58g of music on ipod but nothing showing on itunes

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58g of music on ipod but nothing showing on itunes

Hi

I have a new laptop and when I reinstalled itunes i have noticed that when i plug my ipod in and it loads up even though i have 58g of music on my ipod when i connect to itunes nothing is showing including purchased music . I can add new music ok but all my previous music including my playlists have gone even though the title of the playlists show on itunes. The last time I used itunes and it worked perfectly and everything was showing was around June /July this year. I am a bit baffled as to what the problem is.

Hope you can help fix this!

iPod touch, iOS 6.1.6

Posted on Sep 12, 2016 11:26 AM

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Answer 1

ChrisJ4203

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Sep 12, 2016 11:30 AM in response to ianfromeastham

With a new laptop and fresh installation of iTunes, that does not have any of your music in it. You would need to copy your library from the other laptop that you synced your library to the iPod with. Music cannot appear in the iTunes library without it being on the laptop. It is not store at Apple, unless you are using Apple Music. Music on the iPod also does not sync from the iPod to iTunes. Sync is only one-way, from iTunes to the iOS device.

If all of your music is purchased, you can download it again via iTunes. If not, then you would need a 3rd party product to get the library off the iPod and to iTunes.

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Answer 2

lllaass

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Sep 12, 2016 12:24 PM in response to ianfromeastham

You can only sync with one computer. To switch computers

Syncing to a "New" Computer or replacing a "crashed" Hard Drive: Apple Support Communities

If all the synced media like apps and music are already in the iTunes library of the new computer just backup to iTunes and restore from that backup.

iOS: Back up and restore your iOS device with iCloud or iTunes

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