HD onto this computer and copy all my music over to Itunes?
and then will my Ipod sync with this PC even though its a different PC? Do I have to authorize it?
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It's certainly not true that only the newer iPods support mp3s. There seems to have been a number of problems with 7.2 and the release of the non-drm tracks from iTunes. It most often crops up with tracks that started out in life as drm tracks purchased through the iTunes store that were subseqently converted to non-drm tracks. Depending on how they were added to the library, it appears that iTunes thinks they are still the drm tracks but corrupted. Deggie's suggestion has worked for most folks, as best I can tell.
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sorry if this is in the wrong section, but i really need your help.
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sorry if this is in the wrong section, but i really
need your help.
I got a 2nd generation i pod i believe and i have
1040 songs on it, the thing is my computer broke so i
lost all my songs. now i got a new comp, and i got 40
new songs id wish to put onto my current ipod, but it
says i either have to add the 40 new songs in and
delete all my old ones, or have my 1040 songs but not
add my new ones.
it says my ipod is already synced to another library.
what do i do? PLEASE HELP THANKS.
I have the same problem...I use both my desktop and laptop to load music (I only have 2 authorized computers so far), but I get that message when I want to sync w/my laptop only. I have a ton of music on my laptop itunes and can't load it!! I don't think I should have to delete anything from the ipod..HELP!!
PS....should my ipod's contents upload to my laptop as well or are the two libraries to remain seperate??
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When I bought my ipod touch I set it up at work. But now we can't have itunes at work so I have to use my home computer. But when I go on my home computer, it cannot sync my ipod as it says it's not the default computer. I have unistalled it on my work computer. I have installed itunes at home. My ipad syncs but it doesn't recognize my ipod. Help!!

See:
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In the preferences for iTunes there is a Syncing tab. Here you can list the iPods that are synced to this machine. My problem is , how do get the iPod name in the box provided? Its greyed out. Or is this just for iPhones and iPod Touches.

That applies to iPods that can create and save data, and would want to back up: the iPhone and the iPod Touch. Other iPods have no need for the Syncing tab. (That's why the icon looks like an iPhone.)
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I just transferred my iTunes to a new Mac and I on my old computer I used to plug in my iPhone and drag the songs I wanted to my "device" and it would add them. For some reason when I go to drag it to my device on the new Mac it never gives me the capability of dropping it in the music folder. Help??

Your iPhone can only be "synced" with one computer at a time. Regardless of authorization for iTunes content.
You need to transfer ALL content from the old computer to the new. Then, you can choose to sync the iPhone by clicking on it in the sidebar, and across the top going through the Summary, Info, Music, Movies, Photos, Apps etc tabs, and checking the boxes to turn ON syncing to this new computer. It should give you a message each time you do this that says that you will wipe off existing content and then add new content that came from THIS computer instead.
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If your iPod is set to update automatically you need to take care connecting to an empty iTunes. You can use a keyboard command to prevent your iPod auto-syncing with iTunes. While connecting the iPod to the computer on Windows with iTunes 7 installed hold down the Control and Alt keys (or Shift + Ctrl keys in older versions). This will stop the iPod from auto-syncing with iTunes and the iPod will appear in the source list. Wait until you are sure the iPod has mounted, and that it will not auto sync and then you can let the keys go. This may take between 20 to 30 seconds depending on your computer: iTunes 7 Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows
Your iPod should appear in the iTunes source list from where you can change the update setting to manual and use your iPod without the risk of accidentally erasing it. Also when using most of the utilities listed below your iPod needs to be enabled for disc use, changing to manual update will do this by default. Check the "manually manage music and videos" box in Summary then press the Apply button: Managing content manually on iPod
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If you prefer something more automated then there are a number of third party utilities that you can use to retrieve the music files and playlists from your iPod. This is just a selection, you'll find that they have varying degrees of functionality and some will transfer movies, videos, photos, podcasts and games as well. Have a look at the web pages and documentation, they are generally quite straightforward. You can also read reviews of some of them here: Wired News - Rescue Your Stranded Tunes
YamiPod Mac and Windows Versions
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iPod Access Mac and Windows Versions
Music Rescue Mac & Windows
iPodCopy Mac and Windows Versions
TuneJack Windows Only
iPod2PC Windows Only
Whichever of these retrieval methods you choose, keep your iPod in manual mode until you have reloaded your iTunes and you are happy with your playlists etc then it will be safe to return it auto-sync. I would also advise that you get yourself an external hard drive and back your stuff up in case you have problems again. Relying on an iPod as your sole backup is not a good idea and external drives are comparatively inexpensive these days you can get loads of storage for a reasonable outlay.

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Have a Windows XP computer and while on user B's profile, plugged in ipod A to recharge battery. When I plug in the other ipod B within the owner's (User B) profile, a window pulls up stating that ipod A is tied to another library and if I want to erase this ipod B and sync it to this library. I can see the library in iTunes and its the correct library for ipod B/user B, but do not want to lose the songs. Right now, no songs appear on ipod B, but they are all in itunes at this time. So, if it ok to erase and sync so that when I plug in ipod B into this windows profile itunes, it syncs back to the existing library?

Additional detail to the issue above: iTunes is not identifying the device correctly. It states its one ipod when the other is plugged in. And the existing library is for the other ipod, not the one with the device label.

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3. Sync - to remove played podcasts from iPhone
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Please tell me there is a better way!
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In iTunes you can select your iPhone and then look at the podcasts tab. There you have the option to sync only unplayed episodes with your iPhone. In the podcasts section of iTunes you can change the settings so that only unplayed podcasts will be kept and also set the refresh rate. So, if the refresh rate is once a day for example, once a day iTunes will check for new podcasts and if there is a new one download it and delete any older ones. Now, you can use your iPhone in the following way:
Listen to Podcast episode 1 on your phone. Lets say you finish it.
iTunes checks for a new podcast during the day, while your at work for example, and downloads episode 2. Episode 1 is kept because as far as iTunes knows you haven't listened to it.
You get home and click 'sync' in iTunes. At this point iTunes finds out you have listened to episode 1 on your phone and deletes it from the phone and iTunes. Since episode 2 has not been played it adds it to your phone
I think this is the behavior you were asking for. This reduces the three steps you described to just one.

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I have recently reimported many of my cds at a higher quality. I am afraid when I plug my ipod in, it will automatically add all of the newer higher quality versions I imported as well as keeping the old versions. My ipod is set up for automatic syncing when I plug it in. Any suggestions on how to avoid have 2 versions of my cds without having to manually delete them?

You can use a keyboard command to prevent your iPod auto-syncing with iTunes. While connecting the iPod to the computer on a Mac hold down the Option and Command (⌥ and ⌘ Apple) keys together. This will stop the iPod from auto-syncing with iTunes and it will appear in the source list. Wait until you are sure the iPod has mounted, and that it will not auto sync and then you can let the keys go. This may take between 20 to 30 seconds depending on your computer: iTunes for Mac - Keyboard Shortcuts
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IMovie syncing help needed!!!

Am trying to use iMovie 11 and am going insane, seriously insane. I wanted to make an interview between my brother and I in time for xmas. So we recorded ourselves on camera, and used a zoom box and mike to record seperate and better quality audio.
Now, all I want is to attach and sync my audio clip with my takes, and his audio clips with his takes. Shouldn't be too difficult, right? Here is the problem. Once synced, I need to CUT DIFFERENT CLIPS and put them together, i.e. my brother talking, then me talking, then him etc. Yet I want these clips to have the seperate audio tracks attached and sliced in the same spot, which is just not happening.
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This is difficult in iMovie, and rather easy in Final Cut Pro.
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