What is the "Manually Manage Music and Vidios" option on itunes + ipod?

Question

When I connect my ipod on my computer theres this ipod page + 1 of the options is "Manually Manage Music and Videos". What does that do if i select it? The reason I'm asking is that I don't want to mess up my ipod if I do select it. + later I can't change it back. THANKS!

Answer 1

It is the best and easiest way to use your ipod.

When you manually manage your music you choose what to add and delete from the ipod. You dont have to sync your ipod.
When it is on manual you can use your ipod on as many computers and itunes libraries as you want without losing any music off your ipod.

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

Nothing will ever be deleted or added until you direct it and you can safely use it on any computer.

If you click manually manage music nothing will change on your ipod as it is now until you physically add or delete things.

If you resync with an itunes library later, though, you have to be careful because anything not in that itunes library will be deleted off the ipod. I always keep my ipod manually managed because I use it on several diff computers.



or you just highlight the 20 songs together and drag them in one action
some people are so lazy, lol



Think if it this way
If it is manually managed and you go to your friends house you can use her itunes library which means basically getting music from any other itunes library you want. Not just your own.

Answer 2

Manually Manage Music And Videos

Answer 3

That option makes you MUST manage ALL of your music and videos BY YOUR SELF.

(Note: If you don't activate it, default-ly iTunes will do that for you)

Example; If you just add 20 new songs to your iTunes library or / and at the same time remove 10 old songs from there. Next time you connect your iPod to your PC;

1. If you don't activate "Manually Manage Music and Videos"
iTunes will automatically copy that 20 new songs to your iPod or / and removes that 10 old songs from your iPod.

2. If you activate "Manually Manage Music and Videos"
iTunes will not do anything, so you MUST DRAG AND DROP that 20 new songs from your iTunes library section to your iPod section or / and you MUST DELETE that 10 old songs from your iPod section BY YOUR SELF.

So, the second condition is SO FRUSTATING, right?! So i think, you shouldn't activate that option.

NOTE:
*You can activate or de-activate that option whenever you want.
*If, in another time you mess up your iPod, don't worry, you just should "RESTORE" (means make your iPod's software just like new) your iPod. (You can restore it by choose "restore" button from the iTunes when you connect that iPod to your PC.

Answer 4

To share music back and forth between your iPod and a computer (Mac or PC) you need to set your iPod to update manually rather than to sync automatically with iTunes. Manual updating allows you to delete songs in iTunes while keeping them on your iPod, or to keep songs in iTunes and remove them from your iPod.

To set up your iPod so that you can manually add and delete songs:

1. Connect your iPod to your computer and open iTunes
2. Select your iPod in the iTunes Source list
3. Click the iPod Options button in the lower-right corner of the iTunes window
4. In the iPod preferences window, select the Manually manage songs and playlists option and then click OK

To manually add songs to your iPod:

1. Drag the individual songs or playlists from the iTunes window to the iPod icon in the Source list
2. The iPod icon will flash red and the iTunes window will show Updating iPod while it is updating
3. When you are finished, click the Eject button next to the iPod in the iTunes source list

To manually remove songs from your iPod:

1. Select the iPod in the iTunes Source list
2. Open the iPod's contents in iTunes
3. Within iTunes, select the iPod’s song or album you wish to remove and then press the Delete key
4. iTunes will display a warning to make sure you want to do this - click on OK

If at some time you wish to restore songs from your iPod back on to your computer, it is important to note that the ability to copy songs from your iPod back on to your Mac or PC is not supported in iTunes.

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What is the "Manually Manage Music and Vidios" option on itunes + ipod?
When I connect my ipod on my computer theres this ipod page + 1 of the options is "Manually Manage Music and Videos". What does that do if i select it? The reason I'm asking is that I don't want to mess up my ipod if I do select it. + later I can't change it back. THANKS!

Answer 6

I use manual ALL the time. It basically means you don't have to auto-sync everything. You can choose exactly what goes where and which things to go into which playlists. Try it - it's loads easier :)

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