Synchronising my iPod

I has been necessary for me to perform a factory re-set on my pc which meant loading iTunes again. I now want to synchronise my iPod with iTunes but not to have to delete the music already stored on my iPod.  how do I do this?

Restore the iPod on this computer.
iOS: Back up and restore your iOS device with iCloud or iTunes
If necessary:
Recovering your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device: Apple Support Communities

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    In ITunes,
    my library was about 55 G. I have a Ipod Classic 160 G. I synchronised my IPod
    on ITunes and I checked the tag Convert
    songs with a throughput greater than 128 kbit / s ACC before
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    library is from music purchased in ITunes store along with copies on my old CDs
    an some MP3 files from other discs. This is good for me but what happened?

    This is good for me but what happened?
    I don't understand the question...  Did something happen that you think should not have happened?
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    J'ai trouve ma réponse sur ce site http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1567?viewlocale=fr_FR
    I found my anwser in this site http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1567?viewlocale=fr_FR

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    Comme mon sujet l'indique, je me suis recemment fait voler mon Ipod Touch au lycée.   Je l'avais verrouillé avec un code. Je souhaiterai juste savoir si le voleur a eut la possibilité de synchroniser mon Ipod avec son compte Itunes et surtout savoir si il a pu avoir accès a mes photos, videos, ou encore musiques. Merci à l'avance de votre reponse.

    Google translate:
    As my topic suggests, I recently stole my Ipod Touch at school. I had locked with a code. I wish I just know if the thief was able to sync my Ipod with Itunes and especially his account whether he had access to my photos, videos, or music. Thank you in advance for your reply.
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    I've got an iPod 5th Generation, with color display and so on. I really like to have a comfortable and easy synchronisation with my PC, however, the problem's I can't activate the "automatically snychronisation", because if you do that iTunes will suddenly delete all your songs you have on the iPod and not on PC... Why there isn't sort of a function with I can only put the songs on iPod who aren't still on the iPod?! Nothing others, just put them autmatically on iPod...
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  • J'ai un messages d'erreurs sur itunes qui me dit que je ne peut synchroniser mon ipod car une erreur est survenue help merci, j'ai un messages d'erreurs sur itunes qui me dit que je ne peut synchroniser mon ipod car une erreur est survenue help merci

    Bonjour a tous !
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    Zazzz wrote:
    Is it possible to not lose its data during a restore??  If so, how??  Is ICloud does the work??
    Y a-t'il une façon de ne pas perdre ses données lors d'une restauration??  Si oui comment??  Est-ce que ICloud fait le travail??
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    Connectez-vous via le câble à l'ordinateur que vous utilisez pour la synchronisation. A partir d'iTunes, sélectionnez l'iPad / iPod, puis sélectionnez l'onglet Résumé. Suivre les indications pour la restauration et assurez-vous de dire «oui» à la sauvegarde. Vous serez averti que toutes les données (applications, musique, films, etc) seront effacées, mais, comme les finitions de restauration, il vous sera demandé si vous souhaitez le contenu de la sauvegarde à copier à l'iPad / iPod. Encore une fois, dire «oui».
    Sorry for my French.  I'm an American!
    Désolé pour mon français. Je suis un Américain!

  • How do I synchronise from iPod to iTunes

    Hello,
    I've recently changed mac because the hard disk crashed on the previous one. I have a lot of podcasts on my iPod, and I would like to keep them, but if I try to sync it with the new mac, it tells me that all data on my iPod will be erased. Is there a way to synchronise from the iPod to iTunes and not the reverse?
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    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. When your iPod appears in the iTunes source list change the update setting to manual, that will let you use our iPod without the risk of accidentally erasing it. Check the "manually manage music and videos" box in Summary then press the Apply button. 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: Managing content manually on iPod and iPhone
    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. You'll find details in this article: Copying iTunes Store purchases from your iPod or iPhone to a computer
    The transfer of content from 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 music files and playlists from your iPod. I use Senuti but have a look at the web pages and documentation for the others too, you'll find that they have varying degrees of functionality and some will transfer podcasts, movies, videos, photos and games as well. This is just a small selection of what's available, you can read reviews and comparisons of some of them here:
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    Senuti Mac Only (Currently only the beta version is iPod Touch & iPhone compatible)
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    Music Rescue Mac & Windows
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    There's also a manual method of copying songs from your iPod to a Mac or PC. The procedure is a bit involved and won't recover playlists but if you're interested it's available on page 2 at this link: Copying Content from your iPod to your Computer - The Definitive Guide
    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.

  • Pourquoi je ne suis plus capable de synchroniser mon iPod ?

    Quand je branche mon iPod il fait comme d'habitude il charge mais ne se synchronise pas a mon ordinateur. Voici le message qui m'apparait  : Cet iPod ne peut pas être utilisé car le service Apple Mobile Device n'est pas lancé.
    Sauf que je ne connait pas ce service et jamais on ma dit de le lancé avant.
    Ils n'est pas updater depuis l'été de l'année passé ( 2010 )
    Merci
    When I plug in my iPod it makes it loads as usual but does not sync to my computer. This is the message that I see: This iPod can not be used because the Apple Mobile Device service is not running.
    Except I do not know this service and we never told me to run before.
    It is not updater since the summer of last year (2010)
    Thanks
    Message was edited by: mikael Du Qc

    J'ai trouve ma réponse sur ce site http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1567?viewlocale=fr_FR
    I found my anwser in this site http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1567?viewlocale=fr_FR

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