Syncing iPod with iTunes match

I use iTunes Match, therefore, most of my music is in the cloud. How do I sync my music to my iPod Classic?

You need to have the song files that are synced to your iPod stored locally on the computer's drive. iTunes cannot sync songs that are only stored in iCloud to an iPod.
iTunes Match matches (or uploads) your iTunes music library songs (and playlists) in iCloud, to allow easy access from all of your computers and iOS devices. However, enabling iTunes Match does not remove song files stored locally, for the computer used to sync your iPod. If you intentionally removed the song files from that computer, you will need to download the songs that are synced to the iPod from your iCloud music library.

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For iPods, iTunes Match only works with iPod touch, because it is an iOS device (like iPhone and iPad). Even for iPod touch, it must be 3rd or 4th gen (running iOS 5 or later).

Can I used an older iPod with iTunes Match

I have an older iPod Classic running version 1.3. Can it be upgraded so that it can sync with iTunes Match?

The iPod classic cannot independently connect to the Internet nor sync directly with iTunes Match, but can be synced with an iTunes library containing songs downloaded through iTunes Match.
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Cannot sync ipod with itunes after setting up on new computer, only songs which tansferred were songs bought on new computer after set up, tried to sync songs and it deleted old songs from ipod. How can I get them back on ipod?? They are showing in music library on itunes still.

If the iPod database gets corrupted, it will add files to "Other" instead of where they really belong.
Restoring the iPod will erase this database and recreate it.
And if I do this, won't I just have the same issue when my iPod is re-updated to the most recent version again?
No, it shouldn't. This is why you Restore the iPod. It erases the corrupt database.

Syncing iPod with iTunes fails with error (-69) appears

When syncing my iPod with iTunes an error appears saying syn has failed to "my" iPod due to unknown error (-69). Is there a solution for this problem?

Perhaps a corrupted iPod? Why not try a restore (warning: will erase and then resync everything) and see if that clears it up?
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I have completed the iTunes Match download, and it has Matched all the songs, but none of the songs are uploading to my iPhone. I went to iPhone Settings/Music/ and turned ON iTunes Match and Show All Music, and still nothing! Does anyone have any suggestions please? I have done a soft reset on my iPhone, turned it off/on, turned iTunes Match off/on. What am I missing? I'm pretty sure I do not have to be on wifi, but I logged in anyway.
Am I suppose to select what play lists I want to upload? If so where? HELP!!

Just trying to educate my peeps out there, because if we don't help ourselves, no one will! So, I'm responding to my own thread.
Just an FYI, in order to be able to work with iTunes Match while your NOT on WIFI, you have to ENABLE 3G, by going to the iPhone: Settings/Store and turning ON: Use Cellular Date. I'm just wondering, since Mr. Jobs recently passed away, God rest his soul, is there anyone with brains still working at Apple! You release a product, and then it's up to us to create a knowledgebase to figure out how to use it! Come one Apple, is there anyone left that can still think! Did you forget Mr. Jobs vision of Apple, SIMPLICITY! This is not SIMPLE Just see for youself, if this was simple, you wouldn't get so many questions about how to install and use this product. Get some instructional videos out there, and walk us through, step by step, INCLUDING all the little things like HOW TO MAKE THIS WORK OUTSIDE OF WIFI, IT'S A CELL PHONE FOR GODS SAKE!!!
Also, please don't forget, I'm pretty sure if you ENABLE 3G, you are using your DATA for your downloads, so you might want to upload your complete libray first, in wifi, THEN enable 3G for the occasional new songs.
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Shuffle function on iPod with iTune Match

Hello:
I have just activated iTune Match. now I have the same playlists on all my devides, however, I am not able to deactivete the "Shuffle" function on thw iPod touch. I can on both the PC and the iPad but I do not know how to do it on the iPod. It is a problem as I use the iPod for spinning and I need to play the songs in sequantial order. Thanks

You can set any song to Skip when shuffling.
In your iTunes Library, highlight the song and right-click/Get Info. On the Options tab is the Skip when shuffling box. Select that and then Sync the iPod with your Library.

Help please! Can't sync ipod with itunes among other problems

I reset my ipod deleting all information on it. Whenever I turn it on with the button on the top left the apple is lighted for awhile and then the screen fades to black. This is all my ipod touch does. My itunes doesn't recognize my ipod touch either. I thought that once I reset the ipod it would easily sync with itunes and put all my music, videos, and apps on it. Help please.

Hi,
Under your post is says that you are using a docking charger to sync it????? Try using the cord that came with the ipod.
Can you get into the ipod to use it or is that all it does.
If you have jailbroken your ipod, this could be the reason for the problem.
You could also try holding the home and top left (on/off) button at the same time and wait until the apple logo come up.
I hope this helps.

Can't sync ipod with itunes in windows 7

My new ipod generation 5 will not sync with itunes 11 on my PC. I get an error each time: "itunes was unable to load dataclass information from sync services." Please assist. Thank you.

Hi there,
You may want to take a look at the troubleshooting steps found in the article below.
iTunes for Windows: "Unable to load data class" or "Unable to load provider data" sync services alerthttp://support.apple.com/kb/ts2690
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I just imported my itunes libary from one computer to another and lost my song ratigns and play count. If I sync my ipod with my itunes libary on my new computer will it transfer over the song ratings from the ipod to the computer, or will the computer overide the ratings on my ipod and make everything "unrated"?

Perhaps a corrupted iPod? Why not try a restore (warning: will erase and then resync everything) and see if that clears it up?
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Syncing iPod with iTunes with greater file size than iPod capacity

Hi,
My wife has a large iTunes library. It is composed of a large number of mpg files converted from CDs. Many of the songs she doesn't care to have on her iPod, they merely came with the CD.
The iTunes Library has grown so large that there are more songs than there is capacity for her iPod to hold. She likes using the auto sync feature. Is there a way for her to "mark" the songs she wants to sync and have iTunes keep, but ignore the songs she doesn't want on her iPod?
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TPK
Is there a way for her to use the auto synchronization feature, yet still limit the tunes that are stored on the iPod?

Note that unchecking items will cause them to not be played in iTunes either — the preferred solution is to make a playlist for your iPod and sync only that playlist.

Sync Ipod with Itunes library

I recently installed an new version of Itunes on a new laptop. Now it don't know how to sync the Ipod to the library. So, I don't want to delete the content of my Ipod. I only found how to do it the other way around.
Can someone help?

Connect your iPod to your new computer. If it is set to update automatically you'll get a 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. Your iPod should appear in the iTunes source list from where you can change the update setting to manual and use your iPod without the risk of accidentally erasing it. 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. Check the "manually manage music and videos" box in Summary then press the Apply button: Managing content manually on iPod
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 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 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. Have a look at the web pages and documentation, this is just a small selection of what's available, they are generally quite straightforward. You can read reviews of some of them here: Wired News - Rescue Your Stranded Tunes
TuneJack Windows Only
iPod2PC Windows Only
iGadget Windows Only
iDump Windows Only
SharePod Windows Only
iRepo Mac and Windows
iPodRip Mac & Windows
YamiPod Mac and Windows
Music Rescue Mac & Windows
iPodCopy Mac and Windows
There is also a manual method of accessing the iPod's hard drive and copying songs back to iTunes on Windows or a Mac. 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
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. 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.

Sync iPod with iTunes - reduce network bandwidth for iTunes music folder

I'm using a network drive for my iTunes music folder. Average bandwidth is 50Mbps, compared to, say, an external USB HDD with hi-speed USB bandwidth of 750Mbps.
For some reason iTunes needs to consult the files in the iTunes music folder when syncing an iPod. That is, it needs to access the music files even when there is no change and no files actually need copying from the music folder to the iPod.
Because iTunes is reading my music files, it's really slowing down a sync.
How do I get iTunes only to look at my music folder when there's a file to copy. Reading each file just for a sync is consuming resources and I can't see that it's necessary - iTunes knows what is in my music folder as it has the library xml file stored locally on the PC hosting iTunes.
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On my Mac, if the external drive with iTunes library is not connected, it will error out and ask if I want to keep looking for the files.
I'm using a network drive for my iTunes music folder. Average bandwidth is 50Mbps
Why so slow? Is it wireless? What kind of connection is it?
iTunes also wants to know if there is a file to delete or if there is a file that has changed.
an external USB HDD with hi-speed USB bandwidth of 750Mbps
USB 2.0 theoretical max speed is 480Mbit/s. Realistic max speed is ~60% of that.
iTunes knows what is in my music folder as it has the library xml file stored locally on the PC hosting iTunes.
iTunes does not use the library.xml file. It is simply created for other applications to access iTUnes library.

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I have never come across this problem before but I have the 80GB iPod and I tried to update and sync it and iTunes does not have the sync option available. It is grayed out and it asks me to "Transfer purchases from iPod". I don't have any purchases to transfer or anything and even when I do click on it nothing happens. At this point, I can't sync my iPod or add any new songs. What should I do? Any suggestions?

Hi i am having the same problem have you sorted it yet ive go inand reset the deve manager reinstalled at my wits end and i am going away tommorow with no internet for 3-6 weeks so it will probably have to wait until im home again cheers sb2432

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Hello all,
I'm having a problem with iTunes, it will not sync with my I have a 4GB iPod nano because of an unknown error.
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Never mind, there was no problem with it.
20 iMac G4 Super Drive; w/ 4GB black iPod Nano/ 512MB iPod Shuffle Mac OS X (10.4.5) 768 MB of RAM 1.25 GHz PowerPC G4

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