Manually Add Songs One Selection at a Time?

I'd like to start by stating that my iPod Touch 3G and iTunes worked fine before yesterday...then I upgraded to the latest version of iTunes (10.6.40) and ios5. This morning when I attempted to add music to my iPod, I had a problem. My usual routine for adding music is as follows: (1) Remove approximately 5 - 10 gb of music from my iPod and (2) start adding music 3 or 4 albums at a time from my music library (via drag and drop). During my routine this morning, I added my first selection of 6 albums (approximately 60 songs). By the time I was ready to add my second selection (another 50 songs), the first selection was only about half-way done uploading to the iPod. In the past, I would just drag and drop the second selection. iTunes would accumulate the both selections (60 + 50 = 110 songs), and continue from where progress left off (halfway through the first selection, or 31 of 110 files). However, after the updates, when I added the second selection, iTunes flashed "Preparing to Update" and started copying/transfering the second selection at the beginning (1 of 50), ignoring the second half of my first selection. I didn't notice that iTunes was doing this until about 20 minutes into updating my iPod. I looked at the music on my iPod, and it was filled with half albums. I have tried using different computers, restarting the computers, restarting the iPod, and restoring the iPod. None of these have worked. I know it's a minor issue, but it's frustrating because managing music on the iPod for me is already a long, user-intensive process. This new issue makes the process almost undoable.
I hope this makes sense. I have tried multiple internet searches haven't really found anything close to this problem. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Here is yet another interesting (and related) problem that appears to be happening on both computers. When I add a selection (say 20 songs), iTunes shows "Preparing to Update," then it flashes "Copying file 1 of 28." It consistently adds 8 more files than my selection. It adds the 20 songs in my selection, then flashes the last eight songs, which appear to be songs that are already on my iPod.
Does this sound like a virus?

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I currently have room for 1500 songs
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A few simple steps to manually manage your music in your iTunes so that your manually add songs to your iPod (provided the song amount, i.e. the Gb used, is less than the storage capacity of the touch device used).
Step 1.
Create a playlist and drag every song into the playlist you wish to be on your iPod/iTouch/iPhone.
Step 2.
Return to the music section in iTunes and press "cmd" and "select" at the same time on one of the 'ticks' to unselect all songs.
Step 3.
Return to the playlist and press "cmd" and "select" at the same time on one of the 'ticks' to select all songs in the playlist.
[Note in doing step 2 followed by step 3, only the songs in the playlist are checked in the music section]
Step 4.
Return to the music section and sort by checked songs
Step 5.
Select all the checked songs and drag them onto the iPod/iTouch/iPhone.
Step 6.
Return to the music section in iTunes and press "cmd" and "select" at the same time on one of the 'ticks' to select all songs.
[Now what you have is only the songs you want on your device and all the songs will show up in the manually added songs section on your device. Also by reclicking all the music in your iTunes library you avoid the unnecessary complications of songs not playing/transferring while listening to music on your computer]
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Hi Chris,
I will delete this thread and repost with correct terminology to avoid confusion. Also I will include the rationale behind why you would take this approach so that people can choose to see whether they will benefit from it. I'd have liked this to exist prior so I can manage my music statistics.
Your way is right also, but is not the only way to do it and is certainly not the correct way for me. You don't "manage" your music your way.
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Reason: This is a good approach (not the only approach might I add) if you wish for your playcount to be tracked and a failsafe way of managing your songs individually so you do not need to rely on playlists.
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Create a playlist and drag every song into the playlist you wish to be on your iPod/iTouch/iPhone.
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Return to the music section in iTunes and press "cmd" and click on the "touchpad" at the same time on one of the 'ticks' to unselect all songs.
Step 3.
Return to the playlist and press press "cmd" and click on the "touchpad" at the same time on one of the 'ticks' to select all songs in the playlist.
[Note in doing step 2 followed by step 3, only the songs in the playlist are checked in the music section]
Step 4.
Return to the music section and sort by checked songs
Step 5.
Select all the checked songs and drag them onto the iPod/iTouch/iPhone.
Step 6.
Return to the music section in iTunes and press "cmd" and click on the "touchpad" at the same time on one of the 'ticks' to select all songs.
[Now what you have is only the songs you want on your device and all the songs will show up in the manually added songs section on your device. Also by reclicking all the music in your iTunes library you avoid the unnecessary complications of songs not playing/transferring while listening to music on your computer]
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