How to sync ipod from another computer?

Question

how can i sync my ipod from another computer without having to delete all my songs

Answer 1

You can't.

Answer 2

I always have that problem!

What you can do is attach the ipod to your computer and itunes will come up. Don't click the erase and sync option or the cancel option.

Then go on to my computer and on to hard disk drives. The programmes on your ipod (including the music) will come up. Save the music to your documents (don't be put off if the names are different, when you save them to itunes the correct names should come up) then from your documents add the music in by copy and pasting it.

Then click erase and sync and it should be alright.

Answer 3

An iPod can be synced with only one iTunes account at a time. once you switched to a new iTunes account or a new computer. You have to authorize your iPod to it at first, then you can upload music and video from the new iTunes to your iPod. But this way will overwrite the original files on iPod with the new iTunes. You may try this iPod transfer, it can help you copy files from iPod to computer for backup, you can also use it as an iTunes alternative to upload music and video. It will not erase your original iPod files. It's safe and works pretty well for me.

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Answer 4

when you hook up your ipod to the computer click on your ipod icon and change your ipod from sync mode to manual and then you can get music from any computer but you just have to drag and drop it.

Answer 5

you can't all your songs will delete no matter what apple doesn't wan't people taking other songs from a different computer

Answer 6

how to sync an ipod to another computer



Using iPod with multiple computers



You can manage your iPod with different computers as long as the computers are running the same operating system (Mac OS X or Windows) and you have set the iPod to "Manually manage music." If you're not using iTunes 7 or later, click here.



Using an iPod formatted for Macintosh on a Windows computer is not supported. Using an iPod formatted for Windows on a Macintosh computer is not supported. To determine your iPod's hard disk format see "iPod: How to determine iPod's hard disk format." To change the iPod format you will need to restore iPod using iTunes. For more information on the how to restore iPod with iTunes see "Restoring iPod to factory settings."



Modes

By default iPod is set to "Automatically sync songs to my iPod" sometimes called automatic mode. In order to transfer music from multiple computers iPod must be set to "Manually manage music" sometimes referred to as manual mode.



Automatic Mode

When iPod is set to automatic mode iTunes automatically updates iPod's music library whenever you connect iPod to your computer. iTunes transfers new songs you've added, and erases songs you've removed. However, the first computer you connect iPod to is its "home" computer, and the music library from that computer is copied to iPod. When you connect iPod to another computer, an alert box appears with this message:





"The iPod "iPod" is synced with another iTunes library. Do you want to erase this iPod and sync with this iTunes library?"



"An iPod can be synced with only one iTunes library at a time. Erasing and syncing replaces the contents of this iPod with the contents of this iTunes library."



If you want to delete the music library on iPod and make the second computer iPod's "home" computer, click Erase and Sync. iTunes will delete all songs and playlists on the iPod, and then will copy the music library and playlists from the new home computer to iPod.



Manual Mode

If you want to keep the music library on iPod, but copy songs or playlists from the music library on the second computer, click Cancel to this dialog box, and then set iPod to manual mode.



You change the iPod synchronization mode to manual mode in iTunes:



Open iTunes, if necessary.

Select iPod in the Source pane.





Click the Summary tab.

Click "Manually manage music and videos" to enable that option.





Click OK in the resulting dialog box.

Click Apply.

It is normal for iPod to take a few seconds to change from automatic mode to manual mode.



When in manual mode, to add songs or playlists drag them from iTunes to the iPod icon in the sidebar. To remove songs or playlists select them on the iPod in iTunes and hit the delete key. You can also create playlists directly on the iPod.



Important: Synchronization generally occurs only in one direction, from your computer to your iPod. However, if you are legally allowed to transfer song files, you can use your iPod as a hard disk. An exception is the transfer purchases feature, which allows you to restore purchased iTunes content to an authorized computer from your iPod.



Note: iPod shuffle is intended for use with a single computer. You cannot load music from multiple computers or iTunes libraries onto iPod shuffle like you can with other iPods.