How to transfer playlist from itunes to ipod without syncing

iTunes enhances Apple's media software in a number of ways. It is used mostly for managing audio and video content for your PC or Mac. If you sync your iPod with iTunes, all of the music on the iPod will be replaced with the music that is available on the computer that you're using. This is especially problematic if you want to use multiple computers to sync your iPod. If you wish to keep all your music and stop this from happening, this article will help you.

To avoid deleting music when syncing an iPod:

• When you connect your iPod to the computer, click the iPod icon, then tick Manually manage music.
• Next, create a playlist, adding all of the songs that you want to put onto your iPod.
• Then, under the iPod icon, click Music. Under the Autofill from section, select the playlist that you have created and click Autofill.
• The new songs will be added without deleting those that are already on the iPod.

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Add a Playlist to Your iPod

Adding that fabulous new playlist to your iPod doesn't take any heavy lifting on your part. In fact, if your iPod is set to autosync with iTunes, the only thing you need to do is grab your USB cable and plug in your iPod. Once iTunes recognizes the iPod, it copies any new playlists you've created right over.

You can also tell iTunes to sync different playlists to different iPods—helpful if you're in a multiple-iPod-owning household and you all share the same computer and iTunes library. Just plug in your iPod, select it in the Source list, and then click the Music tab. In the Sync Music area, click the button for "Selected playlists" and then turn on the checkboxes for the playlists you want your iPod to grab from the collection in iTunes.

If you manually manage the syncing process, adding new playlists is a total drag, literally—dragging is all you have to do. With your iPod connected, click the playlists icons you want to transfer and drag them onto the iPod's icon. That's it.

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See that arrow at the end of your playlist? Click it and you have the option to either publish that very playlist as an iMix in the iTunes Store—or send the available tracks as gifted music to a pal. You"ll never run out of shopportunities with iTunes! Chapter 7 has the details on ...

1. Connect iPod touch to your Mac.

   You can connect using USB, or if you set up Wi-Fi syncing, you can use a Wi-Fi connection.

2. In the Finder sidebar on your Mac, select your iPod touch.

   Note: To use the Finder to transfer files, macOS 10.15 or later is required. With earlier versions of macOS, use iTunes to transfer files.

3. At the top of the Finder window, click Files, then do one of the following:

   • Transfer from Mac to iPod touch: Drag a file or a selection of files from a Finder window onto an app name in the list.

   • Transfer from iPod touch to Mac: Click the disclosure triangle beside an app name to see its files on your iPod touch, then drag a file to a Finder window.

To delete a file from iPod touch, select it below an app name, press Command-Delete, then click Delete.

Do any of the following:

• Touch and hold a song, album, playlist, or video, then tap Add to Library.

• When viewing the contents of an album or playlist, tap

  
  near the top of the screen to add the album or playlist, or tap
  
  , then tap Add to Library to add individual songs.

• On the Now Playing screen, tap

  
  , then tap Add to Library.

To delete music from the library, touch and hold the song, album, playlist, or music video, then tap Delete from Library.

Music you add to iPod touch is also added to other devices if you’re signed in to the iTunes Store and App Store using the same Apple ID and have Sync Library turned on (go to Settings

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