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The password for your Yahoo! email account isn't saved on your computer. If you sync a Yahoo! email account, you must enter the password on iPod touch. From the Home screen choose Settings > Mail, choose your Yahoo! account, then enter your password in the password field. Web Browser You can sync bookmarks from Safari on a Mac, or Safari or Microsoft Internet Explorer on a PC. Advanced These options let you replace the information on iPod touch with the information on your computer during the next sync. Preventing Automatic Syncing You may want to prevent iPod touch from syncing automatically if you prefer to add items manually, or when you connect iPod touch to a computer other than the one you sync with. Turn off automatic syncing for iPod touch m Connect iPod touch to your computer, then select iPod touch in the iTunes source list (below Devices, on the left) and click the Summary tab. Deselect "Open iTunes when this iPod is connected." You can still use iTunes to sync manually by clicking the Sync button. Prevent automatic syncing one time, without changing settings m Open iTunes. Then, as you connect iPod touch to your computer, press and hold Command-Option (if you're using a Mac) or Shift-Control (if you're using a PC) until you see iPod touch in the iTunes source list (below Devices, on the left). Sync manually m Select iPod touch in the iTunes source list, then click Sync in the lower-right corner of the window. Or, if you've changed any sync settings, click Apply. Disconnecting iPod touch from Your Computer Unless iPod touch is syncing with your computer, you can disconnect it from your computer at any time. When iPod touch is syncing with your computer, it shows "Sync in progress." If you disconnect iPod touch before it finishes syncing, some data may not be transferred. When iPod touch finishes syncing, iTunes shows "iPod sync is complete." To cancel a sync so you can disconnect iPod touch, drag the "slide to cancel" slider. Chapter 1 Getting Started 9

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Chapter 1
Getting Started
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The password for your Yahoo! email account isn’t saved on your computer.
If you sync a Yahoo! email account, you must enter the password on iPod touch.
From the Home screen choose Settings > Mail, choose your Yahoo! account, then enter
your password in the password field.
Web Browser
You can sync bookmarks from Safari on a Mac, or Safari or Microsoft Internet Explorer
on a PC.
Advanced
These options let you replace the information on iPod touch with the information on
your computer during the next sync.
Preventing Automatic Syncing
You may want to prevent iPod touch from syncing automatically if you prefer to add
items manually, or when you connect iPod touch to a computer other than the one you
sync with.
Turn off automatic syncing for iPod touch
m
Connect iPod touch to your computer, then select iPod touch in the iTunes source list
(below Devices, on the left) and click the Summary tab. Deselect “Open iTunes when
this iPod is connected.” You can still use iTunes to sync manually by clicking the
Sync button.
Prevent automatic syncing one time, without changing settings
m
Open iTunes. Then, as you connect iPod touch to your computer, press and hold
Command-Option (if you’re using a Mac) or Shift-Control (if you’re using a PC) until you
see iPod touch in the iTunes source list (below Devices, on the left).
Sync manually
m
Select iPod touch in the iTunes source list, then click Sync in the lower-right corner of
the window. Or, if you’ve changed any sync settings, click Apply.
Disconnecting iPod touch from Your Computer
Unless iPod touch is syncing with your computer, you can disconnect it from your
computer at any time.
When iPod touch is syncing with your computer, it shows “Sync in progress.” If you
disconnect iPod touch before it finishes syncing, some data may not be transferred.
When iPod touch finishes syncing, iTunes shows “iPod sync is complete.”
To cancel a sync so you can disconnect iPod touch, drag the “slide to cancel” slider.