Syncing Music and Videos

Since buying the iPad I have been unable to sync music or video. iTunes locks up everytime I try. Gives error message code (-20). Have had tech help from Apple and my Anti virus/Firewall software provider. Added two gigs of RAM. Still having the problem.

If you want to connect and use an iPod on more than one computer you need to change the update preference in the iPod Summary tab to "Manually manage music and videos" and click Apply.
Using iPod with Multiple computers
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  • Issues syncing music and videos with itunes

    issues syncing music and videos with itunes

    Before anyone would be able to provide any troubleshooting steps, you would need to describe what "issues" means. Try describing your problem in detail, as well as what troubleshooting you have already tried before posting your question here. That way no one is wasting your time by asking you to perform steps that you have already taken.

  • How to sync music and video from iPhone4 with iPad mini?

    I have music and video on my iPhone4 and I just got my iPad mini yesterday.  Does anyone know how to sync music and video between two devices?

    Apple doesn't enable you to copy certain items from your iPhone to your computer e.g.
    - songs that have not been bought in the iTunes store
    - photos from photo album (only allows photos transferred from camera roll)
    This is frustrating if you have lost these items on your computer - e.g. accidental deletion, hard disk failure.
    Its not that its not possible - just that the functionality is not included in iTunes. Its an example of Apple prioritising revenues over customer experience - hey they can do what they want with their reputation but should take care not to frustrate customers too much.
    However the Senuti (free) and PhoneView ($20) allows you to transfer items either way between computer and iPhone. Ive tried both and they work great. These are for OS X and there are many other applications available online for both Windows/Mac that allow you to treat the iPhone as just a plugged in disk too. You can try iPod Photo Liberator (Mac & Windows) iPodCopy (Mac and Windows Versions) Keith's iPod Photo Reader (Mac only).
    Good luck

  • Cannot sync music and videos to an iPhone 5 running iOS 8.0 b1 on iTunes 11.2.2

    Hey everyone.
    Yesterday, I decided to take the leap to iOS 8.0 beta 1 on my iPhone 5.  So far, things have been working ok (with the expected bugs here and there), except for this one thing above.
    After I got it all installed on my iPhone, I then proceeded to restore from my most recent backup that I made prior to the install of this first beta of iOS 8.0.  All that other stuff (my contacts, apps, and ringtones) came back just fine.  For some reason, when it got to the part with syncing my music and videos, it was able to initally get them copied over, but then iTunes would get stuck on either "waiting for items to copy" or "waiting for changes to be applied".  I remember this same thing happening last year when I updated to iTunes 11 as well.
    Is there any workaround I can do to get this to work, or am I going to have to wait for the next update of iTunes to come out?  What I'm guessing is that I won't be able to sync these things right now as the current version of iTunes only has full support for up to the most recent public release of iOS, 7.1.1.  Correct me if I'm wrong though.
    Also, I have one other little error to ask about.  After clicking on check for updates from the menubar, for some reason after checking for updates to iTunes it will show this message: "The iPhone software update server could not be contacted.  An unknown error occurred (-50)."  My iPhone isn't even connected to my Mac right now in any form, whether it would be by a lightning cable or wifi.

    Same issue that everyone else is having with me, and I'm also upset with Apple. Hardware is superlative, but software keeps going downhill.  I'm running OSX 10.9 anditunes 11.4.  I've tried every sync fix that may have worked for others, but nothing works for me.  iTunes was great in the beginning, but the programmers seem dedicated to cutting its knees off with redesign that is inane instead of intuitive,, dropped feaqures, etc. I even hear the itunes 12 drops the sidebar!!  I am getting the clear impression that the itunes group is a dumping ground for the rest of Apple. Fix this sync problem now. At a minum just re-use the code that worked before. N.

  • Syncing music and videos AND Ringtones

    Because my phone is synced to a large iTune library, I choose to 'manually manage my music and videos'. However the ringtones I created in garageband that reside in the ringtone section wipe all my music and videos when they are synced and turn off manual music management. When I re-sync my music it removes my ringtones.
    How does everyone else manage to get around this issue.
    Many thanks

    Worked this out on my own sigh. So basically you cann't have manual music management on and have rintones syncing. the way to get around it is to have sync all music on and then only select a single playlist. This way it will sync music to your phone and allow yo to sync ringtones etc.

  • My ipod is not syncing music and videos

    my ipod is not syncing music and videos

    mine did that to so i restored it and it fixed it now i have music and videos on my ipod, but keep in mind restoring it will erase everything on it so make sure everything is synced to the computer hope that helps:):)

  • Why won't iPhone 5 sync music and videos?

    I bought a new iPhone 5 and can't get it to sync my music and videos.
    My iMac is running the latest OS, the iPhone is running the latest iOS and I'm using the latest iTunes 11.0.1.
    It syncs all the apps, books, and other files okay. When I select, or deselect, a movie or playlist that I want synced the Summary page shows the Audio Video Apps and Other colour-coded space allocation bar correctly but when I run the sync no music nor videos are copied, the sync only takes a couple of seconds, and the Audio and Video parts of the space allocation bar disappear.
    Variously I've tried checking and unchecking 'Sync only checked songs and videos' and 'Manually manage music and videos'. I've tried restarting both devices of course. I've signed out of iTunes and signed back in just in case it was an authorisation issue. I've tried creating a backup of the iPhone on iTunes in case this was needed to make a connection between both but nothing will work for me.
    The music in question is NOT DRM. They are all files I've ripped myself from CDs and DVDs over the years. They sync correctly on my iPad - also running the same latest version of iOS - so I can't see how it would be a problem with the files themselves.
    I've tried googling this but it just throws up so many hits that I can't find anyone having the exact same issue.
    Any suggestions gratefully received before I tear my hair out.
    Thanks

    I'm having the exact same issue... The first time I plugged in my iphone it came up as a new iphone and asked me what I wanted to sync, and then I tried to put a bunch of my music on there. It acted like it was syncing, but only put a bunch of empty unplayable reference files on my iphone, nothing I can play. I deleted all of those, and tried to sync my music again, along with some videos. No luck. The files appear as if it recognizes the amount of space my music will take up on the iphone, but when I hit sync it disappears as if it synced in about 1 second, and nothing new is on my phone.
    I'm on a PC, quad core, Intel i-7 2.2 Ghz, 8 Gigs of RAM, Windows 7. I don't see any reason that this would be happening based on my system.
    Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

  • Problem with Syncing Music and Video

    I have 2 Iphones. When I try to sync them, I get the following error message "The Iphone "..." cannot be synced. The required disc cannot be found." If I hit sync again, it says either the same thing or sometimes it says "Iphone is not connected".
    After about 16 hours of trying to get music/video on the Iphone, I now have about 23 songs.
    I am just trying to put 1 movie from Itunes on the Ipod and it won't sync it. It also will not sync all of my purchased music.
    Everything syncs fine on my Ipod. I tried setting up a different library for the Iphone and that didn't work either. Same result.

    Welcome to the forums.
    As Allan noted, it's important to be using USB 2.0 and it's possible your machine at home doesn't have this. Check it out via the manual or support site to make sure your home machine meets the specifications.
    Assuming for a moment it does, then what you can try is to turn off automatic sync (without the iPhone attached, go to the iPhone tab in iTunes and tell it not to look for an iPhone when attached). Then attach the phone and turn off all syncing except for your music. Make sure you sync via a playlist, and select a playlist that has a few hundred songs (or create one). See if that will transfer properly. If so, it may be the syncing of other items that is causing this problem.

  • Unable to sync music and video on ipad 4 but able to sync on iphone

    used handbrake to convert video, used itune to convert personnel video made with iphone
    mp3 music unable to sync
    all other(book, contact , app) are syncable

    iTunes can help you convert video.
    let's clear your question: you have some personal video files that made with iPhone, and then used handbrake to convert the videos.  The video and Mp3 files can't sync to iPad 4, right?
    Well, while you convert the videos with handbrake, what output settings you choose? iPad or Apple TV is ok.
    Or else you maybe need another video converter.

  • I tried to sync my iPod touch to a new laptop and it deleted all of my music and videos. I called tech support and they told me to email iTunes and they would give it back to me. How do I do this??

    I  tried to sync my iPod touch to a new MacPro laptop and it deleted all of my music and videos. I called tech support and they told me to email iTunes and they would give it back to me. How do I do this??

    Correct. When you update via iTunes all synced media that is not in your iTunes library will be lost.
    As IO said before:
    You can redownload most iTunes pruchases by:
    Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
    I do not think it included audio books.

  • I'm always losing all of my music and get a lot of apps that i don't need when i plug my i4 into my mac. I only ticked the box 'Manually manage music and videos' but it's always syncing itself. How can i prevent this? I don't want to put bacPlease Help!!!

    I'm always losing all of my music and get a lot of apps that i don't need when i plug my i4 into my mac. I only ticked the box 'Manually manage music and videos' but it's always syncing itself. How can i prevent this? I don't want to put back 1500 any more because of this. Please Help!!!

    I'm always losing all of my music and get a lot of apps that i don't need when i plug my i4 into my mac. I only ticked the box 'Manually manage music and videos' but it's always syncing itself. How can i prevent this? I don't want to put back 1500 any more because of this. Please Help!!!

  • Can't add music my iPhone from iTunes.  When I try to drag a song over to my phone, I get the circle w/ the syncing line through it, but it does not update/load.  [Manually manage music and videos] is checked. And, this is the only Mac I have ever used to

    Can't add music my iPhone from iTunes.
    When I try to drag a song over to my phone, I get the circle w/ the syncing line through it, but it does not update/load.
    [Manually manage music and videos] is checked. And, this is the only Mac I have ever used to add music to my phone.
    Also, just updated the phone's software today, and iTunes' software is already up to date.

    Hi Gregg,
    Have you tried resetting the device (nothing will be lost): Hold down the Home and Power buttons at the same time and continue to hold them down until the Apple appears (up to 30 seconds). Once the Home screen redisplays, see if your Music app is behaving normally.
    Cheers,
    GB

  • Music and videos do not sync from iTunes to iPhone 4

    Hi all, any help on this issue appreciated. I have recently purchased an iPhone 4 and wanted to sync music and some videos on to it. I have successfully done this on my iPod Nano. But when I attempt it with the iPhone 4, the iTunes program freezes or stalls, and in Windows task manager it shows the program as 'Not responding'. I've probably tried it about 10 times now with different songs or videos but the same thing happens.
    Does anyone have any idea why this is happening. Could it be my PC just being a bit old? Seems strange though when it works fine for the iPod.
    Thanks

    I'm having that problem with a number of podcasts as well. I'm getting a error message that the files will not play on the iphone.
    I've tried switching usb ports, restoring iphone, uninstalling and reinstalling itunes, fixing permissions, rebooting, etc.
    I've been able to download a podcast onto the iphone through the itunes app, which then plays fine until I synch w/ itunes and then itunes removes the podcast.
    help?

  • My music and video i save on my ext, drive when i need i drag folder i want to itunes and sync, how come now it's save on my pc and took alots space? how can do like beore iphone 4 did not do like that

    my video and music i save on my ext drive when i want to sync to my phone or ipad i drag folder into play list itunes and sync, before it did not save on my pc but now it save on my pc drive and took alots space, how can i do all my folder music and video did not save on my pc and into my ext,drive? please help me
    Thanks
    MPHU

    Hi MJPHU,
    I understand that when you want to move music or video from your external hard drive to sync with iTunes, that media is staying on your computer and taking up hard drive space. In this situation I would recommend changeing the location of where iTunes looks for the media. This way you can sync anything you want without dragging files to your computer hard drive. If the external drive with the media is connected, iTunes will sync directly from there. The following article explains how to change the location of where iTunes looks for your media.
    iTunes for Windows: Moving your iTunes Media folder
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1364
    Thanks for reaching out,
    -Joe

  • HT1386 I have Mac itunes and a touch 2G.  My wife has Win7 and touch 4G (both iOS 4.2.1). She got a new iphone, I now have her touch 4G, and am trying to sync it to my Mac itunes.  The music and videos sync, but apps & podcast will not. All checked to syn

    I have Mac itunes and a touch 2G.  My wife has Win7 and touch 4G (both iOS 4.2.1). She got a new iphone, I now have her touch 4G, and am trying to sync it to my Mac itunes.  The music and videos sync to the 4G, but apps & podcast will not. All are checked to sync.  During sync, it gets to "determining apps to sync"  then immediately goes to "finished syncing".   No apps or podcasts from my Mac itunes are on the touch 4G.

    You can only sync to one iTunes library but you can manage music and videos among different computer/libraries.
    It appears that you are trying to sync with a different library.
    - If you want to make the Mac you syncing computer:
    --- Connect the iPod to the computer and make a backup by:
    iOS: How to back up
    --- Restore the iPod from that backup. Note that synced media like apps and music are not in included in the backup.

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