Why can't i see songs on my iPod in iTunes when connected

I have several songs on my iPod touch that I'd like to delete, but when i plug it into my computer and open iTunes, the songs are not displayed as being on the iPod. How do I make them visible to delete them?

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.
- Delete all music and resync. Note this is only for lter iOS versions
To delete all music go to Settings>General>Usage>Storage>Manage Storage>Music>Tap edit in upper right and then tap the minus sign by All Music
- 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: Back up and restore your iOS device with iCloud or iTunes
- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.

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This is probably a simply question and one asked many times. When I attach my iPod, iTunes starts, however, when I click on my iPod icon and Music, all of the songs are 'greyed out' and I'm unable to play them. Is this the norm? and, if not, what can be done to enable playback? Thanks for your help.
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i have a similar problem which i need all your help! just bought a new classic to replace my nano. i have so far loaded approx 3000 songs on to it without a problem, but the songs won't play on the computer - they all show up in the library and any new cd's that i copy are all shown in the library and copy to the ipod and play ok, it's just that none of the songs will play on the computer, when i click on them an explanation mark appeard on the left of the song and a pop up tells me that "song couldnt play because original file couldnot be found, would i like to locate it" - course i would but i can't!! i'm a complete novice at all this and would appreciate any help from you experts.

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Many thanks for the reply with the details.
But, the key is missing...what version of Premiere Elements are you using? Are you using Premiere Elements 10?
I hope not in this case, but if you are, we will tell you what needs to be done. The following is a copy/paste of the Announcement
at the top of this forum about the Premiere Elements 10/NVIDIA GeForce issue.
Premiere Elements 10 NVIDIA Video Card Driver Roll Back
If you are a Premiere Elements 10 user whose Windows computer uses a NVIDIA GeForce video card and you are experiencing
Premiere Elements 10 display and/or unexplained program behavior, then your first line of troubleshooting needs to be rolling
back the video card driver version instead of assuring that it is up to date.
Since October 2013 to the present, there have been a growing number of reports about display and unexplained workflow
glitches specific to the Premiere Elements 10 user whose Windows computer has a NVIDIA GeForce video card. If this applies
to you, then the “user to user” remedy is to roll back the NVIDIA GeForce video card driver as far as is necessary to get rid of
the problems. The typical driver roll back has gone back as far as March – July 2013 in order to get a working Premiere
Elements 10. Neither NVIDIA nor Adobe has taken any corrective action in this regard to date, and none is expected moving forward.
Since October 2013, the following thread has tried to keep up with the Premiere Elements 10 NVIDIA reports
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1317675
Older NVIDIA GeForce drivers can be found
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx?lang=en-us
A February 2014 overview of the situation as well as how to use the older NVIDIA GeForce drivers for the driver roll back
can be found
http://atr935.blogspot.com/2014/02/pe10-nvidia-video-card-roll-back.html
Looking forward to your reply.
Thank you.
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Why can't i see a shared library on my iphone when the computer is ethernet connected instead of wifi ?

Why can't i see on my iphone a shared library from a computer ethernet connected instead of wifi ?

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Why can't I add songs to my iPod Touch 8GB 4th Gen?

I had an issue with songs being present on my iPod, yet the artists would not appear under "Artists". So I turned off "Group by Album Artist" in Settings and the problem was solved. However, and I don't know of that's the cause of the issue, I can no longer add song to my iPod. I add them manually, and when I do, I see them in gray under "Music" on iTunes with the sync logo next to then as if they're still being updated to the iPod. Yet they never do.

What happens when you try to sync tracks to it via iTunes? Any error messages? Does the iPod still appear under Devices in the left hand pane of iTunes when you connect it via USB?
How is your iPod configured to sync with your library? In other words, what options and settings do you have in place from under the iPod's Summary and Music configuration tabs in iTunes?
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Why can't I delete songs on my ipod 5th gen in itunes? Why is there a duplication that's grey?

Problems
1. One of the albums I have on my ipod is duplicated, the duplication is grey and it will not let me delete it although it does not play on my ipod or on itunes either
2. I cannot delete songs off my ipod from itunes, I have to go on my ipod and manualy delete them

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.

I see songs in my ipod in itunes but some disappear when I disconnect it.

I have over 1500 songs on my ipod. Recently I have noticed that although some songs I have already added are seen as if they were already in my ipod on iTunes, some songs can't be found when I try to find them in my ipod when it is not connected to my computer. I mean how come I can see 3 songs of
one artist on iTunes when I go to "David's ipod"s song list but only one when my ipod is not connected? it is crazy!
Note: Yes all the songs are under the same artists, no spelling mistakes.

Do they ALL have album names?

Help! Please I can't copy any songs onto my ipod from itunes.

Hi, My ipod syncs Ok, but won't copy songs onto my ipod from itunes. I've tried downloading the latest software, but getting nowhere. Any advice would be greatly appreiciated.

Try restoring your iPod. Restoring will erase the iPod's hard drive, reload the software and put it back to default settings. Once the restore is complete follow the on screen instructions to name the iPod and automatically sync your songs and videos onto the fresh installation. Press Done and the iPod will appear in iTunes and start to sync. If you want to update manually or using selected playlists uncheck the box beside the sync automatically instruction and press Done, it will default to manual mode and you can choose whatever setting you like: Restoring iPod to factory settings with iTunes 7

Why can't I buy songs off my Itouch from itunes?

when i log into itunes from my itouch i can't but any songs. it works and i can view songs, but the button with the price where you click to but doesn't show up. I even have part of a gift card left on my itunes. This started when i recently downloaded a bunch of cds to my itouch.

If you haven't already tried, you have to plug your iPod into the computer and open iTunes. Then it can get confusing, but when you're in iTunes you have click on your device and then sync your music. This will take all the music already in your iTunes library and put it on your iPod. It will also take all the purchased music on your iPod and move it to iTunes.
However, if you have downloaded songs from cds or anyother program, they will not sync into iTunes and will be deleted from your iPod. But this will only happen if they are not already in iTunes. You also need to be careful of one other thing when you are syncing your iPod. The iTunes library already comes with a default of songs that apple provides you with, and these may also sync onto your iPod if you're not careful. I know because I had to do the same thing with my iPod and all this happened to me.

Why can't I transfer songs from my ipod to my computer

When I runn diag. it says no ipod is conneted. THe itunes does connect to the ipod just can't transfer songs from the ipod.

Try reseting the iPod. Nothing will be 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

Why can't I sync songs with my iPod touch on iTunes

I have recently gotten a new computer, so my ipod has to sync with it blah blah blah. So I synced it with my new computer. It seemed that all my music was there until I played my music. Most songs play like normal, but some songs appear as they are going to play but immediately skip to the next song. Confused, I synced it again. This time it completely took the songs off of my iPod. I checked in my library on the computer, and my songs are still on the computer. Relieved, I tried to put the songs back onto my iPod. With the new update, I click and drag. When I drag, It gives my the option of my iPod and my four playlists. It will let me add songs to playlists, but it will not let me put them onto my iPod nor let me add a playlist to my iPod.

What happens when y swipte a song left or figt? A delete button should appear. Just tap it.

Why can't I play songs in my iPod library when it is connected to Itunes?

My iPod Classic never allows me to play any songs from it;s library when it is connected to iTunes. The songs come up in grey and it is impossible to highlight any of them, or physically do anything with them.

You cannot play songs on your iPod unless it is ejected using iTunes or disconnected from your computer.

Why can't I sync songs to my iPod?

I have a 32 GB iPod Touch. I've had it for almost two years now, and so far there haven't been any major problems with it. I got it wet once, and the screen crashed when I dropped it, but it always responded like it'd just come from the Apple Store. Lately, I've had problems syncing songs to it. I have 659 songs in my iTunes library. All of them have a checkmark on the left side.
When I checked my iPod after the latest sync, there were only 650 songs. I'm thinking this might be because I deleted them from my iPod, but in the sync settings I have it set to "Sync all songs from the library". Shouldn't this re-sync the songs to my iPod? And I'd have to delete them all over again? Thanks.

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"Waiting for changes to be applied": Apple Support Communities

I can't transfer some songs to my ipod from itunes

I subscribe to itunes match. When highlighting certain songs in itunes where a cloud symbol has appeared next to them, I get the following message: "the song................could not be used because the original file could not be found. Would you like to locate it?" If I press the locate button it takes me to a windows file search screen (giving me no clues as what to do next), but if I cancel it finds the song and an arrow appears at the base of the cloud symbol next to it. If I click the symbol now it eventually disappears and the problem seems resolved. ie it plays when highlighted and can be dragged and dropped onto my ipod. On other songs the cloud symbol appears next to them but with an exclamation mark in it and "Error" in the icloud status column (Whereas "matched" appears next to the others). I get the same message as before and if I cancel the song is found. The difference is that when I now click on the cloud symbol, I get the message "The item was not added to the iCloud as an error occurred", the exclamation mark reappears, "error" remains in the icloud status column and the song will not drag onto my ipod. I can't find a way round this.
I manually manage my music and am preparing to revert to syncing my ipod . I have many playlists in itunes and looking through them there is a scattering of these cloud symbols throughout against random songs. The clear symbols I can alter as above (though it will take ages) but I don't think I will be able to sync the ones with the - ! - mark in the cloud symbol next to them. I have in excess of 10,000 songs - 99.9% from my cd collection.
This is very frustrating especially as these songs I have manually stored on my computer from my cds but iTunes match appears to be denying me access to a significant amount of them. Any help would be appreciated.

See this older post from another forum member Zevoneer covering the different methods and software available to assist you with the task of copying content from your iPod back to your PC and into iTunes.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2452022?start=0&tstart=0
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