Question:
Is there any way I can put new songs i bought on my new laptop onto my ipod without it cleaning...?
2010-10-03 08:11:05 UTC
...off every song?
My laptop got cleaned off and I had to re-install itunes. And I have been buying new music and downloading, I just can't figure out how to put these songs on my ipod without itunes deleting every song and playlist and video that is currently on my ipod. Some please help me figure this out!
Six answers:
2010-10-03 12:38:14 UTC
For most users, iTunes does a great job of handling all of the details of managing your media library for you, allowing you to manage your content through iTunes itself and not having to worry too much about the underlying files and folders that make up your iTunes library.



Unfortunately, this user-friendly approach has one serious limitation: When it comes time to move your iTunes library, it can often be a bit of a challenge to figure out exactly what pieces you need to move and how to go about doing this. Many iTunes users start out with a basic iTunes library and use the default settings to store all of their media content on their primary internal hard drive. However, as you add new content over time, particularly with the additional video content now supported by iTunes, you may soon find that your library threatens to take over your computer.



Another common scenario many users find themselves in is what to do when they upgrade to a new computer. Your iTunes library has been working just fine on your old computer, but you’re left with the question of how to get it over to the new machine so that everything works the way it’s supposed to.



Neither of these situations are at all uncommon, and fortunately it’s really not all that difficult to relocate your iTunes library to another hard drive or move it to a whole new computer once you understand the basics of how iTunes manages your media content and the options available to you.



This tutorial is intended for both the average and slightly advanced iTunes user and will provide the necessary information that you need to know about transferring your iTunes library onto an external hard drive, a secondary internal hard drive, or a whole new computer.

How iTunes Manages Media Content



Before we delve into the steps of actually moving your media content, it’s important to explain in some detail exactly how iTunes handles the management of your media files under the hood, what your options are for relocating these files, and the various pitfalls that you might encounter in this process.



The first and most important point is that iTunes is designed to handle all of the details of the underlying file system for you. By design, the user manages their content through iTunes, and ideally you never need to even look at the underlying file system, much less worry about moving files around. In this scenario, iTunes can even handle the relocation of your media content for you, making the entire process quite seamless.



This may not match every user’s style of media management, but it’s very important to understand how this affects the process of moving your media files to a new location.



The most important point to keep in mind is that once a media file is listed in the iTunes library, it is referenced from iTunes by the specific location (ie, full pathname) of where this file is located. Therefore, if you move a file, iTunes will almost certainly lose track of that file, and the result will be a broken link in the iTunes library.



This means that you cannot simply move your files manually to a new location and expect iTunes to find them after you’ve moved them, as it will still look for those files in their original locations. This one point alone has caused many users a great deal of grief, since repairing this situation can often be a tedious process of either manually adjusting the paths to hundreds of files or manually putting those files back into their original locations so that iTunes can find them again.



Fortunately, if you understand this and use iTunes and its related tools the way they were designed, you can ensure a smooth migration of your iTunes library to an external hard drive or even a completely new computer with minimal problems.

iTunes: The Database versus the Content



Another important point to understand: There are really two components that we are concerned about in this process, and these are somewhat distinct from each other in terms of where and how they are stored.



The iTunes Library Database contains the actual index of your media content. This is generally a file named “iTunes Library.itl” and several other supporting files, and by default lives in your Windows “My Music” folder or your Mac “Music” folder under a sub-folder named “iTunes.” This path is not affected by any iTunes preferences, and in fact could not be easily changed at all prior to iTunes 7.
2010-10-03 14:26:29 UTC
When you're used to working with the Macintosh, where the core software for working with iPods is installed with the OS itself, it's frustrating that there's a bit more effort involved in getting the PC to see and work with an iPod.



First off, though, the bad news: you're going to have to reformat the disk on your Mac-bsaed iPod to get it to work with the PC. Once you've done that, though, it'll work for both Mac and PC. I'll document exactly how I dealt with the siutation your'e talking about when I got my shiny new iPod Video so you can see how that might not be a huge crisis.



The first step - and if you don't have a Mac or an iPod that's already full of music, you can skip this step - is to connect the iPod to your Mac then sync the two. Now you have a complete copy of the iPod data on the Mac and won't have to panic when it comes time to reformat the iPod's disk. Right? :-)



Since you probably don't have the original CDROM you can just grab the software from the Apple site as the dialog box suggests. Go to the Apple iPod Download Center to grab the necessary drivers and utilities for your computer, install them, and reboot.



Now you should be able to install iTunes if you haven't yet (you need iTunes to work effectively with the iPod) by grabbing it from the Apple site too. You can easily download it from Apple iTunes Download Center.



Start up iTunes once it's installed then hook up your iPod to your PC. You'll now see this scary message:
2010-10-03 13:17:06 UTC
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How should I transfer those recently added songs from iTunes to my iPod?

I have recently added songs to iTunes from limewire and it is now in the recently added folder/playlists of iTunes. I now want to transfer those songs in the recently added folder of the iTunes playlists to my iPod. I connected the iPod to the computer and iTunes and tried to transfer the songs but it wont, I can't do it. How should I transfer those songs from the recently added folder of the iTunes playlists to my iPod? Do you know the steps to do it?



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okayy listenn to me follow these stepsss

plug in ur ipod to the computer

then open to itunes

you will find a menu that say ipod or whatever u named it

then cclick and drag the song u want and drop it over where it says ipod

thats it i am 100% sure it works

pick me for best answerrr =]

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2010-10-03 19:20:23 UTC
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 originial 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.

http://www.ipod-transfer-copy.com/ipod-transfer-mediawidget.html

Hope it helps. Contact me if you have any other question.
2010-10-03 08:57:49 UTC
Quickly and easily copy your iPod playlists, ratings, and more directly to iTunes. Transfer music and video from any iPod back onto any Windows computer. You can also transfer tunes and movies from your PC onto any iPod
2010-10-03 12:39:56 UTC
first go to apple.com, download itunes 7.5 than take the songs you have on your computer drag them to itunes than connect the ipod and it will say in devics on your itunes ipod and whatever than u make a playlist and hit file at the top left corner and hit sync to ipod and it should work. works for my ipod. good luck


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