A few days ago I had no problem with my iPod syncing to iTunes. I would connect the iPod to my computer as usual and it would appear under devices. But now my iPod won’t sync to iTunes, I tried updating iTunes and even different usb ports but my iPod still will not sync, help me please.
Try reseting your iPod. press and hold the center button and the top menu button for a few seconds until the Apple logo appears on the screen. This may take several tries.
Other things to try:
1.The iPod battery might need to be recharged.
2.Disconnect other USB devices from your computer and connect iPod to a different USB 2.0 port on your computer (not on your keyboard)
3.Restart your computer and reconnect iPod to your computer.
4.Download and install (or reinstall) the latest version of iTunes from www.apple.com/itunes.
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Oh my God thank you so much this Ipod is like the only thing good about my life sad hu well I was starting to worry it broke yey thanks.
These directions worked. First the re-boot, then add the new version of ITunes and finally shut down PC and restart. Thanks for the help!!
thanks so much! i resetted my ipod and now it’s working!
Re-Installed latest version, and rebooted several, several times. Followed all the instructions and it STILL won’t sync.
I’m scared to try anything else, because my backup files have been destroyed thanks to Sharepod. I’m scared to lose my music/video files.
I really don’t know what else to do.
I have the ipod touch & i restored the whole ipod and now I can’t get any of the music from my ITunes to sync! I am so frustrated!
Lifesaver! Thanks!
omg the 1st one work for me….thank you soo much. i had the same prob. and i tried everything 2…lol the best!
Thanks. I’ve been frustrated trying to figure out why my ipod wouldn’t sync and resetting it worked like a charm.Thanks!
I’ve tried everything, nothing works, any new ideas?
i have an ipod nano 2GB and i have linux how do i get my ipod 2 sync to GTK pod manager cus it aint working pls help me
whenever i connect my ipod to my laptop, my itunes shutdown. idk what to do?!
THANK YOU SOO MUCH!!! i reset it and now it finally syncs. thank you very much
I have iTunes version 10. I plug my ipod into my computer to synch but it will not do my playlists. For example, if I check all the songs by Led Zeppelin it will load them but will not load the playlist of Led Zeppelin that I’ve made. Why?
Thank you so much i was very upset …now my IPOD is working fine and i was able to sync ! Thank you guys!
What if it still doesn’t work I tried everything from Restarting it and Downloading the newet version of iTunes and Reseting it Everything!! I need help seriously this is getting on my nerves
thanks so much absolute life saver
PERFECT! Thank you!! I thought my iPod was busted or that iTunes had come up with some janky update in order to force me to buy a new iPod. But this WORKED! Rock on.
i love you, it acually worked
I have an IPOD Shuffle so these instructions don’t work with the Shuffle.
My IPOD Shuffle won’t sync with ITunes any longer. A few days ago I had no problem with my IPod Shuffle syncing to iTunes. I would connect the IPod to my computer as usual and it would appear under devices. But now my iPod won’t sync to iTunes, I tried updating ITunes and even different usb ports as well as different computer but my IPod still will not sync, help me please.
Thanks!
as above when i plug my ipod touch into my computer i with itunes iget the message that ipod wont sync and i need to reinstall latest itunes software. have done this 20 times in every possible way with no results. i even went into my config sys file as instructed and all it did was screw up everything.
Thank you sooooooooooooooooooo much.I was on the verge of throwing Evangelion (thats my İpods name) into the deep parts of the ocean. I reseted it and it worked.Yay! わーい！ Evangelion のために乾杯 !!
I had this problem for a year or more,but just thought it was broken.I bought a new cord for my ipod and that didn’t work until I saw this site and the part about rebooting it.It worked!!!!Thank you so much
Oh My Gosh Thank You Your A Life Saver!!!!! I Love You whoever You Are!!!!! I’m such an IDIOT when it comes to technology
If songs aren’t syncing but everything else is….make sure the songs are “checked” otherwise they will not sync if you have the “sync only checked songs and videos” button clicked. Good luck!
THANK YOU!!! THE RESET WORKED!
THANK YOU FOR THE QUICK FIX! I WAS ABOUT TO GO BY A NEW CORD.
what to do if ipod touch does not syncronize i all ready up date my itune and restard my ipod
i have i phone 4 and wont sink bubble comes uo micosoft scanning unable….
thank you!! thank you!! your brilliant
I TRIED it and it wont work..im stuck please help me
Nothing worked….. God this makes me and I’m sure other people really frustrated! Seriously, does someone know another option??? and it’s weird that you can’t restore your complete ipod. I have a ipod nano (4th generation) and only the settings get restored but it’s not that all of my songs get ditched. I’m scared that I have a virus or something… HELP
iTunes wasn’t completely recognizing that my iTouch was plugged into my computer. It was showing it was charging, but it was recognizing it as a device. Turned out I had a bad USB, luckily I had another one. This fixed the problem for me!
My iPod still won’t work. I have a iPod Nano 16GB 6th Generation and it only worked on the first sync. The second time I plugged it in it said the iPod was corrupt and it needed to be reformatted, and after I pressed OK the iPod never even turned on again. I have windows Vista on my computer, but I don’t think that matters.
Ok so I did all this but u see my iPod touch 4 g works and all but when I plug it into my computer iTunes freezes or if it doesn’t freeze then the sync iPod button is gray and I can’t click it can someone please help
I tried this over and over and nothing happened. I have a click-wheel iPod & got a new iPod touch for Christmas so I had to update iTunes for the new iPod. They both plug in and work on my laptop and now they don’t work at all. I tried to contact iTunes but they wanted me to sit on hold for 15 minutes and then pay them to tell me what’s wrong with the +$300 device I bought from them.
Hey here is the answer, and it’s a lot more simple. go to start. type ‘services’ click the top one under ‘programs’. Click on the ‘Apple Mobile Device Service’. Click ‘Stop the Service’. then start it again. now it should sync. (i have an ipod touch g4 so good luck)
Scroll down in itunes on the page where you sync scroll down to Options and check the box for Manually Manage Music and Videos. This may seem scary when it tells you that this will erase your ipod and sync it with your itunes but this is prob what you want. your ipod may have been connected to a different/older itunes library for some odd reason. this worked for me.
i did all that and still nothing! i don’t know what else to do! i accidentally erased all the songs on my iPod and now it won’t sync. it has no music or pictures and i don’t know what else to do!
Omg!! Thanks!! Now my Ipod finally syncs. THANKS PERSON!
“The Mikster”, i tried doing what you said beacause my songs werent all syncing to my ipod, and not when i plug in my ipod,itunes doesnt even recognize it! my ipod doesnt show up in my itunes anymore, what do i do??? SOMEONE HELP!
It worked! Thank you for the tip!
also guys, this is what i did….
i restored my ipod you click on your ipod (on itunes) and you then click restore, and this will restore and sync it at the same time
Please can somebody help me.I bought a used 80 ipod classic.Sometimes i can synch sometimes i cant.Sometimes it will synch 100 songs more than other times.Im a grown man and its practicaly brought me to tears with frustration.I have about 400 songs downloaded and only 85 will synch.I seem to follow all the directions correctly with no luck.I bought it at a trading post so i cant return it.Any help will be greatly appreciated.
I am willing to pay somebody to fix my issue
Make sure the “manually manage music” box is NOT checked. Unchecking it will display a prompt similar to “Are you sure you want to, blah blah.” Hit yes, or accept, then it will tell you that it is syncing. Good luck!
my ipod nano got locked on accident and i dont know the code to it i dont have the original computer that it synced with and for some reason the computer i have not want recoignize it. ive tried restarting it and it dont work. ive tried putting it in disk mode and it still dont work. apple want help me fix it wht cna i do to fix please email me to help
ok so i have the iPod nano 1GB and when i plug it into my computer it connects kinda, itunes pops up and everything but it keeps saying on the ipod “do not disconnect” and its not updateing the number of times iv listened to songs and stuff and if i bought another song i dont think it would actually put it on the ipod and i dont wanna lose all my songs that i have on my ipod because alot of them are from cds and from itunes.
what do i do?!?!
The problem I’m having is with syncing my itunes. I had to restore my ipod, and now, even though I have over 9,100 songs on my itunes, only about 90 songs are syncing to my ipod. I have no idea why it’s doing this or how to fix it. Please help!
thanks man it works //:)
How would I do this with an iPod touch? It says its syncing but then it doesn’t.
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