Losing songs on sync

When I sync with ipod there are much more tunes in library than ipod; 1175 in library v. 107 in ipod. I checked "sync all songs and play lists". Why are not all of the songs sync?

Are any of these songs from the iTunes Store?
Try the steps listed in this link...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93867
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Losing songs during sync process

I am having to recreate an iTunes library for my son. He swears the next sync will erase all of this songs. Is this true? If so, how can I prevent that from happening?

It's true, if you sync an ipod to an EMPTY library, that ipod will get erased.
However, you wrote that you are recreating an itunes library, which implies it will not be empty....the ipod would get filled with whatever is selected from the library.
I'm not sure what your situation is...
do you need to get music off the ipod?
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/copying-music-from-ipod-to-co mputer/P0
or are you recreating this library on a new PC?
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/moving-your-itunes-library-to -a-new-hard-drive/

Losing songs after syncing...

How can I keep songs on my iPod without having to keep them on my computer?

Are you sure you want to do that? iPods are far more likely to get lost / stolen / damaged than your computer - I'd hate the thought that the only place I had music stored was on such a vulnerable device. Better to treat your computer as the "master" for your iTunes library, back it up frequently, and use one or more playlists to control which music from your library is copied to your iPod when you sync it.

HT2729 i downloaded 3 songs to my pc and sync'd my ipod and the songs do not tranfer. is this related to not having the proper itunes version vs ios? I cannot get the songs to sync, but I can move other songs to different playlists and they sync fine...

i downloaded 3 songs to my pc and sync'd my ipod and the songs do not tranfer. is this related to not having the proper itunes version vs ios? I cannot get the songs to sync, but I can move other songs to different playlists and they sync fine...any ideas what's wrong?

Hi Dennis!
I have a couple of steps for you to try in order to get those songs transferred to your iPod touch. First, make sure all of your software is updated with the latest versions. If the songs were downloaded from iTunes, you will also want to delete the songs from your library and then download them again from the list of past purchases on your iTunes account. An article about doing that can be found here:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519
If you try a sync after those two steps and are still seeing the issue, then I would like you to try syncing the iPod by setting it to manually manage. An article outlining more information on manually managing your iPod sync can be found here:
Managing content manually on iPhone, iPad, and iPod
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1535
If you are still having issues after that, I have another article that can outline some other reasons why your songs may not transfer to your iPod, and it can be found here:
Some songs in iTunes won't copy to iPod
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1420
Thanks for being a part of the Apple Support Communities!
Regards,
Braden

How can I switch from Automatic to Manual update without losing songs?

I have on my ipod songs from another computer, however I'm afraid to plug it into my computer because my computer is set to automatic update for my ipod. Is there a way for me to switch my ipod to manual update without losing songs on my ipod when plugging it in? thanks.

Here is what you do:
Open iTunes.
Plug in your ipod.
hold control and shift at the same time. this stops your ipod from updating automatically. Hold this until your ipod is finished docking.
Then go to edit>preferences>ipod
then change the setting from update automatically to update manually.

My sis and I share the same library for iTunes but when she tries to uncheck my songs and syncs hers, my songs are synced to her iPod still making her delete my songs. What can she do?

So my sis and I share the same iTunes library on the comp, and when ever she wants to sync her music, she unchecks all my songs. But once she unchecked my songs and syncs hers onto her iPod, my songs are there still. We've unchecked all my songs manually but my songs still sync onto her iPod. I want to know what to do because she ends up deleting my songs and when ever I wanna sync my songs, it takes me forever. PLEASE HELP ME GUYS!!

How to use multiple iPods, iPads, or iPhones with one computer
Simplest way is to create a New User Account for each of you...
Each user will then have their own iTunes library.

How to transfer songs and sync iPod?

My iTunes was over capacity, so I unchecked a lot of songs and my movies from the iTunes library. But before I did that, I had bought some songs on my iPod. I can't transfer those songs on to my iTunes library (on my laptop) because it still thinks it is over capacity, because I haven't synced it yet. But I can't sync it because if I do, I will lose those songs that haven't been transferred yet.
I've tried to transfer the songs and sync my iPod but it won't finish the backing up process. What should I do?

Maybe hee:
How to sync music to your iPod when your library is bigger than your iPod storage space
If you have iOS 5 you can delete songs from the iPod by swiping the song left or right and then tap the Delete button.

Newly purchased songs not syncing with icloud

I have purchased a song on my iPhone and iPad and neither song has synced to my desktop or iPhone or iPad via the iCloud. I have updated to all the proper operating systems and have the store set up to automatic downloads.

"I have seen you post this answer more than once."
I've posted it more than once because the question is asked more than once. It's a fix that has worked for some in the past. Would you have me no longer post it?
Here's another possible fix. (sorry, I've posted this more than once too)
Enable the iPod for disk use. See How to enable disk use.
Go to "my computer" and from the tools menu/folder options/view tab, enable "show hidden files and folders" in the advanced settings pane. Open the iPod in "my computer". Look for a file called "iEKinfo". Is it there? If so, make a copy of this file and save it somewhere easy to find (the desktop for instance). Do this also with the "iTunes DB" file. Don't worry if you can't see these files.
Create a new administrator account. Log out of the current account and log in to the new one. Then restore the iPod to factory settings.
Open iTunes, connect the iPod and set the transfer preferences to manual transfer. Then download the free single of the week from the iTunes Music Store. Verify that song plays in iTunes.
Now, drag this song only to the iPod, and eject the iPod from iTunes and disconnect it from the computer.
Does the song play on the iPod ok? If so, log out of the new user account and log back in to your normal one (the one you have issues with) and reconnect the iPod to the computer. Keep manual transfer selected for the moment. Drag some of the older purchased music (the ones that wouldn't play before) to the iPod.
Eject the iPod and disconnect it. Do those songs now play ok?
If not, first try this step.
Delete the SC Info.sidb file. Open iTunes again.
Now transfer some of the affected music to the iPod again. Does it play ok?

Go from manually update to auto-update without losing songs?

I was trying to delete some podcasts from my ipod, and was following the directions on the help menu which told me to go to preferences and choose manual update, then delete. I tried it, and it didn't work. When I decided to go back to auto update, I received a message that everything on my ipod would be deleted and the update would be just what is on the itunes on that machine. I have more than one computer, and have itunes on each one. There are different songs on each computer. If I go to manually update on this computer, it will erase the songs I've put on from other computers. All this and I still have the unwanted podcasts. Can anyone help me to go back to auto-update without losing songs? If worse comes to worst I guess I'll have to update, lose the songs, and then re-update at my other computers. thanks.

Afraid that's not possible. If you go to auto-update, the iPod gets cleared and replaced with the current contents of the iTunes library.

Hi, i have an imac which i bought second hand but but the itunes store wont load up nor will me songs ect sync with the itunes on this comp? i have had no issues with this on previous laptops.... any more of this and i may move to samsung! please help!

hi, i have an imac which i bought second hand but but the itunes store wont load up nor will me songs ect sync with the itunes on this comp? i have had no issues with this on previous laptops.... any more of this and i may move to samsung! please help!

kaylsk1 wrote:
udated and its on 10.6.8 yet still no change
Your signature in 1st post was 10.8.2.
You went backwards?
Did you reformat and reinstall when you first purchased it?
If not I HIGHLY recommend you do that before you do anything else.

Itunes can't read songs to sync. Every few songs Itunes stops the sync because it can't read the song.

When I sync my ipad or iphone, Itunes will start syncing but after every few songs it syncs, itunes interupts the sync with a message saying it can't read the song. I can go to that song in my list of music and play it in itunes but itunes can't read it to sync. This has just started happening in the last week, 06/28/13.
Does anyone know what is going on. The message is as follows: iTunes could not copy "such and such song" to the iphone because the file could not be read.
rhpiper

I didn't understand what you mean. Most of the songs itunes flags are songs I have had on my list for a long time. I did notice something else. After it sends me the message and stops syncing. I press the apply button and it seams to save the song. Then I have to start resyncing and I noticed it syncs the song that it just previously couldn't read. The problem is I have to do this 50 times to get through a sync. Also, Itunes never stops on the same songs that it did the prior sync.

Misc. songs not syncing to classic....

Not all of my library songs will sync to my classic. I get an error msg. something like 'can not locate IP'. Any ideas?

See this article for the 69 error. It may not work, but it's a good place to start.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1210
The error message is telling you that iTunes can no longer find those tracks at the original location they were imported from. Did you open your iTunes library before your external drive was connected?
Either way, the best route may be to delete these missing tracks from your library (they are the ones with the exclamation points next to them) and reimport these tracks.
If you don't have the Copy Files to iTunes Media Folder selected from under the Advanced tab of iTunes Preferences, when importing it tracks, iTunes will continue to look for the imported file at the original location it was imported from. So if you imported a track, copied it to a different location, and removed the original, iTunes is no longer going to be able to locate track. The better alternative would be to move all the files over to the external drive first, then import them into iTunes.
This article may provide more assistance for locating those lost files.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1408
And lastly, you might want to read this article for information on how and where iTunes stores your files as well as how to manage them.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1391
B-rock

Not all checked songs are syncing to my iPhone (no error messages)

I posted this question a month ago and didn't receive any replies. I'm hoping somebody stumbles upon it with a suggestion. Thanks!
My iTunes library shows 1743 songs, but ony 613 songs get synced to my iPhone. I'm using iTunes 8.1.1.10, iPhone 2.2.1, and Vista 64 Business.
I do have iTunes set to only sync checked songs, but less than 5% are checked (and I can see many checked songs in the iTunes music library that aren't on my phone). If I sync all, 18 more songs (a tiny amount) are added. No error messages are displayed after syncing, there aren't any warning symbols next to the songs in iTunes, I can play the "missing" songs fine from within iTunes, I've consolidated the music library (and I let iTunes keep the music folders organized), I do not have the "manually manage music" setting checked, and only a handful of songs were puchased from the Apple Store.
This has been going on since moving my music and phone to this new computer a few months ago.
I'm stumped. Ideas? Thanks!

Well Chris and Katrina, that seems to have fixed it. Thank you.
Actually, it seems as if it was selecting the "All songs and playlists" radio button that did the trick. I thought (and it now appears incorrectly), that the radio button controlled which playlists were copied rather than which music was copied. I have a bunch of playlists that were created by a music cleaner that I didn't want on my phone (I don't want the playlists but I do want the music), but I'm happy to see 1,300 more songs being copied to the phone. Thanks.
PS (Chris), my comment that only 5% were checked was a typo; only 5% were unchecked. And excuse the claim as to the date of my previous post. Time flies staring at this screen!

Silence in songs after sync

Hi
Sometimes I have some bad songs after sync on my ipod touch , these songs have silence of 10s in the middle and then after all is correct
If I listen the song on my library ITUNES it's correct ( no silence ) and if I transfer again the song after delete it it's also correct
Any idea ?
Thanks
Chris

I see this problem too, as have others here on the Discussion Forums.
There have been other posts about this and as far as I can tell, it's a bug. I've never seen a fix for this.
Please tell Apple and hopefully if enough people do so, they'll address it in a future iPod/iTunes update.
iPod Feedback.
iTunes Feedback.

Purchased songs wont sync to my iphone from my imac--shows grayed checkmark

purchased songs wont sync to my iphone from my imac--shows grayed checkmarks for each one

If the songs are greyed out, you may have set up automatic syncing with a different iTunes library.
Set your iPod to sync manually, as described here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12113
After syncing once with your current iTunes library, you can set it back to autimatic sync.

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