Updating ipod without itunes

i'm away from my computer and a friend of mine and i switched mp3 players (he really wanted to see videos...he was amazed) and i heard a song on his dell DJ that was AWESOME and i want to just add that one song, i can get the song and have my cable to hook it up to a computer, but is it possible?
also, could i add it to a playlist, or no? (both a smart playlist and a normal one)

Try going to File-->Add folder to library and select the My Documents/My Music/iTunes/iTunes Music folder. See if it comes back.
If not, see if the steps listed here help...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301895
See this as well...
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/store/lostmusic/
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How to manually update ipod w/ itunes 7.0?

Hello All,
As the subject reads how do you manually update ipod w/ itunes 7.0?
Thank You

See this for a proper explanation.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61148

Can you get songs on the ipod without itunes?

like you can on ipods?
use your own music on it to save you buying every song.

like you can on ipods?
I think if you google "ipod without itunes" or "iphone without itunes" you'll get plenty of hits with interesting suggestions.
use your own music on it to save you buying every song.
Just because you use iTunes doesn't mean you have to buy every song from Apple's store. You can import your existing CDs or MP3s into iTunes without buying them again. You can use iTunes to manage your existing collection of music, and not buy any new music. (The vast majority of my music collection was ripped from CDs, not purchased from Apple's store.) Also iTunes has wonderful integration with free sources of audio content including podcasts, iTunes U, etc.
In my opinion, the main reason to get an iPod or iPhone is for the seamless integration with iTunes. If you decide you don't want to use iTunes, you probably are dealing with slightly more cumbersome music integration which is probably no better or no worse than any of the other MP3 players out there.
Reading between the lines of your original post, if you're concerned about getting locked into Apple's proprietary world when managing your music in iTunes, you consider using an industry standard format, like MP3, rather than Apple's proprietary file formats, such as AAC. Specifically, in iTunes, go to preferences, go to the "When you insert CD section", click on "Import Settings", and change from AAC to something like MP3. Not as efficient way of storing the music, but you're also not locked into Apple's file formats (and thus just Apple hardware/software). But if you expect to stay with iPods and similar Apple players, AAC is a fine format. But for those of us who play music on other players too (e.g. my TiVo), MP3 is a more flexible format.

Cannot restore or update iPod in iTunes 7 or later????

Nano completely crashed today and said to restore with iTunes but i get this error "Error 1415, 1417, 1418, 1428, 1429, 1430, 1436 or 1439: Cannot restore or update iPod in iTunes 7 or later"
All the resolutions from this link http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1372 do not work
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Updating IPOD without losing tunes that are no longer on Itunes

How do I update my Ipod without losing the songs that have
disappeared from ITunes?

Try going to File-->Add folder to library and select the My Documents/My Music/iTunes/iTunes Music folder. See if it comes back.
If not, see if the steps listed here help...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301895
See this as well...
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/store/lostmusic/
btabz

Updating Ipod Without Removing Songs

Hi, I was wondering is there a way to add new songs to the ipod without removing the current songs on it? Because I think when I update the ipod, with different folders, the songs aren’t there anymore. The reason is that I want to delete some of the videos that are on my computer since they are already on my ipod.
Also, I will be using a new computer for 2 weeks, so I’ll be adding new songs from a new itunes….will this delete the present songs on the ipod even though they are not on the computer?
Thanks.

You need to change iTunes to manual updating rather than automatic. Then changes you make in iTunes will not be automatically made on your iPod. To make this change, mount the iPod and in iTunes either right-click on the iPod icon or go to the iPod Options at the bottom of the iTunes window.
IMPORTANT: Make sure you make a backup copy of any tracks or videos that you remove from iTunes before you delete them. Having content only on an iPod is not sufficiently reliable to risk.

Updating ipod without deleting music

I can't get at the music on my son's 4th gen ipod touch. (Ok, we can play it on the ipod, but I can't delete anything.)
I am trying to delete SOME of the music on my son's 4th gen ipod touch. When I try to access his machine via itunes on my pc, itunes wants to do an update before I can see anything. Then it says do you really want to delete everything when you update? Of course I say, no, I DON'T want to do that--and then I'm back to not being able to see anything or get at the music on the ipod. If I choose "cancel", there is no other way to even SEE what's on there. He's got so much stuff on there I can't update anything without deleting something. I took off all his photos but it's not enough, and I don't want to delete his apps. Stuck, frustrated...I have no "coping skills" for apple products and I'm ready to flush this thing. Annoyed that I can't just delete the songs from the darn ipod without having to hook up to my pc and do this update. (I understand you can do this in 5th gen, but as I said, this is 4th gen.)
Help!

Follow these instructions.
Syncing to a "New" Computer or replacing a "crashed" Hard Drive: Apple Support Communities
When you restore from backup the iPod will also be updated.

HT4623 Do not have the software update area in my settings! How do I update iPod without that? Btw I have a 3G iPod! Does this make a difference? How do io do the update?

Do not have software updates section in settings! How do I update my iPod without that?

A 3G can go to iOS 5.1.1 and requires iTunes version 10.5 or later. If you have a Mac that requires OSX 110,5,8 or later
Are you sure you really do not have a 2G iPod? Those can only go to 4.2.1
Identifying iPod models
iPod touch (3rd generation)
iPod touch (3rd generation) features a 3.5-inch (diagonal) widescreen multi-touch display and 32 GB or 64 GB flash drive. You can browse the web with Safari and watch YouTube videos with Wi-Fi. You can also search, preview, and buy songs from the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store on iPod touch.
The iPod touch (3rd generation) can be distinguished from iPod touch (2nd generation) by looking at the back of the device. In the text below the engraving, look for the model number. iPod touch (2nd generation) is model A1288, and iPod touch (3rd generation) is model A1318.

When updating ipod w/ itunes 7: "unknown error 1417"

when i try to update my ipod to software 1.2, the itunes downloads it and gives me an error message saying "could not update ipod. unknown error. (1417)"
any suggestions?
it is a 60gb ipod video

http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=3144308#3144308

Updating iPod w/ iTunes 7

I used iTunes 6 and had to manually update my iPod, because i deleted the music off of my computer after i had transfered it. So, i put it on manuel, because if you dont, it wil automatically delete everything on your iPod or (update) it with an empty library.
Question: How am i supposed to add more music to my iPod because there is no manuel in preferences and if i plug in my iPod with itunes open then it will delete my Music or (update) with an empty library.
Help Please, i need more music.

See this:
iPod: "Enable Disk Use" dimmed in Preferences

Updating Ipod on iTunes Problem

Everytime I connect my Ipod to the usb, it shows up on itunes and as a drive. But when usually the ipod should be updating, it brings up a window saying itunes isn't responding,giving me options to send the error report or not, and then no matter which i choose, itunes closes and ipod does not update. Even if I reopen itunes, the difficulty happens again.Please help.
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Make sure everything is updated...
iPod Updater Download Page
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Updating iPod from iTunes sporadically causes system reboot

This one is driving me slowly crazy, so help is appreciated.
I'm running version 6.0.4.2 of iTunes and iPod updater 2006-03-23 on a Windows XP Media Center PC with a 20 gig iPod Photo. Have been blissfully using iPod and iTunes for months with zero issues with regular updates when prompted.
Over the last couple of weeks, my computer is sporadically rebooting in the middle of an iPod update. This usually happens in the following sequence:
1. Open iTunes
2. Connect iPod
4. Automatic update happens
5. Make some changes in iTunes, such as downloading new podcasts
6. Update iPod manually using File, Update iPod
VOILA! Reboot.
It doesn't always happen on the manual update. Sometimes, it happens with the automatic update (although less often). Every once in a while the manual update goes through just fine.
After this started happening, I thought long and hard about any system changes and had installed a new DVD/CD burner program, so I removed it, rebooted, reset the iPod, updated both iTunes and the iPod updater. Just for good measure I ran a full virus scan and AdAware to get rid of any unknown nasties.
Well, it's still happening and I am stumped and annoyed. Any ideas on what I might be able to do here?
Thanks a lot!
Heather
Windows XP

hi Heather!
are you getting any sort of blue screen? if so, what numerical and text codes are you getting with it? (ie 0x[zeros/letters/numbers] CAPSANDUNDERSCORES)
here's a reference on the sorts of things i'm asking about:
Troubleshooting Windows Stop Messages
if you're not seeing a blue screen (or just a flash of one), we can use this technique to make hidden blue screens appear for us:
1) Open your system control panel (Start->Control Panels->System).
2) Select the "Advanced" tab.
3) Click the "Startup and Recover" section's "Settings" button
4) Verify that under "System Failure" the "Automatically restart" checkbox is not checked.
love, b

Updating iPod hangs iTunes

I have a laptop that I use on a docking station at home and at the office. My iTunes library is on an external hard drive at home, and I play songs directly off my 60GB video iPod at work.
This setup has worked fine in the past, but I have recently been having some issues connecting my iPod at work. The "Updating iPod" message appears, and the spinning activity icon appears next to my iPod in the left-hand menus. It works fine for a while, but soon the spinning icon stops and iTunes freezes. I can CtrlAltDelete out of iTunes but that is it.
I have tried the 5 Rs (short of re-formatting the iPod since I don't really think that is the issue!) but am a loss as to what to do next. Any ideas?
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Hey, you the man. I just want to say thank you. I hooked up a just repaired touch wheel iPod to my son's g4 iMAC, and it kept hanging on random songs and even the one's it transferred, it did slowly. I tried everything everyone else has, I did restores and erases forever. And it kept hanging up, so I had to frequently disconnect the iPod to get control back of the computer. This morning I was on the phone with Apple tech for over an hour. His conclusion was that because some of the songs weren't purchased from the Apple Store, I needed to manually transfer each song one at a time. I had to go, so didn't get to try it until later today and same problem. Again I called Apple tech support. Guy was very nice, on phone with him for 90 minutes, he didn't think the first advice made much sense. He gave up in frustration when we couldn't get into the disk utility because iPod kept going to automatic update. He told me to call back tomorrow and speak to a specialist. He said he's never had this much difficulty with an iPod. After the call, I managed to get into the disk utillity and do the erase and repair but didn't do anything. When I finally deactivated the auto update, manually transferring the songs one at a time didn't solve the problem. I read your post, started up after disconnecting the iSight firewire cable, took a chance of activating auto update of songs again, and voila, it transferred all the songs (all 176 of them) in about 10 seconds, like a warm knife through butter. And as they said on Saturday Night Live, it felt "like butter." I will call Apple tomorrow and tell them they really need to do something about this. In the meantime, I'll keep iSight disconnected whenever songs are being transferred into the iPod.
Again, your advice is much appreciated. Thank you for the post.
Steve
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Updating iPod in Itunes 7

I've found yet another problem in iTunes 7, and I can't find any discussion or solutions so far.
While I'm hesitant to update my iPod firmware from 1.1 to 1.2, for the first time last night I was unable to move a Video Podcast onto my iPod because my "software is not current". I got this error from iTunes.
However, when I attempt to update my iPod from the iPod page in iTunes7 = I click on the update button > iTunes then ejects my iPod > then a pop up displays with a progress bar with the verbiage "updating iPod".
Nothing is being updated because the iPod was ejected. I've left this window for over 15 minutes thinking maybe just maybe.... but iTunes is actually locked and not responding. I have to use Task Manager to shut it down.
Has anyone else ran into this problem, more importantly anyone solved this problem?
Thanks in advance!

okay, let's try upgrading to itunes 7.0.2.16 and then trying another update. (so far, 7.0.2.16 seems to be doing a bit better than the earlier 7.0.x versions when it comes to updating ipods.)
here's a link:
iTunes 7.0.2.16 Installer

Any way to delete songs off iPod without iTunes?

I'm planning on going on a long trip where I would prefer not to take my powerbook.
Is there any way to delete files/songs off the iPod without a computer? That way I can import more photos [with the camera connector] when I see that I'm running out of space in the field?
Thanks

you need a computer. select manual update, and you can pull songs on and off you iPod with ease.

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