Manuel Management of Music and Media

I just wanted to share my opinion that I think that one of APPLE's highest priorities should be allowing iPhone users to manage their music manuelly the way we may have been doing since the very early days of ipods. You've made the process of adding a single song to the ipod require three times as many steps as before. And playlists made on the go no longer persist after a sync? No way to save a playlist and make another?
Nay nay, this is not the best ipod you've ever made. You took away some very nice basic funcationality and given very flashy "features". Why can't we have both?
Dear Apple, please fix this so I can go back to thinking you're flawless.
All the best,
Nate

I don't know who this Manuel is, but I don't want him managing my music. I prefer to do it myself, thank you very much.
I really have to think that there was a distinct reason Apple decided to allow the iPhone to only sync music from one computer at a time, and to not allow us to manually manage it. It's very possible there was some complex legal agreement with AT&T that disallowed manual management. After all, selling music and other goodies is a pretty decent source of revenue for the wireless companies, and partnering with Apple all but guarantees that in a smackdown between an AT&T music download service and iTunes, that AT&T would lose.
That said, I too wish to have that functionality back.

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https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/joobik-video-playlist-player/id502325425?mt=8
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Hi,
If you have iTunes match enabled, you should be to change playlists on your iPhone and also turn on automatic downloads on all devices
iTunes Store: How to enable Automatic Downloads
iTunes Match on iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
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Jim

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Ok Apple people, you better give me some customer service.
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So, I set my iPhone to manually manage my music and videos and everything was working out well. However, due to some issues, I formatted my pc. When I reinstalled iTunes I can't set it back to manually manage my music and videos. Instead, when I select that option it prompts me to wipe my data to sync it with this library. And the music that is currently on it is greyed out and can't even drag and drop new ones or delete old ones.
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Hello every one.
I used to manage my musics and videos manualy , so naturally "manually manage music and videos" check box was always "cheked"
Now after i upgrade my itunes to latest version (11.1.3.8), i find out that option is "Unchecked"!!
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Yea, i managed to fix my issue in a wild fashion way But I DONT suggest it to anyone.
I like to hear why it happened after upgrading iTunes and if there is any peaceful solution.
Bythe way, here is how i fixed it :
1-i checked "manually manage music and videos" checkbox and clicked on "Sync" button
2-It showed a threating message that it will erase my music and videos ,......
3-I clicked on OK button and let iTunes do any thing she said , but the second it started to delete my treasures from my iphone, i disconnected my phone by pulling USB cable.
Now i have my musics and videos untouched and got that Option enabled again and i can manage my Music/Videos and Books manually.

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Since I don't conventionally sync itunes and itouch, but manually manage my playlists and media, I'm beginning to understand that updating the ipod software means having to manually create my playlists again once the software resets to factory settings. Did I miss something in the update process that would have bypassed the factory reset? or am I obligated to join the masses who sync.
Others who suffer this indignity?
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The software updates don't always restore the iPod, and there does not seem to be any user-control over that.
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You did not say what os you were using.
For Windows based PC, not sure on a MAC.
Setup an extra account on your PC, i.e. one for you and one for the kids.
Store all your videos and music in a folder called MY Music but on the root of your C: drive not the default My Music under My Documents.
Install itunes on each user account and in the preferences under the Advance tab point your location of music to the folder you setup earlier.
Now add the music to itunes your self do not let itunes decide for you, always say no to itunes managing your music and opt for I will mange my music.
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