Should i erase and sync my ipod

Some users suspect that there is something going wrong during the update or restore and making them unable to transfer songs to iPod with iTunes.

Actually, the new iOS should not be the problem. Tried these tricks instead:. Question : "I just bought a new laptop and when I tried to sync my iPod to the new computer, it is connected but not sync.

Can anyone help? If you get a message that your device is synced with another library. SimonEast Well, "any existing content" is pretty clear to me. But yes, it will delete everything on the device. I can't believe it is so hard to put a few songs on my iPhone! How do I get all my "contents" back after I erase? What if I'm not using iCloud for my photos? I think I'm just gonna jailbreak it. This is ridiculous.

Second link is dead now unfortunately. Chad Chad 1. That is incorrect. The Overflow Blog. Podcast The first ten years of our programming lives. Featured on Meta. Now live: A fully responsive profile. Linked Related 3. Jun 29, PM in response to graciesmith In response to graciesmith. Jun 29, PM. Communities Get Support. Sign in Sign in Sign in corporate. Browse Search. No data lost! Instead, it is the music or videos that you probably ripped from CDs or obtained from some other source.

If you have both iTunes-downloaded and ripped music, this method is more preferable, since it will recover everything. In such a case, third party utilities come to the rescue. There are several paid and free utilities for recovering music from a stranded iPod. We will have a look at the free ones. SharePod is a very useful, free utility. Plug in your iPod and open SharePod. Make sure iTunes is not running or it will prompt you to close it. SharePod will readily detect the iPod and all the content on it, including songs and videos.

However, in case of videos, you might not be able to identify whether the selected item is a music file or a video. Once recovered, you can view the videos as well.