I bought an ipod nano but if i download music from any other PC apart from mine, i loose all the other music i had saved from my PC.....WHY???? Is there a way to retain my music and still save music from anatha PC?????
2007-12-19 20:57:29 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Consumer Electronics ➔ Music & Music Players
Firstly when you first plug in and set up ipod setting through your personal computer its formatted for your pc and your library, then if you want to add more songs from someone else's pc it wont allow you as its already formatted for your pc library. It will give you options erase and sync and cancel or even transfer purchases.
I have tried this with an ipod touch and videos same thing happens. Just to let ipod touch know.
By the way make sure you do not plug it into a Mac too, once you do this you will loose everything on your ipod straight away.
Win to Mac it dont like.
Win to Win Ok sometimes
Mac to Win it dont like.
Get your self a good version of a Ipod Rip to backup your ipod music.
Thats my recommendation.
2007-12-19 21:10:12 · answer #1 · answered by Arron B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You lose all the music you save when you use other computers because an ipod is only synchronize with one ipod library.. It means that the only one you installed from a cd, the itunes coordinates with your ipod. So if you will use other computer, and synchronize it with that, definitety you'll lose the songs you had from your computer.
I experienced that too. I had around 2000 songs and were all erased when I synch my ipod to another PC.
The best thing you do is download songs from your Pc or maybe import CDs in itunes and synch them with your ipod. Then do not synch your ipod with another computer.
If you still have your songs on your itunes you can save it all again on your ipod.
2007-12-20 05:09:02 · answer #2 · answered by rj032105 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think iPods come with the setting enabled to automatically syncronize with the iTunes library it's connected to. If you go to options and choose to manually update your iPod then it should solve the problem.
2007-12-20 05:02:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to ipod options and turn off the auto update playlist from library, choose manual mode and it should be okay.
2007-12-20 05:01:10 · answer #4 · answered by YOYO 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋