Why am I missing music/albums on my iPod?

I have music and albums that do not appear on my iPod. For instance, I have an artist with several albums, but when I search the artist only some of his albums appear. When I search for the albums themselves, they then magically appear. When I look at the ipod's content on my computer's itunes, everything shows up properly, it is purely on the device itself. I have tried refreshing the ipod several times; taking all music off and putting it back on several times, all to no avail. I'm confused why the iPod seems to be confused...

Hey Ari, the missing albums are they part of a compilation album or are there various artists an the album? If so have you looked in More then check Compilations. Hope this helps, Cheers.

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I bought an album on my iPhone and it never transferred to my iTunes account. It has disappeared now and I'm not allowed to buy it again. How can I find my missing music album or have the option to purchase it again?

Hello bubblegirl2,
Thank you for the details of the issue you are experiencing with your purchased album.
First, I recommend trying to download the album from you list of past purchases. Use the steps in the section titled "Download previous purchases on Mac or PC > iTunes Store" in the following article:
Download past purchases
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519
If you have tried those steps and still do not see the album, it may be that the album is hidden. Follow the steps below in iTunes on your computer to check if it is hidden and unhide it:
To unhide your purchases
Open iTunes on your Mac or PC.
If you're not already signed in, choose Store > Sign in.
Choose Store > View My Account. (You may be asked to enter your password again).
On your Account Information summary, scroll down to the "iTunes in the Cloud" section and click Manage.
Choose a content type by clicking Music, TV shows, Apps, or Books from the top.
Click the Unhide button next to the item you would like to restore.
Note: If the item you are unhiding is not already downloaded on your computer locally, it will begin downloading automatically.
iTunes Store: Hiding and unhiding purchases
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4919
If you are still not able to download the album, you can report the issue with this purchases using the steps in this article:
How to report an issue with your iTunes Store, App Store, Mac App Store, or iBookstore purchase
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1933
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Sheila M.

Why don't my music albums have pictures?

Before I synced my iPod to my computer the pictures of my music albums were showing up, but now instead of the picture of the album I get the picture of the grey music note on a staff. This problem only happens when I am in the "album" screen. When I select a particular album the picture shows up. This happens with iTunes bought albums and my personal ones. Please Help!

Try:
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Unsync all music and resync
- Reset all settings
Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
All your preferences and settings are reset. Information (such as contacts and calendars) and media (such as songs and videos) aren’t affected.
- Restore from backup. See:
iOS: How to back up
- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.

How do I remove a music album from my ipod

My ipod is nearly full and I would like to remove some albums (not just individual songs). Please can someone tell me you do this?
I thought that it would work like the apps with the checkbox but no it obviously isn't that simple.

Gerald Raddatz wrote:
Music on your iPod is controlled through the application iTunes. You will first need to uncheck the songs and albums you do not want on your iPod in the iTunes Music folder and then sync.
Thant only works if (a) the user auto-syncs the iPod, and (b) the iPod is set to sync only checked items. If the iPod is manually managed, then you simply locate and delete the songs/ albums on the iPod (click the small triangle to the left of its name to expand its contents).

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Hey Ari, the missing albums are they part of a compilation album or are there various artists an the album? If so have you looked in More then check Compilations. Hope this helps, Cheers.

Why are songs missing from albums I downloaded

When I try to listen to some albums songs are missing! Do I have to download the entire cd again?

This is a long-standing topic on the forum. I've been seeing it for years and years. I have seen it happen maybe twice with my iTunes and I am still using iTunes 7.5. However, there is nothing definitively pointing to to it being a specific issue with iTunes. In the past I have created and deleted hundreds of tracks in a day and who knows if my computer's operating system or iTunes slipped up somewhere, or even if I did in selecting files for deletion. The other question is, is the media file itself also missing or is it just the entry in iTunes that is gone, or is the link broken? With something this vague it's like going to a car mechanic and asking them to troubleshoot a "strange noise" that happens maybe a few seconds for every 20 hours on the road and not being sure where it originates, nor if it has something to do with the road conditions, or the fuel in the car, or the engine, or the tires, etc.
Keep backups. The two or three times it has happened to me in the last 8 years the original file had gone missing but the entry was still in iTunes (broken link). I periodically run one of Dougscripts Applescripts to check my library for broken links and I was able to rescue the file from my backup before I overwrote the backup. I try to do this each time I backup my library just to make sure I don't overwrite a good copy with a bad copy. Of course this won't work if the entry has also been deleted in the library file but I manually manage my library and this has the mixed benefit of iTunes not automatically deleting the media file when I (or it?) delete the entry in the library database.

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Running latest iTunes 11.something on Windows 7. Music is located on a network drive. All music is accessible through iTunes on my PC and on Apple TV but when I switch to shared libraries on iPad or iPhone, only music that exists in iTunes playlists appear. Im sharing all of my music but it doesn't seem to be working. Can somebody help?

You can only add music to iTunes Match from your iTunes library on your computer, not from your iOS device. If you have music on your iPad that is not on your computer, you'll have to import it to your iTunes library on your computer to add it to iTunes Match.
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HT203433 Why am I missing music

I had songs that were purchased through iTunes that are no longer available however I used the iCloud and now it's no longer found. Also how do I keeep from double downloading music to my iTunes software.

How it works
iTunes determines which songs in your collection are available in the iTunes Store. Any music with a match is automatically added to your iCloud library"
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2588
Itunes match certainly is no substitute for your regular backup.

Missing music files when loading iPod Classic.

I just finished converting all our albums and 45's to MP3 files. These all list and play fine in iTunes, but when I load the files on our iPod Classic, there are always about 50 songs missing. I have done this 4 times, and it's not always the same files, but always about the same number of files. The missing songs are about half missing at the beginning of the list, and half missing at the end of the list. I have 7455 files in iTunes, but after loading the iPod, there are around 7400 files actually on the iPod.
There is plenty of free space left on the iPod, The missing files are never the same songs as I try different times. The files are not corrupted, as they list and play okay in iTunes.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for any help you might give.

"Other" means files that have become corrupt and the iPod no longer knows what to do with them.
The usual procedure is to move (or copy) your iTunes Library from your old computer to the new one. If the computer (or its hard drive) is not available, the procedure is to use the backup of the Library.
I'm guessing that you don't have a backup of your Library. Although your old computer has "died", do you still have the hard drive? If so, you could put the hard drive into a hard drive caddy, use it as an external device and copy the iTunes Library from that onto your new computer. A local computer repair shop should be able to help you with that.
Failing that, you will have to re-build your Library again.
If you purchased music from the iTunes Store, check in your store account to see if your country allows you to download the music (that you purchased) again.
If you purchased digital music from other stores, check with them to see if you can download the songs again. In Amazon UK, you can.
For music that you imported into your iTunes from CDs, you will have to import them again, from the CD.
For the future, I suggest you maintain a backup of your iTunes Library. If you now have an external hard drive in a caddy, use that. Otherwise, buy one, the larger the better.
Also, as you are now finding, an iPod cannot be put back into a new iTunes. Nor is it a backup of your Library. Everything should be in your iTunes Library - and backed up onto an external drive. The iPod is simply a portable "copy" of your Library, only for playing the music.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

How do I get missing music back from my iPod touch

I recently got a new 4th gen. iPod because my old one broke. I was re-downloading all of my music when I noticed some of it was gone, It was a full album and when i searched it there was the cost next to each song and the full album, i did pay for it and i don't want to loose it or pay for it again, is there any way I can get it back

What happens when you try this:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store

Why cant i delete music off of my IPOD

i just updated my Ipod today and have synced my music back onto it....I wanted to manually take off some music and add other and it wont let me delete music off of my device......WHY?

Reboot and see whether it goes away.

Can someone tell me why i cant get music videos on my ipod?

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Why, oh why, won't my music go on my iPod?!

So here's the deal. I had an iPod that worked fine about two years ago, and then it suddenly and mysteriously died about six months ago. Because of my warranty, Apple replaced it. Since then, I have not been able to get it to work. I've been lazy about it but now I am intent on getting it to work!
When I plug my iPod into my computer's USB drive, nothing comes up. In My Computer, it doesn't show that the iPod is even there. The one time I did get the iPod to come up on my computer, something came up about the program needing to be restored to factory settings, so I pressed restore and then it said "Can't be mounted" or something like that.
My iTunes works fine - I have plenty of music in there. My iPod itself seems to be okay - it turns on and charges and everything. But when I plug it in to my computer, it immediately says "Okay to disconnect" and nothing shows up on my computer.
What do you think is going on?? I would LOVE whoever can help me get my iPod working.
Basic iPod

That answers the question right there. If you change the ID on the iPad and then download a Past purchase with that different ID, you lock the IPad into a ninety day period where you cannot use the other ID for downloading past purchases.
At least that is what I think you have done and there is nothing that you can do now except to wait until the 90 days go by and in your case you have 48 days to go.
This policy concerning automatic downloads and downloads of past purchases is to prevent theft - like one user trying to sign into a friends account and then download content using that ID. You can do that, but you lock yourself out of the other account - for automatic downloads and downloading purchases for 90 days. At least I think that is the way that this policy works and I think that must have been what you did - use another ID to download a past purchase.

Why won't the music work on my ipod?? please help me!!!!!!!!

okay, i plugged my ipod video into my friends computer, and since then over half of the songs on my ipod won't work! in itunes, they have a little exclamation point next to them, and on my ipod, when i try to listen to most of the songs it just skips through the songs until it finds one that works. what can i do to make them work again?? i would prefer not to have to start all over and take all the music off my ipod, because most of the songs in my library has a little exclamation point next to them also. please please help me!! i'm going crazy!

Unfortunately, I think that is probably your only option. the "!" is stating that the link between the music and the visual title on your iPod is broken and the iPod doesn't know where it is. Did you have auto-updating on for your music when you plugged it into your friends computer? And how did you remove it from the computer? If the iPod was still updating when you removed it, that could have caused it.

Why doesn't my music play on my iPod touch?

I have a itouch 4g 8gb and none of my music is playing. Ik the speakers are not broken cuz YouTube videos work. And it's making the typing sound while I'm asking this. plz help !
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- Try a reset. Nothiong is lost
Reset iPod touch: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Restore from backup
- Restore to factory defaults/new iPod.

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