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How do I put music on my Apple iPod?

I've just bought a new Apple iPod Mini and am really excited about getting started loading my music onto it, but I can't figure out how to do so! Windows Media Player can synchronize music with the iPod, but the iPod itself doesn't then seem to know the music is there. HELP!


Dave's Answer:

This is a surprisingly common question for new iPod owners who are using Microsoft Windows on their PC, and the basic answer is that you must use Apple iTunes to get music onto your iPod. Windows Media Player can see the iPod, but only as a hard disk, the section on the iPod where the music is stored is "hidden" and only iTunes knows how to get to it.

Let me take you through the steps of getting some music onto an Apple iPod with iTunes on a Windows XP system, then I'll show you quickly why WMP can't do the same thing.

The first time you plug your iPod into your PC via the included USB cable, you'll probably see something like this:

Windows XP System Settings Changed: Reboot

What's happened is that the underlying drivers for this class of device have been updated by Microsoft and the changes have been automatically applied - thankfully! - but you need to reboot. Do so, and then the next time you start up, your iPod will not generate any messages of this nature.

Now you really need to get a recent copy of iTunes onto your PC. There's a CDROM that's included with your iPod that has the iTunes program thereon, but if you don't want to mess with that, you can simply go to apple.com/itunes to download the latest version.

The next step is to actually launch the iTunes program. If you don't have the very latest version, you might well see this dialog window:

Windows XP / Apple iPod / Apple iTunes: New Version Available

Generally, it's a good idea to make sure you always have the latest version, so click "yes" and it'll pop up your Web browser and take you directly to the download page, at which point you want to enter your email address, uncheck any boxes to skip certain types of email, and start the download:

Windows XP / Apple iPod / Apple iTunes: Download iTunes

I always uncheck these boxes, personally, as I already get too darn much email, but you might enjoy learning about free music available from the popular iTunes Music Store, etc., as indicated.

Either way, eventually you'll be able to launch iTunes and have it start up, rather than ask you to do other stuff. At that point it will recognize the iPod that you've plugged in and step you through the registration process.

It'll look like this:

Windows XP / Apple iPod / Apple iTunes: Setup Your New iPod

You can stick with the default name for your device, but I always try to pick something more fun. For this 30GB iPod Video, I'm going to call it "MicroTV", because, well, it's a pretty tiny video screen. I also uncheck "automatically update music" because I like to control what happens to my iPod manually rather than have things magically occur and then not be what I want. You may find that having iTunes sync your iPod automatically works better for you, however.

When you're done with this configuration step, click "Next" and you'll see:

Windows XP / Apple iPod / Apple iTunes: Register Your new Ipod

If you're so inclined, register your iPod, or just click "Finish".

Now, finally, you can see iTunes in all its glory:

Windows XP / Apple iPod / Apple iTunes Music Store

All the colorful material in the middle is from the Apple iTunes Music Store. On the left side column, notice all the various categories of music and content, very similar to Microsoft Windows Media Player. Just below the Music Store, however, is what we seek. It says "MicroTV", as that's the name of my iPod.

Click on this entry, whatever name you've given your own iPod, and you'll see your music list, which is completely blank:

Windows XP / Apple iPod / Apple iTunes: Empty iPod

Now click on the "Library" link also on the left column and you'll see what albums or music you've ripped or otherwise copied into your iTunes library. If you haven't ripped any CDs, put one into your computer and click on the "Import" button in iTunes that'll show up.

On this particular computer, I've already ripped a few audio CDs, as you can see:

Windows XP / Apple iPod / Apple iTunes: My iTunes Library

There's a much nicer way to explore the music, however. Click on the "Browse" button on the top right (it looks like an all-seeing eye) and a new panel will show up that lists genre, artists and albums too:

Windows XP / Apple iPod / Apple iTunes: Browse Library

I'm going to go ahead and copy my jazz album, by Jeff Lorber, onto my iPod. I do that by clicking on the "Jazz" genre, then dragging and dropping that onto the name of the iPod on the left side. Then I can see the music being copied onto the iPod itself:

Windows XP / Apple iPod / Apple iTunes: Copying Music onto the iPod

Doesn't take very long, and once it's done, I can eject my iPod and start enjoying the tiny music player.

However, let's have a quick peek at the basic iPod configuration while it's still plugged in by clicking on the "iPod Preferences" button on the bottom of the window:

Windows XP / Apple iPod / Apple iTunes: iPod Preferences Button

The preferences look like this:

Windows XP / Apple iPod / Apple iTunes: iPod Preferences

You can probably leave them all as-is, but that's how you get to them if you want to change anything about your iPod.

At this point we're done. The easiest way to disconnect the iPod from your computer is to click on the little "eject" button, but before we do, let's have a very quick look at how Windows Media Player sees the iPod and why it's so darn hard to get music from WMP to an iPod.

Windows XP / Apple iPod / Windows Media Player doesn't see the iPod

WMP certainly doesn't show a "MicroTV" option to make life easy. Click on the "Sync" button, however, and you'll see that it can indeed see the iPod that's plugged in:

Windows XP / Apple iPod / WMP can sync with the iPod, but ...

This is deceptive, though, because the section of the iPod that holds the music that the iPod player itself can access isn't what's listed. The iPod can serve as a convenient and portable hard disk, and it's that section of the device that WMP can access. Copy music and it'll be accessible by another Windows system, but the iPod itself won't see it. Not good!

To actually get music out of WMP and onto an iPod involves some conversion and fiddling around, as detailed here: Convert WMA into MP3 for use with iPods.

Let's go back to iTunes, however, and eject the iPod. That's done by clicking on the tiny upward triangle adjacent to the iPod name:

Windows XP / Apple iPod / Ejecting Your iPod

Now the device is disconnected and you can unplug it, plug in some headphones or earbuds and enjoy your music!

Working with the iPod Itself

The easiest way to do that? Push the play button once on your iPod to wake it up, and you'll see this:

Apple iPod main screen

Now use the scrollwheel to highlight either "Playlists", "Artists", "Albums", "Songs" or "Genres", the push the button in the middle of the scrollwheel to select that choice:

Apple iPod music choices screen

I'll select "songs", and here's what I see:

Apple iPod browse by song screen

Now I can pick a specific song by again using the scrollwheel, then click "OK" (the button in the middle of the wheel) and the song starts playing:

Apple iPod playing a song

And now, let's relax with our own personal jam!

Hope that helps you get up to speed with the iPod. You'll find it gets a lot easier to work with after a few minutes of fiddling around.



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Comments

Mr. Taylor,
I have a 2 plus year old iPod Photo 60GB. I am having trouble marrying consecutive songs together; i.e. like a prelude or intro to the next song. I am currently run iTunes 6.0.4.2, and have searched every dropdown menu, iPod for Dummies books, and other websites to find out how to do this. By accident, I found your site. Any suggestions on how to solve this? Thanks.
Regards, Gerald

Posted by: Gerald Trexler at July 23, 2006 1:14 AM

I'm getting an error message in attempt to create mp4 for ipod. I have the
clonedvd mobile and anydvd, need help:
On the dvd attempt, the error message is:
Creation of DVD files not successful
...
The pipe has ended
The output drive may be full or defective
Please select another drive to write to and try again.

Posted by: Mark at July 24, 2006 4:16 PM

Hi i recently bought an Ipod Video (30 Gig) and sometimes it says on the ipod "Do not disconnect", while in the Itunes Window it says "update complete, ok to disconnect". It wasn't doing this before, and I was wondering if this could be a problem, and what program would you recommend for converting movies to the ipod.

thanks

Posted by: Robert at August 27, 2006 7:56 PM

I have put music on my IPOD and now when i try to do it, it says that the ipod isnt connected but it is charging???? I dont get it? Can you help me?

Posted by: Britney Burnett at September 11, 2006 10:33 AM

I have been given an ipod mini for my birthday but I can not put music on it. I have tried your instructions but when I try to drag and drop i get that No Entry sign. Is it because I do not have a Mac computer? I can't figure this out and its really frustrating! Any ideas? Thanks

Posted by: Rebekah at September 19, 2006 2:32 AM

i connect my nano to the my computer by the usb cord. and usually it updates my songs automatically. but for some strange reason it doesn't update any of my songs. my nano says " do not disconnect" i waited for ages and it seems my computer doesb't reconise my nano. becasue my nano's nick name doesn't com on the left. because it usualy glows red with a little symobol. please help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: sonu at October 7, 2006 3:19 PM

Okay so I got a 30GB ipod video in may and i am just now getting to use it, I have it connected but I downloaded the new itunes 7, and it is different from what you have shown. Anyways I can put my pictures, and contacts on it but no music, just the music my mom put on it useing her computer. How do I fix this? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Thank You, Janae

Posted by: Janae at October 19, 2006 11:10 PM

I just got an iPod Video and now when I try to drag music into my iPod there is the No Entry Sign. Why is that it never happened before and I cant get music on unless i delete all the songs from my iPod and then add the couple songs in when i sync them all again.

Posted by: Johnny at October 23, 2006 2:36 PM

ok elp, done your intrusctions but i says i have no music on my ipod!!! what do i do?

Posted by: rachael at November 13, 2006 12:04 PM

I want to know if you have music on your ocmputer already and you want to put it on your ipod so it isnt on a cd how do u do it?

Posted by: Jess at November 25, 2006 3:04 PM

hey i am getting a new ipod and i have and older one now im just wondering when i get a new one what do i do to get my songs on my new one from my old one. and im also getting a new laptop and want to move my library off my old computer to my new one how do i do this.please help thank you

Posted by: Joey at December 15, 2006 5:43 AM

Joey, what you need to do is pull all the music from your old iPod onto your computer in iTunes. Then when you hook up the new iPod it'll ask if you want to "pair" it to your computer. Say yes, and when it's done, you should be able to drag and drop all your music from your library onto the iPod entry in iTunes and copy it all across. If you're talking about two COMPUTERS, then, again, you can use the iPod as the carrier, or you can use a program like ipodcopy (see download.com for a copy) or Senuti (Mac version).

Posted by: Dave Taylor at December 15, 2006 10:01 AM

my computer isn compadable for itunes does that mean i cant use my new ipod nano at all?

Posted by: marie at December 25, 2006 9:30 AM

I just got my ipod nano and all I do is plug it into the computer sometimes the sign on my ipod say not to disconnect and sometimes it doesnt.The problem is when i plug it in i justhear a noise that something is plugged in and when i put iTunes on I see my ipod and they say that the ipod software update sever could not be detected.Also they say that my it might not be hooked up to the internet and i JUST registered my ipod.HELP!!!

Posted by: Bonnie at December 25, 2006 5:32 PM

i have tried doing this like 5 times, and every time itunes wont be installed on my computer, what should i do with my ipod if i cant get itunes or, is there a way i can get it that i just cant find??? HELP!!!!!!

Posted by: B at December 25, 2006 10:00 PM

Is there anyway you can do a website that makes it easier to eject a ipod. I ve been tring to eject my ipod for 26 days but it still doesnt work. Please help

Lema

Posted by: lema at December 28, 2006 9:31 PM

how do i put videos on my ipod?

Posted by: amy at January 7, 2007 10:47 AM

I got an iPod. When looking through it I found a Playlist for Music videos. I downloaded a music video from iTunes but it doesn't show up at all on my iPod. It works on my computer. I made sure I put the music video in the Music Video playlist but it still won't show up on my iPod. Is there any way I can get the music video to show up on my ipod??
Thanks,
N.G.

Posted by: N.G. at January 13, 2007 4:20 PM

when i plug my ipod in it just pops up something like a window with three selections window meda player and 2 other things its not like you explained at all

Posted by: samantha at January 20, 2007 1:38 AM

How do i delete songs on my Ipod? help.

Posted by: Kulthum at February 8, 2007 8:29 AM

How do I put music on my Creative Zen Nano Plus player? It is a mp3 player.

Posted by: kayla johnson at February 11, 2007 1:18 PM

OKay so i have an Ipod mini and im trying to sync the music into my ipod, and i press sync and it says:

The Ipod cannot be updated because there is not enough free space to hold all of the items in the selected playlists.


Posted by: Shannon at February 11, 2007 3:05 PM

How do I put music on my Creative Zen Nano Plus player? It is a mp3 player.

Posted by: kayla johnson at February 11, 2007 5:38 PM

can you help me step by step on putting songs on my ipod nano and picturces to!

Posted by: erica gonzalez at February 13, 2007 12:39 PM

im trying to sync the music into my ipod, and i press sync and it says:

The Ipod cannot be updated because there is not enough free space to hold all of the items in the selected playlists.

Posted by: Shannon at February 13, 2007 4:54 PM

hi iv just got an apple ipod and i dont no whats going on with it, iv downloaded the itues thing and i put song on it and it was fine, n i thought i was doing everything right, putting songs on it but obviously not it said i hav 282 song on the ipod and like 400 in the library, so i deleted everything and now i dont no how to put songs back on it, i followd your intructions to delete pictures and when i went into preferences *ipod* isnt there


can you help me?

Posted by: dani at February 15, 2007 2:56 AM

hi mr. taylor
i have a problem with my Ipod.My Ipod model is M9806B this is my fisrt time to get this Ipod one day i charge my Ipod in a computer but when i look inside of that Ipod i don see any songs what i see is 3 files 1 is contact 2 calendar 3 notes what i decided to do is to format that Ipod but when im finished to format it i put the songs that i want but that songs that i was putting it doesn't play and the songs that i was formated i dont see it.
so i need your help please what am i suppose to do?.

Posted by: abdulrazak at February 16, 2007 8:35 AM

I am not getting the message i should get when i plug in my USB cable in

Posted by: naman at February 18, 2007 2:16 AM

I have an ipod Nano 2nd generation and bought music videos but I cant figure out how to get them onto my ipod.

Posted by: Justin at February 19, 2007 5:22 PM

I have an ipod Nano 2nd generation and bought music videos but I cant figure out how to get them onto my ipod.

Posted by: Justin at February 19, 2007 5:22 PM

How do I get music videos onto my nano. I already bought them from itunes and downloaded them and everything but when I try to drag them into the ipod there's a no entry sign. Do you know how to do this? If you do please tell me how

Posted by: Justin at February 19, 2007 5:48 PM

i still need to figure out how do i use itunes prepaid cards

Posted by: brianna at February 19, 2007 5:56 PM

I have a couple of q's first i'm wondering if i should wait and get my ipod nano first before downloading YOUR REALLY HELP FULL INFO. because for some CRAZZZY!!!REASON!!! it makes me pay for a 1,2 or 3year deal.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR VERY HELPFUL INFO. I ALWAS GET SOME STUPID MACHINES POINT OF VIEW THAT NEVER WORKS ,THANK GOD YOUR A HUMAN.

Posted by: MILLER MAN at February 20, 2007 5:29 PM

i dont know wat itunes is? and i dont know how to put music on my ipod??????

Posted by: nicole at February 22, 2007 8:27 PM

THANK YOU! YOU HAD HELP ME SO MUCH! IT TOOK 3 MONTHS FOR ME TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DOWNLOAD MUSIC INTO MY IPOD...UNTIL I FOUND THIS..AND IT HELPED ME SOO MUUCH!! THANK YOU AGAIN! MUCH OF MY THANKS AND L0VE TO YOU ALL!!
~MAHANA NO`KHE MEHILULANI`
YOUR 1 AND ONLY SAMOAN GURL! HEHE! THANKS BYE!

Posted by: MAHANA at February 22, 2007 9:47 PM

HELP! I have an older ipod shuffle-used to work just fine...bought newer shuffle for hubby @ Christimas, now BOTH are not working. They SEEM to take a charge, I take all the steps to download the music, I eject and try to use, the power does not stay on. (Apple tech said that my computer isn't 'syncing' and to call Microsoft becuz it is a problem w-my computer and Microsoft tells me "call Apple"!!!) I am not a tech wizard but I am no slouch and this has me SO frustrated, I am ready to throw BOTH of them in the garbage!

Posted by: Patty at February 23, 2007 9:26 PM

Mr. Taylor,

Hi, My name is Ciara Ellis and I just wanted to know when you put the music on the ipod is it or free?

From,
Ciara

Posted by: ciara at February 25, 2007 2:42 PM

my ipod frozen up the screen says
Delete Session
Cancel
Delete

and the battery meter has a plug in it with green background

Posted by: j at February 26, 2007 7:50 PM

WHEN I PLUG IN MY IPOD NANO [2ND GEN], ALL IT DOES IS INDICATE THAT THE IPOD IS CHARGING. THERE IS NO CHANGE TO THE ITUNES WINDOW NOR CAN I FIND A PREFEWRENCES BUTTON.

THANKS
JOHN ROFRANO

Posted by: JOHN ROFRANO at February 27, 2007 9:37 AM

How do you marry two songs, such as "We will rock you" and "We are the Champions" by Queen so that the songs always play consecutively as originally intended.

I didn't find a response to this question in other articles.

Thanks,
Jim

Posted by: Jim S at February 28, 2007 2:25 PM

I've had an iPod mini for the past 3 years and I had to buy some kind of new iPod because my mini is broken. So I got this 30GB iPod and I have all my music on it, but I try to put music videos onto it and it says "ACDC - Highway To Hell" was not copied to the iPod "Mariah's iPod" because it cannot be played on this iPod" WHAT THE HECK DOES THAT MEAN? How can I make it so I can watch my music videos??

Posted by: Mariah at February 28, 2007 8:40 PM

That's an interesting question! I think that if you're talking about two MP3 files, you can just open them up in something like Audacity, join them, then resave it as a new MP3 file that you can import back into iTunes. If it's an AAC or Apple's proprietary iTunes format, you might be stuck. :-0

You can find Audacity at http://www.versiontracker.com/ [it's a Mac and PC app, btw]

Posted by: Dave Taylor at February 28, 2007 10:41 PM

how do u get the "do not disconnect" of the screen of ur ipod while its charging?

Posted by: renee at March 1, 2007 2:58 PM

Well if thats how you put the music on it, then how do you put games and movies on your ipod???

Posted by: Kiyona Draper at March 2, 2007 4:21 AM

I have an ipod and I have songs on this ipod in which I have a library on my PC and I got a laptop and now I want to put my songs from my ipod on to my library on my laptop. How do I do this I have tried everything and nothing is working?

Posted by: Kelsey at March 2, 2007 3:30 PM

i already have my music videos downloaded from something other then itunes, but i clicked "explore" and brought it to my itunes and put it into my music, library, and party shuffle, because im not sure which one my ipod plugs into, but when i download everything to my ipod, my music videos never show up, ive tried converting, but i have no idea what that does or even means. so could you tell me how to get my music videos on my ipod, even though they didnt come from itunes?

Posted by: addison at March 3, 2007 9:38 AM

hey dave. i just got an ipod nano and i was just wondering do you need windows xp to put songs on it. cause i have windows m.e. please help me dave.

Posted by: Nick Derkson at March 3, 2007 9:42 PM

My husband and I each have an ipod. he has loaded his but we are having trouble loading mine. do we need to have different accounts or can we get music off the same one?

Posted by: lynette at March 4, 2007 3:07 PM

Hey Dave,
I have a video ipod 30g and i wondering how to put notes on it. i have the file on the ipod but nothing is coming up under it and i have enable disk use in itunes. How can i get the notes to appear on my ipod?

Posted by: Shannon at March 4, 2007 3:31 PM

okay so I just got an ipod video but I had an mp3 before that so I moved all my old mp3 songs that I got from limewire into my itunes library but when I connect my ipod to my pc and I try to 'import' these songs onto my ipod it asks me which file to put them in but I'm not sure which one I'm suposed to pick!

Posted by: Kim at March 8, 2007 4:02 PM

hi mr.taylor i've an ipod videos 80GB,but don't know how to put music videos or movies.can u pls help?

Posted by: king at March 10, 2007 3:58 AM

i download songs off of itunes and then go to updae ipod. It says that it does it but, it doesn't when i LOOK at the ipod and its songs. I even went to the apple stoe and they told me when to do and it didnt work at all

over all it isnt fair and make sure ur computer has enough memory.


*dont get 1 til u look into it

Posted by: idk at March 10, 2007 6:11 AM

awe, bru i have a ipod 30 gig, the problem is that; i have music videos on my itunes library that work on my itunes, but when i import it to my ipod it doesn"t inport it at all. why ho why am I sikeling, can u help me i am depressed coz it's been 3 months, been every where and nobody can help me

Posted by: donovan at March 12, 2007 5:35 PM

i have no sound on my computer but i just recently
downloaded a music video off of limewire and i send it to itunes and it's in music videos but my computer said my ipod won't play it why is that ?

Posted by: wahkeen at March 12, 2007 8:51 PM

ok i done ur instructions and i followed dem perfectly and i still am not getting n e songs on my ipod i am getting the blue bar saying that wen i drag them they can go in but i still am getting nothing plz elp.

Posted by: stu at March 13, 2007 5:27 PM

i need help dave i just got an ipod nano second generation and on my playlists it says MUSIC VIDEOS but i dont know if i can put any on but if i can please tell me how.

Posted by: nathan at March 14, 2007 5:49 PM

is there any way I can put my friends songs on to my computer? Without erasing it on the Ipod?

Posted by: Jake at March 15, 2007 3:40 PM

Thank you for the information. Very helpful. I am sorry that you put something so easy to follow and nice on the Internet, only to have you become flooded with replies asking for yet more help.

Posted by: MrMcFu at March 16, 2007 5:32 AM

hi dave i some 1 i share my computer with has an ipod so i have itunes on my screen name but i can't get my ipod to get songs on to it

Posted by: freya at March 16, 2007 12:43 PM

how do i put music on my apple ipod please help

Posted by: sophie at March 20, 2007 9:59 AM

this thing is to complicted to do and my pasence is running out.

Posted by: aleisha at March 21, 2007 4:31 PM

i got an ipod shuffle for my bday, i dont know how to keep my songs in the ipod, everytime i put music into, the songs in my ipod deletes, ive got to keep putting them in, can your help he plz!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Polly at March 22, 2007 6:10 AM

Hi Dave,
I had no idea how to
do this until you
showed me how to
on your website.
Thank you for doing
that. I had no idea,
I got it at xmas and
had not clue until
today.
THANKS AGAIN!

Posted by: Payton at March 27, 2007 3:39 PM

I plugged my 30gb iPod into my work computer and it's a Dell. It says "do not disconnect" for a long time and I wait forever...why does it do that and how do i get the music to play on my computer at work?

Posted by: Francesca at March 28, 2007 2:24 PM

i have a new ipod but i don't know how to put my music on the computer to the ipod i need help?

Posted by: nancy at March 28, 2007 8:14 PM

i wannan download musics into my sony ipod not apple ipod, how do i do that?

Posted by: arinze at March 30, 2007 4:57 AM

thanks dude

Posted by: Peyton Manning at April 2, 2007 5:20 PM

I love this website. It is the best. The pictures help.

Posted by: Deonte at April 5, 2007 10:31 PM

i need step by step instructions on how to putsongs on my ipodnano i jux dont get yalls instructions please make it easier for me

Posted by: cynthia at April 9, 2007 1:23 PM

mine hasnt come up with a sign saying"register your ipod".can u help me?

Posted by: sam at April 12, 2007 4:34 AM

hi i just got an ipod nano 4gb and i want to know how to put music videos on it.thank you

Posted by: nathan at April 12, 2007 3:51 PM

Hello Mr. Taylor
I just got my 30 GB video IPOD today and I am doing fine in putting in Music and Pics and stuff, but how do you put in Music Videos and movies and stuff like that?

Thanks - :D

Posted by: G.B at April 14, 2007 7:08 AM

i have that same problem that that Rebekah girl has. I try to drag the songs from my library to my ipod but that no entry sign won't let me. I also cant seem to delete the songs that are on my ipod that I dont want anymore. Please help....

Posted by: Naz at April 16, 2007 11:19 PM

The main reason that you get the "no entry" sign, in my experience, is that you've configured your iPod to automatically sync with one or more playlists. If you do that, you can't just drag additional music or videos onto the device. Instead, you need to go into the iTunes preferences area for your iPod and set it to "manually manage songs and playlists" then you can drag and drop to your heart's content!

Posted by: Dave Taylor at April 17, 2007 11:35 AM

Thanks so much. I totally get everything now thanks to you!!!

Posted by: Naz at April 17, 2007 7:55 PM

I just purchased a 30G Ipod and I want to load my CD collection onto it. The problem I have is I can only hold about 2G worth of music on my computer. If I delete that music and load more, when I try to load it to the Ipod, it wipes out the previously loaded music and replaces it with the new. Is there any way to keep adding to the Ipod without having it do what it's doing short of me installing another hard drive? Thanks

Posted by: Jason at April 19, 2007 9:27 AM

it's nice n thanks to u.

Posted by: avinash at April 21, 2007 1:51 PM

hey dave well i also don t know how to put my music in the ipod well i have the programme itune but hmmm nop it doesnt help now i have only some music it went automaticllay to my ipod now i want to do some other music from another place in my pc i put it in the itune some of them they go to my ipod some nop why that well i really wish to know to put my music in the ipod please byebye adil

Posted by: adil at April 22, 2007 6:49 PM

Now my husband AND my boyfriend think I'm the smartest girl in the world because I'm secretely getting computer tips from your website - they both got iPod shuffles and couldn't make them work with their pc computers; thanks to you, I was able to hook-up BOTH of them successfully - thanks!

Posted by: M at April 23, 2007 1:21 PM

i have a nano ipod i put some music on it at a friends house i want to delete some of them but they have moved out of state how can i get these songs deleted please help

Posted by: tori at April 25, 2007 6:40 AM

Mr. Taylor,
I really hope you can help with my delima,you come highly recomended.I had an apple computer that crashed and I bought a new one.The problem is that I don't have access to the old computer to share the music and files that I spent months loading on my iPod.Is there a way I can take the info that I have on my iPod and put it in my new library? I've lost alot of sleep,patience and hair over this problem. Please help.

Posted by: Mr. Irby at April 25, 2007 11:18 AM

Tori, you don't seem to be able to selectively delete without "pairing" your iPod to a computer, which will wipe the music out. You might have to just endure for now...

Mr. Irby, you want to check out a slick program called Senuti (see versiontracker.com for a download link) which will let you copy the music from your iPod to your Mac without using iTunes.

Posted by: Dave Taylor at April 25, 2007 2:10 PM

I do not seem to have enough USB ports on my Dell to connect my iPod to download. My cable internet, keyboard, and cirque mouse are all connected. What do I do?

Linda

Posted by: Linda at April 28, 2007 6:26 PM

I have a lot of random songs that I ripped from CDs onto my computer in one big Music folder. I often borrow CDs (some bought, some they made) from friends and rip 1 or 2 songs I like onto my computer.
How can I get those songs onto my IPod? I haven't tried or messed around w/ anything yet. I could, I guess burn them all onto CDR's using Windows Media Player and then open ITunes and imort but I have so many songs and the blank CDs cost money and I don't want to have tons of CDs w/ random mixes for no reason.
Can I somehow get the songs that I have on my computer that I usually play w/ WMP over to ITunes so I can download some of them onto the IPod?

Also, in your opinion why are IPods more popular than generic brands when generic brands allow you to use anything not just Itunes?

Posted by: Hayden at April 30, 2007 1:08 PM

Just to elaborate - when I say 'generic' I don't mean some crappy brand, I meant more like Sony or another well known electronics brand.

Posted by: Hayden at April 30, 2007 1:13 PM

do you have to pay to getsongs on your ipod?

Posted by: david at May 1, 2007 4:59 PM

hey can u plzzzz help me i have this itune with new virsion somthin like 7. somthing but i really dont know how 2 put music into my ipod pllzzz help me

Posted by: fafa at May 5, 2007 2:49 AM

can i put music from my music folder on my computer of do i have to use a cd?

Posted by: help me please at May 6, 2007 9:32 AM

How do you put songs from CD's on to an MP4 player?

Posted by: zzzyyyxxx at May 6, 2007 4:02 PM

Hello.

I have more of a question than a comment. I have looked all over and cant find an answer. Basically I have no problem uploading music onto my ipod. However I have an audio book. It is converted into MP3 format. When I try to add it to Itunes there is no response its as if I didnt try to add anything at all. I tried the drag and drop- no response, tried file add- no response. I even tried to play around with configurations (the files properties are 80kbps so I went into Itunes and selected 80kbps again no response. This is difficult to figure out whats wrong since I dont get any error messages not even an hourglass saying its loading nothing at all. All it does is right after I drop it into itunes nothing happens. Is there a way to solve this I am running XP on a PC. The file is an audiobook in MP3 format and runs absolutely fine on Windows Media Player. Itunes even changed the files icon to the Itunes icon but it doesnt respond to it even when I double click on the file to play the file. The file does have two languages in it- I mean its a learning spanish file so theres english and spanish.

Your help would be very much appreciated.

Thank you.

Posted by: Marcin at May 11, 2007 11:03 AM

I JUST BOUGHT MINE OFF MY FRIEND AND I NEED HELP TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DOWNLOAD MUSIC ON MY IPOD PLEASE HELP!!

Posted by: rachel m gray at May 15, 2007 8:30 AM

I have a ipod nano(2nd gen. If i bought a music video and put it on my i pod would it play the music because i know that it is incapable of showing the picture? Is there any way?

Posted by: pinky at May 17, 2007 5:30 AM

I have a ipod nano(2nd gen. If i bought a music video and put it on my i pod would it play the music because i know that it is incapable of showing the picture? Is there any way?

Posted by: pinky at May 17, 2007 5:30 AM

hey my questions is i have a new computer and i want to add music to my ipod but i cant i dont want my old musin to easers. what can i do ?

Posted by: lil john at May 17, 2007 3:48 PM

Mr Taylor,
I have an ipod nano (the older version) and everything was working fine with iTunes and everything until our computer crashed and i needed to take it in to be fixed. Well the place i took it to ended up completely wiping out all programs on my computer in order to fix it. So i re-installed iTunes and everything seemed to be working until i went to update my ipod and it said that for some reason over a hundred of my songs were no longer valid on my ipod an it ended up deleting them off my ipod, however they are still in my library. Do you know of any way that i can get those songs in my library back on my ipod?? (i already tried to update it again to see if it would work, but it didnt) thanks so much!

Posted by: bri at May 23, 2007 7:17 AM

How do i put songs in sony ipod?
I have download the software but i don't know how to add songs.will anybody tell me .
my email id is- sargu_11@yahoo.co.in
or call me at - 0129-4075491
thanks

Posted by: sargam at May 25, 2007 6:12 AM

intructions there just so complacteds.How to put songs on my ipod apple nano?

Posted by: miilah at May 27, 2007 8:58 PM

i am just about to purchase a new ipod nano, i current have a mini ipod and would like to know it would be possible to keep all of my songs and put them onto the nano??

Posted by: lucy hough at May 29, 2007 1:32 AM

PLEASE HELP!!
My son purchased songs for his ipod from a couple of gift cards he got, but they downloaded onto the computer in his itunes account and NOT to his ipod. I read your WONDERFUL article about clicking on the genre and dragging it to his account, but every time I try that it shows the circle with a line through it and it does NOT work. WE are both extremely FRUSTRATED HE WANTS HIS songs. We are using windows XP, and I did update to itunes 7.1. Thank You for any help you can give me. P.S. I HATE the itunes site!!! I find it VERY un-user friendly. Just so you know. Thought I would throw that in.
THANKS A BUNCH SHERRIE

Posted by: Sherrie at May 29, 2007 9:20 PM

I just got an iPod Video and now when I try to drag music into my iPod there is the No Entry Sign. Why is that I cant get music on unless i delete all the songs from my iPod and then add the couple songs in when i sync them all again.
can i add songs without sync?

Posted by: mathew at May 30, 2007 1:48 AM

Did you get my question?? I even bought you a cup of Chai but not real confident you got my question. It said to only click submit ONCE but it didn't do anything. Please let me know.
Sherrie

Posted by: Sherrie at May 30, 2007 7:48 PM

i a got video ipod but i cant get itunes because i got windows 98

Posted by: jonathan at May 30, 2007 9:23 PM

i was trying to set up itunes but it says ''this installation package couldnt be opened. varify that the package exists and that you can acess it, or contact the application vendor tto verify this is a valid windows installer package'' what should i do ??

Posted by: Zinky at June 4, 2007 8:22 AM

hey well i just got a ipod nano and i followed your instructions and it still says i have no music even after i downloaded it not to mention my cds i had converted and it wont work did i do something wrong or is it just the ipod

Posted by: makia at June 5, 2007 8:38 PM

Hi, I have a 40 GB white IPOD and when I connect it to my laptop, it says do not disconnect with a circle and line inside flashing....I want to down load music; but what do I do? How can I get this "Do not disconnect" OFF?

Thanks in advance Alma :)

Posted by: Alma at June 6, 2007 10:10 AM

Alma, you need to have Apple's iTunes program running on your computer when you hook up your iPod. That lets you synchronize music and "eject" the iPod when you're done so the "do not disconnect" message goes away! You can grab a copy of the software for free at

http://www.apple.com/itunes/

Posted by: Dave Taylor at June 6, 2007 10:21 PM

mr taylor i have an apple ipod nano but i dnt know hw to downlaod music and video clips inside.plz help me out.

Posted by: joseph at June 30, 2007 3:58 AM

everytime i connect my 30gb ipod into my computer,all it does is charge and im trying to put music on it but it doesnt say "DO NOT DISCONNECT" and when I plug the USB cord into the computer it says theres an unknown usb and when I plug the ipod into my other computer it detects the component and says "DO NOT DISCONNECT". I hope this makes sense and if it does...can you help me?

Posted by: Mikal at July 2, 2007 12:51 AM

I was wondering the song that you buy with itunes can be put on to my ipod. It seem that I have all my other songs on there but the purchesed ones. Can it be done? thanks!

Posted by: Israel at July 6, 2007 11:17 PM

Look i made a play list there is no options what so ever to put it into the ipod i cant find any option anywhere what so eveer ( Believe me i have been LOOKING ) to put in the music files inot the ipod i seriously HATE ipod please help me and i apologize for going crazy in previous post and i hope you can explain this one simple thing to me which button do i press to put the mp3 file into the Ipod?
thx in advance and im srry for previous post but i do hate everyone that made ipod

Posted by: JOHAN at July 8, 2007 9:38 AM

ive downloaded music from limewire to itunes i can see it it the libary but when i click on to a song to download nothing happens i can download photos just not songs please hellllllllllp.

Posted by: kelly at July 8, 2007 10:53 AM

hey
um i was just wondering if you wood be able to help me out. only a few days ago i got a pink 4gb apple iPod. I have figured out how to dowload songs and music onto my iPod with the help of me friends but for some reason the songs i have downloaded onto the iPod aren't playing when i press play while others are! i dnt know why but i really dont want 2 spend anymore money on it as i have already spent enough money on my iPod alone. i dont know wether it is because they are downloaded off the internet.
cood u plz help me...i wood b very grateful
thannx...:-)...brianna...

Posted by: Brianna at July 10, 2007 10:03 PM

I use my dads ipod he has his own music i have mine. Can i put my music on the ipod through my comp without deleting his?

Posted by: Mac at July 12, 2007 2:17 PM

Mac, yes you can. If you're on a PC, go to download.com and grab a copy of "ipodcopy" from there, and if you're on a Mac, get "Senuti" from versiontracker.com. They offer the same basic functionality and I've written about both here on my blog too. Try this link: http://www.askdavetaylor.com/about_ipodcopy.html

Posted by: Dave Taylor at July 12, 2007 8:44 PM

i dont know how to delete songs off my ipod without deleting them all please help!!!!!!

Posted by: latonia at July 14, 2007 8:43 AM

I have an older version of the ipod [the 4th generation] and all of the sudden my ipod dosn't show up on itunes so I cannot put new songs on my ipod PLEASE HELP!

Posted by: Kate at July 17, 2007 6:22 PM

Dear Dave i have a ipod nano and i am trying to find out how to put songs from itunes on to my nano could you please help?

Posted by: Alex at July 19, 2007 9:33 PM

Hi Dave,

I bought a new 4 GB ipod nano last week. I downloaded songs and pictures onto it and it worked fine. Now when I plug it into the computer to put on new music my ipod will not show up in itunes. I noticed that a lot of other people are having this problem. Could you please give me a suggestion of what to do?

Thanks,

Kristy

Posted by: Kristy at July 21, 2007 4:08 PM

hi i HAVe A PrOMBle WIt MY ipoD i PLUG THe iPOD in THe COMPUTer n EVery THING But WHEN im IN itunes THe nAMe oF my IPOd DONt Show UP ..it oNLY chARges

Posted by: DENISE at July 22, 2007 10:51 AM

how can i put notes onto my ipod video? lyk i wanna put documents from notepad onto my ipod video but how or is it possible?? x

Posted by: ALEXNADRA at July 28, 2007 3:07 AM

hey ....umm..how do u put music vidoes or movies in a ipod nano...can u use lime wire??

Posted by: jerry at July 31, 2007 2:32 PM

Well i Have a Nano But i dont use media player i use the new iTunes get it at www.apple.com

Posted by: Jake at August 3, 2007 9:17 PM

I have had a mini ipod 4 ages, however i havent put any new songs on there for ages n now i want 2 delete the old ones and replce them. However now i have a new computer which i have downloaded itunes onto but it wont let me delete my old songs, please help.
thanku

Posted by: naomi at August 6, 2007 9:15 AM

I have to say that I f'ing LOVE you. I love you, I love you, I love you.

I just bought an iPod (30GB; video) and I couldn't figure out how to put songs on it, so I decided on burning discs, then just putting them on the iPod. Well, I'm pretty much kinda stupid sometimes, and the new iTunes (7) confused me wayyy much. Then, I found the sync button, and it's SO MUCH EASIER THAN THE CD TRANSFERING. Just download songs from limewire (or something), drag them from the folder that they're in and into the iTunes library, then hit "sync" when you click your iPod's name(go to the music tab, and make sure that you have it set to manually editing your songs.) I was saved, but I wouldn't have figured it out AT ALL if it weren't for you. I love you, I love you, I lovpefajoifj;lkafh lkagndsalfj. <3 Thankyou sosososososososoososososososososososososo much!!


-Oujo

Posted by: Oujo at August 7, 2007 6:35 PM

hello! my ipod has a problem! i got this ipod as a gift from a friend but it has her name on it! how do i put my name on it? and also when i connect it to the computer... it says charging but i want to put my songs on it and not charge it! please help cause i feel like breaking it right now! its stressing me out

Posted by: lucy at August 23, 2007 7:32 AM

It is possible to load songs on your iPod using WinAmp. I do it. Why? Because I hate iTunes.
Just open the media library and choose Portables -> Ipod, you'll see the songs on your iPod (Don't forget to plug it in first). You can add songs to the iPod directly from the playlist by right clicking them and then choosing: sent to > iPod.

Posted by: Afz at August 31, 2007 12:23 AM

Dude. your an absolute legend. i got an ipod shuffle and it works fine. cheers :D (10/10)

Posted by: isaac at September 3, 2007 2:44 AM

i have tried and tried to put songs on my ipod but it says it has sent but when i look on my ipod they havent sent can u help me please

Posted by: demi at September 4, 2007 2:19 PM

can you put music videos on secon generation ipod nano

Posted by: isaac at September 10, 2007 7:59 PM

hoily dave my name his ashleydavis do you have apple itunes ipod i am haveing stuck on the computer please would like two help me with apple itunes please would do it for me now when you have time do it now.do you now about itunes i dont now all i now his song if now that can you will help me do it for me

Posted by: ashleydavis at September 16, 2007 10:22 AM

Dave,
Thanks for the site!
I thought I was doing everything right -- downloaded itunes, then put the CD I wanted to load into the ipod into my CD rom place, then plugged the ipod into the computer, and it would sync into the ipod. Seemed to work fine. When I went to use the ipod, most of the songs play strangely (bummer, I have loaded 2000 on the ipod now) -- they are jumbled, or they skip, or are sped up from normal, like twice as fast. Any clue how I fix this? When I play the songs from on the computer, using the computer and iTunes, they sound fine. I have that ipod that holds 20,000 songs capability....plenty of space, etc. Thanks in advance for your help.

Posted by: Heather at September 19, 2007 6:00 PM

ok i just got a used ipod video and i have songs on my itunes already from my nano and i want to download them to my video and it just chages nothing pops up for me to instal the ipod

Posted by: sean at September 24, 2007 5:23 PM

hey i still dont get how to put the songs on my ipod :(

Posted by: trinity at September 25, 2007 10:23 PM

I would just like to say a very big thank you to Dave Taylor for putting this website together. This website and all this information on it has helped me soooo much. When comparing this website to the website given by apple, this website helped me much more and the information given by apple was rubbish and a waste of time.
So, thank you very much.

Posted by: Bola at October 5, 2007 3:58 PM

hi, how do i delete music from ipod. thank u

Posted by: manny a at October 7, 2007 2:06 PM

can't i put music from ipod to a computer .i have song in ipod i have new computer want to install ipod music

Posted by: stephen at October 11, 2007 9:29 AM

umm i cant get the box onlii
it dosnt want to the itunes thing where you put your songg and where you put your name i doont have tht boxx
helpp!!

Posted by: corina at October 12, 2007 6:45 PM

I just got the new ipod nano the 8GB and I have no idea how to use it. I have iTunes,but I get my songs from another place. I don't know how to register my ipod,get songs,videos,albums,or pictures on my ipod.What am I doing wrong? Is there some way you can give my specific step by step intructions?
Thank you,
Versace

Posted by: Versace at October 13, 2007 4:46 PM

I juist got a ipod it is 30 GB and i don't know how to put music videos on it Can you please tell me how i can do that. And pictuers on my ipod thank you so ever much !

Posted by: krista at October 20, 2007 12:39 PM

Thanks Dave, that helped out a lot.

Posted by: Tim at October 21, 2007 6:36 PM

is it possible that I can send music from my ipod classic to my new computer.

Posted by: Israel Varela Rios at October 29, 2007 7:16 PM

thank u very much i wont forget

Posted by: lisa ivwurie at October 30, 2007 7:24 AM

Hi My friend gave me her old ipod mini and i want to delete some of her songs and put my songs up there. How do i do that

Posted by: Jasmine at October 31, 2007 1:23 PM

I have an ipod schuffle and I just downloaded LIMEWIRE in hopes of free music downloads but I don't know how to transfer the songs from my ipod SHARE file. Can ya help a brotha out? I really enjoy the music but I hate the cost of buying each song.

Posted by: Theo at November 1, 2007 12:12 PM

i got a new ipod shuffle and i dont know how to put music into it and i want help plz help me and i am 12 years old and any boys

Posted by: anita at November 10, 2007 5:28 AM

hi this is hailey i dont know how to put songs on my ipod sheffle

Posted by: hailey at November 17, 2007 9:45 AM

hi yaar.. pls someone help me out..i hav some songs in my ipod and wen i open it in some other computer,i dono how to view the songs in my ipod... how can i do it???

Posted by: sugirdha at November 25, 2007 1:21 AM

Hi
My husband passed on his 20g ipod to his sister who lives in another state. She is unable to use it to load her own itune music on it. What do we need to do??? Thanks for your help.
Nanc

Posted by: Nancy Sorrells at December 3, 2007 8:38 PM

How do i get songs onto my ipod from the internet and how do i do it. explain the steps to me
thanks x

Posted by: Emma Wallace at December 4, 2007 12:22 PM

When I plug my Ipod to my computer using the USB cord, it tells me that the device is not recognized, malfunctioned. How do it get my computer to recognize it? I have already downloaded itunes. Please help me! Thanks in advance!

Bren

Posted by: Brenda at December 7, 2007 10:43 PM

When I connect my ipod to my computer it charges but says that there is no ipod connected. And the ipod shows a blinking red slashed circle and it says do not disconnect? This is my first time using it.

Posted by: randi at December 12, 2007 7:35 PM

hi dave when i go and install itune it says the feature you are trying to use is on a network rescoure that is unavailable then it says click ok try again or enter an alternate path can u help please

Posted by: paul at December 17, 2007 7:28 AM

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PUT PODCASTS ON MY IPOD NANO PLEASE HELP ME!!!

Posted by: jenn at December 17, 2007 8:57 PM

my father brought me a new ipod and i am dying to put songs in it but how??????????

Posted by: Hilary jonas at December 23, 2007 12:11 AM

Whenever I plug the USB into my computer, it doesn't show me the things that u said it would show me. So it's different. And it only worked on my aunt's computer and not mine! PLEASE HELP ME!! I'm so frustrated right now!!

Posted by: Jessica at December 24, 2007 2:32 PM

i am going to try this information out to see if it works..i mean i don't have the money to buy the tunes for my ipod 3rd generation its tunes.. i tried about 5 different ways to try and get music on my ipod... do you have any suggestions besides your information here..i just got it on the 23rd and i been trying for a couple days now..
thank you.

Posted by: megz at December 24, 2007 9:20 PM

i just cant put the music on mi ipod please help?

Posted by: samantha at December 24, 2007 9:52 PM

I just got an 80GB iPod,and i keep trying 2 add songs 2 the iPod with my iTunes,and nothing comes.when i connect my iPod to my PC,i see the instruction that says-Connected.Eject Before Disconnected-written on the screen of my iPod,but i dont see my iPod apearing on my iTunes menu after the itunes store option

Posted by: Obinna Eruchalu at December 25, 2007 12:59 AM

how do u download itones

Posted by: kory at December 25, 2007 7:47 AM

how do i put songs from my old ipod to my new one?

Posted by: Sara at December 25, 2007 7:58 AM

Hey, i just got my new iPod Video (80BG) today, and i just wanted to add that for you people who say that when they connect their iPod to their computer and it doesn't say anything on the screen (pc screen), try going to your "My Computer" program. and your iPod option thing will be there because when ever i connected my iPod it never displayed anything on the main screen about it coming on so i went into "My Computer" and it was always there. I hope this helps some of you. :D

Posted by: James at December 25, 2007 7:16 PM

Thank you, Thank You, Thank you! I have tried for several days with the Apple directions to get music from my computer to my new iPod but with no success. Thanks for putting it so simply, I finally did it!

Posted by: Misty Cook at December 25, 2007 9:24 PM

Hello i have just got a new ipod nano and i am having problem putting songs onto it. I have downloaded Itunes and i saids that i need to be running window vistea or xp i am just wondering if this is true please could u help me

Posted by: Daniel at December 26, 2007 11:08 AM

Where do you get the itunes? My ipod I got for christmas didn't come with one? Can i download it off the internet?

Posted by: Julie Mitchell at December 26, 2007 11:12 AM

Does itunes only work on Windows Vista?

Posted by: Claire Ryder at December 26, 2007 2:18 PM

What do i do , my cousin ben has given me his ipod because he wants me to put some songs on it but the problem is i have been on www.itunes.com and it hasnt helped me get some and i have no idea what to do . Pleas help x

Posted by: Robyn at December 26, 2007 2:22 PM

Hi I just got an ipod nano for christmas and i do not know how to put music up there can you help me

Posted by: Tamia at December 26, 2007 6:00 PM

The key application is iTunes, which you can download from Apple's Web site at:

http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/

Good luck!

Posted by: Dave Taylor at December 26, 2007 11:10 PM

thank you sooo much for the effort...!!it was really helpfull..

Posted by: cornelia at December 27, 2007 10:07 AM

Hello, i really need your help!
Okay, when i bring limewire up, it wont connect!
it only connects the first bar,and thats it!
We've done everything and it wont work.
So i cant get songs on my new ipod.
like im obviously connected to the internet,
I've checked ALL my firewalls and made sure they allowed limewire, and it STILL wont work.
HELP!?

Posted by: Emily at December 27, 2007 8:00 PM

i have a ipod nano but i didnt download itunes cause they charge so i downloaded bearshare n i have da music n i put it into the ipod but i doesnt show i knoe its there cause of when it wasloading and because i check the space and there was space used which was the pictures and music i put there i dont know what i did wrong bu i think i did everyting right i think. when i open my computer i click on ipod and then it shows contacts calender and notes and some other thing that is in the ipod im guessin well i made a new folder and its called music n in that folder is all the music i downloaded n that folder is in the ipod folder. Well none of my music shows or anything on my ipod and i dont know what to do. PLEASE help me before i go crazy with this ipod nano ahh make sure email me as soon AS POSSIBLE HOPEFULY BU TONITE OR TOMORROE thank you byeeeeeee again thank you

Posted by: Scarlet at December 27, 2007 11:58 PM

I have an IPOD shuffle and when I plug it into the computer my computer doesnt recognize the device and it says that my ipod has malfunctioned.

Posted by: Wesley at December 28, 2007 9:54 AM

Hello!
Well it took me 4 hours but I think I figured out how to get the music on the Nano. Now fer the video.........
Not bad fer a 47 year old dumb Biker...Huh??
LOL!
Thanks Dave!

Posted by: Freddy at December 30, 2007 3:16 PM

thank u 4 helping me k bye and have a happy new year

Posted by: krystal at December 31, 2007 8:46 AM

Thanks, this helped.

Posted by: Amanda at January 1, 2008 3:18 PM

well when i plugged it up then nothing popped up sp please write me back with good answers

Posted by: kristina at January 1, 2008 3:18 PM

hi. i have an MP3 player that is full of songs and that are also on my laptop i have just brought an ipod nano and i can transfer the songs over on the laptop but when i turn the ipod on i cant find my songs PLEASE HELP . . .

Posted by: Lisa at January 5, 2008 5:49 PM

How should i put songs on my ipod nano video without buying songs from itunes

Posted by: n.khalid at January 5, 2008 9:38 PM

i have a 30g ipod and i have always been able to update songs. However, now, when i connect my ipod to the comp, the screen has a popup says cannot sync Eddy's ipod error -48. HELP!!!!!!

i have itunes 7

Posted by: eddy at January 6, 2008 1:56 AM

I was woundering what do you do once you are in the library. I get stuck from there everytime I get my songs on the ipod

Posted by: Latoya at January 6, 2008 9:33 AM

i cannot put music onto my ipod. i have itunes on my computer with a few songs but cannot get them on. i followed your steps but i never recieved any messages like yours when i plugged my ipod in. I also dont have a picture on the left of the ipod to drag my songs into. please help iv been trying for hours

Posted by: jill at January 7, 2008 4:36 PM

I have ITunes, when I downloaded it,it seems that only half of it downloaded, beacuse my friend showed me hers and she has more then my Itunes. I have downloaded some songs. What should I do redownload it? If I do that I will lose the songs that I all ready have. It also won't let my register it. Thanks

Posted by: Cecilia at January 7, 2008 8:29 PM

Me again
When I open up Itunes a License agreement comes up.Where it says I have read & agree to the Ipod software license I put a check mark there and click SAVE, then my name of my Ipod on the left side of the screen disappears. Can you HELP me??? Thanks

Posted by: Cecilia at January 7, 2008 8:46 PM

My iPod 80 gb is making funny sounds, kind of like the hard drive disk is skipping. It's brand new. Just yesterday it made a high pitched squeeling noise. I think it might be due to the fact that i have pictures on it but in the settings it says i have none. Just now i plugged it in the USB port and it's now frozen. What the hell is going on?

Posted by: DiLo at January 11, 2008 2:35 PM

DiLo sounds to me like you should take it back to Apple and ask for a new one. Something's definitely wrong. Good luck.

Posted by: Dave Taylor at January 11, 2008 2:51 PM

i have a motorola ROKR E1 it has itunes ib it but i cant get the songs in Itunes help please

Posted by: OKS at January 13, 2008 4:57 AM

I have an i-pod. Had it for years.
My wife has an i-pod nano. Just got it for Christmas.
How do I get songs from my i-tunes library onto her nano?

Posted by: Jeremy at January 13, 2008 9:25 AM

Please help me.I got my ipod nano for christmas and i still haven't figured out how to use it. You said that when you first plug your ipod up something should come up about new hardware but when i plugged mine up that didn't happen. When i plug it up an itunes helper comes up and says that i need to download the ipod software, but i didn't get a software cd with it so i have no idea what to do. Could you please help me? Thanks.

Posted by: Dawn at January 14, 2008 11:56 AM

My ipod just got a virus so i havent used it since...my sister just got the new ipod nano and i accidently put money on my account and im trying to download a new version for my ipod onto itunes but it wont let me...is there a way i could put my music and more music on my sisters ipod with my account???

Posted by: jessica at January 15, 2008 2:12 PM

I have the ipod nano 2nd generation .I tried in putting song on it but all the music i download on it i cant get it in my Ipod ..sometimes i tried in putting a WMA when am trying to play it. it gives me a warning sign of "No file" Am confused i dont know what to do ..I dont have any music and video on it ...NOW

Posted by: BIGDANE at January 16, 2008 12:54 PM

i need songs so how do i put songs on my ipod mini nano for free

Posted by: NAWEED at January 16, 2008 4:27 PM

Umm...I just got an Ipod touch, and I'm trying to get videos on it, but whenever I import them to itunes, it makes me convert them. I do, but when I actually sync them to the touch, it shows the video, but has no sound...whatsoever...o-O
Also, I was wanting to know if you could delete music from your computer and keep it synced to your ipod.
Cuz music and videos is taking up alot of space on my comp and whenever I do delete songs, it unsyncs them from my Ipod.

Posted by: Jake at January 18, 2008 7:53 PM

i just got a ipod shuffle and i try to put my new songs ive just added (from limewire) on to my ipod but a message comes up telling me 'The ipod Nicole's ipod cannot sync.The required disk cannot be found'.I have songs from cds that went on to my ipod fine just not the songs from limewire.. Should i use limewire?

Posted by: Nicole at January 27, 2008 5:53 PM

THANCKS

Posted by: TASIA at January 27, 2008 7:41 PM

i just got an ipod nano and it only has one cord. it looks like it's for charging into the computer buti think it's for downloadig too. i already got my playlist ready so i can download it on my ipod nano. do you think you can email me a picture or something on where to put my usb cord for downloading.my computer(windows vista) is different from others i seen PLEASE HELP ME ASAP!!!

Posted by: lisa at January 29, 2008 3:07 PM

i am having alot of trouble with my windows XP 2700 latly it has i believe 3 different trojans on it it has taken my windows task manager and control panel even on safe mode i dont have my control panel. it has also taken my administrator account but i can still access it. but i dont want to wipe and reinstall my harddrive is there anything i can do to get rid of these very intrusive viruses? Please help.

Posted by: Wesley at February 1, 2008 9:25 AM

hi my name is silvia and i have a third generation ipod i downloaded itunes ok and i got the songs on my ipod ok and i bought 2 games tetris and cubis 2 and when i click games i tried to drag the game over to my ipod and the game doesnt show up and i went to files and tried to sync my ipod and the sync ipod was grey it wont let me i am new to this please help me if u can thanks,
Danielle

Posted by: silvia at February 5, 2008 4:15 AM

Hiya, I am sitting here getting really reallly realllly mad coz my new ipod (ipod classic 80gb) wont update my songs onto it, i have downloaded itunes and it is up to date (i have checked), and i have registered it, but when i was setting it up the IPOD SET UP ASSISTANT didnt come on so i dont know what to do now!!! (when i had my ipod nano i remember the set up assistant came up) Help please? I have already downloaded intunes again but still the same thing, and im getting really mad lol. :| Thanks.x

Posted by: nicky at February 9, 2008 6:49 AM

well what if i have my music from limewire into itunes how do i put the music in the ipod shuffle?

Posted by: shasta at February 11, 2008 5:42 PM

i can rescive music to my ipod i dont know why
pls can u have me
if i try to send music to it,it will be sent, but when i get into the ipod song there we be no music in it i dont really know why......pls can u help me with it..

Posted by: Emma at February 12, 2008 11:17 AM

HEY DAVE CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME WITH MY IPOD? IM NEW TO THIS DEVICE THE IPOD BUT OK WITH COMPUTER, ANYWAYS I READ FROM SOME OLDER QUESTION ON TECH SUPPORT REGARDING IPODS. SO I WENT AND DOWNLOADED THE NEWEST VERSION OF ITUNES. AFTER DOWNLOADING I TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO OPEN IT BUT IT WOULD POP A ERROR MESSAGE FROM MICROSOFT ASKING TO SEND/REPORT MESSAGE. THE MESSAGE IS THAT ITUNES HAS ENCOUNTERED A PROBLEM AND IT NEEDS TO CLOSE. SO I CHOOSE TO CLOSE THIS BOX. SO THEN I TRIED DOWNLOADING AGAIN AND THEN, WHEN OPEN IT SAID WINDOW INSTALLER IS PREPARING TO INSTALL. AFTER A LIL WHILE A POP COMES ON SAYING THAT ITUNES AND QUICKTIME INSTALLER REQUIRES WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 2 OR LATER. I WOULD REALLY APPRICIATE IF YOU COULD PLEASE HELP ME OUT. MY IPOD IS AN OLDER MODEL ITS A 60GB IPOD.

Posted by: JAIME at February 12, 2008 9:42 PM

I PUT MY MUSIC ON MY IPOD NANO BUT ITS SAYS NO MUSIC,BUT WHEN I PLUG IT IN THE COMPUTER IT ALWAYS PLAYS THE SONGS ON IT,BUT ON THE IPOD IT SAYS NO MUSIC IN THE MUSIC SELECTION.

HELP ME?

Posted by: Tricia at February 14, 2008 2:05 PM

Hayy Dave, i really need help. I just got an ipod for christmas and ive been trying since then to get music on it. My friend said to download music from limewire and it'll go straight on to the ipod it downloads fine onto the music file under devicesput from what i know its supposed to land in the library and i still have no music on my new ipod I NEED HELP,SHANA WHITE

Posted by: Shana White at February 14, 2008 4:34 PM

HEY DAVE!! WELL I GOT THIS LITLE PROB...LOL okay my friend birdy told me if i wanted sm more songs on my ipod she would put them on it...so i let her have it...but wen she sunc them onto my ipod it deleted all of my previous songs....and wen i try toput all of my other songs back on there it deletes all of the songs bir put on there...wat should i do?? is this fixable??

n*e ways i really have an issue so could u plez help me??? im really not trying to waste ur time!!

thanks for letting me comment here!!

your help would be presiously apreciated!!

Angie Hudson age: 14 Lubbock, Texas

Posted by: Angie Hudson at February 20, 2008 5:04 PM

your a ipod saver. i was about to throw this piece into a window...until i came here!!!
Life saver

Posted by: kayla at February 21, 2008 3:54 PM

Ok, when i go under ipod in devices the ipod software agreement comes up. I have agreed to it and saved it but it will not go away! How can i make it go away and sync my games?
Thank You

Posted by: HELP!!! at February 21, 2008 6:30 PM

Why can i place music on my 30gb ipod (bought legitimately in China - significant?) using Real player but with the Ipod Nano i recently bought in japan, i have the above problem that i can see and play the songs on the Nano, using Real player through my laptop, but cannot do so through the ipod Nano when it's disconnected (The ipod Nano has no songs on it whatsoever when switched on)

Posted by: Fraser Bewick at February 22, 2008 9:42 AM

Hi, i had an old ipod nano and one day it just crashed,several months later i bought a new one i have a new library for my music on my home computer and i was just wondering if there was anyway i could put the music from my old ipod (its on a labtop) and have it on my new one without deleting all of my new songs... Thanks!!

Posted by: Kenzie at February 25, 2008 6:54 PM

I have an Itouch but when I connect it the computer says something about a camara connected and I want to put music not photos.help me!!!!


pilla


p.s help me!!!!!

Posted by: pilla at March 2, 2008 11:54 AM

Great information :D i actually wrote my own little information too, since alot of people were asking me how to do this

How do you download songs onto an ipod.

Posted by: Dragn at March 4, 2008 5:48 PM

I neeed help!! I have a 4GB ipod nano. I downloaded my music with no trouble, but right after the download, the ipod ceased responding. My computer says it doesn't recognize the ipod. All the ipod does is switch back and forth from the Apple icon to a blank screen. This is my second ipod doing the exact same thing so I'm sure it's me doing something wrong. I am running Windows XP. The ipod does not show in iTunes. Can I do the entire process over? How?
Thank you

Posted by: Harry W. at March 8, 2008 7:25 AM

i just got the itouch but i also have n ipod well the first kind that came pout but i want to but music on my itouch ad idk hoe to transfer music from my first ipod to my itouch. HELP!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: emily at March 10, 2008 3:21 PM

thanks for the help, i got all the way unyill we had to drag and drop the songs to the ipod on the left, and it doesn't work, they don't drag. please reply!!THANKYOU!

Posted by: Rana at March 10, 2008 5:22 PM

thanx!! :]]
that REALLY HELPED
BiG TiME.
THANk-Y0U =D

Posted by: lovely at March 18, 2008 9:29 AM

hi
i have one of the new ipod nanos and i put music on it and then my friend took it home and put more music on it, and now when i go to sync my ipod it doesn't do anything.
please help me!

Posted by: samantha at March 19, 2008 10:42 PM

HELP PLEASE!!! How do I put music form I-tunes on an Ipod, WITHOUT ereasing all the music that already exists on it... this music was transfered from my itunes account from my previousc omputer,,, so it is no longer on my current i-tunes library library. I don't want to loose all those songs but want to put in it my newly purchased songs... please help... thanks so much!

Posted by: Paola at March 22, 2008 12:22 PM

heya uymm i got an ipod but i didnt get a cd with it. and i tryd downloading itunes but it wont let me cause i dont have windows xp o higher. could u please tell me how to put songss and photos in my ipod ???

Posted by: Natasha at March 25, 2008 10:46 PM

i have downloaded ii tunes ang got my album but the name of my ipod dosent come up so i cant drag it over also half the icons u have i dont

Posted by: emma at March 26, 2008 6:44 PM

hey. i am so frustrated because my ipod nano won't sync my music video onto my ipod and i don't know why!!! if you could help me that would be great!!! thanks!!!

-Lyndsey

Posted by: lindsey at March 30, 2008 9:39 PM

every time i plug my i pod in the usb drive it comes up with a box tha says calendars,contacts, notes, and photos. but theres no folder that says music how do i delet songs

Posted by: blake at March 31, 2008 5:07 PM

i just bought a 2gb ipod nano at a fleemarket and all that there was was the ipod itself. i went to walmart and got the neccesary chargers and adapters for it but how do transfer my songs from my mp3 player to my ipod

Posted by: g at April 5, 2008 7:44 AM

g, please scroll up to the top and read this article. It explains exactly what you're trying to do and how you must use Apple's (free download) iTunes application to interface with your iPod.

Posted by: Dave Taylor at April 5, 2008 8:10 AM

I just want to say "Thank you so much" for your help. This is my first time using this little thing and I wanted to started using it, but I did't know how. But thanks to people like you who are very professional and talent, and patient to explain every little step.

Now I can use my ipod very easely thanks to you.
God bless you always.
And thank you again.

Posted by: Chris G. at April 6, 2008 4:33 PM

hey thanks the information relly heplped me


Posted by: h at April 7, 2008 12:31 PM

Thank you so much i bought a ipod Nano 4 GB today and that will be very very useful for me ..
Thank you again

Posted by: istanbul at April 8, 2008 3:04 PM

iTunes is not recognizing my ipod, and thus I can't put music on. I have updated itunes, I have an ipod that used to take music from iTunes, but not anymore. I know this was asked before, (my ipod will charge but won't be recognized), can you help me?

Posted by: John at April 10, 2008 11:28 PM

i down loaded and nothing happend please help

Posted by: sonia velez at April 11, 2008 6:03 PM

i have the mac laptop but the thing is that when ever i try to install itunes it always says that install Mac OS X 10.4.9 i went to the apple site and clicked download. the download box did come but after a few minutes of downloadig it stops dead please guide me for i want to download songs for my IPOD CLASSIC.

Posted by: MAHEEN at April 23, 2008 5:58 AM

Hey Dave There are 2 of us that use the same computer, we both have Ipods but very different taste in Music, how do i sync my songs with out waisting the space with songs i do not enjoy. please let me know! thanks!

Posted by: Dana at April 25, 2008 7:54 PM

I have just purchased an ipod and in the itunes pane i can see my ipod and when i click on it i see a page that says welcome to your new ipod. I click register and save and nothing happens. on my friends computer this area brings him to view his ipod and mine doesn't. Just wondering how this can be fixed.

Posted by: Dave at April 30, 2008 10:45 PM

it won't let me put song on the ipod

Posted by: keith at May 8, 2008 9:28 AM

Hey!!!

Yeah, the advice helped. But, when I went to download it from my laptop onto my ipod it gave me don not disconnet, and I tried it to restart, and I did have a mp3 player, and I don't know whats going on. I know what cord to use, and all. But, when I put it on nothing pops up, and I go to juke music box, or whatever, and click on send to, and portal disk it blocked off, So what do I do??

Posted by: Katey at May 10, 2008 11:17 AM

I have a I pod that has 2GB.I don't know how to add any songs. I don't know and understand how to add songs to an I pod.Thanks!!!♦♦♦♦◘•◘♦

Posted by: melissa at May 10, 2008 8:25 PM

hi i really could use your help because i no how to get the music of itunes...But i cant get songs of the internet xxx

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