Somehow my On-the-Go playlist in iTunes on my desktop computer has lost 2/3rds of its songs. The full list is still on my iPod Classic. Do I understand correctly that there is no "reverse sync" from the iPod to the computer? Is there any alternative to rebuilding the list from scratch?
iPod classic
There is supposed to be a reverse Sync of the On-The-Go Playlist from your iPod Classic to iTunes. I think there may have been a problem with this in the past, but since my Classic has now failed, I can no longer test the feature. Other iPod models work differently to the Classic in this respect.
However, if I recall correctly from memory, on-the-go playlists will appear in on your Classic until you Sync the iPod with iTunes, as one of two names:
When iTunes finds those Playlists at the Sync, it:
So first of all, look for the Playlists in you iTunes Library. If you can find them, look to see if they are back on the iPod under the revised name.
If not, you may have to rebuild them after all.
Well, your reply put me on the right track thanks. In the end what I was able to do was create a new On the Go list on the iPod Classic by selecting each song from the existing On the Go Playlist one by one and adding each to the new playlist. The I saved the new playlist and it did sync in reverse creating the same playlist on the computer. There I deleted the bad playlist and renamed the new one. All good now.
How can I repair my On the Go playlist?
