It is very frustrating when your iPod Touch, Classic, Nano, Shuffle won't sync music to iTunes. How to get your iPod sync songs to iTunes? And when the iPod won't sync with iTunes, How to fix? This ultimate guide is written to solve all these iTunes not syncing problems.
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1. How to Sync Your iPod with iTunes
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In many cases, iPod won't sync to iTunes because users took the wrong steps. Here is the step-to-step guide on how to use iTunes to sync songs to your iPod Touch/Classic/Nano/Shuffle.
Before syncing your iPod, there are two important things:
Firstly, if your iPod has songs that are not in iTunes library, these songs will be erased when syncing with iTunes. To avoid the ‘Erase and Sync' message, please jump to Part 6.
Secondly, before plugging iPod to computer, please check Prevent iPods, iPhones, iPads from syncing automatically from Edit > Preference > Devices.
To sync iPod to iTunes,
Launch iTunes on your Mac/Windows.
Connect iPod Touch to a computer and choose the iPod on iTunes.
If iTunes pops up with 'iCloud Music Library is On', open your iPod Touch and turn off iCloud Music Library via Settings > Music.
Check 'Sync Music' and select 'Entire music library' or 'Selected playlists, artists, albums and genres'. Click Apply.
The iTunes music will be transferred to the connected iPod.
You can follow the same steps to sync photos, videos to iPod via iTunes. If you still have iTunes not syncing troubles with your iPod, check out the tricks below.
2. iPod Touch Won't Add Or Sync Music After Update/Restore
Question: 'Recently I updated my iPod Touch 5th Gen to the latest iOS 9.3.5 and now I am not able to add or delete songs from the iPod via iTunes. '
Some users suspect that there is something going wrong during the update or restore and making them unable to transfer songs to iPod with iTunes. Actually, the new iOS should not be the problem. Tried these tricks instead:
Update your iTunes to the latest version.
Make sure you are using a workable USB cable. If you are syncing iPod Touch with iTunes via Wi-Fi. Make sure that you have a strong Wi-Fi connection.
On iPod Touch(1st/2nd/3rd/4th/6th generation), go to Settings > Music and turn off iCloud Music Library.
Go to Settings > Music and toggle off 'Show Apple Music' on iPod Touch.
Also turn off 'Show Apple Music' in iTunes on the computer. Click iTunes > Edit > Preferences > General > Turn off Show Apple Music.
Before syncing songs to iPod Touch, add songs to a playlist.
3. iPod Won't Sync With New Laptop
Question: 'I just bought a new laptop and when I tried to sync my iPod to the new computer, it is connected but not sync. Can anyone help?'
Authorize Your new computer. Launch iTunes, choose Account > Authentications > Authorize Computer. Enter your Apple ID and password to authorize the computer.
Make sure that you have enabled 'Manually manage music and videos' option: choose your iPod on iTunes, click Summary > Options and check 'Manually manage music and videos.'
If you get a message that your device is synced with another library. You need to erase all iTunes content on your iPod first before the iPod is able to sync with the new computer.
4. iPod Sync Option Is Greyed out
Question: 'I cannot sync my iPod nano to iTunes on the PC. The button is grayed out and I can't click.'
If the Sync button is not available on your iTunes, please try these three tricks. They can also be applied to fix Sync button is grayed out when syncing with iPhone, iPad.
Update your iTunes.
Sign out of all iTunes accounts on your iOS device and iTunes, then sign back in.
Authorize the computer.
5. iPod not showing up in iTunes?
Question: 'My iPod is connected but it doesn't show up in iTunes source list. The computer can detect the device but not the iTunes.'
Check out these tricks to solve iTunes Won't Recognize iPhone, iPad and iPod.
6. Sync Music to iPod Without iTunes
If iTunes still won't sync with your iPod Touch/Classic/Nano/Shuffle, why not switch to a more strange-forward transfer tool - FonePaw iOS Transfer. It can transfer music from computer and iTunes library to your iPod Touch without erasing any songs on your device. Books, photos, videos are also supported.
Download the free trial version of iOS Transfer on your computer.
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Connect iPod Touch using iOS to the computer.
Choose 'Music'. Click 'Add' > 'Add File' / 'Add Folder' and choose the folder that contains your iTunes music.
If you are using a Mac, find iTunes music folder via Finder: Go > Home > Music > iTunes to find iTunes music.
If you have a Windows PC, select songs on UsersusernameMy MusiciTunes.
All the selected songs will be added to your iPod.
You can also use the FonePaw iOS Transfer to move songs, photos, books, music video, etc. from iPod Touch to iTunes/computer.
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Updated on Sunday, September 29, 2019
'iPod Touch is disabled, try again in 22, 656, 990 minutes.'
'iPod Touch is disabled, connect to iTunes.'
This was what you saw after leaving an iPod Touch to a little kid for a couple of minutes. The iPod has been disabled after too many wrong passcode entries. It is terrible, but don't worry, you can still unlock the disabled 1st/2nd/3rd/4th/5th/6th generation iPod Touch with these methods.
Restore Disabled iPod Touch with iTunes
If you have synced your iPod Touch to iTunes, the most direct way to unlock the disabled iPod is restoring the iPod via iTunes. By this way, all data on your iPod Touch, including its passcode, will be erased. But you can make a backup beforehand so that you won't lose data after the restore.
Connect your iPod Touch to the computer that you synced with.
Launch iTunes and let iTunes sync your iPod and make a backup.
Once the backup is done, click Restore in Summary Panel.
When the restoring reaches the Set Up screen, choose Restore from iTunes backup and select the backup that you just made.
However, if this is the first time that you sync your iPod Touch with iTunes, the iTunes will ask for a passcode. If you forgot the passcode, here is what you should do.
Run iTunes on your computer and connect your iPod Touch to the computer.
While the iPod is connected, press and hold the Sleep/Wake + Home buttons at the same time until you see the recovery mode screen on your iPod as below.
iTunes will pop up a notification for you to update or restore your device.
Choose Restore and iTunes will reinstall software on your iPod Touch. All data will be gone after the iPod is enabled.
Unlock A Disabled iPod Touch Without iTunes
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If iTunes can't restore your disabled iPod Touch 1/2/3/4/5/6, you can use the following alternative to unlock the disabled iPod in an easier and more effective way.
FonePaw iOS System Recovery can fix locked/disabled/dead/frozen/bricked iPod Touch in a more simple way.
The program won't ask you for passcode while iTunes does sometimes.
It can fix disabled iPod Touch in Recovery mode or DFU mode, under which all iOS devices can be restored from any state.
It provides a step-to-step guide through the whole repair process.
Follow these steps to unlock your iPod Touch without iTunes.
Step 1. Download and install iOS System Recovery on Wins/Mac. Run the program.
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Step 2. Plug the disabled iPod Touch into the computer and click Start.
Step 3. The software should detect that your iPod is disabled. Select Advanced Mode and click Confirm to continue.
Step 3. Put your iPod Touch in Recovery mode or DFU mode following the guide on the program.
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Step 4. The program will then display the information of your iPod Touch. It is important for you to make sure the info is correct.
Step 8. Click Repair if you have verified the info. The program will begin to unlock your iPod Touch. After it is unlocked, the iPod Touch will reboot and can be used again.
Note: All data will be erased after the repair. If you have a backup, you can restore the iTunes/iCloud backup when setting up the iPod Touch later.
Fix A Disabled iPod Touch Without Computer
If you don't have access to a computer right now, there is a way allowing you to fix the disabled iPod without a computer: erasing the iPod Touch with iCloud.
Tip: to use iCloud to remove passcode on iPod Touch, you need to enable Find My iPod Touch on your iPod before the device is disabled.
To restore iPod Touch with iCloud:
On a device (iPhone/iPad or others) with internet access, open a browser and navigate to icloud.com/find.
Sign in with your Apple ID.
Click All Devices and select your iPod Touch 1st/2nd/3rd/4th/5th/6th generation.
Choose Erase iPod Touch. It will erase your iPod Touch, including its passcode.
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