mm 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 disconnect it. For more information about managing your content manually, see Managing iPod classic manually on page 23.

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.

Sync music with iPod classic:

mm 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 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 playlists, 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.

Set iTunes to sync music from selected playlists, artists, and genres to iPod classic:

1In iTunes, select iPod classic in the device list and click Music.

2Select “Sync music” and then choose “Selected playlists, artists, albums, and genres.”

3Select the playlists, artists, albums, or genres you want.

4To include music videos, select “Include music videos.”

5To set iTunes to automatically fill any remaining space on iPod classic, select “Automatically fill free space with songs.”

6Click Apply.

Note: If “Sync only checked songs and videos” is selected in the Summary pane, iTunes syncs only items that are checked.

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