Itunes - Music Sync

My iphone doesn't want to sync with the music on my itunes. Please help

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Ok so I have a Blackberry Torch 9800, OS 6.0 and the current blackberry desktop softer version 6.1.0.35.
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I'm not sure if this is related but I believe that twice my phone has rebooted itself. I've also noticed that the new desktop software has had issues detecting my phone. My main concern is the problem with the music sync issue.
In the interim I have just dragged and dropped music files onto my memory card. Can you please let me know what I can do to fix this if anything....thanks.

I just experienced the same thing and after feeling frustrated for about an hour and wishing I'd learn my lesson and stop upgrading software for no reason, I went into the Desktop Manager software Device Settings.
Under Device Settingsgo to the Media tab and you'll see a Music Source option. I found that my default setting was on Windows Media Player instead of iTunes. Once I switched it back my view refreshed and my playlists showed up again.
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ITunes music sync problem: "drag & drop" works; "Sync Music" doesn't?

I've been trying to sync a few new playlists of music to my iPhone 3GS with frustrating results.
I'm hoping someone can explain to me what I may be doing wrong.
In the past when I wanted to add new music to my iPhone I would use what I refer to as the "Sync Music" or Music tab method. I would rip the CD, create a new playlist for the album, plug in my iPhone, select it under the Devices list in iTunes then click on the Music tab up at the top of iTunes (I have "Sync Music" checked and "Selected playlists, artists, albums, and genres" checked. I would scroll down through the list of playlists, find the new playlist I created and check the box next to it and sync my phone to add the new music.
This has worked flawlessly for years. Until now.
The last three albums I have tried to add this way will not sync to my 3GS. The music will play perfectly on my MacBook in iTunes. I ripped the music the same way, created the playlists the same way, and I can even get as far as the list of playlists under the "Sync Music" check box in the Music tab. I can see the new playlists in this list, I check the boxes indicating I want to sync them to my phone, but when I click Apply and then Sync, the music never shows up on my iPhone.
I keep every new album I import in it's own playlist, so being able to select which playlists I want to sync to my phone is definitely the method I would prefer to use, but since it wasn't working I tried checking the box next to "Manually manage music and videos" on the Summary tab. This of course disables the Music tab and unchecks the box next to "Sync Music".
I'm not too familiar with using this method to manage my music library, so maybe someone can show me a better way to do this, but with the "Manually manage music and videos" box checked the only way I know to add music to my iPhone is to drag a playlist one at a time from my iTunes library to my phone in the devices list.
This is where I get confused. For some reason the new ablums I ripped, which I was unable to sync the way I am used to ("Sync Music" check box/Music tab method), can be dragged and dropped onto my phone and they are copied to the phone without a problem.
WHY!?
Why, am I able to sync these ablums using this tedious and clunky drag and drop method and yet I'm unable to copy them to my iPhone using my prefered "Sync Music" checkbox method?
If you have any idea why I'm experiencing these problems or if you have experienced a similar problem please let me know.
Thank you.

This problem started last year when ios 8 was released. I think apple is trying to force users to buy music on iTunes store and that's why it's impossible to sync other music and also that's the reason why they haven't solved this serious problem. That's really disappoints me and i'm angry with apple because i have like 10 gb of music in mp3 and i can't sync music from iTunes to my iPhone.

I upgraded from an android to an new iphone 4s. I have an itunes account and library but I am reluctant to connect my phone to my computer in fear of all of my itunes music syncing to my new phone.

Is it possible to choose which songs from my itunes library to add to my phone? Also, my pictures are stored on my computer but not my itunes library, can I pick and choose which pictures to upload to my new iphone 4s? Any help/advice would be appreciated. Thanks

Under the Music tab for your iPhone sync preferences with iTunes, you have the option to transfer your entire music library or selected playlists, artists, genres, albums.
iTunes does not store photos. iTunes serves as the transfer conduit to transfer photos from your computer to your iPhone, which is selected under the Photos tab for your iPhone sync preferences with iTunes.
If you manually manage photo storage on your computer, create a folder on your computer to place the named folder of photos you want transferred to your iPhone. Select the parent folder under the Photos tab for your iPhone sync preferences with iTunes followed by a sync.

ITunes music sync problems (clouds and dotted circles)

I think this is a common problem but I tried several solutions I found online and nothing seems to work.
When I connect my iPhone to iTunes I have several songs on it that have a dotted circle and that are in grey font. These songs are mostly from an album I purchased some time ago and then removed from my iTunes library since I did not want to hear it anymore.
I would like to get those phones off my phone. I tried to uncheck the "sync music" box and made a sync but this did not work. I also tried to remove all songs from my iphone using the storage management settings but this did not work as well. On a related note, there are several songs that show up on my phone and that have a little cloud next to them. These songs do not show up in iTunes when I connect the phone.
So in summary: My iPhone shows songs (with a cloud) that I do not see in iTunes when I check what is supposed to be on my phone. And what I see in iTunes (the songs with the dotted circle) do not seem to be on my iPhone.
This is driving me crazy. Any suggestions anyone?

The songs with the cloud symbol don't appear in iTunes because they aren't on your phone. Those are links to your previously purchased music in the iTunes store so you can easily download them by tapping the symbol.
If you want help with the "dotted circle" issue you should post this question over in the iTunes forum. The only thing I can suggest is to delete all your music (by going to Settings>General>Usage>Manage Storage>Music, tap Edit, then tap next to All Songs), then sync it back using iTunes. If you already tried that unsuccessfully, try posting over in the iTunes forum.

Alternatives to iTunes music syncing for the Pre

Now that Apple has closed the door on syncing with their iTunes (for those that do upgrade past 8.2), let's discuss alternatives. After this happened yesterday, I've seen other alternatives such as:
Reverting back to a version that works: http://www.oldapps.com/itunes.php
iTunes Agent: http://ita.sourceforge.net/
DoubleTwist: http://www.doubletwist.com
Missing Sync (Mac now, will have windows version out "Coming soon"): http://www.markspace.com/products/pre/mac/palm-pre-sync-overview.html
I heard of others using things like Songbird (Pre not supported yet, but soon?), and WinAmp (Windows only?).
PreThinking also has a good article about using something called Sailing Media Sync. See http://bit.ly/fppvl for more info.
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Post relates to: Pre p100eww (Sprint)
Message Edited by PDAGuy on 07-16-2009 03:25 PM

I looked at the Missing Sync app and it looks like it solves the iTunes problem. However, it's $39.95 and most of its synching conflicts with the Synergy web sync that I have with Google for contacts and calendars. So I don't know how that would work - for now I'd disable the contacts and calendars in the app, although I like the Missing Sync's capability to sync with contact groups that doesn't work with the Google sync (they don't show up at all on my Pre, just the flat contact list - my gmail labels aren't accessible either in the Pre, only the inbox, sent mail, and trash - it would be nice if you fixed both of these).
The other option, removing iTunes 8.2 from my Mac and downloading and installing an earlier version, frankly scares me. I'm afraid I'll lose my libraries, etc., and I still have an iPod that I use for podcasts (while driving) and videos. BTW, I had no choice on updating to 8.2 - Apple pushed it to my iMac without asking. I saw a post on the blogsdna.com site on how to uninstall using a terminal window on the Mac and executing a series of linux-looking commands. So if I do that, do I lose my iTunes libraries, Playlists, Podcasts, etc.?? If not, how do I get them back when I install the older iTunes?? I see some suggestions on the same site but they are conflicting and very brief. And how do I prevent Apple from updating iTunes again without asking?? So as I said, I'm scared to go that route.
SO..., given that every Pre owner and prospective Pre owner is facing this iTunes problem, I suggest one or more of these options for Palm/Sprint:
1) Give current Pre owners a discount or coupon to use for buying the Missing Sync app. $39.95 is steep to fix something that was supposed to work seamlessly (one of the reasons I got the Pre, not an iPhone). Also get Missing Sync to work with Google web syncing so their contacts and calendar syncing don't conflict with the web sync.
2) a) Provide detailed instructions on how to uninstall iTunes 8.2, keep your iTunes libraries, playlists, podcasts, vidoes, etc. intact, install an earlier version, 8.1.1? (recommend one and a download site), and restore the iTunes libraries, playlists, podcasts, videos, etc. to the new installed version that will work with the Pre.
b) Provide detailed instructions on how to prevent the old iTunes version from getting updated automatically by Apple, thus defeating everything you did in a).
3) Provide some other fix/workaround that is free or not as involved as 2).
I realize that Apple is the bad guy here, but we need to fight back!!

İphone-itunes music sync problem

İ bought an iphone 5c yesterday.My old 4s has got lots of music.And i had an clear itunes now.İ want to transfer 4s s musics to itunes.So i can transfers 4s musics to 5c.Can someone help me?

Hey there Luserproman,
It sounds like you have a lot of purchases you want to get from your iPhone 4s to your iPhone 5c.
You can redownload your purchases from the iTunes store free of charge.
Downloading past purchases from the iTunes Store, App Store, and iBooks Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519
If you also want to have the purchases in your iTunes library, you can transfer them from the 4s to your computer with this article:
iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848
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Ive got my new iPhone 5 and whenever I try to sync the new songs, it directly goes to the last step and it says ''waiting for changes to be applied''. And it goes on forever and the songs dont even get synced.My library is empy like before and the iTunes match is off too :/

Hey there Luserproman,
It sounds like you have a lot of purchases you want to get from your iPhone 4s to your iPhone 5c.
You can redownload your purchases from the iTunes store free of charge.
Downloading past purchases from the iTunes Store, App Store, and iBooks Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519
If you also want to have the purchases in your iTunes library, you can transfer them from the 4s to your computer with this article:
iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848
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I'v updated to iTunes 9 und iPhone OS 3.1, went ok.
Most sync with iPhone did well, but in the music sync window not all of my artists show up. I compared and can not find a difference between tracks to artist that show up and others that do'nt (mp3, ID-Tag version 2.3,...).
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Hello,
in the case where I can see the artist, album-artist is empty. So I tried to empty the album-artist in the not-visible case too. Result: now it was visible
Because there are artist-entries for sorting too, I tried this:
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I spend a long time to try to sync my itunes music on my ipod 160 GB Classic, but after waiting so long get a pop up message that itunes stop syncing because of error 46, some times giving me 58, 1469, and many other numbers, please help macbook pro

i spend a long time to try to sync my itunes music on my ipod 160 GB Classic, but after waiting so long get a pop up message that itunes stop syncing because of error 46, some times giving me 58, 1469, and many other numbers, please help am using macbook pro

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I bought a new laptop and used Windows Easy Transfer cable and moved all files from one computer to another. I installed iTunes and found my iTunes music Library. However, when I plug in my iPod it says it is already synced with another iTunes Library.

I bought a new laptop and used Windows Easy Transfer cable and moved all files from one computer to another. I installed iTunes and found my iTunes music Library. However, when I plug in my iPod it says it is already synced with another iTunes Library.
I don't see anything in Help that shows when you already have transfered all the files over. Why would it want to erase and sync when I already have all the music folder copied over? I didn't have an issue when I had another technician copy from one laptop to another. Home sharing is also on but not being recognized.

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The data bar at the bottom of the screen shows that the sync worked (increased data amounts become available) but the music is still on the iphone.
I have even deleted music off my laptop but it still shows on the iPhone.
I've read the discussions on similar issues but can't seem to find a remedy. I discovered this problem when I needed to create some free space on the phone to add an app update. I decided to just keep my Top Rated music on the phone but as I say, everything is still there. The sync's seem to work.
Any ideas please. I've spent a fair amount of time already on this.
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Hello phil.winter,
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
I understand that you would like to remove your music from your iPhone but are thus far unsuccessful. I know that you have already unchecked the Sync Music box and report that the music remained on your iPhone, but did you click the Apply button in the bottom right hand corner of iTunes after you unchecked that box? If not please try this step and let me know if the issue continues.
Sync your iPhone, iPad, and iPod with iTunes using USB - Apple Support
Click the Sync button in the lower-right corner of the screen to sync your content. Only the information in the content list you've enabled syncing for will sync to your computer. If you made any changes to any of the settings, first click the apply button.
Have a great day,
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