How do i download music to my ipod from a cd WITHOUT hooking it up to a computer (but doing it wirelessly)?

I got a cd and i downloaded it onto iTunes and I want to put it on my ipod but I cant because i have to download it wirelessly (because my ipod uses two different computers so eadch time i plug it into one it asks me to erase and sync..which I don't want to do you I just do everything through the cloud) but the problem is that i can only download music onto my iPod through the cloud that I've PURCHASED it does not consider the cd a "purchased" item because the CD is stored with the "music" library. not the "purchased" library and therefore inaccesable from the cloud. Can someone PLEASE help me with this? I really need to download this cd!


Thanks so much!

Posted on Oct 24, 2012 8:02 PM

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Oct 25, 2012 7:00 AM in response to iPod touch questions

iPod & iOS devices like to sync with a single library. The same applies whether you sync with the library wirelessly or using a cable. You could switch the device into manually managed mode, or if you want to have the option to update the device with either of your two computers read on...


Sync iPod/iPad/iPhone with two computers

Although it isn't possible to sync an Apple device with two different libraries it is possible to sync with the same logical library from multiple computers. Each library has an internal ID and when iTunes connects to your iPod/iPad/iPhone it compares the local ID with the one the device normally syncs with. If they are the same you can go ahead and sync...


I have my library cloned to a small 1Tb USB drive which I can take between home & work. At either location I use SyncToy 2.1 to update the local copy with the external drive. Mac users should be able to find similar tools. I can open either of the local libraries or the one on the external drive and update the media content of my iPhone. The slight exception is Photos which normally connects to a specific folder on a specific machine, although that can easily be remapped to the current library if you create a "Photos" folder inside the iTunes Media folder so that syncing the iTunes folders keeps this up to date as well. I periodically sweep my library for new files & orphans withiTunes Folder Watch just in case I make changes at one location but then overwrite the library with a newer copy from the other. Again Mac users should be able to find similar tools.


As long as your media is organised within an iTunes Music or Tunes Media folder, in turn held inside the main iTunes folder that has your library files (whether or not you let iTunes keep the media folder organised) each library can access items at the same relative path from the library folder so the library can be at different drives/paths on different machines. This solution ensures I always have adequate backups of my library and I can update my devices whenever I can connect to the same build of iTunes.


When working with an iPhone earlier builds of iTunes would remove any file not physically present in the local library, even if there was an entry for it, making manual management practically redundant on the iPhone. This behaviour has been changed but it will still only permit manual management with a library that has the correct internal ID. If you don't want to sync your library between machines on a regular basis just copy the iTunes Library.itl file from the current "home" machine to any other you want to use, then clean out the library entires and import the local content you have on that box.


tt2

Oct 25, 2012 4:39 PM in response to lllaass

Thank you for helping me out. I was reading through the guide and attempting to follow it but it is just not working. (maybe because I'm not clear on how to do it?) I have two ipods. (one old because the screen cracked.) I purchased the new one and the people at the Apple store helped me transfer most of the information to the new one (via iCloud, no computer involved since I was split between two)...so i figured I would just plug the new one into one of the computers (both computers share the same iTunes acount) and try to download it that way...but it wants to update it from the cloud saved as my "old" iPod...if i let it do that (since they are using the same information on the cloud) will it keep my stuff from the new iPod? Even though the old iPod has all different apps and music and notes? If I can do this I believe I know how to dowload the CD....do you know how that will work?

Oct 25, 2012 4:48 PM in response to turingtest2

I don't know if they are the same library. I am able to share songs between them...(by going under purchases and clicking "download previous purchases") and they both share the same iTunes account....but both libraries do not have all the songs the other has. Does this mean what you suggested would work? If so...how would I go about doing that? Im sorry I really do not understand...all of this trouble is giving me a headache. Eeek. (if you could try to simplify it as much as possible? iTunes has always given me troubles....)

Oct 25, 2012 5:09 PM in response to iPod touch questions

I'm not sure your sittuation gets to be simple, I I understand you have two libraries with different content. Merging the content and deduping will need a bit of effort.


The user tip Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device point the way to tools you can use to extract media from the device that isn't in your library, or you take a copy of the one library to the other and add in all the extra media that way.


If you end up needing to dedupe I've written a script called DeDuper for that. See this thread for background.


tt2

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