Syncing iPod - iTunes deleted music

My son deleted a bunch of music on our iBook in order to make some space on our Hard Disk. We've since gotten more space on the hard disk because I've moved my user data to another computer. There are more songs on my son's iPod than there are in his iTunes folder. How do I sync in reverse?

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 to a computer
The transfer of content from other 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 movies, videos, photos and games as well. This is just a small selection of what's available, you can read reviews of some of them here: Wired News - Rescue Your Stranded Tunes
Senuti Mac Only
PodView Mac Only
PodWorks Mac Only
iPodDisk PPC Mac Only (experimental version available for Intel Macs)
iRepo Mac & Windows
iPodRip Mac & Windows
YamiPod Mac & Windows
Music Rescue Mac & Windows
iPodCopy Mac & Windows
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 at this link: Two-way Street: Moving Music Off the iPod

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How do I turn off Sync without iTunes deleting all the songs on my iPod!

Well that's basically my question. I want to keep all the songs that are already there, but from this point on just add new ones manually. When I unchecked the Sync box it wiped out my iPod. Thanks in advance for any help.
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You need to turn off automatic sync before you delete all your tracks from iTunes. If you don't, then you need to prevent the iPod from synching when you connect:
While connecting the iPod to the computer, hold down the Command and Option keys on a Mac. This should stop the iPod from auto synching with iTunes and the iPod will appear in the source list. Wait until you are sure the iPod has mounted, and that it will not auto sync and then you can let the keys go. This may take between 3 and 25 seconds depending on your computer. Then you can set iTunes to manual synchronization.
Of course, this won't help if your iPod has already had the tracks removed. But you'll know what to do next time.
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Itunes deleted music and changed accounts

My itunes deleted my entire library of music, photos, videos etc. and when I attempted to sync with ipod to restore music it states that my ipod is synced with another itunes and wants to delete my ipod. The only thing that I can think of that may have caused this, is someone charged their Iphone with my computer, however it was not allowed to sync with my computer. lease tell me how I can recover my music and sync my Ipod with my Itunes without deleting all my music, photos, videos etc thats already on my ipod?

You can control what is synced from your library to your iDevice very easily. When the device is connected, selected in the sidebar in iTunes (press Ctrl-S to enable the sidebar if you don't see it) then click on the Music tab. This gives a range of options from copying the whole library to restricting the sync operation to copy specific songs, albums, artists, or playlists. I find the last of these most useful, so that I can have one or more playlists that I can update so that their contents are synced the next time I connect a specific iDevice,
On your second issue, you should be aware that - unless you make some configuration changes:
each Windows user account on a PC has a separate iTunes library
any iDevice can only be synced with one iTunes library at a time - and when it detects a different library it'll remove any previously loaded media as part of the sync operation
Therefore, when you created a new Windows user you also created a new iTunes library, and even though you copied some content over your iPhone recognized the "user 2" library as new. Unless you want to reconfigure your PC to share library content between different user accounts (and though this can be done, its the whole library that's shared, not parts of it) your best bet is to switch back to the original user account and learn how better to control what is selected when you sync your iPhone.
If you see that there is:
music missing from your iTunes library that you think should be there, and/or
music on your iPhone that isn't in the library on the PC
report back - there are ways to address both situations.

Ipod & Itunes no music transfer

How do I get the music from iTunes to my iPod without the music on the iPod getting erased?

If you want to maintain the content of the iPod and add new content from iTunes without syncing the two, you can manage the iPod manually and simply drag the new songs onto it from your library: Managing content manually on iPod and iPhone
If you need to prevent your iPod from syncing so that you can make the change to manual you can use a keyboard command to do so. While connecting the iPod to the computer on Windows with iTunes installed hold down the Shift + Ctrl keys together. This will stop the iPod from auto-syncing with iTunes and the iPod will appear in the source list. Wait until you are sure the iPod has mounted, and that it will not auto sync and then you can let the keys go. This may take between 20 to 30 seconds depending on your computer: iTunes - Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows
Alternatively open iTunes first and go to Edit>Preferences>Devices and check the box "Disable automatic syncing for iPhones and iPods" and choose Ok. Then connect your iPod.

Can't Sync - iPod & iTune Libraries are Differant

Something happened to my iTunes library. It won't sync with my iPod. I get a warning that the iPod is associated with another library, and since I can only have one library, I will lose the songs on the iPod if I sync with iTunes.
How can I get everything into one library without losing songs on the iPod and the iTunes? Thanks for any suggestions.

1). 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.
2). When your iPod appears in the iTunes source list change the update setting to manual, that will let you continue to use your 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
3). Once you are connected and your iPod is safely in manual mode there are a few things you can do to restore your iTunes from the iPod. iTunes will only let you copy your iTunes Store purchases directly from an iPod to the computer, you'll find details in this article: Copying iTunes Store purchases from your iPod or iPhone to a computer
For everything else (music from CDs, other downloads and including iTunes purchased songs and in some cases, videos and games) there are a number of third party utilities that you can use to retrieve the music files and playlists from your iPod. You'll find that they have varying degrees of functionality and some will transfer movies, videos, photos, podcasts and games as well. You can read reviews and comparisons of some of them here:
Wired News - Rescue Your Stranded Tunes
Comparison of iPod managers
A selection of iPod to iTunes utilities:
TuneJack Windows Only (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
SharePod Windows Only (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
iPod2PC Windows Only
iDump Windows Only
YamiPod Mac and Windows
iPod Music Liberator Mac & Windows
Floola Mac & Windows
iPodRip Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
iPod Music Liberator Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
Music Rescue Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
iGadget Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
iRepo Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
iPod Access Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
TouchCopy Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
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
4). Whichever of these retrieval methods you choose, 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.
5). 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: Back up your iTunes library by copying to an external hard drive

HT1351 How do stop my ipod from deleting music?

As I add new songs to my iPod, my iPod would delete multiple songs off my iPod. How can I fix this problem?

Snoop_404 wrote:
...My iPod automatically backs everything up when it's connected to iTunes.
Not quite. An iOS backup saves only the camera roll and settings/data for your apps. The apps themselves and all media need to be stored in the local library. If not they will be removed on syncing. Purchased items should be transferred into the library during sync but thay may not always happen. It is also worth noting that iTunes only backs up once each day unless you prompt it to do so again.
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My ipod is deleting music

i started syncing my music and accident unplugged my ipod and now the a lot of the songs aren't playin. does anyone know whats goin on? (I have a 5th gen. ipod)

Restoring it would remove everything and add back your songs. When you say your ipod is "deleting my songs", then the only thing you can do it to add them back, the best way is using the restore function.
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Syncing Ipod touch deletes songs

I bought songs using Itunes on my Ipod touch. When I connected my touch to my computer and it synced it then deleted the songs off my itouch and it never put them on my computer. What do i do?

This happened to me once. I contacted the iTunes store customer service and they allowed me a free download of the lost songs.
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/store/browser/

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I was putting new songs on my 30GB IPOD w/ iTunes, when all of a sudden it said error, and now all of my songs from my ipod were deleted. This is the second time now in less than a month. However, going into my IPOD and looking in "about" its still showing there is 7GB stored. Is there any way to get the songs back?

The same thing happened to me, only not all of my songs we're deleted. Only eleven, but still I DO want those songs because I paid for them. But, as you said before, how do I restore my ipod. I have the 30GB video ipod. Luckily I had burned a CD earlier that day which had some of the songs that were deleted. PLEASE RESPOND
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Itunes deleting music on ipod because the original file culd not be found

The music on my ipod is being deleted when i start syncing my music from iTunes to my ipod. The thing is all the music on my ipod is still on Itunes. This started happening recently, it was all fine before.Since the original file cant be found on Itunes how do you stop it from deleting off your ipod?
Also could it be a problem since my music is stored on a separate hard drive, maybe thats why the original file cant be found, even though its still connected to the computer.
If it cant be fixed then is there an easy way to find the original files so the i wont have to find the "lost" files then delete them and sync them over again.
Could it be deleting the files off my ipod because half the songs on Itunes "could not find the original file" even though the songs are on my ipod already?

I use manual sync for that very reason.
And also for that very reason, I maintain my iTunes folder on my laptop as a backup for my iPod; I only delete "songs" when I want to remove them from my iPod, and I use auto sync because I can. If I ever have to restore (and I did once, when I had to have my iPod replaced), I know I can do a complete job of it.
(Should my iPod files exceed the capacity of my laptop hard disk, I'll probably switch to using a folder on an external drive for this purpose.)
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Itunes deleted music from my ipod AND my computer?

I noticed recently that an album (originally burned from a CD I purchased in hard copy) was missing from my ipod touch (latest gen, ios 7.0.3). I went to re-add the album from my laptop and found it was also missing from itunes. I searched the hard drive, and there was no folder for the artist or album anywhere on my computer. I thought maybe I'd accidentally deleted that one album somehow and went to grab the hard copy to re-burn it. But then I noticed that there were random songs missing from other albums, and that these were also missing entirely from their file locations on my laptop. In all, I believe around 10gb of music have disappeared from my computer and ipod, without me doing anything. This is absurd. How in the world did itunes manage to do this?? How can I get my music back? 99% was music burned from CDs, so it's not a matter of restoring itunes store purchases. I do have backups of my hard drive, but is there some way to fix this through itunes—and more to the point, a way to prevent itunes from randomly decimating my collection again?!

I've since tried restoring from the Previous Itunes Library folder, but even files that date from times when I am 100% positive the missing music existed both on my laptop and my ipod, the songs are gone. Which would make sense, if itunes somehow managed to delete the actual files from my hard drive (how?!)... Does anyone know how or why this could have happened? I believe this happened after updating to the previous version of itunes (I upgraded to 11.1.3 after noticing the missing music, in hopes that it might undo the damage, but no dice).

ITunes deletes music from IPOD?

I imported a cd to iTunes. I then put it on my ipod. I then unplugged my ipod. Then deleted the music from iTunes.
The next time I plugged my ipod in and accessed iTunes it deleted the songs from my ipod without me asking it.
I did not want the songs deleted. Why did this happen? Do the songs have to stay in my iTunes library in order to stay on my ipod?
I am stumped why this happened. My ipod is a Ipod shuffle 2nd generation
Hope this made sense to anyone who knows how to help.
Thanks

This would also be the case for any iPod set to autosync, & not "manually manage" in the iPod preferences.

Itunes deleting music off my iPod on its own

So I was noticing that I would add an album to my iPod from my iTunes and then after a little bit the songs would just be gone from my iPod.
Not sure whats causing it, but basically I stared at my iTunes looking at the amount of free space of my iPod and I would notice the amount of free space increase suddenly, meaning something would just be deleted.

I left the syncing link out of my first reply. Are you following these instructions?
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Are you syncing manually? Automatically?
Do the new songs sync to the iPod but the ones on the iPod disappear?

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