All songs gone from IPOD

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All songs gone from IPOD

My daughter has had her IPOD nano since XMAS and had about 35 songs downloaded to it. She connected it with our computer yesterday to download a new song and all the songs were deleted from the IPOD. They are still in her library but I can't get them back on the IPOD. Please help! I'm not the most computer savvy person! Thanks.

dell, Windows XP

Posted on Jan 17, 2006 10:51 AM

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JoeyAR

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Jan 17, 2006 12:13 PM in response to picklenose27

Hi,
If you went to the Edit Menu, then preferences, see if the iPod is in the "Automatically update all songs and playlists" or "Manually manage songs and Playlists" mode then we can give you more support accordingly.

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Answer 2

Jan 17, 2006 3:12 PM in response to picklenose27

Hi,

Welcome to Apple Discussions

It seems like it's on auto sync so all you need to do is plug it back into the original computer.

If you want to use it on two computers this link should help:
Using iPod with multiple computers

Regards
Colin R.

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picklenose27 Author

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Jan 17, 2006 5:21 PM in response to Colin Robinson

It is an auto sync and it is plugged into the original computer. To be honest I didn't even know you could use a different computer. I did also notice while trying to fix this that the nano icon on the source list isn't there anymore either, if that makes a difference.

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picklenose27 Author

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Jan 17, 2006 5:22 PM in response to JoeyAR

It's set to update automatically.

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Answer 5

Jan 17, 2006 5:41 PM in response to picklenose27

Is your hold switch on? Because if it is then the iPod will just charge not update. Try reseting it the plugging it back into your computer

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JoeyAR

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Jan 17, 2006 5:56 PM in response to picklenose27

You could try changing it to "Manually manage songs and playlists" then change it back and it should ask you if you want to link the iPod to this library, click yes, then it should hopefully add the music back to your iPod.

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Jan 17, 2006 6:44 PM in response to picklenose27

The same thing happend to my iPod nano but i had around 200 songs on it, i have it so that it should update automatically but when i plug it in it says theres nothing to update (so theres no songs on it, and none will go on it). 😟

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picklenose27 Author

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Jan 18, 2006 7:25 AM in response to JoeyAR

Right now I'm trying the last of the 5 R's, restoring it. I also went and downloaded the lastest IPOD thingy, If that doesn't work I will certainly try your suggestion. Keep your fingers crossed for me, this is very frustrating!!

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picklenose27 Author

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Jan 23, 2006 10:48 AM in response to bucksterr

Just wanted to let you know, I did the last of the 5R's that they recommend and restoring her IPOD worked. Hope it helps you. Thanks to everyone.

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Answer 10

Jan 24, 2006 12:46 AM in response to picklenose27

Hi,

Glad to hear you finally got it sorted. The 5Rs are usually the best place to start if you have problems.

If you want to learn more about the nano here is another good link:
http://www.apple.com/support/ipod101/

Regards,
Colin R.

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