Itunes not copying songs to Ipod

I had to reinstall itunes a few weeks ago, since then I've been unable to copy songs from itunes, it recognises my ipod but can't move any songs to it.
I've tried resetting everyting, reinstalling everything, nothing works.
Anybody knows how to fix this?
Thanks

Are you sure that your preferences are at the correct setting?
Go to "Edit -> Preferences -> iPod -> Music".
On either of the "automatic" settings, iTunes should automatically update the songs from either the library or a playlist (depends on the setting) to your iPod.
On the "manual" option, you'll have to manually transfer songs to your iPod, by simply going to the iTunes library, selecting the songs you want on your iPod, and drag-and-drop them over into your iPod's name in the left source area of iTunes.
If you still can't transfer sogns from iTunes to your iPod, then try a restore on your iPod.
Restoring your iPod
I hope this helps you,
-Kylene
I hope this helps,
-Kylene

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