Itunes not updating ipod

I had a problem with my ipod before where it would not be recognized in itunes. Anyway, went to apple store and clerk restore ipod to factory settings. Now Itunes sees my ipod but still wont update the songs. help.

Well, perhaps I wasn't being clear -- can you select the option to sync the iPod? Or is it grayed out? If you can select it, are you saying it doesn't do anything?
If so, the usual remedy is to use the firmware updater to restore the iPod back to factory conditions and do a complete resync. That ought to fix things.

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I have used iTunes and iPods for several years. I
always use automatic updating. Previously, any
change to a song rating I made on my iPod would be
reflected in my iTunes library after a sync. Since
my most recent iTunes update (7.1.1), I have two
problems. (1) iTunes does not update the ratings
changes made on my iPod and (2) podcasts which I
listen to on my iPod are not marked as "not new" in
iTunes. It appears that Apple has screwed up
something in the sync process in the newest iTunes
version. Is anyone else having this problem?
Having exactly the same problem as your first issue. In the playlist of top-rated tunes they all appear. However my iTunes library has 460 relevant tunes, whereas the same playlist on the iPod has 100 fewer. They are greyed out and can't be changed and aren't played.
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Something might get the wrong idea<<</div>
I'll have to respectfully disagree with you on that, Jim.
I've always found sushi to be remarkably tolerant, even when in a Mexican pasture. It's the French seaside you should be wary of. Especially when riding the dual stage Toro.
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Something might get the wrong idea<<</div>
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does itunes support ever respond to these forums??
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iPod freezing up can sometimes indicate a hard drive failure. To determine this, follow these steps:
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hi Aubrey!
i will have my itunes up. then plug in my ipod and it says updating ipod but when it says it is okay to disconnect still my ipod has 118 songs while my library has 176
hmmm. if Katie's suggestion about the ipod updater software doesn't pan out (it's certainly worth checking), maybe try investigating this possibility:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93499
love, b

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Do either of these help?
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Also, if you have a 4G iPod, why post in the iPod nano forums?
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Okay, this is not the usual iTunes not recognising the iPod.
I had this problem when I first set up my iPod. After a full uninstall and reinstall of iTunes, as described in the support article, my iPod was recognised. Now I have added more music to my collection, and a couple of the apps need updating I wanted to update my iPod. I connected my iPod and nothing, it does not show in iTunes. It is showing in my computer as a camers which I really wish it would stop doing. Also when my iPod was connected the first time I set up to allow it to wirelessly update and it won't do that either.
I am stuck on what else to do. I just hope I am not going to have to do a full uninstall and reinstall every time I want to update my iPod, because it rather defeats the purpose.
I have read and followed the instructions here:
http://www.apple.com/support/ipodtouch/assistant/itunes/
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Illass thank you for the reply, but as I said I have done everything on the support page. I even printed off the uninstall instructions as it gave you a rather precise order to do it in and I did check for the folders to see if they had been left, I learnt that when I updated my graphics drivers and still a game said my card wasn't up to scratch, even though my card supported shading 4.0 it only needed 2.0 for the game.
I also printed off the software conflict information otherwise I would have gotten totally lost.
However thank you for the disabling info, as it was getting a tad annoying when I was connecting it to charge up.
I decided to uninstall and reinstall again and low and behold it is recognised again. That makes it the second time I have had to do this to get my touch recognised. However doing this everytime I want to update is going to be rather annoying.
Ah the days of the Nano 2nd gen, and the innoence of those times. Shame some clumsy so-an-so knocked it out of my hand and stepped on it as it was just so simple to use.

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Thats just ****** up man, thanks for the fast answer though, almost paid those ******* 35 euro on the phone.
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