TS2530 iTunes keeps "updating" my songs information without my consent

iTunes keeps modifying my songs information such as "year, track number, compositor" wich I usually have in blank, and don't want to have that information! Anyway to stop that?

Why can't you set it to manually update?
Connect your iPod to the computer. When it appears in iTunes go to edit-->preferences. Click the iPod tab. Set it to manually manage music. Click OK.
Why doesn't that work?
Also...
btabz: Can songs deleted from iTunes stay on the iPod?
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I cannot update the song information on my iPod in iTunes.

I got an iPod Touch 4g about a year ago. Last month the iPod all the sudden stopped working. I took it into the store twice and the second time they simply replaced it with a new one. Since then I have been having two problems:
1) The operating system has been running extremely slowly. I brought it into the store today and they suggested reinstall the OS and that this should fix the issue with it. I can't really ***** that problem right now.
2) I for some reason cannot update the song information on the iPod directly in iTunes. If I change the name of the song or the album or genre in Itunes that is actually on the iPod, it'll show up as changed in Itunes but on the iPod itself it hasn't changed. On my old one, whenever a change was made it would often say, "One moment while library updates." It doesn't do this on my replacement.
In order to change information for the songs, I need to delete the copy off my iPod, update the information on the computer copy and then retransfer it over. Is there some setting I need to change in order for the changes to take place. I would like to avoid going back to the store a fourth time.

1) Powering off nd then back on the iPOd tends to fix the lag problem for a while
2) The problem with updating music is a known problem with iOS 5 and as you found out, you have to delete/unsync the music form the iPod and then resync.

My ITunes keeps deleting my songs my IPhone and it keeps doing it after it loads the songs how do i stop it?, my ITunes keeps deleting my songs my IPhone and it keeps doing it after it loads the songs how do i stop it?

my ITunes keeps deleting my songs my IPhone and it keeps doing it after it loads the songs how do i stop it?

that didnt help because when i plug in my iphone to the computer it doesnt show my iphone in itunes all it does it pop up saying if i would like to download and update my ios software to ios 7.1.1 . when i put it in to DFU mode it didn't do anything and thre computer did not recognise it and neither did itunes. so i dont quite understand how to do this ill keep on trying and see if im in luck.

ITunes keep repeating a song in my playlist. The repeat icon is no longer on the upper right hand side

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I looked under file but I couldn't find the "Genius & Playlist" option. I also looked under the other options on the top left side but I couldn't find it there either. And all "Genius suggestions" does for me is show similar songs already purchased in my library. It doesn't show me anything new that I haven't purchased.

My itunes keeps opening on its own without me opening it, it will happen again and again even after i close it. how do i fix it to make it stop doing this as it is extreemely annoying

my itunes keeps opening on its own without me opening it, it will happen again and again even after i close it. how do i fix it to make it stop doing this as it is extreemely annoying

If it is doing it while your device is plugged in, it is because it is set to automatically sync. Please go to: Preferences>Devices, and select the option to "Prevent iPods, iPhones, and iPads from syncing automatically." Also, I hate to be "that guy", but you spelt extremely wrong. Just a pro tip.

ITunes just downloaded and upgraded itself without my consent!!

iTunes just downloaded and upgraded itself without my consent while I was at work. Is this a new Apple policy ? Am I no longer owner of my own machine ? Isn't it up to me when and if I want to upgrade something ?
/Tommy

Let's try a repair install of iTunes first.
Restart the PC. If you're using Vista or 7, now head into your Uninstall a program control panel, select "iTunes" and then click "Repair". If you're using XP, head into your Add or Remove Programs control panel, select "iTunes", click "Change" and then click "Repair".
Can you launch your iTunes now?

ITunes on MBP keeps altering song information without my inputing any changes

It seems several people are having this problem, as far as I can tell from other blogs and discussion boards, but I have yet to find an answer that corrects the issue permanently. iTunes (v. 11.3 (54)) on my MBP mid-2012 13" (running OS X Mavericks, v. 10.9.4) model keeps changing the genre of my songs. I have, in the past, organized songs according to genres as I liked and have not had problems until about 3 months ago. I have tried several fixes but it I cannot find one that keeps iTunes from making the changes on its own without my input in the song information. All I have to do to change the song back is simply "play" it. When I do iTunes reverts the song's information back to where it should be and places it within that genre. Then the next time I reopen iTunes it has changed all the songs again. If anyone has a fix please post here or link me to one that has worked for you. This issue has also started to change some album and artist information. One fix I found that worked only temporarily (until I turned my MacBook back on) was going to Preferences >> Advanced and unchecking the "Keep iTunes Media folder organized." Worked for a day and then reverted back to the same problem.

Yes, others are seeing this. Something in purchased media (I am pretty sure this has only happened with purchased media) is periodically checking back with the iTunes Store and resetting the tags in the iTunes library file but not in the actual media files (metadata are stored in both). I haven't seen a truly systematic diagnosis of the issue (I use an old iTunes and have no iTunes account so I can't test anything myself). There are temporary workarounds but tags will still revert after a time.
2014 discussion about edited tags for Store purchases reverting to originals - https://discussions.apple.com/message/26077896#26077896 - edited tags are still present in the media file but revert to the originals in the iTunes library file. Workaround is to refresh tags so media file tags are re-read and used in library file.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/26193185#26193185
https://discussions.apple.com/message/26335620#26335620 - user ended up rebuilding iTunes library from scratch
Send feedback to Apple about this so they know it is an issue they need to investigate:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html
Don't expect an immediate solution but maybe the next time they update the software it may be resolved.

ITunes Keeps Changing My Song Info

Forgive me if this is an easy fix (of which I hope it is). On my father's laptop it seems like every Wednesday iTunes updates his song library which causes any information he changed to revert back to where it was originally. For example, he has bought individual songs from four separate Elton John albums but condenses them into one custom album that he created. He makes sure all the sorting options match that of his custom album information, but come Wednesday those songs are automatically modified to revert back to their previous settings.
Another example is that I gifted him The Tragically Hip's "Now for Plan A" album, but the bonus track edition. The default name of the album is "Now for Plan A (Bonus Track Edition)." He will customize the album to rid away the Bonus Track part and just leave the rest as is. He does this both for Album and Sort Album for all songs involved. Come Wednesday it will revert it back to the Bonus Track Edition.
Is there a setting I am missing to turn this off? I don't recall having similar issues on my personal iTunes account on a separate computer. He uses Windows, I use OSX.
Thanks for any help.

In iTunes go to Edit > Preferences > Store and turn off
Show iTunes in the Cloud purchases
Share details about your library with Apple
On any iOS device go to Settings > Music and turn off
Show All Music
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Itunes keeps shuffling my songs

hi, im not sure what i did but now whenever i put a cd into my pc and load itunes it shuffles the songs.
e.g
6
5
4
11
etc
when i want
1
2
3
4
5
how can i stop this? thanks
-DT1000

i tried turning shuffle off and on, what that does is the songs remain in their place but when they finish playing they go to a song that isnt next on the playlist. Sort of a double-shuffle. Anyway, not that i know how to move songs around on a playlist, but even if i did i shouldnt have to move the songs back to place manually. Isnt there an option that puts songs in their correct places?

ITunes wont update with new information

So a brief story to see if anyone knows how to help me out.
I have had itunes match for a while now and had no problems apart from the typical issues when uploading. About 2 weeks ago i made a backup of my C: Drive which contain's my itunes library (XML and ITL files) and Artwork.
All my music/app/books ect are on a separate hard drive.
A week after backing up my C drive, i decided to clean up my itunes music. All I did was change some album artists names from VA to Various Artists. iTunes did this fine and moved all the albums to the folder called Various Artists on my separate hard drive where the music is stored. Also this updated itunes match, as at work on my MacBook they appear as Various Artists - i.e. the new album artist name i gave those albums.
A week after this windows broke, so I had to format my C: hard drive. The separate hard drive where the itunes music/apps/books etc was fine.
Formatted my pc and restored the backup of all the XML and artwork to my C drive. I open up itunes and the albums have the old names (i expected this as the backup was prior to me changing the names) and when i try to play a song on any of those albums it says it can not find it (this is also normal as the albums were renamed, but do exist in the itunes folder called Various Artists).
I thought oh ok, itunes match will update all my xml library files with the data it has stored in the cloud. But it doesnt. It does not touch those albums.
I know for a fact that in the cloud the albums are named Various Artists as i can see them on any other apple device (iphone, ipad and mac itunes).
Is there a way to force itunes match to update your l;ocal library album names or artists. Is there an easy way?

el_gallego87 wrote:
Is there a way to force itunes match to update your l;ocal library album names or artists. Is there an easy way?
iTunes Match doesn't really work that way. You'll need to locate the files for iTunes (either on the external or internal HDD), then change the ID3 tags yourself.

ITunes keeps restoring deleted songs/won't delete songs

I just realized that I posted this question accidentally in the iTunes for Mac forum so I figured I'd ask here since I'm actually a PC user.
I tried absolutely every suggestion in this thread (https://discussions.apple.com/message/17046601#17046601) and nothing is working for me.
I'm in the main music library, not a playlist. The files are not read-only.
I've tried deleting the files every which way I can think of. I've tried deleting them in both iTunes and Windows explorer. Every time I do, they always temporarily show up as being deleted from iTunes but then they just magically come right back the next time I restart iTunes or sync my iPhone.
I can delete all of my songs except for these five (which I legitimately purchased from the iTunes store).
I think it's a problem with permissions. I'm the administrator and yet I've tried editing the permission on the files. When I do, it shows that I have indeed edited the permission on the files giving all users (including myself) the right to delete these five annoying files that won't delete. But then as soon as I do that and then try deleting them in iTunes or via windows explorer (even if I empty the recycle bin, it doesn't matter) the files just pop right back up in iTunes and Windows Explorer and revert back to their original permission state.
I've even tried renaming the files and then deleting them and then emptying my recycle bin and then closing down iTunes and then restarting iTunes and it still restores these five songs (even though the other 10 or so songs I deleted at the same time deleted just fine and haven't come back).
Does anybody have any ideas on how I can delete these songs? They're not corrupted so far as I can tell, they play fine. I just really hate them. They're like the bloody zombies, everytime you think you've finally found a way to kill them, they keep coming back to life.

Sorted- no idea how but it was one combination of switching icloud downloads off, on, syncing 0 then all music, ejecting, reconnecting, and turning itunes and ipod off and on did the trick!

ITunes constantly updates same songs unnesessarily

For some reason, iTunes is acting strange.
I recently moved up to a new 60GB 5G iPod from an old-school 10GB 2G model I've been using for years.
Anyways, after uploading my whole 30GB audio library and a few video podcasts to the new iPod, I've noticed something strange and annoying.
Every time my iPod triggers an update cycle, it ALWAYS updates the same ~350 songs and one video podcast. And these aren't getting updated because of something like a rating change or a play count increase or something similar. I just can't figure this out.
It's kind of a pain, since I might just want to add one new album or something small to my iPod, but instead, along with that album, it has to spend another 20+ minutes updating these same songs that don't even NEED updating.
I'm not willing to do a restore just yet, as with the amount of stuff that's on there.
Also, I NEVER had this problem with these albums and my 2G iPod, so I don't know what to make of it.
Any help would be appreciated.
5G iPod Windows XP

Solved it myself. Full restore.

Itunes re-"updates" many songs already on the ipod

My iTunes has a tendency of updating songs that are already on my iPod. Of the 3000+ songs I have on the iPod, it re-"updates", about 800 or so. It also seems to update those same 800 songs over and over again. It does this 800 song update every 2 or 3 times I plug in the iPod.
I know some of you may be thinking that the problem might be that I'm changing the tags on those songs, but I assure you that I am in no way altering or even touching those songs that update for no reason.
Can anyone tell me why iTunes is doing that, or how I might be able to stop it?
Custom Windows XP Pro

There are two things that I do that might be contributing to it, I just noticed. I tend to use the task-manager to end the Itunes.exe, and Ipodservice.exe processes after closing Itunes (I dont like closing a program and finding that it's still doing stuff in the background).
Also, I do not use the 'Eject' button in iTunes to disconnect the ipod, I manually eject it from the My Computer display of the IPOD portable media device.
I'm trying to experiment with it to see if either is actually the cause of the problem. Does anyone know for sure whether or not those processes remember which files need to be updated?
Custom Windows XP Pro
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Help with updating and song information

im currently using itunes 11.1.2(i know its the newest .2) and the new update is for .4 and an error comes up.
i see that you should do an uninstall and a reinstall but i wanted to know if this will lose all my songs and thier data (ie i have given everysong a rename and artist rename and lyrics). ive seen you need an itl and xml file but i only have an xml file
im using windows 7 for additional info
i just need help on what to do in this situation.

Let's start with...
The uninstall and reinstall process will preserve your iTunes library and any iOS device backups. You should check your preferences after reinstalling to make sure nothing has changed. Ideally you would backup the library and your other important personal documents and data on a regular basis. See the user tip Backup your iTunes for Windows library with SyncToy for a suggested strategy.
And a comprehensive guide to the reinstall process.
The main libray file is iTunes Library.itl though you may see it as iTunes Library. If you've managed to lose it, and have no back up
In the unlikely event that content is missing from the library following the reinstallation of iTunes see Empty/corrupt iTunes library after upgrade/crash or Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device.
And a host of other troubleshooting advice....
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My iTunes keeps randomly deleting songs.

I know it isn't because it's full, I don't have enough for that to be the problem, but over time I go to look for a song I know I purchased and it's missing from my library. When I go to the store to find the song or album, it asks me to buy it again as if i never had. It's driving me crazy and I don't want to keep paying for music twice. Help!

I estimate iTunes really randomly deleting files and the iTunes Store really completely forgetting you ever purchased an item at about my chances as winning the lottery (for which I never buy tickets).
Do you have more than one AppleID? You cannot merge AppleIDs and items purchased with one will remain permanently associated with that ID, thereby not appearing in the Store as purchased if you log on with a different ID.

TS2530 iTunes keeps "updating" my songs information without my consent

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