iPod touch Songs syncing to my Ipod I dont' want sync'd

[durkeed]

First of all, i'm a new Ipod user so my appologies if this question is elementary to those of you who are seasoned Ipoders. I have been using Itunes for quite some time for music downloads but just recently acquired my first Ipod. I have some songs that I downloaded for my niece's Christmas Ipod. Nothing against Hanna Montana, but I really would rather listen to John Mayer.

My question is how do I keep Hanna off of my Ipod. A friend at work said just uncheck those songs and re-sync and they will disappear from my Ipod. Tried that. They are still there. Any suggestion would be helpful.

 

[dXTC]

We'll need to know a few things before we can give further suggestions...

What type of iPod-- shuffle, nano, classic, Touch?
Do you manage your iPod's contents manually, or do you have it set to automatically sync with a certain playlist (or the Library in general)?

 

[Night Spring]

My question is how do I keep Hanna off of my Ipod. A friend at work said just uncheck those songs and re-sync and they will disappear from my Ipod. Tried that. They are still there. Any suggestion would be helpful.

In iTunes, click on your ipod, then take a look at the "summary" tab. Make sure "Sync only checked songs" is checked.

 

[Le Big Mac]

or do you have it set to automatically sync with a certain playlist (or the Library in general)?

As your library of music grows, this is usually a better approach. If your iPod capacity is less than all your music, this is almost mandatory.

You can use the "check" approach. You could also create a playlist that includes everything except Hannah Montana (or any other music that's your daughter's). You could also create a separate playlist for that in case you want to let her listen sometime.

 

[sishaw]

I second the playlist approach. I've owned various iPods for years, and I started by setting "Sync Only Checked Songs" in the preferences and then unchecking everything I didn't want synced. As my collection grew to 3,000 songs, however, I found I got more mileage by creating playlists and syncing only those playlists that I wanted, and sequestering songs that I was less likely to listen to, but might want to sometimes, to separate playlists. You can also do a little of both--you may have a "Rock/Pop" playlist, for example, where Springsteen and U2 are checked, and Miley Cyrus/Hanna Montana isn't.

There are a lot of options for this kind of organization in iTunes--this thread hasn't even touched on the smart playlists.

 

[michael.lauden]

yep gotta make sure 'sync with checked songs' is selected.

i would recommend to make playlists of what you like too. i have over 8000 songs and it's just too hard to manage checking that many songs.

 

[durkeed]

i will try the play list approach

That's a good idea about using a playlist to manage my music. I will give that a try.

And I'm using an Ipod Touch 2G

Thanks for all of the help.