song totals do not match

Michelle,

Here are a couple of things to double check.

1. First and foremost, are you receiving any error messages while syncing your iPod with your iTunes library? Some of these may be due to songs not being authorized (songs purchased through iTunes), compatible with your iPod model, or they could simply not be located by your iTunes library. For each of these error messages, I have provided the necessary steps to take care of each

1. If you have songs not authorized, figure out what account they were purchased under and then authorize that account by heading to the Store drop down menu and choosing "Authorize Computer." Enter in the appropriate credentials and you should receive a confirmation regarding successfully authorizing the account for your library. If you have no idea whose account they were purchased under, you might want to just consider deleting these tracks for good because they will useless to you anyways.
2. Check your iPod's User Guide to see what types are compatible and either re-rip the tracks into iTunes with an appropriate format (such as ALAC, ACC, or MP3) or use a third party utility to convert them. Then try resyncing them to your iPod.
3. If there are numerous entries for this error message, this could get tedious. You will first need to figure out where these tracks are actually located on your computer. You can either do a search through Windows Explorer on a PC or use Spotlight on a Mac. Then either move them to the location iTunes has already specified where to look or re-import them so iTunes can look for it at its new current location

2. Double check your syncing preferences. For example, if you have the option "sync all checked songs and videos" enabled from under the Summary tab for your iPod in iTunes, make sure each track you are wishing to sync to your iPod has a tick mark next to it. Also, double checked to make sure you also have the iPod set up to sync your "Entire music library."

3. Check for duplicate files (i.e 2 different tracks pointing to the same physical file). If you manually manage your iPod's contents, double check to makes sure that you have not synced any duplicates. When you make a change to a track in iTunes and add it back to your iPod, it doesn't override the old file but instead, just adds the new copy. On the other hand, if your iPod syncs automatically with your iTunes library, double check for duplicates in your actual iTunes Music Library. To quickly check, choose File -> Display Duplicates to see if any are listed. If there are, these duplicate tracks will not sync to your iPod.

4. If you wish to truly narrow down what tracks are missing, use a program like YamiPod to export a list of songs on your iPod to compare to your iTunes library. Yes also, very tedious, but much easier to read and compare with than viewing the list of songs from your iPod itself.

B-rock