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i've been told "tried clicking manage music manually, then dragging the entire library over" but have no idea what this means, how to do it or even where to go!! like is it on itunes or on my ipod?...im so confused but if you can give me a real simple instruction of how to do that^ because im so dumb when it comes to computer.

its just my ipod hasnt been syncing to itunes and all i want to do is put songs onto my ipod and thats it. i've tried downloading the new itunes but nothings happened, if you could help me out asap that's be great!!

whoever told you this is stupid. you cant turn that setting on if your itunes isnt working.

when you plug your ipod in and the screen comes up that tells you that its syncing and what not, down near the bottom there are four check boxes; open itunes when this ipod is connected, sync only checked songs and videos, manually manage, music and videos, and enable disk use.

when you click manually manage music and click apply (bottom right corner of itunes) you just go to your music library, in itunes, find the music that you want, then drag it to your ipod under "Devices" all of this in the left hand pane of itunes.

as for your itunes not working, it could be a registry error. download ccleaner

http://www.download.com/CCleaner/3000-2144_4-10315544.html?tag=lst-1

run the cleaner then clean up the registry. dont be afraid of messing anything up, it is VERY easy to use and wont harm your computer.

if that doesnt work try downloading tune up utilities

www.tune-up.com

download the trial, its fully functional. run the 1 click maintenance. it should fix it all up. if that still doesnt work try an uninstaller. ive tried revo uninstaller and i loved it.

download that here:
http://www.download.com/Revo-Uninstaller/3000-2096_4-10687648.html?tag=lst-1

if you do use the revo uninstaller run the ccleaner afterwards to clean stuff up. then restart your computer and run ccleaner once again just to be sure everything is gone. go to apples website and download itunes again and it should all be good.

if none of this works then i suppose youll have to contact apple support, i havent found them to be much help but you can try.

Ok so everything is working and you just cant add songs.

When your ipod is connected to itunes there should be a main summary page. On that main summary page there is a box that says manually manage music. Is it checked?

If not try checking it.

Once it is checked then it is in manual mode.

You just drag and drop songs and playlists from the itunes library to the ipods name.
Right click and delete the songs you dont want from the main music list under the ipods name.

Ok so everything is working and you just cant add songs.

When your ipod is connected to itunes there should be a main summary page. On that main summary page there is a box that says manually manage music. Is it checked?

If not try checking it.

Once it is checked then it is in manual mode.

You just drag and drop songs and playlists from the itunes library to the ipods name.
Right click and delete the songs you dont want from the main music list under the ipods name.