How to Save Songs to My iPod

by Aramenta Waithe
An iPod can hold thousands of songs.

An iPod can hold thousands of songs.

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The iPod models available today can handle a variety of content including games and movies, but the basic function of all iPods is playing music. Apple distributes the iTunes music software to manage the content on iPods, and it is through this program that you may transfer music from your computer to your iPod. You can add music to the iPod by manually transferring your favorites, or you can create a playlist and have iTunes synchronize it with the iPod automatically.

Synchronize Music Automatically

Step 1

Connect the iPod to your computer and open iTunes if it does not launch automatically.

Step 2

Select the iPod under "Devices."

Step 3

Click the "Music" tab, and then click "Sync Music."

Step 4

Click "Entire Music Library" to save all of the songs in the iTunes library on your computer to the iPod, or click "Selected Playlists, Artists, Albums and Genres" to synchronize only certain items.

Step 5

Click the playlists, artists and genres that you want to save on your iPod.

Step 6

Click "Apply" to save the selected items on the iPod. Every time you make a change to any of the synchronized items on your computer, iTunes updates them on the iPod the next time you connect it.

Add Songs Manually

Step 1

Connect the iPod to your computer and open iTunes if it does not launch automatically.

Step 2

Select the iPod under "Devices."

Step 3

Click the "Summary" tab, and then click "Manually Manage Music and Videos."

Step 4

Click "Apply" or "Sync."

Step 5

Select "Music" on the left side of the window under "Library."

Step 6

Drag songs or playlists from the library to the iPod under "Devices" to save them on the iPod.

Warning

  • Do not select or remove the "Sync Music" check box in iTunes unless you are sure that all of the music on the iPod is backed up. Changing this setting erases the music currently stored on the iPod. iTunes warns you before doing this.

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About the Author

Aramenta Waithe has been a professional writer and ghostwriter since 1989. Her work has appeared in Florida's "Sun-Sentinel" and the "Miami Herald." She writes about a variety of subjects from home improvement to medicine. Waithe attended the University of Massachusetts and Florida Atlantic University, majoring in oceanographic engineering.

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