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Syncing Music Automatically, Syncing Music From Selected Playlists onto iPodclassic

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You can set iTunes to add music to iPod classic in three ways: Â Sync all songs and playlists: When you connect iPod classic, it's automatically updated to match the songs and other items in your iTunes library. Any other songs on iPod classic are deleted. Â Sync selected playlists: When you connect iPod classic, it's automatically updated to match the songs in playlists you select in iTunes. Â Manually add music to 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. 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 Simply connect iPod classic to your computer. If iPod classic is set to sync automatically, the update begins. Important: The first time you connect iPod classic to a computer, 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. If you don't accept, you can still add songs to iPod classic manually without erasing any of the songs already on iPod classic. While music is being synced from your computer onto iPod classic, the iTunes status window shows progress, and you see a sync icon next to the iPod classic icon in the source list. When the update is done, a message in iTunes says "iPod update is complete." Syncing Music From Selected Playlists onto iPod classic Setting iTunes to sync selected playlists to iPod classic is useful if the music in your iTunes library doesn't all fit on iPod classic. Only the music in the playlists you select is synced to iPod classic. To set iTunes to sync music from selected playlists onto iPod classic: 1 In iTunes, select iPod classic in the source list and click the Music tab. 2 Select "Sync music" and then choose "Selected playlists." Chapter 2 Music Features 23

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Chapter 2
Music Features
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You can set iTunes to add music to iPod classic in three ways:
Â
Sync all songs and playlists:
When you connect iPod classic, it’s automatically updated
to match the songs and other items in your iTunes library. Any other songs on
iPod classic are deleted.
Â
Sync selected playlists:
When you connect iPod classic, it’s automatically updated to
match the songs in playlists you select in iTunes.
Â
Manually add music to 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.
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
Simply connect iPod classic to your computer. If iPod classic is set to sync automatically,
the update begins.
Important:
The first time you connect iPod classic to a computer, 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. If you don’t accept, you can still add songs to iPod classic manually without
erasing any of the songs already on iPod classic.
While music is being synced from your computer onto iPod classic, the iTunes status
window shows progress, and you see a sync icon next to the iPod classic icon in the
source list.
When the update is done, a message in iTunes says “iPod update is complete.”
Syncing Music From Selected Playlists onto iPod classic
Setting iTunes to sync selected playlists to iPod classic is useful if the music in your
iTunes library doesn’t all fit on iPod classic. Only the music in the playlists you select is
synced to iPod classic.
To set iTunes to sync music from selected playlists onto iPod classic:
1
In iTunes, select iPod classic in the source list and click the Music tab.
2
Select “Sync music” and then choose “Selected playlists.”