Itunes re-sync played/deleted items

In my Iphone sync options I have podcasts set to sync 3 most recent unplayed. The problem is that after I watch a pod cast on my phone and delete it the next time I sync it copies the same podcast back. How comes ITunes does not know it has been played? Is there another settings I should use to insure these podcasts don't get resync'd? This unnecessarily extends my sync time.
Thanks,
Dj
Hitler told the Jew's what they could
and couldn't do with their phones too.

I have the same question. It's downright annoying. Why have a delete function on the iPod if iTunes is going to slap it right back on my iPhone? What gives? Do I have to delete it off my phone, then remember exactly which ones I deleted/watched, and then delete them or mark them watched on my PC?

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Will iTunes match remove songs deleted from iTunes when it syncs?
I cleared all iTunes music on my computer to start over clean but didn't remove them from the cloud.

iTunes Match does not have the ability to remove local files.
The service operates by comparing the selected iTunes Library with the iTunes Store content and 'matching' or 'uploading' - it is very straightforward a 'match' provides equivalent access to iTunes Store content as a recognised 'purchase'; upload simply copies a 256k AAC variant into the cloud. There are no elements of this activity that can erase the local library content.
Would suggest you explore possible alternative causes of file loss. Given the pattern described of selective deletion, leaving many Songs intact - would suggest making at least 2 secure offline Song file backups and starting the library again from a fresh install of iTunes once a thorough sweep of the system has been completed for virus. It is also worth assessing the physical security of the system - who has access & with what privileges.
To access Songs from the cloud, you would have to manually delete the Song from the library or open an empty library - so even when accessing content, iTunes Match provides no local deletion capability.

Will itunes app sync really delete all apps on device?

Q: How to sync outdated itunes apps library with new apps from phone instead of the other way around?
Background: I always used app store on my iphone 3G to download. But due to its size i must download navigon through itunes. But if I download through itunes and sync apps with my iphone, i will loose all downloaded apps on the phone.
Is there a way around this? Is it possible to first sync itunes with the iphone. Then download something in itunes. Then sync the iphone with itunes? If yes, my question is: How to sync itunes with apps from phone instead of syncing the phone with apps from itunes?
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I'd first recommend going into Disk Utilities (Applications - Utilities - Disk Utility) and Repairing Disk Permissions on your internal HD. Then retry. If they still don't work then do both a SMC and PRAM reset using the following instructions:
*SMC RESET*
• Shut down the computer.
• Plug in the MagSafe power adapter to a power source, connecting it to the Mac if its not already connected.
• On the built-in keyboard, press the (left side) Shift-Control-• Option keys and the power button at the same time.
• Release all the keys and the power button at the same time.
• Press the power button to turn on the computer.
*PRAM RESET*
• Shut down the computer.
• Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command, Option, P, and R. You will need to hold these keys down simultaneously in step 4.
• Turn on the computer.
• Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys. You must press this key combination before the gray screen appears.
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ITunes not syncing play counts from iOS devices

I realize this is a small thing to some people, but my music-listening abnd playlisting habits are fairly OCD and are depenedent on play count tallies....
Long story short, I updated my iTunes software the other day to 10.5.3. Now, when I plug my iPad (1) and iPhone(4s) in to the iMac to sync, the playcounts and last played data does not appear to by syncing. Is anyone else having this problem?
I actually spoke to someone at applecare, and they suggested selecting "homesharing updates playcount" in preferences, which I did, but that does not appear to affect anything when I amsyncing directly from the iOS devices. I have not started using itunes match yet, partially because of concerns about play counts, so I am still syncing the old-fashioned way, with a cord.
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ITunes not syncing after deleting photos via Windows Explorer

Hi,
I've got an iPhone 4 and recently filled it up with vids and pics on holiday. When i plugged the phone into my PC i copied all of the items from my iPhone via Windows Exploer (very handy i thought). Once i got a copy of everything, i deleted them via Windows Exploer
Unfortunately when i opened iTunes later that day i noticed that even though there were no more photos or videos on the iPhone, iTunes still shows 3.3GB used for photos and 6.2GB used for videos.
How on earth do i tell iTunes do update it's database?

Welcome to the discussions,
did you try to take another photo and connect the phone again to iTunes?
Did you try to reset the phone by holding the sleep and home button until the Apple logo comes up again?

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I´d recently problems with iTunes: By syncing with iPad and with iTunes Match my library crashed. It started a safe mode, and I´ve recognized that about 9.000 from my 24.000 songs have been lost. No greater problem, as I´ve iTunes Match. It needed quite a time, and the library was complete again. The lost 9.000 songs have not been added from the PC, but they are in the cloud and I can load them again.
My greater problem: What I didn´t recognize is that the apps were lost, too. There were no apps and no e-books in my iTunes.
And now the best: As I wanted to load my iPad iTunes started syncing and deleted nearly all my apps from my iPad. Only 29 apps remained. Why especially this 29 apps remained and not other 29 - I don´t know...
The re-installing of the apps is not the problem, too. But the game saves... all lost? Or will my cloud sync help?
And the restored library is now a second PC for my iTunes Match.
So it would be really great if anyone of you can help me with the following questions:
1. Why had my empty iTunes deleted all the apps on iPad and not the other way (full iPad saving backup on iTunes)?
2. How can I get my old iPad situation back? Can I anyway?
3. How can I deactivate an inactive PC from iTunes Match? (Deactivation is just possible for the actual library)
4. Can I restore my game saves when the apps do not offer iCloud sync?
5. And what will happen when my empty apps will sync with iCloud? Will the empty game saves delete the old ones?
6. And what will happen when I connect my iPhone and my iPod with power while iTunes is running? Will iTunes delete these apps, too?
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I have this same issue, except that when I drag/drop apps from the Library, to my iPad, it doesn't seem to update the checkmarks in the Sync Apps section. Shouldn't it be done automatically when I add apps in itunes in this fashion? Since on the next sync, if I change anything, it'll ask me if I want them removed or I have to cancel it all.
Also, if I don't Sync Apps, will my data still be backed up? That is, if I need to restore my iPad, will my apps be restored as well as the backed up data?
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Trying to sync my iPod with iTunes and I am getting this message:"This computer is no longer authorized to play purchased items that are on the ipod"... I have deauthorized and reauthorized the account and still getting the same error.

Trying to sync my iPod with iTunes and I am getting this message:"This computer is no longer authorized to play purchased items that are on the ipod"... I have deauthorized and reauthorized the account and still getting the same error. I have read and followed the instructions in the support article TS1389. I do NOT have an SC info folder at /Users/Shared/ directory to delete.
I just installed Lion yesterday, and am running iTunes 10.4. First attempt to sync since upgrade.
Thanks
Dan

Yup,
Me too...this is stupid, stupid, stupid. Just purchased my 200 (ish) mac and now I am told that my new Mac Book pro is not "authorized".
Which if my 200 macs are authorized. Can someone please tell me???
I "deauthorized" my old MBP and still told I cannot use my iPhone with iTunes.
Interesting that my old $2500 MBP, my new $3000 MBP and my $500 iPhone all cannot work cuz of some pinhead's decision to use this assorization process.
Yes I am very, very, very mad.

Sometimes my ipod does not down load my entire library when I sync up with itunes, even if I have items loaded in the play list and can see them in the play list in my itunes when I check my ipod play list some items are missing part 1 will be there but p

Sometimes my ipod does not down load my entire library when I sync up with itunes, even if I have items loaded in the play list and can see them in the play list in my itunes when I check my ipod play list some items are missing part 1 will be there but part two is not. Why?????

How is your iPod configured to sync music from your iTunes library? In other words, what options and configurations do you have enabled from under the iPod's Summary and Music configuration panes in iTunes?
B-rock

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I am having problems syncing songs from cds onto my ipod from itunes.
I upload a cd onto my itunes account and it clearly works there and plays but when I plug in my ipod and click and drag the songs onto my device, itunes makes a weird noise and a message shows up on my ipod saying “Itunes sync. 56 items could not be synced. See itunes for more information” And, of course, there’s never anything on itunes to help me.
Last time I did this, three of the 25 songs from the cd I wanted synced played on my ipod, and none of the others. Sometimes, if I do this enough, over the course of a few weeks, I can get the whole CD onto my ipod.
The weirdest part is that the songs show up on my Ipod, but they are shaded over almost and cannot be played. It’s irritating.
My Ipod is 4G and is in need of the latest update, but last time I updated my Ipod, all the songs were deleted and I had to resync all of them…so you can see why I’m hesitant to do this.
My Itunes on the other hand, is all up to date.
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Were they purchased with the SAME Apple ID you have registered the phone with?

Hi I have copied over my iTunes to a new PC and now there are songs missing and when try to re download on iTunes it says play. When you hit play it sends you off to search for a file that doesn't exist. When syncing it says 100 issues Help please

Hi,
I have just put my iTunes on a new laptop by hard drive method and some songs are not there. When I go into iTunes it's doesn't say download or purchase it says play.
So you press play and it opens a separate box saying search for file which isn't there.
I have read tons of stuff re this but still not got it fixed. It's not a HD issue because iTunes won't let me download it why ?
Hopefully someone can help
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Thanks for the question. It sounds like you are unable to download the purchases from your purchase history, because iTunes believes the songs to be in your library. It may be necessary to delete the items from your library, then re-download from your purchase history. Before doing so, you may want to take note of which song are available for re-download:
iTunes 11 for Windows: Delete songs, playlists, or other items
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12359
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http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12491
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Itunes won't let me delete items on my Ipod Touch

I am trying to delete songs on my newly purchased Ipod Touch, and Itunes instructions say to:
Connect your iPod to your computer.
When the iPod icon appears in iTunes, select it.
If the disclosure triangle to the left of your iPod is closed, click it so that you can see the iPod contents.
Select the item you want to delete and press the Delete key.
However when I click the disclosure triangle the contents of my Ipod are grayed out in Itunes, and I cannot delete or otherwise manipulate the contents. How can I get Itunes to allow me to manipulate items on my Ipod Touch?
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Hello, and Welcome to Apple Discussions,
for you to be able to add and delete songs, you need to enable "Manually Manage" on your iPod. Click on it as described, on the right check the little box on the bottom of the General tab. Or, if you still want the sync to be automatic, tell iTunes which playlists to sync on the Music tab. I find this to be much more convenient, as any changes in these playlists will automatically reflect on the iPod.
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I just purchased songs on itunes, I can play them on my windows 7, but when I try to sync the ipod, I get the error "This computer is no longer authorized to play purchased items on "Stephanie's ipod" Would you like to authorize this computer for purchases from the itunes store. When I authorize it, it says it is already authorized. Then the process starts all over again. Help.

You can't change the Apple ID that the Authorize dialog comes up with by default. It's showing you that Apple ID for a reason: it means that the items you want to play were purchased using that Apple ID and therefore you need to authorize your computer with that Apple ID. Changing the Apple ID given completely defeats the entire purpose.
If you don't know the password to the given Apple ID, then you will no longer be able to play those items.

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I own the movies and I want them to stay in my iTunes library basically forever.
But in both cases the file name no longer shows in the movie list, so I don't know how to re-download it from the Cloud.
iTunes prefs > Store > Show iTunes in the Cloud purchases.
This will show all your iTunes purchases in your library with a cloud icon down arrow. Click the icon to redownload or click on Play to stream without downloading.
Also see this , -> Download past purchases
and techncially, you don't "own" the movie, You simply have a license to use it.
Yet the first thing iTunes does when you hit the delete key is tell you that it will remove the movie forever from all devices and the library.
Actually, no it does not tell you that.
FYI: You should keep copies of all yoru iTnue spurahses as the labels/movie studios/copyright owners can pull their product at anytime and it won't be available to redownload.
Suggestions here -> http://www.apple.com/feedback/

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