Music not showing up on Ipod

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Music not showing up on Ipod

All of my music shows up under the music tab in my device on itunes, but when I click the music tab on my ipod itself, it says I have no music. Does anyone else have this problem or know how to solve it?

I know my music isn't deleted, because I can plug my ipod into someone elses computer and my songs will still show up and play under my device on their itunes.

Why won't they show up on my ipod?

ipod 4g

Posted on Mar 11, 2011 6:23 PM

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Scope_IV

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Mar 12, 2011 12:06 AM in response to thedan45

I am also having the same issue. My ipod touch 4th gen is running 4.3. I have tried restoring numerous times to no affect.

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wxalpha

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Mar 14, 2011 1:20 PM in response to Scope_IV

I'm having exactly the same problem. Every time that I sync with iTunes, my iPod says that there's no music in it, even when Itunes shows that all the music is there.

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Mar 16, 2011 2:37 AM in response to thedan45

I am also having the same problem. I am trying to solve this problem. Will get back to you if I can find a solution.

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Mar 16, 2011 2:42 AM in response to mohsrocks7

Try look at this Apple Support page and see if it helps.

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2830

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Answer 5

Jun 25, 2011 10:14 AM in response to thedan45

I believe the music database on the iPod Touch may either be corrupt or the location the database points to may be incorrect. I suggest doing a complete restore to completely wipe out any of the database errors. *Warning: you will lose all app data, etc.*

I actually have the same trouble and tried to manually fix the problem by forcing my iPod Touch to recompile its database (requires Linux, or another method, to get into the iPod's iTunes folder), but I only managed to get my "Purchased" music to show up and nothing more. I wish I had a Mac because this would be a little easier to determine exactly what's wrong with the database files.

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Answer 6

Dec 3, 2011 8:36 AM in response to thedan45

To all of you guys who has this problem, just update your iTunes to the recent version then sync your "iDevice".

This works for me. Aside from my music files, my movie files doesn't show up also (I'm not sure with the pics, coz I don't have photos saved on my device). I almost tried to restore my device, but luckily I followed mohsrocks7's link and It worked for me.

iPod Touch 3rd Gen 64g, iMac 2006 10.5.8

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