Trouble transferring music to computer

I've tried to sync the iPhone to my computer and it stalls at "preparing to sync" and thern it times out.. Why is this?

This user tip should be helpful. It refers to the iPhone, but it's equally valid for iPods as well…
Syncing to a "New" Computer or replacing a "crashed" Hard Drive

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HT201593 Anyone else having trouble transferring music to iPad using iTunes?

Anyone else having trouble transferring music to iPad using iTunes?
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For the updates you've tried logging out of your account by tapping on your id at the bottom of the Featured tab in the App Store app and then logging back in ?
And for the purchases by 'not letting me buy music' you mean ... ? If you are getting an error message then what does it say ?

HT1848 Having trouble transferring music to my computer.

I tried to click on the "transfer music from my iPhone" button but the music will not be transfered to my computer. For a second it worked with the Genius, I thought, but then when I disconnected my phone, the songs were no longer in the library. Is this because I purchased the songs on my iTunes phone app? The computer is authorized so that's not it. Can someone help?

This user tip should be helpful. It refers to the iPhone, but it's equally valid for iPods as well…
Syncing to a "New" Computer or replacing a "crashed" Hard Drive

Having trouble transferring music from old PowerBook to new iMac

I'm having trouble transferring my iTunes music from my old PowerBook to my new iMac. Trying to follow the online instructions by using an external hard drive to transfer from one to another.

Hi Skingz,
Welcome to the Support Communities!
Is the external hard drive that you are working with formatted for Mac OS Extended Journaled?   Is there enough space on it?
The process is the same regardless of the operating system you are using:
OS X Mountain Lion: View information about your disk
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH11086
Formatting erases the contents of the external drive so be cautious. Also this process is for any application, not just Aperture:
Format external drives to Mac OS Extended before using with Aperture
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3509
Try the steps in the article again.
iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4527
If you are still not able to copy the library to your new computer this way, then the alternative approach would be to copy the music folder from your old computer to the external drive, and then add the music folder to your new, empty iTunes library on the iMac.   You'll have to recreate your playlists, etc, but at least you will have the music.
Adding music and other content to iTunes
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1473
I hope this information helps ....
Have a great day!
- Judy

Problem Transfereing Music. Computer Freezes.

Hi there. Just got a new Ipod and I am haveing problems transferring music to it. I installed Itunes and loaded all my music into it. My problem comes whenever I try and transfer my music to the Ipod. As soon as I try and transfer it the computer basically goes into hibernation mode and won't come out without restarting the computer.
Anyone else had this problem?

thanks - all other usb devices are disconnected. I tried to run the error check on the ipod, but when I click "start" (on the tools tab) that screen just goes away & doesn't seem to be doing anything.

Question re: transferring music from computer (iTunes) to iPod

This is going to make me sound like an idiot but I'm having problems transferring music that I purchased on iTunes (on my laptopy) to my iPod. It shows all the music in my "purchased" file but when I try to drag it to the iPod or a playlist on the iPod, nothing happens. I don't download music often but nothing I've tried is working...I'm sure this is an easy fix. I have the settings on "manual transfer" because when I had it on "automatic transfer" it previously erased everything on my iPod that I didn't also have in my library. Suggestions for this silly question?

Do a "search" from the main menu. This topic has been discussed ad nauseum. In the future, bear in mind that the computer IS the backup for the iPod and the computer itself should also be backed up to another medium.

Trouble transfering music from old computer to Mac

I just tried to transfer all of my music from my old PC to my new Macbook using my iPod. I followed all of the directions the tutorial had and it didn't work. Help anyone please??

There is a good general guide to switching from Windows to Mac at the following link that touches on moving music as well: How to Move to a Mac - Get your stuff from your PC to your new Mac
There are also these guides:
iTunes for Mac: How to copy purchases between authorized computers
iTunes for Windows: How to copy purchases between authorized computers
Networking with a Windows PC
Don't forget by the way if you have purchased any tracks from the iTunes Music Store to deauthorise your old PC if you are disposing of it so you don't use up your 5 allowances: About iTunes Music Store Authorisation and Deauthorisation

HT201269 Hi! I have purchased a new computer and have an older ipod 8th generation. Have had no trouble transferring music purchases until now. Seem to have no choice but purchase the icloud subscription. Anyone else having trouble with this?

Hi! I have an 8th generation ipod and have purchased a new laptop with windows 8. I purchased new songs on itunes and can't seem to transfer them to my ipod now. Doesn't give me an option to check the box under albums like I had to do before my new computer purchase. I have authorized this computer to accept itunes. Not sure what else to do. Don't want to lose all my songs already synched. Help! Thanks!

What exactly happens when you try to sync?
Was the iPod previous synced to another iTunes library/computer?
Have you successfully synced from this iTunes library/computer before?
If so have you done anything like update iTunes on the computer since it last successfully synced?
Do the songs play in iTunes?
Does any media now sync to the iPod?
Do you have the right boxes checked to sync?
iTunes: Syncing media content to iOS devices and iPod
Try syncing using the manual method
Managing content manually on iPhone, iPad, and iPod

I am having trouble transfering music and pics from my old Nokia phone to Iphone 4s

Why won't my iphone 4s recognize my old phone so that I can transfer pics and music through bluetooth? It just keeps telling me it is not paired with the device but I can't figure out how to do so. The Nokia phone recognizes the iphone just fine.

Connect you rdevice to your computer/iTunes. Go to the Photos tab. Choose to have no photos synced over and then 'Apply' the changes.

Even with ipod rip, trouble transferring music from Win-IPOD to Mac-Itunes

New Macbook (recent convert). Windows formatted IPOD. Bought IPOD-Rip. Plugged in ipod holding down Apple+Option so no accidents. Said IPOD RIP didn't recognize any music on IPOD, but did I want to do "hard recover" Yes. So--it then transferred entire contents of IPOD to Mac desktop. There it sits in all its glory. But my Mac Itunes doesn't recognize it, I THINK because it is Windows formatting. How do I get these songs into my Mac Itunes? While transfers are commonly discussed here, I don't think I've seen this particular problem?

Thanks so much! Seems to have basically worked. But didn't import the playlists...I'm sort of assuming that given everything else peculiar to my situation, that there's nothing I can do about that?

Ipod doesn't appear in itunes or on desktop - trouble transfering music

When connecting Ipod, it doesn't appear in itunes or on desktop (Windows). Attempted to fix.
Reinstalled itunes and ipod, also upgraded itunes - no success in fixing.
Restored ipod (through computer)- no success in fixing - and of course, lost all songs in ipod.
Now, ipod sometimes appears in itunes, sometimes doesn't.
I've had a little success transfering songs (albeit, inconsistently) back to ipod from itunes, but sporadically.
Itunes is working fine when playing songs on computer;
Ipod working fine when playing songs on ipod. It's difficult transferring songs back to ipod. I checked cable and port with other equipment. Cable and port appear to be working. When clicking on Safely Remove Hardware, computer identifies ipod as "drive 0." I need help on how to get my ipod to appear in itunes again and fix the transfering problem?

HI there, Welcome to Apple discussions
Try this page and come back if you still have issues. Book mark it as well, as you may need it again in the future.
http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/index.html
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93976

Transferred music from computer to laptop...some content won't play

Some of my content is locked, and when I try to authorize, it says that the computer is already authorized, but wont play the song.

Then, I dropped the entire itunes file from the old PC (XP) into an empty external drive.
That "itunes file from the old PC"? Is that the iTunes folder, from the old PC, that was in the user home folder's Music folder?
All of the library, playlists, etc. from the ipod as they always have been are shown, by they are 'grayed out' and will not open or play.
That's on the iPod, correct? Are all of your old playlists in iTunes, from the old PC, still there in iTunes on the new PC? Are the songs in iTunes still playable?
This document provides the steps to transfer a complete iTunes library between two computers. See the section called External drive.
iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer - Apple Support
There are many steps, but this is a summary. (1) On the old PC, consolidate all of your iTunes data into the iTunes folder. (2) Copy this iTunes folder to the external drive. (3) On the new PC (that has iTunes installed but NOT running), replace its existing iTunes folder with the one from the old PC (on the external drive). When you run iTunes, it uses the iTunes folder from the old PC, and it should look like iTunes on the old PC (with all the playlists, ratings, play count, etc.), and your iPod will see the iTunes library as the same iTunes library (because it is the same library).
If you did something different, and the old PC is still accessible, you may want to try it using the method from the linked document.

Trouble transferring music

Hopefully somebody can help and this isn't too long winded.
a)    I have an old pc, tht I first set up Itunes on, I have loaded over 3,000 cds to it.
b)    I want to transfer the music stored here, but I can't remember my password, and have changed my email address some time ago, so they can't send me a
        reminder.
c)    When I plug my IPOD into the new computer it won't let me transfer the music when I click sync - it states that it will erase what is on the ipod.
d)    What can I do to get what is on the ipod, sycned to my new computer...
Thanks (in hope!)
Paul

music files go to gallery always, you should go to your music player and locate a selection "update music library" to make the music visible in your player

Trouble transfering music to player

I have the Zen Touch 40GB model. Awhile back I created a backup folder of my playlist in another HD on my PC. To make a long story short I had to delete the music files on my player and though it would be easy to retransfer the files from my PC back to my player. Another thing that happened is that recently I had to reinstall Windows Vista and other programs and applications to my PC. I downloaded and installed Creative MediaSource V5.0.38. At one point the PC music library pane in the organizer was blank. I then went into settings under the PC Music Library tab I clicked restore. I chose the directory where the backup files were located, clicked apply and OK. The files then appeared in the music library pane in the organizer. I then tried to transfer all the files to my player. I clicked edit>select all and clicked the transfer button between the music library pane and the Zen player pane. Every time a file is attempted to be transfered to the player I get a message stating? "Unable to find track or file in the source location." The only files I CAN transfer is those that were recently imported to the music library, i.e. not from the backup location and after the Windows reinstall. I also tried transfering the files using synch manager but was unsucessful there also.
Can anyone please give me any advice as to what the problem and possible solutions may be.
Thanks in advance for your help.

Can you flash it with firmware / have you tried that?If a firmware flash works, then try formatting the player. There's plenty of posts about how to do both of these tasks.When that's done, try loading some music. If it still give problems, something serious is wrong. Don't want to sound pesimistic but if it's used and you got it on E-Bay, you could have bought a dud. I've never usedEBay before so forgive me when I ask if you have any sort of comeback - e.g 4 day return period or something. Best of luck

Trouble transfering music to iPhone 5 iOS 7.0.6 from iTunes 11.1.5 on Macbook Pro Snow Leopard 10.6.8

I recently fixed my Macbook Pro and updated the software to Snow Leopard 10.6.8. I am having trouble syncing my iPhone with iOS 7.0.6 to my iTunes which is 11.1.5. It gets stuck on step 4 of 4 "Waiting for changes to apply." I've reset sync services and done a lot of research about what I can do to fix the problem to no avail. I would appreciate any help availible.
Thanks

I had the same issues, reloaded itunes, updated driver, blasted everything out, etc., did everything, short of doing a rain dance. I finally got it to sync by clicking the box "sync only checked songs and videos". It also allowed me to sync books, etc. Good Luck Bwerner25.

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