Sync fails to add a single song
I added some music to iTunes the other day and today I went to sync everything over. It said it had synced and was OK to disconnect, but when I checked it hadn't added a single song. So i tried the restart of the iPod and a PC reboot and tried again. Same result. Nothing added. my iPod has been sort of playing up recently, making loud mechanical noises when accessing songs, but the Apple genius said it was fine. But the noise has been more pronounced since I upgraded to 1.1.1
The guy did run a diagnostic check on Monday at the Apple store. I haven't done a sync since Sunday night, so I'm hoping it wasn't the diagnostic check that's screwed up the syncing. Guess it could be another trip to Manchester next week then to replace it.
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Many thanks for your attention.
This has been happening more and more - especially with more recent iOS and iTunes updates.
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