Itunes to ipod issues

my ipod's been acting pretty freaky for a while, and now I think it's time to get help. whenever I plug it in to import songs off of the computer, it gets really hot and makes no progress whatsoever. sometimes it'll say it's getting the songs, but eventually the computer ejects it and error messages pop up. the first one says "Attempting to copy to (my ipod) failed. An unknown error occured." the second says "Windows was unable to save all the data for the file G:. The data has been lost. This error may be caused by a failure of your computer hardware or network connection. Please try to save this file elsewhere." a third message box that pops up simply says "Cannot be updated- cannot be written to or from." so could this be caused by a faulty connection from compy to ipod, or is my little baby dying? I don't think it's a problem with the files....

Your ipod could be dying. Lets try restoring it back to factory settings first. Note this will delete everything on your ipod, then you will to update before copying tunes over.
Check this page out on how to do a restore.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60983

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HT1386 Syncing iTunes with iPod issues...

When I sync my iPod touch with iTunes it does not organize my music correctly. For example under one artist only one album will be shown when actually I have three in iTunes. But when I look under the albums category they all appear. How can I fix this?

There aren't any issues with the new iTunes. You need the most recent iTunes to sync your iPod

I uninstalled itunes to fix some ipod issues, and now I tried to reinstall it but it says that it's already installed.

I uninstalled itunes to fix some ipod issues, and now I tried to reinstall it but it says that it's already installed. When I went to find the "icon" I can"t find it. When i looked in the download files I saw the downloads, but not the actual itunes "app". Please help thanks!

How did you uninstall it and what were your IPOD issues - that may help clarify the problem.

ITunes 11/iPod Nano issues with syncing

I just updated to iTunes 11 after recently getting a new 16GB Nano. I wasn't having any trouble syncing my iPod until I downloaded the new iTunes. Now it keeps getting stuck on the second track that it's attempting to sync (track 2 of 345, e.g.)

every since I bought a windows 8 computer, having same issue; if I stop; restart it will get one more track, but I have over 20000 tracks; I even manually converted all 22000 tracks from mp3 to m4a and still didn't fix. it would take days or months to sync 22000 songs manually this way. If you search online, there are free alternatives to itunes now to sync your ipod and I think I may be leaving itunes if the issue isn't resolved in next week or two. I am seeing the official response from apple seems to be they have no intention at this time to make itunes compatible with windows 8.

The artwork on my ipod touch 5th generation became scrambled.It is showing completely different image while i play song.But in itunes everything seems perfect.I tried deleting all albums from itunes,restoring ipod,re-sync ipod,nothing resolved my issue

The artwork on my ipod touch 5th generation became scrambled.It is showing completely different image while i play song.But in itunes everything seems perfect.I tried deleting all albums from itunes,restoring ipod,re-sync ipod,nothing resolved my issue.Please help me

Try:
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Unsync all music and resync
- Reset all settings
Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
All your preferences and settings are reset. Information (such as contacts and calendars) and media (such as songs and videos) aren’t affected.
- Restore from backup. See:
iOS: How to back up
- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.

Certain apps won't transfer from itunes to ipod

I have the latest updates for itunes and ipod touch.
Today I noticed several of my apps are no longer visible on my ipod. I say "visible" because when I try to re-download them from the app store, the ipod thinks I already have them and therefore the app store does not give me a download button.
I transferred my apps from the ipod to itunes, and low and behold, the missing apps transferred to itunes. They will not sync back to the ipod, unfortunately. I can delete the app from itunes, but after syncing, the ipod still thinks it exists and I'm unable to download it again.
This issue only affects a few apps, specifically netflix, goodreads, and redbox, to name a few.
Any ideas about how to solve this would be greatly appreciated.
Any

- Have you uses the SpotLight search on the iPod to look for the apps? Maybe they are there but you can't find them (e.g., hidden in an app folder or, if you have all eleven app screen filled they are not visible).
- Could you have restrictions set on the iPod that is "hiding" them and preventing their use? Setting>General>Restrictions.

Accessibility of iTunes and iPod for Blind users

In any of the updates to Itunes or Ipod has the ability to use the product by the Blind been considered? Being a Low-Vision/Blind user I think accessibilty has gotten worse instead of better. This is not just an Itunes on Windows Issue. Itunes on the Mac barily works with VoiceOver
In 7.0.X here are a few things that broke.
1. The Album flipping view mode cause Screen Magnifiers to have problems with Overlay and the Album art is not magnified.
2. No way to navigate the Itunes store if you are totally blind. Why not just let us browse it in Internet Explorer or Firefox and then download afterwords into Itunes.
3. Standard methods for navigating Menus, Tree Views (source list / playlist side) do not work always and some times have very unexpected results.
There are very easy ways to fix this. As you are updating the application make sure that each control or widget gets its own MSAA information. On the Mac side make your developers actually follow your own standards for accessibility even if it means rewriting the program. Well they are at it they can fix most of iLife and Pages.
Now onto the Ipod 3g 4g 5g and the Nano 1g and 2g, These devices with some practice can be used by a blind person if they are setup correctly by someone sighted. Thats all well and good except if you just went out and bought a shinny new 80gb Ipod and now don't know how to navigate it. Well the solution to this is actually very easy. Durring startup it could play a quick set of clicks to let a blind user know it is doing something. Then once it is up and running the menu system could playback via the headphones recorded speech files stored in directory already on the shinny new Ipod. Something like "Main Menu" "Music", the user slides their finger around the wheel one spot to the right and "AudioBooks" and so on. Now your question comes to artists and genra's and Album titles. This could be a feature of the new ITunes 7.1.x where when you are syncing your Ipod it goes to the iTunes store and gets the appropiate audio files needed. or using the Very Nice Apple TTS makes the files on the fly and stores them. You say this would use up space on the Ipod, well yes it would and you could make so a sighted user could turn it off until the iPod resets or they if they are really cramped for space could remove the directory with the sounds in it, but restoring the iPod would put these features back in place. These features have more use then just for the blind, who are highest population for buying audio content be it Unabridged audio books, CD's, or from online sources. Once these features are out in the general public and touted as be available you will have the busy business traveler to the jogger using them, epecially when it is not appropriate to take your eyes from something else, like driving. A driver could just reach down and touch the iPod and press the menu key and here "Music Menu", "PlayLists". Now we click the center button and our drivers heres "Gym Workout" clicks the wheel around to the right and heres "Peaceful Drive". He/She press the play button and heres "Playing, Peaceful Drive, 15 items in list" now this next part whould need to be toggleable on and off, while the iPod is cueing up the song it could say the song name and artist but this could be distracting.
Now if you really got brave with this project you could just add the TTS (Text to Speech) program into the Ipod. It would probably only take as much space as the new games you are selling for the 4g 5g and nano's. I know the Ipod has enough processer power. If it can play compressed video it could be executing a speech synthesizer in the background. With the dropping cost of the iPod I can see you may have to make this an add-on. That would be fine but include like a ten-day trial period with each new firmware update and have it on by default. This way allowing the user base to have time to see what it can do for them. If this is the choice then it should be a very inexpensive addon. Like in the $40 range. With the very extinsive userbase of Ipod's out there the Return on Investment should be very quick. if just 10% of the 300,000 blind people in the USA bought it, that equals 30,000 times $40 equals $120,000. This is not including the Learning Disabled, general poplulation, and people in foriegn countries who would love to have the stuff read it them. Now back to the blind, currently the devices made for the blind that are "accessible" cost from $400 and up that can play digital content not burned to a CD. So, if this was made for the Nano 2g a blind person could spend $200 on the device and $40 on the speech after the ten-days are up or they are coming close. The are still ahead by $160. Now if the person is a eclectic listener like my self then I would buy the 80gb unit at $350 and add the speech for $40 and have all the space I needed for my music, books, and my recordings I do with the Belkin recorder.
Another feature that should be looked into is the ability to play Daisy Content from Recordings for the Blind and Dislexic http://www.rfbd.org This is the new style of releasing text books to those you can not read regular print. They are stored on a CD in mp3 format with a encryped index. Now this type of thing is not a problem since you already have support for your own and Audible's digital rights management in iTunes and adding another method would not be that hard. An iPod Nano 4gb could hold 6 to 8 books for a Grade School, Middle School, High School, or College student. That would be greate, one small device to play content and no worrrying about what Cd the chapter is on or where you put the CD's, and not having to carry around a CD player just for the books. Also an iPod has become common place enough to not be notices.
Shawn,
This will be cross posted to my blog and to the Ipod Forum here. My Blog is located at http://wizardwlf.spaces.live.com

My goal is not to directly influience Apple. I am trying to influiece you the customer to write feedback to Apple, if not on your own behalf, for your family member who is blind/low vision, a blind co-worker at your office, a friend of a friend even. Apple will see my one comment in feedback and say he is just an extremist and being it is just one comment just ignore it becuase their are much cuter things some marketing person wants them to do. They may just respond with use the Shuffle it doesn't have a screen. Why should the blind be limited to 1GB of space?
So here is your chance. Talk to your friends who use the Ipod/Itunes, talk to the manager at your local Apple store, tell them all to think about what they could do with a talking iPod, let alone the accessibility this would give the blind.
The Mimico Kid wrote this in the iTunes Windows Forum
Shawn,
I did a quick search of the Apple web site and found a fair bit of information on accessibility issues for the Mac OS X operating system in general (you might want to have a look here if you're interested) but couldn't find anything relating to iTunes for Windows in particular.
Since Apple has set up these forums for users to help one other with their problems, there isn't much we can do as far as acting on your suggestions. You might want to submit your comments directly to Apple by filling out the forum on this page: http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html .
All the best!
I wrote back:
Yes that is a pretty advertisement page for the Tiger Accessibility and for the accessibilty of the hardware.
But what is missing is the same page for iTunes and iPod. Those two products which right now are Apple's Hot market. They do not even train the sales staff in the Apple Stores to use and demonstrate these features to a parent / spouse/ child of someone with a disability.
VoiceOver is great in the finder and terminal and mostly works in Safarie and Mail. It mostly works in system dialog boxes but forget AppleWorks, GarageBand, Microsoft Office. The ProTools folks are actually working on making that program work with VoiceOver even better.
My best recommendation to anyone on this forum who is a Mac User. Use SearchLight to find VoiceOver. Now read some of the documentation to get the gist of how it works. Once you have done this, Start VoiceOver and turn off your screen. Try using the keybard commands you just learned or even the ones you think you know in iTunes. You will find it extremely hard to navigate.
Shawn

Nano 5th gen, not seen in windows or itunes, older ipod IS

OK my ipod is a Nano 5th Gen and the Mrs is 2nd gen, as soon as i plug her ipod into my win 7 pc it comes up fine in both explorer and itunes so my system is working fine i guess.
However when ever i plug my in nothing happen, not showing up in itunes or windows explorer or right clicking on my computer and selecting "Manage" right clicking "Disk Management" or "Device Manager" there is NO mention of Apple device, tried resetting it by turning lock on then off then menu/centre button, which did reset the ipod but still not showing up in either windows or ituens.
Just wondering what i'm missing her, I do have access to the mrs laptop with ituens on but of course it has her music on, **** while i was typing i got hers out plugged my ipod into her laptop and again nothing in itunes or explorer so i'm 99.9% the issue is with my Nano.
So is she dead and times to go and buy something new or does anyone have any suggestions for a fix?
All1

Try one or more of the following:
Restart your computer
Uninstall & Reinstall iTunes
Reset iPod (will not delete everything)
Check in My Computer (Windows XP) or Computer (Windows Vista & 7) and see if it shows
Restore iPod (will delete everything)
Make sure iTunes and iOS firmware is up to date
Extra Link:
iPod not recognized in 'My Computer' and in iTunes for Windows
Hope this helps.

Purchased songs not showing up in iTunes or iPod

I have purchased many songs from iTunes, both on my computer and on my iPhone over the past year or so. However, only some of them are showing up in iTunes and iPod. I have receipts still from iTunes stating that I paid and purchased them and they were even in my library and on my iPod for some time but I went to listen to a couple of songs yesterday and couldn't find them anywhere; both browsing for the song and the artist. I went to my computer to see if they where there to re-sync but they were not in my library either. I'm not sure what happened to them as I haven't done anyting different. I tried restarting my iPhone and, closing and reopening iPod and even rebooting the computer, still nothing. I have red some threads stating that you should change the language to French, did that, still nothing. I'm not sure what the issue is but I have proof that I paid for the songs but they are no longer around. I'm very frustrated! Any help would be great.
I've also been experiencing issues with updating the software. Sometimes I get a timed out error which is odd since I have an internet connection with no issues. It gets all the way to the end and won't complete. I try two or three times and give up and then the next day I may try again and it will work without issues. I have the iPhone 4 and have software update 4.3.2 but have not successfully done the 4.3.3 yet as I keep getting the update error and it's driving me insane!
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
Stephanie

on the computers itunes click on the iTunes Store.
then click Purchased under quick links on the right.
you can then select Not In My Library and download anything you're missing from there.

My iPhone and iPad aren't detected by iTunes but iPod classic syncs

My iPhone and iPad aren't detected by iTunes but iPod classic syncs. I have re-installed iTunes, reset devices etc. The iPad and iPhone charges through the computer and Windows 8 recognises them.

Hi Vlismas,
Welcome to the Support Communities!
iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Windows
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1538
If the issue is not resolved, you may need to uninstall iTunes and all of it's components, and reinstall the latest version as explained in this article:
Issues installing iTunes or QuickTime for Windows
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1926
I hope this information helps ....
- Judy

Vista Upgrade - No Longer Synchs Files iTunes to iPod Nano

What a nightmare - iTunes/iPod worked beautifully with XP - but when I upgraded to Vista it stopped synchronising all my files onto my iPod. Some files says "I am not authorised to use on this computer". Tried to re-authorise but iTunes (despite recognising my my iTunes account to re-set password) then said I had to set up a new account. As well as not synching stuff I have purchased on iTunes it also is not synching audio MP4 files I have bought from Audiable Books despite before Vista upgrade always seemlessly synched with iPod. This is totally ruining my experience with iPod - so before I throw it out of my window please help me get my iTunes and iPod synching properly so I can play the music I have purchased and books. HELP HELP yours very frustrated!!!!

Please be patient, sync issues are time consuming, if you are lucky, just a Hard Rest and Restore will solved it.
Ok Software Version 1.1.2.
So you can see all your 10,000 songs, in the new PC iTunes, and do you have any problem syncing the iPod using iTunes 10.5.3.3 on the old computer?
Can you do a Hard Reset as below
After charging till full charge, at least 2 hours (preferably 4 hours)
Toggle the Hold switch, make sure you dont see the red mark when you do the next step
Reset the iPod -> Press Menu and Center button simultaneously for about 10 secs till the Apple Logo comes ON
Then release the buttons
Select your preferred language.
Here is the Apple support Article on the 5Rs
http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/five_rs/classic/
On your iTunes please reset alert warnings, so that we can see the errors.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2527?viewlocale=en_US
We need to see what problems iTunes is having
Then connect your iPod to the new PC and sync again.
Have a nice day!

HT2305 My iPod is not being read by iTunes. What do I do to be able to sync my iPod if iTunes is not starting the setup wizard for the iPod when it is connected to a Dell PC? I am new the iTunes and iPods.

My iPod is not being read by iTunes. What do I do to be able to sync my iPod if iTunes is not starting the setup wizard for the iPod when it is connected to a Dell PC? I am new the iTunes and iPods.

Hello, BAHannebaum.
The article below should resolve any device not being recognized in iTunes issue that you are experiencing. The most common issues are the Apple Mobile Device Support driver or iTunes is outdated. Start with the first step and test the results after each step processed.
iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Windows
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1538
Cheers,
Jason H.

ITunes to iPod Sync corrupts iPod Music Library - Data Usage Chart Incorrect

Issue 1: Syncing Music Library
Issue 2: Data Usage Sync Displaying Incorrect Data
Conflicting Device: iPod Touch (5th Gen- Model MD717LL/A- 32GB)
Conflicting Device OS: iOS 7.0.4 (11B554a)
Capacity of Device: 28.01 GB
Current (As of February 18, 2014 at 11:30 PM EST) Total Space Used on Device: 19.05 GB
Current (As of February 18, 2014 at 11:30 PM EST) Total Space Available on Device: 8.95 GB
Conflicting Device 2: iTunes for Windows Vista (iTunes 11.1.4.62)
Back Up Config: iCloud
Option(s) selected on iTunes (in iPod Menu):
-Sync with this iPod over Wi-Fi
-Sync Music
     -Entire Music Library
     -Include Music Videos
     -Include Voice Memos
-Sync Movies
-Sync TV Shows
Number of Songs in iTunes Library: 1245
Number of Songs in iPod Library: 1395
Note on Previous Data: This is due to errors with purchased songs from iTunes. I have a downloaded version of the purchased songs with added lyrics as well as a iTunes download for a fresh version of the song (has the cloud icon next to them).
Mutual Step(s) Leading to Issue(s):
- 1 - Open iTunes
Individual Step(s) Leading to Issue 1:
- 2 - Alter, Add, Change, Remove, or Edit any Music in my iTunes library
- 3 - Connect to iPod either via lightning to USB cable or Wi-Fi
- 4 - Click on the "iPod" button on the Navigation Bar
- 5 - Click "Sync" at the bottom of the screen
Individual Step(s) Leading to Issue 2:
Issue: Syncing Music Library
Issue 2: Data Usage Sync Displaying Incorrect Data
Conflicting Device: iPod Touch (5th Gen- Model MD717LL/A- 32GB)
Conflicting Device OS: iOS 7.0.4 (11B554a)
Conflicting Device 2: iTunes for Windows Vista (iTunes 11.1.4.62)
Back Up Config: iCloud
Option(s) selected on iTunes (in iPod Menu):
-Sync with this iPod over Wi-Fi
-Sync Music
     -Entire Music Library
     -Include Music Videos
     -Include Voice Memos
-Sync Movies
-Sync TV Shows
Number of Songs in iTunes Library: 1245
Number of Songs in iPod Library: 1395
Note on Previous Data: This is due to errors with purchased songs from iTunes. I have a downloaded version of the purchased songs with added lyrics as well as a iTunes download for a fresh version of the song (has the cloud icon next to them).
Mutual Step(s) Leading to Issue(s):
- 1 - Open iTunes
Individual Step(s) Leading to Issue 1:
- 2 - Alter, Add, Change, Remove, or Edit any Music in my iTunes library
- 3 - Connect to iPod either via lightning to USB cable or iCloud
- 4 - Click on the "iPod" button on the Navigation Bar
- 5 - Click "Sync" at the bottom of the screen
Individual Step(s) Leading to Issue 2:
- 2 - Connect to iPod either via lightning to USB cable or iCloud
- 3 - Click on the "iPod" button on the Navigation Bar
- 4 - Hover over data usage bar
Description of Issue 1:
-When following steps, sync completes by corrupting all music files on the iPod Touch and not syncing altered/changed/added/removed/edited music with iPod.
-All music is either not shown or greyed out/inaccessible.
-When tapping a seemingly accessible song after sync, song immediately skips to next seemingly playable song. This process repeats until all songs are skipped. After the song is skipped, the song is grayed out/inaccessible. A download circle eventually shows showing the process of downloading the music file again. The file is never downloaded and remains stuck at 0% downloaded.
-Music purchased from iTunes is shown as downloadable and will download properly from iTunes if clicked on
-No known cause
Description of Issue 2:
-When looking at the data usage bar for my iPod Touch the status shows approx. 512 Mbs of data over capacity of the iPod and all data shown is categorizes as "Other"
-No known cause
-Causes Sync to Fail
-No Other Symptoms Seen
Affected Functions with Issue 1:
-Music Playback on iPod Touch
-Playlist Creation on iPod Touch
-Successful Sync Process
Affected Functions with Issue 2:
-Proper and Valid Sync with iPod
Failed Attempted Fixes for Issue 1:
-Restart of iPod
-Restart of iTunes
-Restart of Computer
-Hard Reboot of iPod
-All Combinations of listings above
-Multiple Syncs
-Ejecting iPod-> Removing USB from Port-> Connecting USB to Port again
-Deselecting "Sync over Wi-Fi with this iPod" option-> Clicking "Apply"
-Trying all of the above with and without the Music app running (including in the background).
Failed Attempted Fixes for Issue 2:
-Restart of iPod
-Restart of iTunes
-Restart of Computer
-Hard Reboot of iPod
-All Combinations of listings above
-Multiple Syncs
-Ejecting iPod-> Removing USB from Port-> Connecting USB to Port again
-Deselecting "Sync over Wi-Fi with this iPod" option-> Clicking "Apply"
Successful Attempted Fixes for Issue 1:
- 1 - Open iTunes
- 2 - Connect to iPod either via lightning to USB cable or iCloud
- 3 - Click on the "iPod" button on the Navigation Bar
- 4 - Navigate to the "Music" Tab on the Navigation Bar
- 5 - Deselect "Sync Music"
- 6 - When pop-up comes up click "Remove"
- 7 - Click "Sync"
- 8 - Wait for Sync to Finish
- 9 - Reboot iPod
- 10 - Reselect "Sync Music"
- 11 - Click Sync
- 12 - Wait for Sync to Finish
Successful Attempted Fixes for Issue 2: N/A
Unattempted Known Fixes for Issue 1:
-iTunes Match (I do not want to pay extra for this service)
Unattempted Known Fixes for Issue 2:
N/A
Annoyances of Issue 1:
-Having to delete all songs and redownload all songs onto iPod, it's very time consuming and frustrating due to the fact this doesn't always work.
-Having every song I bought on iTunes show twice- one downloaded with lyrics and one not downloaded without lyrics.
Annoyances of Issue 2: Disrupts the iPod Sync process (does not let it complete or even start- no error messages occur though) and I am unable to see the proper state of my iPod.
After Effects for Issue 1: A copy of any song purchased off of the iTunes Store is
After Effects for Issue 2: N/A
Occurrence Rate of Issue 1: Every Sync
Occurrence Rate of Issue 2: Occasionally during sync or daily iPod status check.
Origin Date of Issue 1: January 1, 2014 was the first noticed occurrence of this.
Origin Date of Issue 2: January 1, 2014 was the first noticed occurrence of this.
Note: If there is anything else needed please tell me- I would like to find a better solution or have this turned in as a bug. Thank you for your help!

Were you ever able to solve this problem? If so,
how? If not, did you see the same slowness copying
the files in Windows Explorer from the NAS to the
iPod?
No I wasn't. To be honest I have essentially given up as even if I can fix it, disk space is cheaper than life is long!
Using the NAS in general is no problem. In fact, once iTunes got beyond the initial working out of what needed to be removed from and copied to the iPod, having all my MP3s on the NAS and copying direct to the iPod was no issue.
Following some sage (and frankly scary!) advice at ilounge (http://forums.ilounge.com/showthread.php?t=163611), I've decided to keep two copies of my MP3s. The fact that my fiendish NAS plan has failed is hurting more than the not-all-that-traumatic reality of duplicating 140GB of files if truth be told!

HT201210 I am trying to restore my ipod 4th 5.1.1, but when I try itune " the ipod couldnt be restored, an unknow error occured (3194). what should i do??

I am Trying to restore my ipod 4th gen 5.1.1 but when i try to restore it in itunes "The ipod couldnt be restored, an unknow error occured (3194). what should i do?

This device is not eligible for the requested build (Also sometimes displayed as an "error 3194")
Update to the latest version of iTunes.
Third-party security software or router security settings can also cause this issue. To resolve this, followTroubleshooting security software issues.
Downgrading to a previous version of iOS is not supported. If you have installed software to performunauthorized modifications to your iOS device, that software may have redirected connections to the update server (gs.apple.com) within the Hosts file. Uninstall the unauthorized modification software from the computer.
Edit out the "gs.apple.com" redirect from your hosts file, and then restart the computer for the host file changes to take affect. For steps to edit the Hosts file and allow iTunes to communicate with the update server, see iTunes: Troubleshooting iTunes Store on your computer, iPhone, iPad, or iPod—follow steps under the heading Blocked by configuration (Mac OS X / Windows) > Rebuild network information > The hosts file may also be blocking the iTunes Store. If you do not uninstall the unauthorized modification software prior to editing the hosts file, that software may automatically modify the hosts file again on restart.
Avoid using an older or modified .ipsw file. Try moving the current .ipsw file (see Advanced Steps > Rename, move, or delete the iOS software file (.ipsw) below for file locations), or try restoring in a new user to ensure that iTunes downloads a new .ipsw.
Unable to contact the iOS software update server gs.apple.com
Error 1004, 1013, 1638, 3194: These errors may be the result of the connection to gs.apple.com being redirected or blocked. Follow these steps to resolve these errors:
Install the latest version of iTunes.
Check security software. Ensure that communication to gs.apple.com is allowed. Follow this article for assistance with security software. iTunes for Windows: Troubleshooting security software issues.
Check the hosts file. The restore will fail if there is an active entry to redirect gs.apple.com. Follow iTunes: Advanced iTunes Store troubleshooting to edit the hosts file or revert to a default hosts file. See section "Blocked by configuration: (Mac OS X/Windows) > Rebuild network information".
Try to restore from another known-good computer and network.
If the errors persist on another computer, the device may need service.

Can't update songs from itunes to ipod even after it shows ipod updated

Plz help,Itunes show the songs being transfered to ipod
but no new songs or playlists can be found in the ipod, this is happening since last 2 days

Your silver bullet of resolving your iPod issue – is to restore your iPod to factory settings.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60983
If does not work
If your iPod shows up in Explorer under 'my computer' try changing the drive letter:
-- Click on Start=>Control Panel=>Admin Tools=>Computer Management=>Disk Management
-- Right-Click on the iPod and select “change drive letter”
-- Choose something further along in the alphabet that is unused (Usually, “M”, “N”, “O” or something similar)
-- Safely eject the iPod
-- Reboot the PC

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