ITunes never remembers what to sync on all my devices

I sync my iPad 3, iPhone 4S, and  iPod nano (6) all manually.  Every time I plug one of them in to sync them, iTunes never remembers that to sync.  If it's podcasts, I have to reselect which ones.  If it's music or photos, I have to reselct the ones I want, confirm I want to delete the old and replace it with the "new", even if it's the same music or photos.  Isn't there some sort of preference file that remembers what gets synced on a specific device?  I have the latest OS on all devices and my iMac.

In preferences, Devices have you got Prevent iPods, iPhones and iPads from syncing automatically ticked

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