toshi 1,466 Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 So my iPod for some reason is having a breakdown and now when I sync it to itunes, its coming up saying its a new ipod, so I have two options, go through with it as a new ipod or restore. Only thing is I havent backed up since 2012, so I have lots of new songs. I don't want to have to click new ipod as everything will be wiped off. Is there anything I can do before I write down everything I have on there and let it get wiped and have to put it all back on manually please as this will take forever! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knee 2,642 Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 I had the same issue. Never found an answer so I had to start as new and redownload all my songs :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toshi 1,466 Posted July 28, 2014 Author Share Posted July 28, 2014 I had the same issue. Never found an answer so I had to start as new and redownload all my songs :/ Has it ever happened again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knee 2,642 Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Has it ever happened again? nopeee how old is your ipod btw? cause mine was ancient and that's why it crashed :/ and lmao im actually going through something similar right now and figuring out how to avoid redownloading all my music onto a new ipod x.x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Was Pon This Wei 2,330 Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Did you already do it or no? Try this, when you connect your iPod, go to view it instead of your iTunes. There should be like a summary/settings tab thing, and go just search around until you see something that says "Manually manage songs and videos". Go ahead and checkmark the box next to that. Basically now whenever you want to add in new music, you just select the files on your iTunes with your iPod plugged in and drag it into the iPod symbol/tab of your iTunes and it'll sync it into your iPod without erasing old files~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toshi 1,466 Posted July 29, 2014 Author Share Posted July 29, 2014 Did you already do it or no? Try this, when you connect your iPod, go to view it instead of your iTunes. There should be like a summary/settings tab thing, and go just search around until you see something that says "Manually manage songs and videos". Go ahead and checkmark the box next to that. Basically now whenever you want to add in new music, you just select the files on your iTunes with your iPod plugged in and drag it into the iPod symbol/tab of your iTunes and it'll sync it into your iPod without erasing old files~ How do I go to view it? Like what on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Was Pon This Wei 2,330 Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 How do I go to view it? Like what on? iTunes So plug in your iPod to your iTunes and there should be the iPod symbol popping up on the top right, click on that and hmm lemme see if I can find a vid LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toshi 1,466 Posted July 29, 2014 Author Share Posted July 29, 2014 iTunes So plug in your iPod to your iTunes and there should be the iPod symbol popping up on the top right, click on that and hmm lemme see if I can find a vid LOL Ah right, i cant do that though unfortunatley, it just takes me to new ipod page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amix 12,096 Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 i'm having the same exact problem right now :/ i think it's this new update that messed everything up smh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toshi 1,466 Posted July 29, 2014 Author Share Posted July 29, 2014 i'm having the same exact problem right now :/ i think it's this new update that messed everything up smh Im so sad, Im gonna have to manually put everything back on and its going to take forever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amix 12,096 Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Im so sad, Im gonna have to manually put everything back on and its going to take forever! did you end up restoring it yet? if you didn't do it yet just "x" out all the windows that pop up telling you to restore it and you should be fine i think? it worked for me last night! just whatever you do, don't hit the restore button. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toshi 1,466 Posted July 30, 2014 Author Share Posted July 30, 2014 This is really funny, but I feel like killing myself!! I've just saved all of my music manually which took about 5 hours into folders before selecting new ipod. I've just selected new Ipod and nothing has changed, so I've just wasted 5 hours haha. At least now I don't have to do anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yerowan 1,006 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 The alternative is unchecking auto-sync, opening the ipod as a storage device (like you would a flash drive), and then drag your files out to your harddrive. That at least will keep them. Glad it didn't wipe your ipod, though. That would suck. I really should invest in an external harddrive one of these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toshi 1,466 Posted July 30, 2014 Author Share Posted July 30, 2014 The alternative is unchecking auto-sync, opening the ipod as a storage device (like you would a flash drive), and then drag your files out to your harddrive. That at least will keep them. Glad it didn't wipe your ipod, though. That would suck. I really should invest in an external harddrive one of these days. Yeah I'm made up it didn't wipe but.......... New problem Now the new Ipod thing has stopped appearing, I can't edit my ipod at all now because it comes up with a message saying cannot sync as there is no room, accept I can't even delete music to make room. What do I do?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yerowan 1,006 Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 If you turned off auto sync, that might be why the ipod isn't showing up in itunes. You should still be able to access what's on the ipod like a storage device. I tried it on mine and it's only giving me the option to import pictures and video (under My Computer -> Portable Devices -> right click -> import pictures and videos) - but if you have a lot of videos on yours, that takes up a lot of space, and the import process gives you the option to auto-delete from the ipod what you've just imported. Which should be okay, provided it all works properly. I think there are shareware or freeware programs out there that help pull music off of ipods - it's what I had to do when my old computer died and I needed to transfer what I had on my old little ipod into a new itunes library. I should ask if you're using an ipod, itouch, or iphone. Some of the info I'm finding is only relevant to one or the other. Also: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1503 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toshi 1,466 Posted August 1, 2014 Author Share Posted August 1, 2014 If you turned off auto sync, that might be why the ipod isn't showing up in itunes. You should still be able to access what's on the ipod like a storage device. I tried it on mine and it's only giving me the option to import pictures and video (under My Computer -> Portable Devices -> right click -> import pictures and videos) - but if you have a lot of videos on yours, that takes up a lot of space, and the import process gives you the option to auto-delete from the ipod what you've just imported. Which should be okay, provided it all works properly. I think there are shareware or freeware programs out there that help pull music off of ipods - it's what I had to do when my old computer died and I needed to transfer what I had on my old little ipod into a new itunes library. I should ask if you're using an ipod, itouch, or iphone. Some of the info I'm finding is only relevant to one or the other. Also: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1503 No I've got my sync on and its an Ipod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toshi 1,466 Posted August 1, 2014 Author Share Posted August 1, 2014 Finally got it working!!! Thank god haha, I was starting to go crazy. All I did was delete a few songs off my ipod, but i deleted directly off the ipod rather than plugging it in and doing it on itunes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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