Setting up automatic syncing

Everytime I connect my iPod touch it asks me to sign in to allow the sync to happen. Some times twice. I don't want to do that. Evertime I open iTunes it asks me to sign in. I don't want to do that either. How do I get around signing in evertime iTunes open?

Automatically syncing your iPhone when your iPhone is connected to iTunes is up to you. There is a selection for this under the Summary tab for your iPhone sync preferences with iTunes, and iTunes includes a global preference setting to not automatically sync any iPod or iPhone when connected.
If you didn't transfer your iTunes named folder (where all iTunes content is stored) from your old computer to your new computer, more than likely all iTunes content on your iPhone will be erased from your iPhone the first time you sync your iPhone with iTunes on your new computer even after authorizing your new computer with your iTunes account with iTunes.

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When trying to set up automatic syncing , on my iPod Nano, I get a notice that I am synced to another unknown computer. How do I get unsynced from this other computer ? Have I been hacked ?

When trying to set up automatic syncing , on my iPod Nano, I get a notice that I am synced to another unknown computer. How do I get unsynced from this other computer ? Have I been hacked ?

Well, most of what we can tell you is already stated in the message you are getting. A phone can only sync with one library at a time. You have apparently synced your phone with a different iTunes library in the past, or changes have been made to this library so the phone no longer recognizes it as the library with which it was synced. To know which you will have to provide the information.
If you bought them using the AppleID you use with this phone it may simply be easier to re-download them directly to the phone rather than sync them, though you will want to resolve that issue at some point.
Downloading (using iOS or computer) past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519

How do I turn off automatic sync?

I recently accidently deleted most of my itunes music library. Previously I had itunes set to automatic sync. All my music is on my ipod classic and I want to keep it. I am worried that if I connect my ipod to the PC it will automatically sync and will delete most of the music on my ipod. How do I turn off automatic sync and set it to manual sync? Is there a way of changing the settings without connecting the ipod? Would it be of any help if I had access to another ipod and could I use this to change settings. I would be very grateful for any help.
Padraig

To prevent auto sync, connect the iPod whilst holding down the 'control+shift' keys and do not let them go until your iPod appears in iTunes.
If you see a message that your iPod is associated with a different library and asks if you want to link to new one, make sure you press "Cancel".
If you should click on "Erase and Sync" will erase all the content currently on your iPod and it will be replaced with the content of the iTunes library you just connected to.
When you've pressed cancel your iPod should appear in the iTunes source list under "devices" and allow you to change the update setting to manage the iPod content manually, and that will let you use your iPod for the time being without the risk of accidentally erasing the contents.
Then do any of the following to transfer your music from iPod back to the computer/iTunes.
For iTunes version 7 or later, then you can transfer purchased iTunes store music from the iPod to an authorized computer by using the "file/transfer purchases from iPod" menu. Note that the maximum of 5 authorized computers applies here.
Find out how to do that here.
How to copy iTunes purchases from an iPod or iPhone to a computer.
For all other non purchased content (your own CDs etc), check out the instructions/suggestions here.
Music from iPod to computer (using option 2). This a manual method using "hidden folders" and although it works, it is a little more involved than other methods.
Much easier ways are to use one of the many 3rd party programs that copy music from the iPod to the computer.
One of the most recommended is Yamipod. This is a free program that transfers music from iPod back to the computer. However, it does not transfer playcounts/ratings etc.
Other free programs are Pod Player, SharePod and Floola and iDump.
If you want to recover just the structure of playlists from the iPod (and not the actual song files themselves), there's iRepo for Windows. which I understand has this feature along with all the standard features for these programs.
iPodRip also has the feature enabling you to reconstruct playlists.
There is also CopyTrans. This does preserve ratings/playcounts etc if those are important to you but this program is not free. It also supports video transfer.
More information is contained here.
Copying content from your iPod to your computer - The Definitive Guide.

ITunes Automatic Syncing Suddenly All Screwy

Ok, let me break down my problem in the order things happened:
1. I synced my iPod Touch (1G) and went outside to mow the lawn for two hours, listening all the while.
2. I wanted to continue the audiobook I was listening to on my PC while I worked, so I synced my iPod to get the up-to-date place where I left off.
3. I noticed that iTunes was suddenly copying thousands of new songs onto my Touch, an odd behavior, but when I further investigated, it had deleted all my videos and since there was all this free space, it now was filling it with random music.
4. I stopped the sync and did a restore, hoping this would fix the automatic syncing issue (I have about five playlists set to automatically sync to the Touch with videos, music, and audiobooks).
5. After restoring and reseting the automatic syncing settings ... it still wouldn't copy any videos or audiobooks over and wanted to fill the Touch to the brim with random music.
6. So I thought maybe something was suddenly wrong with the Touch itself and set the Touch to Manual Management ... dragged over a video and lo-and-behold ... it synced it perfectly.
7. I restarted iTunes (since I now know it's an iTunes problem).
8. Same issue.
9. Uninstalled and Reinstalled iTunes.
10. Same issue.
11. Tried my iPod Touch 3G ... now it is devoid of all videos, audiobooks, and playlists ... BTW -- Apps are all still working because I have both Touches set to "Sync ALL Apps" ...
So what the ** is wrong with my iTunes that it no longer does any Automatic Syncing? I really don't want to manually manage ALL five of my iPods ...

So ... for some reason, now it's working ...
So I guess the last step, the solution is to come on these forums and complain about the issue and it then magically goes away.
Just my luck.

Automatic sync is only available for external memory?

Hi. I am using Windows Media Player 12 on Windows 7 with an 8 GB Clip+ fitted with a 32 GB memory card. The USB mode is set to MTP. I have set up automatic sync in WMP for the externeal memory. However the option to "Start sync when device connects" is greyed-out for internal memory. Am I doing something wrong? Thanks.

I'll leave matters to the sync gurus--I'm an old-fashioned drag-and-drop/copy-and-paste guy.
As to MTP mode--I agree with you, it sounds attractive. But there can be glitches with it, unfortunately, including its renaming of files--yuck. In contrast, MSC mode just works and is easy to use. And pretty much everything that you can do with MTP mode can be done with MSC mode, apart from the play of DRM-protected files such as some library items (if you need that, stay with MTP--or, I guess, switch when you need it).
Recommended that you clean away whatever user files you have on your player placed there under MTP mode, set to MSC mode, and reload your content. (Reason: your computer can only see the files on your player that were put there under the USB mode that you are now connected to your player under. Hence, a good reason to use a single USB mode and not switch, as well as not to use the "Auto" mode which indeed can switch between USB modes, without your knowledge.)

IPod automatically syncs....HELP!!

My computer recently broke and I have all of my 5000 songs from that computer on my iPod. (5th Gen. 80G) Now I would like to update my iPod with songs from my new computer; but when I tried this before my computer crashed, it deleted all of my songs on the iPod and then Synced all of the songs from the new computer to the iPod. I now know how to manually Sync songs but I'm afraid that I will lose all of my 5000 songs. When I hook up my iPod I'm sure it is set to automatically Sync. What do I do...how do I know? Please help ASAP!!

To prevent auto sync, connect the iPod whilst holding down the 'control+shift' keys and do not let them go until your iPod appears in iTunes.
If you see a message that your iPod is associated with a different library and asks if you want to link to new one, make sure you press "Cancel".
If you should click on "Erase and Sync" will erase all the songs currently on your iPod and replace them with the iPod you just connected to.
Then do any of the following to transfer your music from iPod back to the computer/iTunes.
For iTunes version 7 or later, then you can transfer purchased iTunes store music from the iPod to an authorized computer by using the "file/transfer purchases from iPod" menu. Note that the maximum of 5 authorized computers applies here.
Find out how to do that here.
How to copy iTunes purchases from an iPod or iPhone to a computer.
For all other non purchased content (your own CDs etc), check out the instructions/suggestions here.
Music from iPod to computer (using option 2). This a manual method using "hidden folders" and although it works, it is a little more involved than other methods.
Much easier ways are to use one of the many 3rd party programs that copy music from the iPod to the computer.
One of the most recommended is Yamipod. This is a free program that transfers music from iPod back to the computer. However, it does not transfer playcounts/ratings etc.
Other free programs are Pod Player, SharePod and Floola and iDump.
If you want to recover just the structure of playlists from the iPod (and not the actual song files themselves), there's iRepo for Windows. which I understand has this feature along with all the standard features for these programs.
iPodRip also has the feature enabling you to reconstruct playlists.
There is also CopyTrans. This does preserve ratings/playcounts etc if those are important to you but this program is not free. It also supports video transfer.
More information is contained here.
Copying content from your iPod to your computer - The Definitive Guide.

AUTOMATIC SYNC won't accept iPod RATINGS into iTunes

I'm a newer Ipod Classic 80gb user. I have iTunes set to automatically sync. When i rate a song on the iPod, then connect it to the PC it brings up iTunes and begins to sync. After a minute or so syncing is complete, yet the song is not rated. In fact when i eject the iPod and find the same song it is now unrated as it was originally in iTunes. It would appear that Automatic Sync is transferring iTunes settings to the iPod. Why is Automatic Syncing not transferring my iPod ratings into iTunes? How do i get iTunes to accept the ratings i make in the iPod? Are song ratings lost when the iPod battery charge expires?

jbg26 wrote:
I'm a newer Ipod Classic 80gb user. I have iTunes set to automatically sync. Why is Automatic Syncing not transferring my iPod ratings into iTunes?
I don't know. But to confirm, that is the way it is SUPPOSED to work, where ratings assigned on the iPod should be synced back into your library. It certainly works well for me on my older 5th generation iPod.
Perhaps you might want to go through the semi-painful (in that it can take a while to sync a large library back to the iPod) process of doing a RESTORE on the iPod and see if that helps?
jbg26 wrote:
Are song ratings lost when the iPod battery charge expires?
No they shouldn't as that info I believe is written in files kept on the iPod's hard drive.
Patrick

HT204053 I set up one apple id for icloud on my iphone and another apple id for ipad. I cannot use icloud to automatically sync the two.

I set up one apple id for icloud on my iphone and another apple id for ipad. I cannot use icloud to automatically sync the two.

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I lost my itunes after syncing and older iphone to my powermac g4. Originally I had an older ipod nano that I would sync to the g4 and everything was fine. Lost itunes music even though preferences had been set in advance for not automatically syncing.

My itunes library had been fine. I had been using an older ipod nano to sync with my itunes library and had been doing manual syncs, with the preferences in itunes set for not allowing "ipods or iphones" to sync automatically. I found out that apple had a program to replace the battery on this older ipod nano, so I sent it in. It was great, they didn't have an exact replacement and sent me a later ipod nano. However, this ipod nano is so new - I will have to get a newer computer with a later operating system to use it.
So, I thought I'd use my old iphone to listen to my old playlists. I thought the preferences were set for not automatically syncing iphone to itunes.
I've had problems in the past with the syncs with this iphone and my computer because of the USB port (1.1). I'm thinking this was the problem.
The apple store did something to update the software on my iphone when it wasn't working one day. I think that when I tried to sync the iphone to the g4 cube via the old port (1.1) it basically wiped out everything on my itunes. Whatever was my selected playlist for my iphone - that was the only music
that remained on my computer and the iphone. I only had about 20 songs purchased on my library, but alot of music that had been downloaded, I gave away those original cds. I did have a back up on my external drive, but that thing died a few weeks ago from some random power outtages we had this fall.
I'm not looking to purchase retrieval software or have some outside third party to retrieve it for me. It's not that much music lost. I just wanted confirmation that this is what happened: that my old iphone sync is what erased the music.

The old iTunes library was lost with the old PC. However, it all that music and content is still on your iPod there are many ways you can extract this content from the iPod and import it back into iTunes.
Your iPod is designed to sync with only one iTunes library at a time. It will recognize the iTunes library on the new PC as a new library. If you sync the iPod with this new library, all content will be erased from the iPod and replaced with what is in the new library. So what you will want to do is copy everything from the iPod to your new iTunes library on your PC first.
See this older post from another forum member Zevoneer covering the different methods and software available to assist you with the task of copying content from your iPod back to your PC and into iTunes.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2452022?start=0&tstart=0
B-rock

My apple ipod classic 80gb says there is no music - anything on my ipod, but says it only has 37gb free. Then i try and plug it into my pc with iTunes on (i've set it to do not automatically sync devices) but it still freezes every time. can't restore.

my apple ipod classic 80gb says there is no music - anything on my ipod, but says it only has 37gb free. Then i try and plug it into my pc with iTunes on (i've set it to do not automatically sync devices) but it still freezes every time. the only way to unfreeze it is by detatching the ipod or resetting with menu/centre (until it loads up again, where it immediately unfreezes and comes up with a load of messages saying "cannot read iPod" and when i try and restore it by pressing menu/centre button while it's plugged in, it says "cannot restore as it is being used by another program" or "error 1415". Any ideas how to sort this out? hope i haven't majorly screwed it up. thanks.

Sorted it out. If anyone has this problem i reccommend visiting http://forums.ilounge.com/ipod-classic-ipod-5g-video/237546-ipod-classic-80gb-fr eezes-itunes-need-restore-plz-help-2.html#post1403546 there's some pretty good advice on it. have to go into control panel and re-format iPod into NTFS file. good luck.

Over-riding PC with iphone when syncing is set to automatic

I inadvertedly deleted my calendar appointments in outlook [2003]. They still exist in my iphone calendar. If I sync, I fear my wiped out outlook file will over-ride my iphone calendar and I will lose all my calendar information in my iphone. I cant change the over-ride settings in iTunes, as the syncing starts automatically. Can someone help, please? Can I somehow back up my iphone calendar before syncing and possibly losing the data? Or can I change the iTunes settings without the iphone being connected?

There is an iTunes global setting to not automatically sync when any iPod or iPhone is connected - iTunes > Preferences under the Devices tab.
When syncing calendar events and contacts with an empty supported calendar and address book application on your computer, doing so will erase all calendar events and contacts on the iPhone. Before syncing calendar events with an empty Outlook calendar, enter one calendar event in Outlook. Make this event up if needed which can be deleted later. This should provide a merge prompt when syncing this data, which you want to select.
Contacts and calendar events are included with your iPhone's backup, which is updated as the first step during the iTunes sync process. If syncing with Outlook erases all calendar events from your iPhone, do not sync your iPhone again before restoring your iPhone with iTunes. Select Restore under the Summary tab for your iPhone sync preferences and when prompted to backup or update your iPhone's backup, decline this prompt.

For some reason, iOS 7 has decided to download on my iPod Touch through WiFi. I didn't request it, nothing is set to automatically update in the Touch settings, or iTunes. It seemed to start downloading when I synced the Touch. I've disconnected the Touc

For some reason, iOS 6 has decided to download on my iPod Touch through WiFi. I didn't request it, nothing is set to automatically update in the Touch settings, or iTunes. It seemed to start downloading when I synced the Touch. I've disconnected the Touch from WiFi temporarily. How can I cancel the download, or will there be an option when it's done downloading to cancel the install?
Thanks for any help...

You should really read the manual.
"How do you restore from backup? "
Restore. When given the choice, choose to use backup.
"And how can I check to see if the pics and videos are on my computer somewhere first??"
They would only be where you put them. What program did you use to import them? Pics/vids taken with ipod are not part of the sync process at all. You should be importing them just as you would with any digital camera.
If you did not import them, then they are not on your computer.

When set to "Automatic", when does .Mac sync?

I have a network of Macs and am syncing iCal. All are running OS 10.4.9. Syncing works properly when I do it manually from the machines. But I need to sync automatically. But, often those Macs that are set to sync using .Mac using the "automatic" option can go for days without actually syncing. Does anyone know what the triggers are for automatic syncing? I would assume that, anytime new data is entered a sync would soon occur. Also I would assume there would be an automatic sync to get new data 'once-in-awhile'. But I don't know what the 'rules' are and when I can actually expect a sync to occur for Macs set to automatic. Anyone know? And why does the sync occasionally not Kick in? Thanks in advance!

Julian's right: the .Mac Sync forum is the place to ask, as iSync no longer has anything to do with synchronization to and through .Mac.
The short answer—and, because of the complexity of the synchronization framework, this is a difficult question to simply and accurately answer—is that Automatically is construed to mean '…whenever changes occur, and in any event, no less than once each hour.' This gets complicated when multiple clients are involved, and when other clients—like .Mac Sync—get 'invited to the party' when you initiate a synchronization event with your mobile handset through iSync.
This document explains more than you probably ever wanted to know, and most of what is publicly available in a single source, about the synchronization framework under Mac OS X 10.4 and later:
http://developer.apple.com/macosx/syncservices.html

Manual set Pop Account Syncs Automatically

I have had 2 mail accounts set up on my iPhone 3g for about 10 months. One is an Exchange account that is set to push automatically and it works fine. The other is a pop account that I have set to only sync "Manually". This had also worked fine up until about a week ago (maybe a little longer). Now, when I open the Mail app, even though it opens into the Exchange account that I left it at last, it syncs the POP account. It used to only Sync the Pop account when I went into the Pop Account.
Has anyone else seen behaviour like this? I really don't want the POP account to sync unless I specifically go into it. I get thousands of spam messages every day so every time it tries to sync without me asking, it picks up as many as it will hold (currently set at 50 max).

Just to clarify - I obviously have not had my 3gs for 10 months. I had the original iPhone for 2 years and upgraded to the 3gs. I had this email setup since about December 2008.

HT4759 My i phone 4s calendars have not been automatically syncing to my i cloud calendars. I have noticed the i cloud account(apple id) on my phone is set to my primary apple id and my icloud apple id is set to the alternate id. How do I change to prim

My i phone 4s calendars have not been automatically syncing to my i cloud calendars. I have noticed my phone apple ID is the primary one and my i cloud is using the secondary apple id. I am able to log into i cloud using both IDs. I believe the problem is the ID s are not the same on each. I believe if I change my i cloud ID to the primary ID it will fix the issue but I can't figure out how to change it.

To do this you will have to go to Settings>Mail,Contacts,Calendars and delete the secondary account (this only deletes it from your phone, not from iCloud). Then go to Settings>iCloud and tap Delete Account to delete the primary account. Next sign into your former secondary account ID in Settings>iCloud, making it the primary account. If you wish, you can then go to Settings>Mail,Contacts,Calendars>Add Account>iCloud and add the former primary account as your secondary account.

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