ITunes resets playlist created on iPhone/iPod while syncing

If I create a new playlist on iPhone, it imports fine to iTunes during sync.
If I then modify it or any other existing playlist on iPhone, after sync all modifications (additons/deletions/reordering) are lost — iTunes forces its version of the playlist no matter what's latest.
All software at latest versions

I too have this problem. Very annoying. I create playlists on the go and when I sync to iTunes it replaces them with the ones created on my iMac.......

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Custom playlists created in the iPod used to be called 'on-the-go' and would sync to your PC. Each time you created a new one it would be called on-the-go1, on-the-go2, etc. Sometime ago there was a software update that allowed you to name them in the iPod, only now they don't sync to the PC. They simply disappear. It's as if there is only a one-way sync, from the PC to the iPod because if I create one on in the PC, it will sync to the iPod. Is there a setting that will allow 2-way syncing? I can't find one. This used to work.

What version of iOS are you running on your iPod Touch currently? I assume you have your iPod set up to automatically sync with your iTunes library?
B-rock

Apple Unveils All-New iTunes U App for iPad, iPhone & iPod touch

A colleague just told me about this announcement from Apple -
Apple Unveils All-New iTunes U App for iPad, iPhone & iPod touch -
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2012/01/19Apple-Unveils-All-New-iTunes-U-App-for -iPad-iPhone-iPod-touch.html
Do any fellow iTunes U administrators know anything about this? How is existing content presented in the new app? Would we need to change anything? How do we access / make available the new features?
The new features sound fantastic but it would have been nice to have some warning. I appreciate that Apple has to keep specific details about developments confidential but it's slightly disconcerting that iTunes U administrators were not forewarned about this new development and that there has been no mention of it on this forum. Also - and at the risk of sounding like a broken record - it really would be helpful for iTunes U administrators to have a private forum (perhaps an add-on to Public Site Manager) where we could discuss issues and share ideas and best practice etc.

Greetings Tom;
I watched the Apple's Keynote presentation and I'm amazed! I'm really excited about the possibilities this opens up for educators. I, like you am still processing all of the information and sorting out the possibilities.
Did you get the email about the Webcast on Wednesday the 25th at 10:00 AM PT that's going to cover the new iTunes U Corse Manager and how to publish through iTunes U Site Manager? Hopefully this is available to you in the UK. We'll keep in touch. All the best...
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Tennessee State Department of Education
Tennessee's Electronic Learning Center

ITunes suddenly mentions that my iPhone cannot be synced because it needs 6.55 additional GB, although my phone still has 2 GB free of space. How can I fix this?

iTunes suddenly mentions that my iPhone cannot be synced because it needs 6.55 additional GB, although my phone still has 2 GB free of space. How can I fix this?
iCloud is off on both my phone and my computer.

It is saying that the iPod does not have enough free storage to sync all the items yu have selected to sync to the iPod. You need 2.48 GB more free on the iPod. You need either to select less to sync or delete some content form the iPod.

I keep getting an error message when I try to sync my iPhone 5 to my Mac in iTunes. It says "The iphone cannot be synced. An unknown error occurred (1723).

I keep getting an error message when I try to sync my iPhone 5 to my Mac in iTunes. It says "The iphone cannot be synced. An unknown error occurred (1723).

Hello Chad176
If you are constantly Authorizing your Apple ID, the article below will assist with getting that resolved for you.
iTunes repeatedly prompts to authorize computer to play iTunes Store purchases
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1389
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
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HT1386 My latest playlist created in November is not syncing on my iPhone 4s. Can anyone give some tips? I have a MAC desktop and the latest version of iTunes.

My playlist created on my MAC in iTunes is not syncing with my iPhone 4s. The problem started in November. I have rechecked the automatic syncing but nothing happens. What am I missing?

Please read this article about snycing music using itunes. Please focus on what it speaks when outlining talking about syncing selected playlists artists and genres THAT is the setting you will need enabled to sync playlists to a mobile device.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1351
Good luck

Playlists created on iphone do not list in itunes

I have an Iphone 5s and I have a bunch of playlists that I created that I want to put on my computer in itunes. When I plug my phone in and it pops up in itunes, the playlists should be listed under "on my device", but they aren't. The only playlists listed are the ones that I created on my computer and then synced onto my iphone. Is there any way to make my new playlists show up in itunes so that I can transfer them onto my computer?

Thanks for nothing you worthless P.O.S.s

I have an ipod touch and an iphone 4, when i sync them to my itunes my playlist go to my ipod but only some go to my iphone

??????

Yes. There is no limit to the number of iPads, iPods, or iPhones you can sync with one computer, iTunes library, or account. See this article for different ways to manage multiple devices.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1495
B-rock

Playlist that I created on IPhone does not sync

I created a playlist on my IPhone. I am using ICloud and sync my Mac and IPad through this service. On both the Mac and the IPad I see the Playlist I created, but its empty. I Switched ITunes Match on and off on the IPad and also Resynced ITunes Match on the Mac. It did not change.
I added a song to the playlist on the IPhone, no change either.
I then tried to add a new song to the Playlist on the IPad (where it was empty). Now the playlis synced, but it has only the one song on the IPhone, all that I had originally created is gone. The difference was maybe that when I added the one song all devices had wifi access. But what is the point of creating a playlist on the go (I was sitting at the airport but without network access) if later I cant sync it. Is there any way to force syncing of playlists?

This sounds very much like the sync is set to the wrong account when you have more than one email account you must set the correct account to be the one to sync to.... in settings mail contacts and calendars check to see which is the default account... and ensure the exchange one is the default account if that is what you want to sync with ref contacts. Also do this in the calendars section at the bottom default calendar. i have this a lot with my directors they add entries into the iphone calendar and not the exchnage caledar and wonder why they are not syncing !!!! you can also see this in calendars itself their is a tab in the top left corner showning which calendars are being used, also each calendar entry will tell you which calendar it is using

Playlist changes on iPhone don't sync with iTunes?

Whenever I make changes to an existing Playlist on my iPhone, the changes are wiped out when it Sync's with iTunes on my computer? What can be done to prevent this?

As mentioned in my initial message the problem is not having double entries on iPhone but that entries and changes made on the iPhone are not reflected on the Apple units.
However, Just for the sake of it I followed your advise, which actually resulted in double entries on the iPhone. Luckily I could resolve the double entry problem on my own but I am back to square one.
I made the following tests:
1. New entry in address book on iMac: it shows on MobileMe and after a while on iPhone. After 1 night the entry is still available on iMac, MobileMe and iPhone
2. New entry made on MobileMe: it shows iPhone and is still there after 1 night; it does not show on iMac; after a while it disappears from MobileMe
3. New entry made on iPhone: it does show on MobileMe but disappears after a while; it never appears on iMac; after a while it even disappears from iPhone where I made the original entry.
Somehow it looks as any entry or change needs to be made on iMac as it seems to have overruling power over all other devices.
What do I expect:
1. When making a new entry on any Apple device (iMac, MacBook, iPhone, MobileMe) the new entry will show automatically on all devices and stay there
2. When I make any change on any device, that the change will be shown on all devices and stay there
3. That all devices show always the latest change made on any device, never mind on which device the change was made.
Those expectations are standard with Blackberry. My understanding is that those features are provided for with MobileMe or am I mistaken?

Playlists created on iPhone disappear when I sync

Hi,
I have my iPhone setup to sync my calendar at work & my music at home.
Work computer is XP 32 bit, home computer is Windows 7 64 bit
The new version of the iPhone software 4.x allows you to create music playlists on the phone - hey - great!
So far so good.. but when I create a playlist on the iPhone, then sync at work the playlist on the iPhone disappears. Remember there's no syncing of music on the work computer so why does it "appear" to delete the playlist??
So I go home and sync the music and suddenly my play lists appear in iTunes and on the phone again.
What will happen when I sink at work tomorrow? I'm betting the playlists will disappear again.

You probably included some podcast in playlist. There was bug that was fixed in iTunes 10.1/iOS 4.2 (http://discussions.apple.com/post!reply.jspa?threadID=2564664). Try again.

Sync ends in iTunes with certain apps, but iPhone still says syncing

[I'm using the 3.0 version of the software, haven't yet upgraded to 3.1]
The other day, while traveling, I hooked my iPhone up to my laptop computer for the first time. (I normally use my home "desktop" PC.) It did a sync which caused about 2/3 of my applications to disappear.
When I got home, I reconnected the iPhone to my main PC, and iTunes said the PC was not authorized, so I authorized it for the second time (and now it says I have authorized 4 computers when I've only authorized 3.)
When trying to sync back the applications I've had in the past to the phone, there are certain applications (including Google Earth, Finger Piano Lite, ETrade Mobile Pro, and a couple of others) which cause the sync to end part way through the installation (and the app does not show up on the phone) and cause the iPhone to no longer be recognized by the iTunes software (the iPhone icon disappears from the column) until I disconnect and reconnect the phone. When the sync ends in iTunes, the iPhone still says "Sync in Progress" even though it's not syncing.
At one point, many of my icons also got a white blank stripe across about the top 1/4 of the icons. I deleted them from the iPhone and resynced and it seemed to get rid of that problem.
When I right-click on the iPhone icon in iTunes and run diagnostics, iTunes crashes completely.
I have tried resetting the iPhone by holding down the two buttons at the same time, but the problem persists even after restarting after that reset.
Any advice would be GREATLY appreciated!

[I'm using the 3.0 version of the software, haven't yet upgraded to 3.1]
The other day, while traveling, I hooked my iPhone up to my laptop computer for the first time. (I normally use my home "desktop" PC.) It did a sync which caused about 2/3 of my applications to disappear.
When I got home, I reconnected the iPhone to my main PC, and iTunes said the PC was not authorized, so I authorized it for the second time (and now it says I have authorized 4 computers when I've only authorized 3.)
When trying to sync back the applications I've had in the past to the phone, there are certain applications (including Google Earth, Finger Piano Lite, ETrade Mobile Pro, and a couple of others) which cause the sync to end part way through the installation (and the app does not show up on the phone) and cause the iPhone to no longer be recognized by the iTunes software (the iPhone icon disappears from the column) until I disconnect and reconnect the phone. When the sync ends in iTunes, the iPhone still says "Sync in Progress" even though it's not syncing.
At one point, many of my icons also got a white blank stripe across about the top 1/4 of the icons. I deleted them from the iPhone and resynced and it seemed to get rid of that problem.
When I right-click on the iPhone icon in iTunes and run diagnostics, iTunes crashes completely.
I have tried resetting the iPhone by holding down the two buttons at the same time, but the problem persists even after restarting after that reset.
Any advice would be GREATLY appreciated!

IPhone hangs while syncing, iPhoto can't detect iPhone

Hello,
I am a first time poster (be gentle
My iPhone has worked perfectly since August. Last week i plug in to sync. It appears in the sidebar of iTunes. I press sync. Starts with "backing up iPhone" dialogue then progress bar in iTunes stops. Same time iphone lets out a tone. Spinning wheel starts on screen of iPhone. Another tone. The freezes.
If I disconnect from USB cable, the screen goes blank, then Apple symbol comes up. After a few minutes I am back to normal operation.
Additional info:
This also occurs if I just plug into a USB cable connected to another Mac to charge battery (rather than sync).
Also, I have iPhoto set as default app for pics and movies on iPhone. iPhoto does not recognize the iPhone when I plug it in via USB.
I would be keen to:
a) know if anybody else is having this problem.
b) get any suggestions as to what might be going on inside my iPhone to make it behave like this.
c) get any suggestions as to what steps I should take to fix this.
Any help much appreciated in advance,
ned
Sydney
Australia

AMAZING !!!!!
Thank you Wjosten. Thank you, thank you.
I have been to a Genius Bar with this....their suggestion, full reformat, reset, start again.
Never had such a quick response that works, and something so simple. Truly amazing and you are a real life saver.
Can you give details on why exactly photos downloaded from Safari would create this effect?
Mine are all gone now and I will avoid that practice until I know more
Again, many thanks. Very much appreciated!
Ned

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I decided that I wanted to completely phase iTunes out of my life now that I really can't see a need for it. I now have my iPhone set up to automatically create a backup to the iCloud. This will obviously make it easier when buying a new iPhone or iDevice. However, I need to be sure that I'm safe before I uninstall and remove iTunes from my PC.
Does having my iPhone set to sync with iCloud in settings now mean that iTunes can be made redundant and mean I can safely now remove it from my PC? Will all of my apps and music be safely backed up too?

I have reconsidered my situation and realised it would probably be more wise to hold onto iTunes. The only reason I wanted to get rid of it is because it uses up space on my hard drive unnecessarily. I also don't have any music on my iPhone that I did not buy via iTunes, is Match the only way to make sure your iTunes purchases are backed up to iCloud? When I buy a new iPhone and set it up the new way, I won't get my iTunes purchases automatically installed again?
My other issue is that I soon plan to do a fresh install of my OS when I purchase Windows 8. I will obviously lose iTunes and didn't want to have to go through the trouble of setting it up again if I really don't have to.
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Well, it seems to have corrected itself. It is now working. Did several reloads of the same disc, tried others and then after a looong time of ball spinning and noise, it workerd.

ITunes resets playlist created on iPhone/iPod while syncing

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