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While music is being loaded from your computer onto iPod, the iTunes status window shows progress, and the iPod icon in the Source pane flashes red.
When the update is done, a message in iTunes says “iPod update is complete.”
If you set iTunes to manage music manually, you can reset it later to sync automatically.
To reset iTunes to sync all music automatically on iPod:
1In iTunes, select iPod in the Source pane and click the Music tab.
2Select “Sync music” and then choose “All songs and playlists.”
3Click Apply.
The update begins automatically.
Note: If “Only sync checked items” is selected in the Summary pane, iTunes syncs only items that are checked in your Music and other libraries.
Syncing Music From Selected Playlists onto iPod
Setting iTunes to sync selected playlists to iPod is useful if the music in your iTunes library doesn’t all fit on iPod. Only the music in the playlists you select is synced to iPod.
To set iTunes to sync music from selected playlists onto iPod:
1In iTunes, select iPod in the Source pane and click the Music tab.
2Select “Sync music” and then choose “Selected playlists.”
3Select the playlists you want.
4To include music videos and display album artwork, select those options.
5Click Apply.
Note: If “Only sync checked items” is selected in the Summary pane, iTunes syncs only items that are checked in your Music and other libraries.
Managing iPod Manually
Setting iTunes to let you manage iPod manually gives you the most flexibility for managing music and video on iPod. You can add and remove individual songs (including music videos) and videos (movies and TV shows). Also, you can load music and videos from multiple computers to iPod without erasing items already on iPod.
Note: Setting iPod to manually manage music and video turns off the automatic sync options in the Music, Movies, and TV Shows panes. You cannot manually manage one and automatically sync another at the same time.
To set iTunes to let you manage music and video on iPod manually:
1In iTunes, select iPod in the Source pane and click the Summary tab.
2In the Options section, select “Manually manage music and video.”
3Click Apply.
Chapter 2 Music Features
