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iTunes Sync Help

How to Configure your MP3 Player

  • Right-click the iTunes Sync system tray icon and click “Configure Devices”
  • When the Device Configuration window appears click the “Add” button

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  • Complete the required fields:
    • MP3 Player Name: This is just a friendly name that you would like your MP3 player to appear as
    • MP3 Player SubFolder: Browse to your MP3 player and select a subfolder that you would like to synchronize to. For example, if you want to store all of your music on your MP3 player in a folder called “My Music” just type in “\My Music\”, or browse to this folder and select it. If you want all of your music to be based off the root of the MP3 player just type in “\”.
    • Folder Structure: Choose the folder structure that your MP3 player can best handle. For example, some MP3 players can only read files in the root of the drive. If this is the case select “Root”. If you want to be more organized and your MP3 player can support it you can have your music organized into subfolders just like iTunes (Artist / Album / Song.mp3).
    • iTunes Playlist: Select the iTunes playlist you would like to synchronize with your MP3 player. If you would like to synchronize more than 1 playlist, just create a smart playlist that contains all of the other playlists you would like to synchronize. (thanks to “Dust For Eyes” on the forum for this tip)
  • Click the “Save” button
  • Now your MP3 player is configured and you can close the Device Configuration window

How to Synchronize your MP3 Player with iTunes

  • Make sure you have your MP3 player configured correctly (read the “How to Configure your MP3 Player” section of this guide)
  • Right-click the iTunes Sync system tray icon and click “Synchronize Device”
  • When the “Synchronize Device” window appears select your MP3 player from the list

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  • If your MP3 player isn’t shown in this list you can check the following things:
    • Make sure the MP3 player is connected to the computer
    • Make sure the MP3 player is showing as a drive letter in Windows Explorer
    • Make sure you have correctly configured your MP3 player using the “How to Configure your MP3 Player” section of this guide
  • Select the Drive that you want to synchronize to
  • If you have previously synchronized this MP3 player iTunes Sync will remember the drive’s volume label that was used before and automatically select it for you
  • Once your MP3 player and Drive is selected click the “Sync MP3 Player” button
  • iTunes Sync will confirm it’s actions with you before doing anything
  • Make sure you read this confirmation, or you could end up deleting files from your MP3 player!
  • Click the Ok button when everything looks good to go
  • iTunes Sync will now delete any files that aren’t in the iTunes playlist and copy over files that are
  • Once Synchronization is complete just click the Ok button on the notification and then you can close the Synchronize Device window