Q: iTunes/iPod only downloads 255 songs?
I reset my iPod to factory settings and tried to sync my libraries but it only downloads/transfers some of the media??
I've tried re-setting the iPod a 2nd time and still the same problem.
I exited iTunes and re-connected but still no luck.
I closed out iTunes and re-booted my computer but still the same problem.
Any ideas?
I have the check mark box unchecked for the preventing syncing automatically So it should do it whenever I connect my iPod right?
The “Sync Music” is checked as is the “Entire music library”. Next to the “Sync Music” is says 255 songs.
There's 3943 songs on my iTunes/computer.
I also have “compilations” of 4 albums, 52 songs.
26 movies with only 1 transferred
and a bunch of TV shows but they wont transfer???
I have everything set to sync everything ("Entire music library" for my songs)but have these problems??
Any help would be gratefully appreciated. I've done this before but never had any of these problems.
iPod classic, Windows 7
Posted on Apr 15, 2016 2:52 PM
It's possible for purchased songs (and other media items) to appear in your iTunes library, without their media files being accessed from your computer's local storage. For purchased items, they can be accessed and streamed from iCloud (Apple's iTunes Store servers), if they are not accessed from locally stored files. However, to sync to your iPod, the media files must be stored locally.
NOTE: If you have an iCloud Music Library because you subscribe to iTunes Match or Apple Music (or both), the same situation can occur for ALL of you songs, not just purchased songs; iCloud Music Library makes ALL of your eligible songs available from iCloud.
Therefore, one possible cause is that most of your songs are currently being accessed from iCloud, because you did something (or a problem occurred) that caused iTunes to lose track of where its media files are located. For example, if you move the folder with your iTunes media files manually (outside of iTunes), iTunes does not know they were moved, and iTunes loses track of their locations. However, if a song is available from iCloud, iTunes starts accessing the song from iCloud without any error message. In your case, the "255 songs" are the ones you added after this problem occurred (so iTunes does know where they are located locally), and they can sync to your iPod. The remaining songs are not being accessed locally, so cannot sync to your iPod.
To check, show your iTunes music library using the Songs view (as a plain list with columns). If the iCloud Download column is not visible, make it visible (right-click the song list heading row to show/hide columns). This column is narrow with a cloud symbol in its heading. If a song is being accessed from iCloud, it has a cloud with down-arrow symbol in the iCloud Download column. Do you see that cloud symbol for most of your songs?
Posted on Apr 15, 2016 8:29 PM