My ipod doesn't register with itunes when i plug it in to the computer

When I pulg my ipod classic in, itunes comes up right away, but it does not show my device connected to it so I can't add the music I've purchased to my ipod.

Well you could've activated on your computer with Itunes and a couple of settings that'll help you.

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My ipod wont charge ive try everthing when i plug it in to the computer nothing happen but before that it was full charge and 5 mins after that it was 10% and tried charging it nothing but now the screen is blank...So what should i do?

- See:
iPod touch: Hardware troubleshooting
- Try another cable
- Try another charging source
- Look at the dock connector on the iPod. Look for abnormalities like bent or corroded contacts, cracked or broken plastic.
- Make an appointment at the Genus Bar of an Apple store.
Apple Retail Store - Genius Bar

HT1386 i downloaded the new version of itunes. when i plug my phone into the computer to connect its saying my device is synced with another itunes library. how do i get my old itunes back? or how can i get my old itunes stuff to the new one?

I downloaded the new version of itunes and when i plug my phone into the computer and try and do something in itunes it wont let me because my device is synced to another itunes library. how do i get my old itunes back? or how can i sync my stuff into the new itunes with out deleting anything off my phone? HELP

Copy the iTunes folder from the old computer to your new one.

Why does my iPod not register with iTunes when I plug it in?

My iPod has been having a continual preoblem, where it shuffles through my entire library, song by song, and stops at each one for about a second each. It has happened a few other times. I plug it into my pc to try to correct the problem, but my iPod doesn't reister with my iTunes. Does anyone know what's wrong? I'm beginning to think I have a defective iPod.

have you tried resetting it Resetting
have you read the following:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61711

IPod doesn't sync with iTunes anymore!! HELP!!

I am in complete despair - my iPod doesn't sync with iTunes anymore. It all started a couple of days ago, after installing the latest updates of both, iTunes and iPod. After that, I noticed that the iPod wasn't synching the changes and new additions I had made in iTunes.
I tried everything so far with no success. I did reset the iPOd, reinstalled the iPod updater, than did a RESTORE and now my iPod is completely empty, but refuses to download my music from iTunes.
When connected, it shows up, start "updating iPod" and several seconds later shows "update complete". In the iPod window I can all the songs (in grey) from my library, but they are not being transferred to my iPod!!!
Please, help!!

I think I know the problem and it's solution. The iPod "thinks" it's linked to a different library and therefore does not synchronize. No idea what happens in the background there, but here is what I did:
First, I went back to the previous update on the iPod (not sure if that's necessary at all, but I just wanted to go to where I started from.
The UNinstalled iTunes (to be safe I backed up my tunes) and reinstalled it. Then pasted backed up tunes into new iTunes music folder and overwrote newly created iTunes library files.
Then I connected the iPod, which now told me that I had an old version and needed to update, which I did.
Then a window popped up and told me that my iPod was connected to a different library and if I want to connect to this one, overwriting everything on the iPod, which I said yes to (it didn't matter anyway, since it was now empty after the RESTORE I had done).
iPod then downloaded all the songs from my library again and we are as happy together as we've been before
I think what happened was that after installing the latest update, that window with the "different library connection" had popped up as well and I must have clicked NO because of the "overwrite" comment which scared me. Unfortunately, even with "reset warnings" it then never popped up again and until I reinstalled iTunes.
Hope this helps!

My ipod touch has a permanent image of the end of a USB cable with an arrow pointing to an icon of ITunes. I can't reset, and ipod does not appear on itunes when I plug it into the computer. This happened after I agreed to a failed software update.

My ipod touch has a permanent image of the end of a USB cable with an arrow pointing to an icon of ITunes. I can't reset using the two button method, and ipod does not appear on itunes when I plug it into the computer - and nothing else happens either. This happened after I agreed to a software update which failed. How can I get it going again?

Try:
- iOS: Not responding or does not turn on
- Also try DFU mode after try recovery mode
How to put iPod touch / iPhone into DFU mode « Karthik's scribblings
- If not successful and you can't fully turn the iOS device fully off, let the battery fully drain. After charging for an least an hour try the above again.
- If still not successful that usually indicates a hardware problem and an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store is in order.
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On iTunes when i plug my iphone in, the bar at the bottom with contains the information about the capacity of my iphone, it has a bar called 'other' which has 4GB. I don't know what is taking up that space or how to get rid of it. please help :)

On iTunes when i plug my iphone in, the bar at the bottom with contains the information about the capacity of my iphone, it has a bar called 'other' which has 4GB. I don't know what is taking up that space or how to get rid of it. please help

You can reduce the size to normal, which is about 1GB, by restoring the phone.
Backing Up, updating, and restoring your iPhone and iPod touch software
The size of this part can increase when something goes wrong during a sync, or some files can't be read anymore by iTunes.

Whenever I try to sync my iPod Touch 5th gen with iTunes I get an error message saying "The iPod "*****" could not be synced because the sync session failed to start". Is there any way I can fix this?

Whenever I try to sync my iPod Touch 5th gen with iTunes I get an error message saying "The iPod "*****" could not be synced because the sync session failed to start". Is there any way I can fix this?

B-rock, thanks for posting the above. I actually have the same issue, running Windows XP and I don't have that backup location, \Application Data\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\. When I go to Documents and Settings\(username)\ there's a AppData folder followed by:\LocalLow\DataMngr\ .
I have the latest update, 5.0.1 and I have the iPod Touch 3rd gen.
I have tried removing itunes and all that is associated with it then reinstalling and keep getting the same message. I've reset my ipod thinking that would help but still, no backup.
In iTunes, Edit, Preference, Device there are no backups.
What am I doing wrong, can you help?
Thank you!

My itunes doesn't want to open neither when i plug my iphone to the computer

my itunes dosen't want to open neither when i plug my iphone to the computer !!!
what should i do

Hi bae go,
Thanks for visiting Apple Support Communities.
If your iPhone is not recognized by iTunes, start with the troubleshooting steps in this article:
iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Windows
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1538
If your iPhone appears in iTunes but is not responding, try these steps first:
iOS: Troubleshooting USB-related alerts when syncing
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS5254
Best,
Jeremy

My iPhone 4 won't turn on unless I plug it in to a charger it says the battery is 100% and that I need to conect to iTunes when I plug it in to my computer it just comes up with a flashing apple logo :(

My iPhone 4 won't turn on unless I plug it in to a charger it says the battery is 100% and that I need to conect to iTunes when I plug it in to my computer it just comes up with a flashing apple logo :(

The terms of service of the Apple Support Communities prevent us from helping anyone with a jailbroken phone.
You're on your own. Good luck.

How do I set up my new 5S with itunes when I'm not on my home computer?

How do I setup my new 5S with itunes when I'm not on my home computer?

Update the iOS on your new iPhone first then restore the phone from your iCloud backup.

HT1535 When I plug my ipad into the computer to sync a message pops up saying it can not sync because there is not enough memory in the itunes library. Do I need to increase the memory in my itunes library and how?

When I plug my ipad into the computer to sync a message pops up saying that the ipad can not sync because there is not enough memory on the itunes library. Do I need to increase the itunes library memory and how do I do this, or do I just need to trasnfer things out of itunes? Thanks.

Try
iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Windows
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Removing and Reinstalling iTunes, QuickTime, and other software components for Windows XP
or
Removing and reinstalling iTunes and other software components for Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8
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New cable and different USB port?
Runs this and see if the results help with determine the cause
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When I plug my device into the computer for the first time the setup process doesn't begin. What do I do?

When I plug my device into the computer for the first time the setup process doesn't begin. What do I do?

Try to connect in recovery mode, explained in this article:
iOS: Unable to update or restore
Before that, back up your device, explained here:
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As you didn't say what kind of computer, what operating system, or what version of iTunes it is very hard to give any meaningful advice. You might start with these:
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When I plug my iphone into the computer to restore it I receive a "network connection timed out" message. However, all of our other iphones and ipod touches will connect fine.

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