TS1510 Getting Music onto iPod nano

I don't know how to transter the album I purchased at iTunes onto my iPod. When I go to "devices," the option "sync" is not highlighted.
Where can I find understandable instructions on how to do this, or can anyone tell me what to do?? I thought Apple was user friendly, but so far, I'm very frustrated. Any advice will be greatly appreciated! Many thanks!

Yes ipod is a selection.
Click
Apple Support Communities
at the top of this page, then click the ipod nano forum

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do you get any kind of message? Did you burn or buy the CD?

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Bought a new nano ipod at Staples yesterday. It has taken me over 6 HOURS to get the darn thing registered. I am seriously ready to return this if things continue in this vein. No support, no manual, no help, no info on how to use this item.
I now have 4 songs in my itunes library - 1 is a free itunes download, and 3 are from my computer, they were in the 'sample music' folder. Not spending another cent until I figure out this thing.
So I sign in to itunes, my ipod syncs and . . . NO MUSIC is on it. I have now spent 2 hours trying to move these songs over, to no avail.
Can someone please point me to step by step instructions for using this item? Yes, I HAVE found the online users manual, which is totally useless in trying to set up an apple ID, an itunes ID, and I've done everything it says to move the songs with no success.
I can't tell you how many times I had to fill in the info for the new account, link to PayPal, and now, every time I do anything it again asks for my email and password. How many times does this go on? There is something seriously wrong with the way this is going.

This is what the online manual says:
By default, iTunes syncs songs on iPod nano automatically when you connect it to your
computer. When iTunes is finished, you can disconnect iPod nano.
Well, I have not changed any default settings, at least not knowingly. And the songs do not move. As for disconnecting, you have EJECT the ipod and THAT took me over 45 minutes to figure out. Seems there is a sidebar which does not show and you have magically know to use control-S to get that sidebar showing.

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These may help.
iPod Tutorial.
iPod 101.
iTunes Tutorial.

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You'll find instructions on this page: iTunes window does not display all options

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i have iTunes, but i don't know how to get songs off iTunes, onto iPod, help!

Firstly, you must put some songs into your iTunes, e.g. rip the song from the CD. Once the song appear on the iTunes, connect your iPod with your computer, and a window will pop up and you need to register your iPod with the iTunes, then make a choice whether you would like to do a sync manually or auto.
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Hi There Debra,
It's a little confusing at first, but once you get the hang of it, you'll be hooked!
1- Connect your nano and wait for iTunes to open.
2- Go to Edit>Preferences and click on iPod.
3- Select how you want to update the tunes on your nano--automatically or manually
4- If you select auto update for selected playlists, you can select only the playlists you want to use for updating the nano each time.
5- Once you select the playlists, they will be copied onto your nano.
6- When it's finished updating, eject your nano (in iTunes and maybe in Windows, too--not sure because I have a Mac.)
7- Have fun!
Regards,
David

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and i can see the memory used going down... once its finished the used goes back to what it was before!!
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Thanks very much!
My issue is that I have stupidly dropped my first laptop and broken the screen so it is unusable.
The music currently on my ipod is from this first laptop so I dont really want to wipe it in order to put music on from the second laptop (and hence now my only itunes store).
Is there a way to take the music currently on my ipod off somehow and store it somewhere, eg on my new computer, so that I dont lose it when I 'wipe it to sync with my new itunes store'?
Does that make sense?
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Is there anyway around this, or am I just F-ed in the A?

If you read this thread,
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1117839&tstart=0
you'll know that 10.4.8 is the minimum requirement for new nano, and so many people having the same situation as yours now.
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Can't figure out how to get my playlist onto my iPod. Trying for over an hour and so frustrated. Please, please help me? I'd be so grateful.

Open itunes,
Connect ipod.
Click your ipod on the top of the screen or in the sidebar, depending on how you have it set up.
Go to the music tab.
Select what you want
Sync

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This has been an outstanding problem for many months.
All I would like to know is if I can put music onto it atall..
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The old itunes showed your library and ipod icons on the left, and I could simply drag music onto the ipod icon.
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Hi hobbss,
It sounds like you may want to show the sidebar in iTunes. You can access it again by following this:
iTunes 11: Frequently used features
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5649
Show Sidebar - Choose View > Show Sidebar (this feature will display iTunes features on the left side of the application including Library, Store, Shared, Genius, and Playlists).
Also, here is an article with information on how to sync media to your iPod:
iTunes: Syncing media content to iPod
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1351
Cheers,
- Ari

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I have sorted it myself!!
Ipod is now in the top right corner, last time I clicked on it, it ejected it but by clicking on the actual ipod icon then it brings up your ipod. I restored it to factory settings and synced all my music and it now works again. Hope this can help anyone who ends up with the same problem.

TS1510 Getting Music onto iPod nano

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