If your entire library is too big for your iPod, you may want to copy individual items manually. By setting your iPod to manually manage music and videos, you can add content to the device directly via iTunes. To set your iPod to manually manage music and videos, first connect it to your computer. Then follow these steps:. Click the OK button for the warning and click the Apply button to apply the change. After setting your iPod to manually manage music and videos, you can automatically fill your iPod without syncing. Autofill either randomly picks songs from your entire iTunes library or picks songs from a playlist you specify. Autofill is especially useful for copying random songs to an iPod shuffle every time you connect it to your computer. Eventually, you can shuffle through everything in your library if you so wish by randomly autofilling your iPod shuffle every time you sync.

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Detailed Steps
Most of us store music in two places: on our computer and on our iPod or other MP3 player. But if your computer crashes indefinitely, all the music you hopefully purchased disappears along with it. So what's left? A handicapped iPod, as Apple restricts its gadgets to sync with one music library--any attempts to sync with a different computer will result in a deleted iPod. Naturally, there's a workaround. If you'd like to safely move songs from your iPod except the iPod Touch to any computer, follow these steps:.
Using OverDrive
Before you can transfer borrowed audiobooks to an iPod on a Windows computer, you need to turn on the "Manually manage music" option in iTunes. If you have an iPod shuffle, you'll need to enable disk use in iTunes instead. Note: Make sure you have the latest version of iTunes installed before trying these steps. Now you can transfer audiobooks to your iPod using OverDrive for Windows desktop. Note: If you disable the "Manually manage music" setting and then sync your device with iTunes, you may lose any items you've manually transferred. OverDrive uses cookies and similar technologies to improve your experience, monitor our performance, and understand overall usage trends for OverDrive services including OverDrive websites and apps.
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