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nealjking
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3G iPod: Can't transfer music from PC to iPod - 2008/05/02 17:51 I know this is the most basic thing, but here it is: I have a library of music, but haven't been able to move it from the iTunes on the Windows PC to the iPod library.

I have already done a RESTORE on the iPod. Didn't help.

The funny thing is: Originally, my iTunes library had 1000 files of talks and 50 files of music; and when I did a RESTORE on the iPod and then synced, the 1000 files of talks appeared nicely on the iPod, but NONE of the music.

I then erased the 1000 files of talks from the iTunes library (leaving only the 50 files of music), and did another RESTORE on the iPod. This time, NOTHING appeared on the iPod (aside from the menus).

This is a 15 GB iPod 3G, so even with the 1050 files I should have had plenty of space, and so much more easily when it's only 50 files; but it seems that my iPod 3G is allergic to music!

I have also tried dragging the 50 songs onto the iPod icon, the Music icon, and the Playlist icon underneath the iPod: Nothing worked.

I'm sure this is something simple, but I can't figure out what it is.
Anyone got any clues?

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nealjking
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Re:3G iPod: Can't transfer music from PC to iPod - 2008/05/06 12:41 Well, no one answered to this query. But I got the answer from another friend, who was patient enough to go through 4 rounds of email and cut & try:

It turns out that the default location of my iTunes Music Library had been set to a remote network-storage drive - to which I am NOT always connected. For some reason, to transfer music to the iPod, it has to come from that location; since I wasn't connected to the drive, nothing was being transferred to the iPod.

Oddly, the PC stores the music that it plays in a set of folders on its own hard drive. So I could play the music on the PC (without the CD), but couldn't transfer to the iPod. For some reason, non-music files are not treated this way, so I was able to transfer speech files to the iPod.

The cure:
- Complete un-install of iTunes from the PC.
- Complete erasure of all music on the PC.
- Re-install of iTunes on the PC.
- RESTORE on the iPod: This time, make sure that the location for the default music library is set on the PC's hard drive. You have to use the Edit/Preferences/Advanced/General to set the location.

Now it behaves as it should: It loads music from the CD to iTunes, I make my playlists on iTunes, and when I connect the iPod, it syncs up perfectly: everything in place.

I wasn't crazy, after all!

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bkyle
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Re:3G iPod: Can't transfer music from PC to iPod - 2008/05/08 03:25 Thank you very much for sharing this with the community. I'm sure it will come in handy for readers in the future.

Cheers,

Brock
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