Official iPod Thread

[xrob]

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So uh you mean without it syncing to your iPod and you don't lose your songs? Well you can't pull songs off of your iPod using iTunes, but you can use Sharepod which is what I use. To turn off the iTunes synching to your iPod and erasing your stuff...when you hook up your iPod...goto Manually Sort Music on the iPod menu in iTunes. That way you won't lose your stuff.

So could I go 2 other computers and get some songs I didn't have and sync them 2 my ipod without erasing songs already on my pod.

[SportsorDeath]

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Yes. Click on the triangle next to the device. It will show you other things to click on, like "Music" "Audiobooks", and all the stored playlists.

LOL, thanks. What a dumbarse I am. I knew it was something really simple.

[elTodd]

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Ok I have a question. I'm sorry if this has been answered already or if it is really stupid.

I used to have an iPod mini. For Christmas I recieved a Video iPod, and gave the mini to my brother. All the songs on my iTunes transfered to my new iPod. I have downloaded a few videos and such to it aswell.

What I was wondering is, is is possible to have 2 iPods on the same iTunes?

Meaning, can I still update my brother's mini with my iTunes that I use for my Video iPod, and not lose the videos? Will all my music just get transfered to the mini, and not the video? I'm just afraid that I will lose all my videos that I paid for.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[ESPNdeportes]

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Ok I have a question. I'm sorry if this has been answered already or if it is really stupid.

I used to have an iPod mini. For Christmas I recieved a Video iPod, and gave the mini to my brother. All the songs on my iTunes transfered to my new iPod. I have downloaded a few videos and such to it aswell.

What I was wondering is, is is possible to have 2 iPods on the same iTunes?

Meaning, can I still update my brother's mini with my iTunes that I use for my Video iPod, and not lose the videos? Will all my music just get transfered to the mini, and not the video? I'm just afraid that I will lose all my videos that I paid for.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Yeah, you can sync two ipods with the same iTunes. For a while, i was syncing a shuffle (for workouts) and a mini (everything else). You won't lose any content from your itunes from syncing multiple ipods. The Mini, in fact, won't even recognize the videos, won't transfer them, and won't affect them at all.

[elTodd]

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Yeah, you can sync two ipods with the same iTunes. For a while, i was syncing a shuffle (for workouts) and a mini (everything else). You won't lose any content from your itunes from syncing multiple ipods. The Mini, in fact, won't even recognize the videos, won't transfer them, and won't affect them at all.

Thank you. I really appreciate your help.

[xrob]

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So could I go 2 other computers and get some songs I didn't have and sync them 2 my ipod without erasing songs already on my pod.

Question unanswered!

[Kodiak33]

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xrob, if you do not have your iTunes set to sync songs to your iPod then yes you can copy the other songs to the iPod without erasing the songs already on there. By Syncing you force the iPod to have the same songs as the iTunes library has...thats why I do mine manually so it doesn't force the iPod to have the same songs.

[Flyboy]

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I know this has been asked many times before, but I don't want to go back through all the pages to find it..

But, my iPod has been acting up. A lot. And, since I have 3-yr. warranty on it I'm just going to take it back to Best Buy and get a new one, but what are some software programs that will store my music and videos that I have on my current iPod onto my laptop so I can transfer them to the new one I plan to get?

Thanks!

[xrob]

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xrob, if you do not have your iTunes set to sync songs to your iPod then yes you can copy the other songs to the iPod without erasing the songs already on there. By Syncing you force the iPod to have the same songs as the iTunes library has...thats why I do mine manually so it doesn't force the iPod to have the same songs.

That's a lot I hope this truely works becuz I was scared to get other songs from my friends compiuter itunes becuz I didn't want to erase my ipod.

[xrob]

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Ok I tried ur method Kodiak I was able to sync some songs form windows to my ipod without using itunes and the files are on my pod but not visible and can't be used. So what's the next step without erasing the songs already on my video ipod.

[xrob]

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Bump

[Kodiak33]

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I noticed you said put them on your iPod without using iTunes, what did you use to put them on then?

[RockyTop1]

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Ok, I just used Tune Tools to pull off all my songs/videos/etc onto my new laptop. I've got them all loaded into itunes and everything and my computer is recognizing my ipod, but I'm not getting the options to sync the ipod to my new library. I'm just trying to replace the old library on the ipod with the new one from the new computer. Any ideas?

[RockyTop1]

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bump

anybody?

[xrob]

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I noticed you said put them on your iPod without using iTunes, what did you use to put them on then?

I used windows this is what the problem is:

I bought a video ipod and sync it with itunes from my friend D's computer. Then I went over my friends M's house and although he has itunes they download songs from limewire and import them in windows media player so I synced the songs I wanted from M's computer to my ipod using windows. The songs and videos are on my ipod but I can't view or use them. I am able to view them thru my computer. So I'm trying to write the video and songs from windows onto my ipod and still keep all the music from D's itunes library. Is there anyway possible to combine the 2?