Will songs be deleted?

I was going to try and rest the ipod but my daughter has a bunch of songs on it that she got elsewhere, cause my itunes won't recognize the ipod. Will all the songs be deleted? I know that they would be if I restored it, but what about resetting it?

Reset will not delete the songs.

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If I delete my songs from my "Downloads" folder, have them in my "Trash" and then delete them from my "Trash", will I still be able to play the songs on my iTunes or will they be deleted on my iTunes as well?

I want to clear some space on my Mac since it is filling up and I don't have much room left on it. I want to delete all my songs from my "Downloads" folder and then delete them from my "Trash" to free up space however, I'm worried that if I do this then iTunes will not play any of the songs I deleted.
Will I still be able to play my songs on iTunes even if they are not in my "Downloads" or "Trash" folders?
Thank you.

All tracks in iTunes (if you use default settings) should be in various artist and album folders in the main media folder in the iTunes folder. You can right click a track to reveal its location in Finder. If there's a copy there then it doesn't really matter what you do with other copies.
I have never downloaded from iTunes but I thought it placed files directly in the correct locations, or is this some other downloads folder to which you are referring?
Normally if you download a file from another source and add it to iTunes by dragging it there, or using the Add To menu item, it places a copy of the file in iTunes. You can discard the original, but if you're concerned you can check which copy iTunes is actually using as above.

Will my songs get deleted?

I just reformatted my hard drive, deleting my iTunes songs folder in my Documents and Settings folder. However, I still do have all of my songs on my iPod. If I plug it into my computer to charge/update, will all the songs get deleted from it? i.e. Whenever you update and the song isn't in iTunes, it gets deleted from the iPod. I'm just wondering if this will apply to this situation. Thanks.

Usually when you connect it, iTUnes give this long message that basicly says "This ipod is linked to a different library do you want to delete whats on it" and you just hit NO.
But if you want to be on the safe side, hold the shift and ctrl keys down, WHILE HOLDING THEM connect the ipod and wait for itunes to open and list the ipod before you let go of the keys.
After either one you do (Be it the shift key was or the connect and get message) you goto edit>preferences>ipod and set it to "Manual update"
Once on "Manual Update", you can use third party programs to copy all the songs back to the PC if you need to.
Since you are starting with a blank iTunes library I take for granted, Id suggest podutil (Link Below). Once you have podutil, close iTUnes and open podutil with the ipod connected.
In Podutil hit "Copy To" to set it to the location you want it to copy the songs on your PC. Then hit "Copy Settings" and check both "Add tracks to iTUnes" and "Rebuild Playlists". then start the copy.
Its trailware so after every 50 songs it copys, you get a pop up, just hit "OK" for it to continue

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Greenz has a good point. It seems Apple does not, nor has ever had a decent solution for users that have ever had a hardcopy CD they didn't get from iTunes. It always keeps just what was purchased from Apple and tries it's best to trash everything else unless you go through a twelve step process to as one contributor posted above, "protect yourself from yourself".
Why in the world would I need to do that...they've been in the game for too long for this unacceptable nonesense time and again. I am not trying to harm myself--I would keep my music if up to me . Please help to find a real and permanent fix.
I did not steal my music like some do so I would appreciate Apple not losing it.
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I think iTunes Match is still in beta so I wouldn't do that unless I was sure of my personal backups. I'm not sure I would do that even if iTunes Match wasn't in beta. At least not for several months to let the service shake out problems first.
Edit: I didn't find the words Beta on any Apple documentation so I think that part is wrong. I was taking Chris Breen's word for it from Macworld.com but he might have meant it ironically. But as I said, I still would be hesitant to delete from my library just yet.

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http://www.methodshop.com/gadgets/ipodsupport/erase/
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How to find out what songs I deleted – from a playlist?

Hi all, random question...
I have have been culling music from the "Songs" section my iTunes and sending them to the Trash.
HOWEVER the songs that are on one of my playlists, "My Favorites", I really wanted to keep. There were about 200 songs on the playlist and after I finished culling music, I discovered that I had 180 and had accidentally sent about 20 songs to the Trash that I shouldn't have. Argh.
Is there any way to retrive a copy of that playlist from Time Machine, or something, and see which songs I deleted from that playlist. And then drag those 20 songs back from the Trash? I don't want to drag back all the songs I trashed – just the 20 that were part of that playlist.
Any ideas???

I would also recommend leaving the shot on the iphone untouched (downloaded to a PC is ok). There is EXIF information encoded inside the image that records the iphone's date/time (this is in addition to the file system information that the other poster I beleive is referring to). It is also changeable, though one needs more expertise to do so. The reason I recommend leaving it there is some techniques of getting shots off of cameras (i.e. phones) may remove that info or alter it.
But how does the date/time matter -- clearly the event had occurred, how will a shot after it occurred indicate which came first, your care or her's?
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Wish List - New Feature - Mark Songs for Deletion on iPhone

It'd be very handy if you could mark a song for deletion on the iphone and then when you next sync your iphone, the marked songs will get removed.
You could also have an option in itunes to say whether you want the songs to be deleted from comp too.
There's been plenty of times where I've copied a CD to my iphone but don't get a chance to go through the songs. Then when I'm listening to the album on my iphone, I have to skip some songs and then remember to delete them from my itunes later (which I rarely ever remember to do)

http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html is where to go to send feedback to Apple as this is a user to user forum for everyday users to help out others with problems.

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Hi chawni,
Sounds like you have the Sync all music box selecte on the Music Profile tab.
Manual sync only means that iTunes will not automatically start syncing when you hook the device up to it. However, when you click on the Sync (or Apply) button, it uses the profile you have set up to determine what to sync.
Hook up your device to the computer where your iTunes library is, and select the device when it displays.
To the right, you will see the Profile screens. Click on the Music one. Set it up to sync the specific music you wish. Once you have completed setting it up, click Sync (or Apply) and it will update your device with only the music you have selected.
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