Need help with syncing ipod; managing iTunes from new laptop

I have a new laptop with Win 8. I'm able to open my itune library, but not able to sync with my ipod nano. I would prefer to manage my itunes from my laptop vs our old computer, as this computer is becoming obsolete. Does anyone know how to do this?

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Help with syncing iPod to iTunes

Alright well, over the past few days I've had the problem where my iTunes wouldn't open AT ALL. I mean, nothing, no error message or anything, and then other problems. Finally after clearing out my registry and viruses I managed to get iTunes to open with no problems except one: when I plug my iPod in to sync, it now says that I do not have the required software on iTunes to sync the iPod. I don't know the problem, honestly, because I uninstalled and installed it again. Has anyone had all of these problems or at least the syncing one, and do you know how to help? Thank you.
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Using unchecking to manage an iPod is an option but only if you can live with the other things unchecking does:
Unchecked songs will be skipped when playing songs from the library or a selection. They will only play when individually clicked on.
Smart Playlists have an option that unchecked songs won't appear.
Unchecked songs will not be burned to CD.
A better option to use when your iPod is smaller than the iTunes library is 'Sync Music - Selected playlists'.
Open iTunes and create a playlist to update your iPod from, call it -iPod to make it the first playlist in Sources. You can make this a normal playlist and drag whatever you want to it or you can make it a random Smart playlist. If you are making a smart playlist limit it to just less than the size of your iPod (for example 3700MB for a 4G iPod Nano or Mini). Now connect your iPod and when it appears in the Source list click on the iPod icon to bring up the preference tabs in the main pane. Go to the Music tab and choose Sync Music and the Selected playlists radio button. Choose the playlist you just made from the selection and click Apply. You can also sync from any existing playlists by choosing the same setting:
iTunes: Creating playlists of your favorite songs
How to create a Smart Playlist with iTunes
Loading songs onto iPod automatically - Windows

HT1329 hi i need help with my ipod nano i want to get my music from my ipod to i tunes so that i can be able to transfer the music on my i tunes to my ipad mini can you help me with that ?

hi i need help with my ipod nano i want to transfer my music from the ipod to the itunes so that i can be able to transfer the music to my ipad can you help me with that ?

You cannot use iTunes to transfer song files from iPod to computer, except for songs purchased from the iTunes Store. However, there are third-party methods and utilities that can transfer from iPod to computer. If you do an Internet search on something like"iPod transfer," you should get some links. (The CNET article seems to be popular.)
Once the song files are on your computer's drive, you can add them to your iTunes library, and then sync your iPad.

Need help with my ipod nano

Hi,
I need help with my ipod nano.
I haven't turned it on in a while and suddenly it stops working when I try to turn it on again.
Sometimes it displays:
"www.apple.com/support/ipod"
And right now it's displaying "OK to disconnect".
Could somebody please advice what should I do?
Thank you

I need help.
I have my IPOD nano for a while now and about a week ago. My husband bought one for his newphew and he had me download all the songs into the new IPOD (2nd Generation). Now Im having problems with mine. Everytime I try to charge and usually the screen will pop up to my original music player. This is what it says now when I open or charge my IPOD.
"The File iTunes Library.it! cannot be read because it was created by a newer version of iTunes".
Now, that I listen to it...all the music skip. Please help me..what should I do??
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Hi,
I need help with my ipod. It alll started when I used TechTool Pro to wipeout data for my ipod and after finishing the wipeout, I restart my computer and after the restart I was ask by my computer whether to ignore, erase or eject the HD and I choose eject and what happen next is that I have a apple logo on my ipod and my computer now cannot recognises my ipod, and the apple logo just stay there. I am using a 3rd gen ipod.
with regards and thank you
Chris
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PowerMac G4 Cube Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Andrew,
The iPod and iTunes are not compatible with Windows ME and the minimum requirements are Windows 2000 with SP4 or XP with SP2 (although I use several iPods and don't have SP2).
If you can't upgrade to one of these, then you can use the iPod with ME if you are prepared to fiddle around a little. However, you won't be able to use iTunes.
See this.
Guide to iPod and Windows ME
You can use iPods purchased in the USA here in the UK. Our family uses 3 such iPods.
You can also use the iPod on any number of computers as this document explains.
Using iPod with multiple computers
Whoever gave you you all this wrong info deserves to be shot!
Just one more thing Andrew. Please start your own topic in future instead of jumping in an interrupting someone else's with an unrelated query. It's know here as "threadjacking" and is against the discussions Terms of Use.
Good luck with ME!

I need help with controlling two .swf's from third.

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HT1222 hey i need help with my ipod, i try to download facebook app and it wouldn't let me because it say ios 4.1 require and i dont have ios how do i get it ?

hey i need help with my ipod, i try to download facebook app and it wouldn't let me because it say ios 4.1 require and i dont have ios how do i get it ? please i need help ASAP

What generation of iPod touch do you have? If you don't know, see:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1353
If you have an first-generation iPod touch, it can only go to iOS 3.1.3 and hence will not run the Facebook app. If you have a second-generation iPod touch, see:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4623
Regards.

I need help with my iPod restrictions!

I need help with my iPod restrictions!!

Withuor more information all I can do is say read:
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or chapter 26 of the users guide
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My friend needs help with her ipod

My friend needs help with her Ipod. Here's what happened. She connected her Ipod to a casette adapter and the ipod just froze. She started doing the reset but to no avail. What do you think cause this? She really needs help so if anyone can suggest what to do that would be greatly appreciated.
I don't specifically know her ipod but I think that it is the Ipod 30gb.

Welcome to Apple Discussions!
She needs to reset her iPod by holding down Menu and Select for 6-10 seconds...
Resetting iPod
It may take several attempts. The above link also has "tips" if the iPod does not seem to be resetting.
If she has tried many times, along with the "tips" and the iPod still won't reset, then she will have to wait for the iPod's battery to die and then she can charge it back up and it should work fine. The iPod should reset though.
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My old PC blow and I need to get my music into Itunes on new laptop

My old PC blow up and I want to know how to get my Ipod music on my new laptop. I down loaded the new Itunes version and used my ID but none of my stuff is there. I am afraid that if I plug in my Ipod I will loose my music.
How do I transfer the Ipod music into my Itunes?

Don't worry about plugging the iPod into the computer, the first time you do iTunes will say that the iPod is synced with another computer and ask if you want to erase it and sync it with this computer. Click no or its equivalent and don't worry about it.
After that, you can use iTunes to transfer content purchased from the iTunes Store from your iPod to your new computer. It should be under the File menu.
If you did not buy everything on your iPod at the iTunes Store, take a look here before you transfer just the purchased content, http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/consumerelectronics/ipodfaq/transfer-copy-songs-ipod-to-computer.html or just google transfer from ipod to computer and select your OS of choice.

Need help with syncing from ITunes to IPOD

Hi. I'm relatively new to ipods but I just got an IPOD mini. Since it only has so much memory(about 4g) I want to sync specific songs, not have Itunes do it automatically. When I clicked on the "manually manage music" I can see it works but only to a certain extent. You have to drag EVERY SINGLE SONG to IPOD in Itunes INDIVIDUALLY!! I cant do that everytime I wanna switch up my IPOD library. I also clicked "only sync clicked items" hoping that in my normal music library, if I click the box to the left of each song that I want to be synced and uncheck the songs I dont want sync'd that would work. Will it? Because that's all I want to do, just sync particular songs without having to drag 1000 songs. Clicking would be so much easier.

Using unchecking to manage an iPod is an option but only if you can live with the other things unchecking does:
Unchecked songs will be skipped when playing songs from the library or a selection. They will only play when individually clicked on.
Smart Playlists have an option that unchecked songs won't appear.
Unchecked songs will not be burned to CD.
A better option to use when your iPod is smaller than the iTunes library is 'Sync Music - Selected playlists'.
Open iTunes and create a playlist to update your iPod from, call it -iPod to make it the first playlist in Sources. You can make this a normal playlist and drag whatever you want to it or you can make it a random Smart playlist. If you are making a smart playlist limit it to just less than the size of your iPod (for example 3700MB for a 4G iPod Nano or Mini). Now connect your iPod and when it appears in the Source list click on the iPod icon to bring up the preference tabs in the main pane. Go to the Music tab and choose Sync Music and the Selected playlists radio button. Choose the playlist you just made from the selection and click Apply. You can also sync from any existing playlists by choosing the same setting:
iTunes: Creating playlists of your favorite songs
How to create a Smart Playlist with iTunes
Loading songs onto iPod automatically - Windows

Ok I need some help with sync ipod.Do I need to uncheck apps after sync is comple

Ok I'm new to all of this.We have dial up internet so we use local wifi at a cafe.We purchased some games and songs last night and today connected the ipod this morning to charge and it started syncing,took a while but it added the music to the library and the new game apps to the apps.Now In itunes at my devices "ipod" and selecting apps,the top box is checked "sync apps" and all the new apps under sort by kind are checked,in purchases there is a check by all the songs we purchased.Do I need to uncheck the apps and songs before disconnecting the ipod? I don't want to delete anything from my ipod the next time I sync it.I someone could please explain.Thanks so much

wendyfrommullins wrote:
Super,so after syncing is complete just leave everything alone and disconnect the ipod after charge is complete correct? ....
Correct...
wendyfrommullins wrote:
... So If I want to remove a newly added app just uncheck it
Yes...

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My brother got an iPod for Christmas, and my mom had downloaded songs from our aunt's computer. It works just fine, and he can charge it, but we want to put it on my mom's Mac. However, when I tried to transfer purchases from iPod, it said that 100 songs couldn't be transferred and none of the songs showed up on the playlist. My sister's birthday party is today, and we're going to play music with an iPod but I think it would be easiest to do it with just one iPod, and then my iPod could have his songs as well. Please help me! Thank you!

Do you mean that when you disconnect they dont show up?

Need help, cannot sync ipod

My other computer was broken, and itunes, were in there, then once it was fixed I had to reupload my files in there, its alot, but it wont! I tried, all my music is still in the ipod but not in teh library, but if I sync it then everything will erase, what should I do??? i tried, everywhere...please help,if needed more details just ask!

Connect your iPod to your computer. When you get the message that it is linked to a different library and asking if you want to link to this one and replace all your songs etc, press "Cancel". Pressing "Erase and Sync" will irretrievably remove all the songs from your iPod. Your iPod should appear in the iTunes source list from where you can change the update setting to manual and use your iPod without the risk of accidentally erasing it. Also when using most of the utilities listed below your iPod needs to be enabled for disc use, changing to manual update will do this by default. Check the "manually manage music and videos" box in Summary then press the Apply button: Managing content manually on iPod
Once you are safely connected there are a few things you can do to restore your iTunes from the iPod. If you have any iTunes Music Store purchases the transfer of purchased content from the iPod to authorised computers was introduced with iTunes 7. A paragraph on it has been added to this article: Transfer iTunes Store purchases using iPod
The transfer of content from other sources such as songs imported from CD is designed by default to be one way from iTunes to iPod. However there are a number of third party utilities that you can use to retrieve the music files and playlists from your iPod. You'll find that they have varying degrees of functionality and some will transfer movies, videos, photos, podcasts and games as well. Have a look at the web pages and documentation, this is just a small selection of what's available, they are generally quite straightforward. You can also read reviews of some of them here: Wired News - Rescue Your Stranded Tunes
TuneJack Windows Only
iPod2PC Windows Only
iGadget Windows Only
iDump Windows Only
iRepo Windows Only
iPodRip Mac & Windows
YamiPod Mac and Windows Versions
Music Rescue Mac & Windows
iPodCopy Mac and Windows Versions
There is also a manual method of accessing the iPod's hard drive and copying songs back to iTunes on Windows or a Mac. The procedure is a bit involved and won't recover playlists but if you're interested it's available at this link: Two-way Street: Moving Music Off the iPod
Whichever of these retrieval methods you choose, keep your iPod in manual mode until you have reloaded your iTunes and you are happy with your playlists etc then it will be safe to return it auto-sync. I would also advise that you get yourself an external hard drive and back your stuff up, relying on an iPod as your sole backup is not a good idea and external drives are comparatively inexpensive these days, you can get loads of storage for a reasonable outlay.

Need help with syncing ipod; managing iTunes from new laptop

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