Syncing back from iPod to iTunes in computer

computer does not recognize my iPod Touch as device and cannot sync from iPod back to it after op system reinstall

Does the iPod work?
If not
Try:
- iOS: Not responding or does not turn on
- Also try DFU mode after try recovery mode
How to put iPod touch / iPhone into DFU mode « Karthik's scribblings
- If not successful and you can't fully turn the iOS device fully off, let the battery fully drain. After charging for an least an hour try the above again.
- If still not successful that usually indicates a hardware problem and an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store is in order.
  Apple Retail Store - Genius Bar

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    I appear successfully to have backed up my iPod to the new computer, but all the sync menu options are grayed out.  When I tried clicking on the Sync button, I got a warning that syncing to the new library would erase everything from the old library -- presumably obliterating my playlists with it.  I have about a dozen different playlists, some of them with several hundred songs, drawn from a library of a few thousand individual items.  Is there some means of importing/transferring the old playlists to the new computer/library, so that I don't manually have to drag and drop hundreds and hundreds of songs into a new set of playlists?  Am I overlooking something really obvious or simple?  Can I safely turn on Home Sharing and then import or paste the old playlists into the new computer's library.  I don't think I'm too much of a Luddite, but given the size of my library I'm very leery of turning on Home Sharing (to the old Pentium computer) after I've successfully transferred over many GBs of content from the old machine to the new.
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    Can't Sync Playlists from iPod Touch to New Library
    I just upgraded from an old Pentium computer to a new Dell XPS 18 running Windows 8.1.  Downloaded latest version of iTunes to the new computer, then successfully transferred library content from the old computer to the new one via the external hard drive method.  All material -- iTunes purchases, music ripped from CDs, a movie, even MP3 files purchased long ago from another source -- transferred successfully; everything plays on the new computer just fine.
    My problem is that the "old" playlists didn't transfer over.  After connecting my iPod Touch to the new computer, I verified that the iPod has the latest version of iOS, and its content (including the old/original playlists) displays in the window on the left-hand side of the iTunes screen.  The really frustrating thing is that I can find no way to transfer the old playlists to my new iTunes library.  I've tried dragging and dropping, selecting and pasting, and exploration of all the options menus, but no luck.  Creating a new playlist in the new library and then clicking on the "Add To" button opens up a window into which to drop dragged songs/folders from the new library listing, but simultaneously closes the left-hand display window with all of my iPod's current playlists depicted.
    I appear successfully to have backed up my iPod to the new computer, but all the sync menu options are grayed out.  When I tried clicking on the Sync button, I got a warning that syncing to the new library would erase everything from the old library -- presumably obliterating my playlists with it.  I have about a dozen different playlists, some of them with several hundred songs, drawn from a library of a few thousand individual items.  Is there some means of importing/transferring the old playlists to the new computer/library, so that I don't manually have to drag and drop hundreds and hundreds of songs into a new set of playlists?  Am I overlooking something really obvious or simple?  Can I safely turn on Home Sharing and then import or paste the old playlists into the new computer's library.  I don't think I'm too much of a Luddite, but given the size of my library I'm very leery of turning on Home Sharing (to the old Pentium computer) after I've successfully transferred over many GBs of content from the old machine to the new.
    Thanks very much --

  • I can no longer properly sync info from iPod to iTunes.  Did iTunes change?

    I have always been able to sync my iPod to iTunes.  It updated number of plays, date last played, ratings, etc. from the iPod to iTunes.
    I can no longer do this.  I was on the phone with Apple Support for over an hour...kept getting put on hold while the technician searched for answers...and finally a "senior advisor" told me that it's impossible for information like this to be transferred from the iPod to iTunes.  They're on "different" counting systems.  This is amazing to me, because it's worked beautifully for years, but now this won't work.  Information will transfer from iTunes to iPod, but not from iPod to iTunes.
    I don't understand what happened.

    The "expert" is wrong, partially.  You must be using automatic syncing in order for iTunes to keep the "supporting data" (such as ratings and playcount) in sync.  With automatic syncing, it is iTunes's  "job" to keep the iTunes library on the computer "in sync" with the library on the iPod.  You tell iTunes to replicate either the entire iTunes library on the iPod (if it will fit) or a defined subset of the iTunes library on iPod, and iTunes keeps all data for that media content in sync between iTunes library and iPod.
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  • HT1473 how to download music from ipod to itunes on computer

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    Because the computer to iPod transfer is, by design, one-way with the exception of being able to transfer your iTunes purchased content back to a computer off the iPod.
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    don't worry man, i had itunes wipe out my whole library adn i transfered back from my ipod. What you first have to do, is allow yourself to view hidden files.
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  • How do you download songs from IPOD to ITUNES on computer

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    2. in here search for the work control (folder)
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  • Play position in audible audio books not syncing back from iPhone to iTunes

    Hi everybody. I hope I don't open a redundant thread, but i couldn't find one that has this topic.
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  • How do I bring music back from iPod to iTunes after upgrading my computer

    Unfortunately, my computer have crashed totally and all my data, music, pictures disappeared up in the blue sky.
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    Good Luck! But once your music is back on your computer, remember:
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  • HT1399 sync music from ipod to itunes on new computer

    I have a new computer and I want to import my music off my ipod onto my itunes.  I have already set it up to not sync automatically and I have transferred my purchased music.  My computer won't show me any of the files on my ipod so how do I get them into itunes?  Do I have to load all of them again?  My previous computer didn't have Cloud so my Ipod is my backup.
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    Tonya

    Hi Tonya,
    ... my Ipod is my backup.
    The iPod is not intended to be a backup device. You should move your music from your old computer to the new one, but you can also use "manually manage music" and use the iPod to do it.
    The following two KB articles explain each procedure, respectively:
    iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527
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  • Sync problem from iPod to iTunes

    Found this post, which was already archived and un-respondable-to so I'll follow up here.
    Re: Sync iPod ratings
    Posted: Apr 20, 2007 6:19 PM in response to: craigrich
    If the songs on the iPod are in iTunes and you change to auto sync, the ratings will transfer.
    Last played and playcount will not transfer.
    iTunes will tell you it will erase the songs on the iPod with what's in the library.
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    Is this correct?? Manual sync button does nothing - I have to trick it by clicking automatic sync and then reverting?
    Also, I can ignore what it says about erasing the songs on iPod? Why does it say this then? Is it a bug they haven't addressed all the way in version 7.3?
    Also, why wouldn't it update the the play-count and last-played date? Another bug?
    How about the iTunes upgrade that took away the feature which would actually randomize the songs with the shuffle toggle so I can load my iPod with a completely random list? Now I have to go into Party Shuffle and grab randomized lists from there - but only 100 at a time.. Why 100 as a limit when my iPod can hold so many more?
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    Perhaps I have to click 'apply' to this setting for it to take the desired effect,
    Yes, you do need to click Apply.
    but I simply don't want Autosync - my library's too large for my Nano.
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    Click on the Music tab.
    Select Sync selected playlists.
    Then I add/remove from these playlists, plug in the iPod and it syncs.
    All ratings, last played, etc. get transferred.
    This was indeed how the shuffle toggle worked a few updates ago
    I've never heard of "shuffle toggle". Do you mean you are clicking the shuffle bottom ot th bottom of iTunes?
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    and I came to appreciate this feature. Since it's removal,
    Again, not sure what "feature" you think has been removed.
    I've been seeking a functional work-around.
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    Thank you for the idea here, but manually choosing random tracks to create a special playlist of XX size is not only tedious, but defeats the true randomness I want back.
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    If you follow the steps above, it will create a playlist of the size you choose, with random songs from your library.
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    Do you know of an email address I can send some of my questions directly to Apple's team - maybe specifically their software development group?
    You can send feedback & ideas here -> http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html
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  • AudioBooks won't transfer from ipod to itunes on computer.

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    Have you tried the solutions offered in the other postings yet ?
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    I don't want to lose the files i have on my Ipod, alot of music I paid for on Itunes..
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