Pointers for Syncing Shuffle (2)

Can someone shed some light on the following?
1. Is there a quicker way to sync your ipod? When I sync it syncs all music new and old (already on the ipod). I'm saving all of my new songs in the ITunes Music Folder and hitting auto fill.
2. While Syncing is there anything I should avoid doing to improve the speed of the sync?
Thanks!
a-

I don't know of anything different that you can do. that autofill button is how I get songs on my shuffle as well.

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Driver Date - 7/1/2001
Driver Version - 5.1.2535.0
Digital Signer - Microsoft Windows Publisher

Hi. Ive got pretty much the same problem.... Got a new shuffle for christmas..having real problems syncing with itunes. Funnily enough I managed to get 25 tracks on it but then it just stopped. error message says " The ipod shuffle cannot be synced. The required disk cannot be found." Ive done restore, and downloaded a reset utility thingy to try but still no joy.

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Dear sir/madam
Please I'd be happy if we can claim where we are misleaded when buying the product : The retailer or seller should know what they are selling ... For example I asked earphone for my shuffle ipod 3rd generation showing it but the they gave me an ear phone which just was like an ordinary earphone where I can't low and high the volume nor I can select the playlist ... Please read below
that I wrote to you in the email I've sent to you on last April as followed :-
Dear madam/sir,
It's me Santosh Lamichhane who just arrived to my place in Kathmandu, Nepal after a month visit in Bolivia and Argentina ...
Dear madam/sir, I like to inform you that while my visit in Santa Cruz de La sierra in Bolivia I bought a new earphone for my ipod shuffle 3G due to the problem in my old earphone on the date as followed in the bill of as shown
ALTEK
PN 26986 VN 24186
Vendedor:
Federico
Date 02/04/2012 time: 03:34:22 PM
I did checked the earphone there same time and found that I can't lower or high the volume from that new purchased earphone and even asked why and one of your senior staff said it might be the problem of my ipod shuffle's setting, Since the beginning of the time of purchase till I came to Nepal 4 days ago I didn't use the ipod because I'm not able to increase the volume and I didn't took my laptop with me while my visit there ...
But when I try to restore my shuffle here ; even that doesn't works ... Today and yesterday when I checked my friend's earphone of ipod - it was working on my shuffle and my earphone also working in his classic ...
I want to kindly request you since I showed my shuffle at the time of buying earphone there in Altek, San Martin AV in SAnta Cruz de la Sierra in Bolivia and asked I need the earphone for my ipod shuffle 3G It's not my fault ... Could you please ask the agents of apple here in Kathmandu to replace it with the working the right compatible earphone for me ...
Hope to hear from you very soon ...
Thanking you
From Santosh Lamichhane,
Cell +977 9802033662, 9813716393,
+977 (1) 5002018 Res ...
1210 Tikhedewal 28, Lalitpur SMPC 14, Kathmandu, Nepal

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