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Syncing Music Automatically, Syncing Music From Selected Playlist, Artists, and Genres to iPodclassic

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 Manually managing iPod classic: When you connect iPod classic, you can drag songs and playlists individually to iPod classic, and delete songs and playlists individually from iPod classic. Using this option, you can add songs from more than one computer without erasing songs from iPod classic. When you manage music yourself, you must always eject iPod classic from iTunes before you can disconnect it. To skip to the section on managing your content manually, see "Managing iPod classic Manually" on page 26. Syncing Music Automatically By default, iPod classic is set to sync all songs and playlists when you connect it to your computer. This is the simplest way to add music to iPod classic. You just connect iPod classic to your computer, let it add songs, audiobooks, videos, and other items automatically, and then disconnect it and go. If you added any songs to iTunes since the last time you connected iPod classic, they are synced with iPod classic. If you deleted songs from iTunes, they are removed from iPod classic. To sync music with iPod classic: m Connect iPod classic to your computer. If iPod classic is set to sync automatically, the update begins. Important: If you connect iPod classic to a computer that it's not synced with, a message asks if you want to sync songs automatically. If you accept, all songs, audiobooks, and videos are erased from iPod classic and replaced with the songs and other items from that computer. While music is being synced from your computer to iPod classic, the iTunes status window shows progress, and you see a sync icon next to the iPod classic icon in the device list. When the update is done, you see the "iPod sync is complete" message in iTunes. A bar at the bottom of the iTunes window displays how much disk space is used by different types of content. If there isn't enough space on iPod classic for all your music, you can set iTunes to sync only selected songs and playlists. Only the songs and playlists you specify are synced with iPod classic. Syncing Music From Selected Playlist, Artists, and Genres to iPod classic You can set iTunes to sync selected playlists, artists, and genres to iPod classic if the music in your iTunes library doesn't all fit on iPod classic. Only the music in the playlists, artists, and genres you select is synced to iPod classic. 22 Chapter 2 Setting Up iPod classic

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Chapter 2
Setting Up iPod classic
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Manually managing iPod classic:
When you connect iPod classic, you can drag songs
and playlists individually to iPod classic, and delete songs and playlists individually
from iPod classic. Using this option, you can add songs from more than one
computer without erasing songs from iPod classic. When you manage music yourself,
you must always eject iPod classic from iTunes before you can disconnect it. To skip
to the section on managing your content manually, see “Managing iPod classic
Manually” on page 26.
Syncing Music Automatically
By default, iPod classic is set to sync all songs and playlists when you connect it to your
computer. This is the simplest way to add music to iPod classic. You just connect
iPod classic to your computer, let it add songs, audiobooks, videos, and other items
automatically, and then disconnect it and go. If you added any songs to iTunes since
the last time you connected iPod classic, they are synced with iPod classic. If you
deleted songs from iTunes, they are removed from iPod classic.
To sync music with iPod classic:
m
Connect iPod classic to your computer. If iPod classic is set to sync automatically, the
update begins.
Important:
If you connect iPod classic to a computer that it’s not synced with, a
message asks if you want to sync songs automatically. If you accept, all songs,
audiobooks, and videos are erased from iPod classic and replaced with the songs and
other items from that computer.
While music is being synced from your computer to iPod classic, the iTunes status
window shows progress, and you see a sync icon next to the iPod classic icon in the
device list.
When the update is done, you see the “iPod sync is complete” message in iTunes. A bar
at the bottom of the iTunes window displays how much disk space is used by different
types of content.
If there isn’t enough space on iPod classic for all your music, you can set iTunes to sync
only selected songs and playlists. Only the songs and playlists you specify are synced
with iPod classic.
Syncing Music From Selected Playlist, Artists, and Genres to
iPod classic
You can set iTunes to sync selected playlists, artists, and genres to iPod classic if the
music in your iTunes library doesn’t all fit on iPod classic. Only the music in the playlists,
artists, and genres you select is synced to iPod classic.