Yes, if you have your iPod set to sync content, removing a song from a playlist that you have checked to sync will delete it from the iPod.
Esther On Jun 24, 2009, at 11:41, Kevin Reeves wrote: > > If you take a song off a playlist that you have selected to sync, > will it > delete it from the ipod? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Esther > Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 4:39 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Deleting files from Ipod but not from the ITunes library > > > > On Jun 24, 2009, at 09:18, Simon Cavendish wrote: > Hi Simon and Victor, > > If you manage the contents of your iPod or iPhone automatically or > semi-automatically by syncing with playlists, then the way to have > tracks > that are in your iTunes Library not appear on your iPod is to > uncheck the > selection entries in the Songs table for a library or playlist by > using the > contextual menu, or to simply not have the track be selected in any > playlist > that you have checked for the iPod to sync to. > > There are three ways to manage content (that is not a podcast) on an > iPod: > 1. Automatic sync -- everything in your iTunes library gets synced > to your > iPod. If your library is larger than the capacity of your iPod, > obviously > not everything will fit, but you don't get to determine what goes on > the > iPod and what doesn't. If selections are unchecked (because you > used the > context menu VO-Shift-M in the songs table to choose "Uncheck > selection") > they will not be transferred, nor will they be burned to disc, > archived with > the "Back up to disc" option of the "Library" submenu of the File > menu, etc. > 2. Semi-automatic sync -- sync only items that appear in the playlists > you've checked for syncing. Again, unchecked selections in these > playlists > will not be transferred. > 3. Manual mode -- drag and drop tracks or playlists onto your iPod > to manage content; with iTunes 8 you can replace drag and drop with > copy > (Command-C) and past (Command-V). > > With either automatic or semi-automatic sync mode, you can only > delete items > on your iPod by controlling the contents of your library or synced > playlists > or by unchecking boxes for items in your library or synced > playlists. If > you expand your iPod device with VO-backslash (users without English > input > keyboards can use VO-H twice to bring up the Command menu and choose > "Toggle > disclosure triangle" after interacting with their iPod device in the > sources > table) you can arrow down to view your music, movies, tv shows, > audiobooks, > etc. on your > iPod, but these libraries will be grayed out if you sync your iPod. > If you manually manage your iPod you can delete entries in these > libraries > just as you can from the corresponding iTunes libraries on your > computer. > This makes sense, because if you're syncing content your control is > through > the sync, and you don't separately delete items. > > If you copy and paste a track onto your iPod and you have it set to > sync > checked playlists, it will be changed to manual sync mode, and you > will be > able to delete tracks directly from the iPod. The box for "Manually > manage > music and videos" will get checked on your device summary page. > > I've only tried moving a few audiobooks over with copy and paste to > switch > to "Manually manage . . ." mode. (Select the tracks in the songs > table for > your iTunes Audiobooks library, copy with Command-C, tab or use your > VO-arrow keys to move to the sources table, go to your iPod and > interact, > then paste with Command-V. > > In general checking and unchecking selections is not as good a way > to manage > synced content as using a smart playlist, because it's easy to lose > track of > which items you have checked or unchecked. A good case for checking > and > unchecking selections might be when you've set up a playlist of > party music, > but have "seasonal items" like Christmas music or special songs for > someone's birthday. Then you would uncheck entries that aren't > always in > use, but which you don't want to remove from the playlist. > > HTH > > Cheers, > > Esther > > >> >> I don't think so and that is why I sink from selected playlists which >> I edit before sinking, leaving my music library intact. Best Wishes, >> Simon On 24 Jun 2009, at 06:27, Victor Tsaran wrote: >> >>> >>> Hello all, >>> It may not be a strictly Mac-related question, so feel free to send >>> me away. <grin> I was trying hard to figure out if there is a way to >>> delete some content from IPod without having to delete it from the >>> ITunes library. Anyone knows i there is a way? >>> >>> Thx, >>> Victor >>> > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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