I can't put my sister's music onto my iPod touch

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I can't put my sister's music onto my iPod touch

I have a 3rd generation iPod touch, and my sister has a Nano. In the iTunes library on our computer (it's not a Mac), all of our music is in the Purchased playlist. However, I also have a "Purchased on MY iPod" playlist. That has all the music on my iPod. For some reason, iTunes won't let me take her music from the Purchased playist and put it onto my iPod's playlist. I don't know what's going on. There isn't even a sync button on iTunes, anymore, from what I can see. I don't know what to do because that means, if I can't get her music, she can't get mine, and I bought a lot of music for her on my iPod because hers was missing for a while and we just shared mine (sorry, that's not really relevent). If we can't sync, she doesn't get the songs that are technically hers.

iPod touch

Posted on Apr 13, 2014 2:54 PM

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Answer 1

ckuan

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Apr 13, 2014 2:59 PM in response to pleasedonotjudgemyemailfromhighschool

If you both are not using the same Apple ID then you cannot share.

You have to sign in with the same Apple ID to use the music bought with that Apple ID.

BTW, this forum is for iPhone.

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wjosten

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Apr 13, 2014 3:02 PM in response to ckuan

ckuan wrote:

If you both are not using the same Apple ID then you cannot share.

That's not true at all. Fact is, you can share iTunes content with up to five family members in the same household. iTunes even has Home sharing to make this easy.

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Answer 3

wjosten

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Apr 13, 2014 3:05 PM in response to pleasedonotjudgemyemailfromhighschool

I suspect your problem is that iTunes is not authorized for both of your ID's. What you need to do is sign in, using YOUR ID, then go up to Store>Authorize this Computer. Then, sign your sister back in, go back up to Store, & make sure the computer is authorized for her ID. Once you do that, the two of you can freely share content.

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Answer 4

ckuan

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Apr 13, 2014 3:18 PM in response to ckuan

That was my second line to explain further: "You have to sign in with the same Apple ID to use the music bought with that Apple ID".

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Answer 5

Apr 13, 2014 3:24 PM in response to pleasedonotjudgemyemailfromhighschool

Why the heck am I unable to see the replies made to my own post???? I see that 4 people have replied, but when I go to the topic, it only shows my original message. What is going on????

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Answer 6

Apr 13, 2014 3:25 PM in response to pleasedonotjudgemyemailfromhighschool

Just kidding. It just fixed itself. That was the weirdest thing....

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Answer 7

wjosten

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Apr 13, 2014 3:26 PM in response to pleasedonotjudgemyemailfromhighschool

Yea, those of us that "try" to help here, put up with this nonsense every day.

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