This is an excellent explanation. Thank you very, very much. Shannon On Jul 6, 2013, at 9:31 PM, "Alan Lemly" <wale...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, Shannon. I'm not an expert on this and I've always found the control > iTunes exerts over iDevices more than a little offputting. But then I've > always preferred managing my own music and files manually as opposed to a > turnkey system that does it for me. > > I gather that what you can do to manually delete music from your iPod might > be controlled by how the music was placed there from iTunes. If iTunes is > set up to automatically sync your music, I think this can affect what can be > deleted from the device itself. I thought the article at the below link was > pretty good at explaining some of this: > > http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/removing-songs-from-a-man > ually-managed-ipod/ > > If I were trying to remove a large number of tracks from an iDevice, I think > I would first go into iTunes, set it up to not allow automatic syncing with > iDevices. This is found under Edit, Preferences, and then under the Devices > tab in the dialog that opens. Then, I would set up a playlist containing > just the tracks I wanted to sync or maybe multiple playlists depending on > your situation. Then, I would attach your iPod and while focus is on it > within iTunes, select the music button and mark the playlists you want to > sync between the computer and the iPod. After you execute the sync button, > your iPod should contain the music you want. > > I hope this makes sense and is accurate. It has worked for me in getting my > iPhone set up but I've not used this approach to delete tracks off my > iPhone. Hopefully, someone more knowledgeable than me can correct any > mistakes I might have made. > > Good luck. > > Alan Lemly > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Shannon Dyer > Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2013 7:33 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Deleting items from music app > > Hi, all. > > I'm trying to clear out a bunch of music from an IPod touch. I thought I > could do command A in Itunes and then command delete to get rid of what was > selected. The selecting part works just fine, but it doesn't seem to want to > delete from the IPod. It just sits there, but the amount of stuff on the pod > doesn't change. > > If anyone knows how to remedy this, I would be very grateful. > > Shannon > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
