Selecting which songs to sync with ipod

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You can sync multiple devices with your iTunes library, and use different settings for each device. Select a type of content you want to sync for example, Music or TV Shows in the sidebar on the left. When you click Music or Photos, no options appear for syncing. Select the Sync checkbox, then select the items you want to sync automatically each time you connect your device.

The bar at the bottom of the window shows how much free space remains on your device after you sync. By default, iTunes syncs your device whenever you connect it to your computer. If you want iTunes to ask you before syncing, do one of the following:. You can add music, movies, TV shows, and podcasts to your device manually. In the iTunes app on your PC, choose an option Music or Movies, for example from the pop-up menu at the top left, then click Library.

In your iTunes library , click Downloaded in the sidebar on the left. Syncing means adding items on your computer to a device. You can use iTunes to sync the items in your iTunes library to your device, as well as photos, contacts, and other info. Note: To sync content from your computer to iPod classic, iPod nano, or iPod shuffle, use iTunes on Windows 10 or later.

If you have an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch: You only need to sync your device with iTunes if you want to do any of the following:. You can download items from the iTunes Store directly to your device, and—if you have an iCloud account—use iCloud to make sure items like your photos, contacts, and calendars are on both your computer and device. Method 1. Connect your iPod to your computer.

Every iPod should be packaged with a standard USB cable that allows it to interface with your computer. Connect your iPod to your computer via the USB cable by plugging the square end into a USB port on your computer and plugging the other end into the iPod itself while it is on. If you have iTunes installed already, it should open automatically. If this is the very first time using your iPod, iTunes may prompt you for basic setup information. If you don't have iTunes yet, you'll need to download and install it before you can sync your iPod.

Luckily, it's completely free and easy to install. If you're using Windows, when you plug in the iPod, you may get a pop-up window asking which program to use to open the device. Since we'll be using iTunes, you can select this from the list or just close it and open iTunes manually. If necessary, import any files you want to add.

To be able to put songs, videos, or other media files on your iPod, you'll need to import your media into iTunes first. To be clear, it's also possible to add files to your iPod with other software, including Windows Media Player and Winamp. However, to use iTunes' syncing feature, the files you want to add need to be imported into your iTunes library.

Open your iPod in iTunes. Select your iPod from the list of devices — depending on the version of iTunes you have, this will be either in the top corner of the screen or on the side, but it's always prominently featured. You should now see a screen showing your iPod's storage capacity and data settings. Click "Music" to access your music syncing options.

Look for the "Music" tab at the top of the window. Click it to access your iPod's syncing options for music. By default, your iPod will sync with all of the music in your iTunes library — that is, when you sync, everything in your iTunes library will go to your iPod. The "Sync only checked songs and videos" option is a nice feature if you want to sync only some of the files you have in iTunes to your iPod, rather than all of your files.

For more information on this, see the section below. Click "Movies" to access your Video syncing options. Change the tab at the top of the windows to "Movies". Here, as with your music, you'll see that the default setting is for all of your videos to transfer to your iPod when you sync. Here, you can choose to sync only select movies and playlists if you wish. This is covered in more detail in the section below.

Note that you can also just turn off video syncing entirely by unchecking the "Sync movies" box. If you do this, your videos will stay in iTunes — none will transfer to your iPod. Repeat this process for Apps, Photos, and TV shows. If you'd like to add any of these other file types to your iPod, navigate to the appropriate menu with the tabs at the top of the window and follow the same basic steps as above.

While the individual menus will vary slightly for each file type, the general idea is the same for each — you'll want to use the options on each page to decide whether or not to have the files sync automatically or not, then, if not, specify which files or playlists you want to have sync.

To sync a photo collection with your iPod, make a folder on your computer with all of the photos you want to sync you can also use the "Pictures" folder that is usually the default save location for image files.

Click the "Sync photos from:" button on the "Photos" menu, then click on the drop down arrow and locate the folder containing the image files you wish to sync.

Sync your iPod. Now you're ready to sync. Navigate back over to the "Summary" tab of your iPod in the iTunes window. Click the "Sync" button usually at the bottom of the window next to the bar displaying how much of your iPod's storage is in use, but can vary based on the version of iTunes you have.