adding new music to ipod mini

Hi Julie

How are you adding music? If you want it to update automatically, then make a playlist in iTunes, add all the music you want on your iPod to to this playlist, then in the preferences, select "Update selected playlists only" and select the playlist you just made. Now everytime you plug in it will compare that playlist to whatever is on your iPod and update any differences. In future you can add or delete songs from this playlist and it will automatically do the same to your iPod when you plug in.

Another way to do it is change to manual update in the preferences. Now all you do is drag and drop the songs that you want from your library onto the iPod icon in the source window.

Julie,

If you have your iPod set to automatically transfer music from iTunes to the iPod, and you are then deleting the music from iTunes afterward, then this is exactly what will happen.

If you want to continue with this (risky) method, then follow Clarke's suggestion of manual transfer.

However, if you ever need to restore the iPod (which is a very common fix for iPod ills), then your music would be erased, and if it's no longer in iTunes.......well you get the picture I'm sure.

I also need help with this, my ipod won't update.. usually when I plug my mini to the pc it directly opens to iTunes and begins to update but now nothing happens and when I click to edit my preferencess, it says that my mini isn't plugged in.
this is really frustrating me!! heeelllpp!!