# iPod won't sync correctly **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 10, 2007, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipod-wont-sync-correctly/422162 "2007-10-10T01:22:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![flex727](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/258eb7/32.png) [@flex727](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flex727)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2007, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipod-wont-sync-correctly/422162/1 "2007-10-10T01:22:00Z")
My daughter’s iPod won’t sync correctly with iTunes recently. Playlists don’t appear on the iPod and newly purchased music isn’t going over either. Here are some specifics: 1st gen iPod Nano iTunes 7.4 on Win XP Pro Things I’ve done: Updated iTunes to most recent version. Restored and updated the Nano. Nano is set for: Open iTunes when iPod is connected - checked Sync only checked songs - checked Manually manage music - not checked Enable disk use - not checked I haven’t tried checking manually manage music and dragging the stuff over yet, but why should I have to do that? The problem may have started some weeks ago when the computer seemed to fail to recognize her iPod and asked for all the information such as serial number, etc. I think maybe iTunes thinks the playlists are for some other iPod and thus won’t send them over. Any thoughts on how to rectify this problem? ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2007, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipod-wont-sync-correctly/422162/2 "2007-10-10T20:35:35Z")
Does the Nano show up in iTunes? If you click on it, do you that white screen that has tabs for summary, music, podcasts, photos and contacts? If so, look at, say, the Music tab. Is Sync Music checked? If not, check it. Then choose either “all songs and playlists” or “selected playlists” (and choose one or more playlists, of course). Then click the “sync” button at the lower right. If none of that works, I got nothin’. ---
**Author:** ![runninblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bbce88/32.png) [@runninblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/runninblue)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2007, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipod-wont-sync-correctly/422162/3 "2007-10-10T21:56:43Z")
Does it show up in Itunes or My computer? If it’s not showing up in My computer there may be a drive conflict ---
**Author:** ![flex727](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/258eb7/32.png) [@flex727](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flex727)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2007, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipod-wont-sync-correctly/422162/4 "2007-10-10T22:40:59Z")
[QUOTE=Mama Zappa] If so, look at, say, the Music tab. Is Sync Music checked? If not, check it. Then choose either “all songs and playlists” or “selected playlists” (and choose one or more playlists, of course). Then click the “sync” button at the lower right. [/QUOTE] That’s what it was! Thanks. Obligatory :smack: