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iTunes won't sync my TV shows to my iPad 2

Suddenly (probably since iOS5 was released, but I'm not sure), iTunes has started to refuse to sync my TV shows to my iPad 2 and my iPhone 4. When syncing either of these devices, the rest of the sync goes well, and all music, apps and other items are transferred. When the computer tries to sync TV shows, I get the following error:

Clicking on the disclosure triangle shows that the errors are typical of the one shown in the following dialog box:

Despite what iTunes says, the mac mini that is running iTunes is authorized to play content from this iTunes account. Furthermore, I can get the mac mini to play the TV shows in question on my computer screen, I just can't get it to transfer the shows over to the iPad.

I can also download the episodes onto the iPad over WiFi, and get them to play there as well.

I just can't get iTunes to move the episodes over for me.

I have tried de-authorizing and re-authorizing the mac mini to see if there is some glitch that needs to be cleared, but that has not made a difference.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions that get proposed.

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Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.7.2), 2.53 Intel Core 2 Duo, 8 GB RAM

Posted on Nov 3, 2011 4:25 PM

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Matthew Carter Author

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16 points

Posted on Nov 5, 2011 7:15 AM

New information: Movies will sync. Only TV shows do not sync.

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Jun 23, 2012 2:04 PM in response to Matthew Carter

Jun 23, 2012 2:05 PM in response to Matthew Carter

What do you mean tv shows won't sync? My tv shows I guess haven't synced, they are on my iPod but it's grey and when I try and click on it, it does nothing, PLEASE HELP!

Jun 24, 2012 7:56 AM in response to cesarfromny

So, I did the whole "trash the SC" folder and rebooted... Still getting the exact same messages as shown in the orignal post of this thread...

Jul 1, 2012 12:26 PM in response to Ledge

Thanks very much. This solved the same issue on my iPad 2. It was driving me crazy. Good job !

Jul 26, 2012 9:39 PM in response to Matthew Carter

My problem is still there. It will not sync the checked episodes I want, but it does syns 3 that are unchecked.

So I have 3 episodes stuck on my IPAD. I have also set my Ipad to original specs, deleted the SC file and it is still not working. All software is updated, on my mac and ipad.

Thanks.

H Craig

Level 1

8 points

Dec 1, 2012 1:07 AM in response to Phinnious

TV Shows not sycing from iTunes: Did you ever find the solution for Windows 7 users? Is there an equivalent of the SC folder that Windows 7 users can delete, or some other solution?

Dec 1, 2012 7:02 AM in response to Matthew Carter

I never found a solution, but I did find a work around. I redesignated the TV shows as movies and they synch fine. It's a step in the wrong direction but it works.

cvwcorp

Level 1

8 points

Dec 24, 2012 8:40 AM in response to H Craig

On Windows 8 & iPhone 5 same problem with no fix that I could find. I ended up realizing that I could download it from the iPhone. iTunes->More->Purchased->TV Shows, then I downloaded it it by clicking on the iCloud download button. Or I think that's what the button was.

iTunes won't sync my TV shows to my iPad 2