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How
To Delete Songs on Your iPod
No matter how much space you may have on your
iPod, there is going to come that day that you will
want to free up some space by deleting some songs or playlists off
of your iPod. Knowing this ahead of time that you cannot delete
songs or playlists off of your iPod itself without a computer
will help you out in the future. You need to go through your
computer and through iTunes to manage your song files. This
is the only safe way to really manage your songs and playlists.
In
order to do this, you will want to hook up your iPod to
your computer. Next, you will then want to delete the songs
or playlists in iTunes and revise your iPod. iPod was not designed
to delete songs or playlists off manually with out a computer.
There
are two different ways to delete songs or playlists
and revise your iPod with iTunes. You can do this automatically
or manually, whatever type of technique you may choose depends
on the preferences that you set up in iTunes. Unless the settings
are in iTunes, it will automatically update the iPod when you
go to hook it up to your computer after you have followed the
steps to delete songs and playlists automatically. If you cannot
do this, you should follow the instructions for doing it the
manual way.
There is a setting that can be set so that the iPod syncing
preference is in iTunes. To do this, you need to connect the
iPod to the computer. Open iTunes and select iPod in iTunes
source list. Press the option button in far right bottom corner.
The option button won’t appear if the iPod was not selected
in the step from above. iPod preference window appears. Click
to select automatic option or manual update option. If the
select “Automatically Update Selected Playlist Only” option
is chosen, make sure playlist that you want to delete from
your iPod is not selected.
You can have songs or playlists automatically
deleted. Open
up your iTunes. Pick a song or playlist that you would want
to delete from your iPod. Then from the edit menu, choose clear
or press the delete key. If a dialog box appears pres yes.
Song or playlist should be deleted from iTunes. If the connection
from the iPod to the computer chooses to update the songs on
your iPod from file menu or the connection from your iPod to
the connection to your iTunes will automatically revise iPod
and delete songs or playlist that was deleted from above.
When you are ready to delete songs or playlist manually, open
iTunes. Select iPod in source list. Choose song or playlist
you would want to delete from iPod. Deleting playlist or a
song from playlist will now get rid of song from iPod.
Next go to edit menu, choose clear or press delete. Press,
“yes” if dialog box appears. The song or playlist should be
deleted from the iPod. Manually deleting songs or playlists
from iPod you do not want to delete a song or playlist from
iTunes. Deleting a song from playlist will not eliminate song
from iPod. Choose iPod in iTunes source list and find song
that you would like to delete.
Do not format iPod to erase songs or playlists. Do not use
any sort of disk utility programs like Disk Utility, Drive
Setup or Windows Explorer to wipe out iPod. Wiping out songs
this way can hinder the iPods music playing capabilities and
you may have to revise or reset your iPod to get it to work
properly again.
To reset iPod with Scroll Wheel and iPod with Touch Wheel:
Connect iPod to power adaptor and plug into an outlet or connect
iPod to Mac’s built in FireWire port.
Press the Hold switch on & off.
For about 6 to 10 seconds press and hold Play/Pause and the
menu button until the Apple logo can be seen on the screen.
Repeat these steps if necessary.
To reset iPod with Circle Wheel:
Connect iPod to power adaptor and plug into an outlet.
Press the Hold switch on & off.
For about 6 to 10 seconds press and hold play/pause and the
menu button until the Apple log can be seen on the screen.
Repeat these steps if necessary.
To reset an iPod with a Click Wheel:
Press the Hold switch on and off.
Press and hold for about 6 to 10 seconds the menu and select
buttons until the Apple logo appears on the display screen.
With all the tips from above, your iPod will have plenty of
free space and work like new. # # # # #
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