# iTunes n00b **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [March 18, 2008, 7:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/itunes-n00b/45201 "2008-03-18T07:19:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 7:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/itunes-n00b/45201/1 "2008-03-18T07:19:48Z")
So I bought my wife an ipod touch. She likes it, it’s a slick little half mp3 player, half pocket Mac type of device. But songs she buys disappears. :bloated: She buys songs off of iTunes both at the PC and downloading them to the touch, and over the touch’s built in itunes/wifi. A day or two later she claims the song will be randomly gone. The first thing I did was disable syncing at the PC just in case something was getting overwritten in the wrong direction. The most recent time though, she bought the song via the touch/wifi. Never so much as plugged it into a computer. Now the song’s gone. Are there any common reasons for this? Non-obvious settings? Some sort of copyright protection fuckup? Steve Jobs is fucking with me? ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 7:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/itunes-n00b/45201/2 "2008-03-18T07:21:09Z")
sounds like you need to take a ride to the genious bar ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 7:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/itunes-n00b/45201/3 "2008-03-18T07:25:51Z")
How many songs will it hold? ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 7:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/itunes-n00b/45201/4 "2008-03-18T07:37:01Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#): > > sounds like you need to take a ride to the genious bar Fucking hell that store freaks me out. Everyone in there just seemed like they all probably have Steve Jobs bobble heads on the dash of their Beetles… ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 7:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/itunes-n00b/45201/5 "2008-03-18T07:39:25Z")
> [@Nikuk](#): > > How many songs will it hold? 8 gig. You do the math. ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 7:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/itunes-n00b/45201/6 "2008-03-18T07:46:11Z")
800 - 1600, lets say 1200. 1200 x $0.99 = one expensive iPod 😛 I have no idea how to help your OP. No, really, I’ve _never_ personally used iTunes. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 7:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/itunes-n00b/45201/7 "2008-03-18T07:48:06Z")
She’s only bought a handful of songs. But they tend to go away. They’ll show up in her purchased history on itunes, but nowhere to be found on the ipod or computer. ---
**Author:** ![FightinMike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@FightinMike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FightinMike)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 8:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/itunes-n00b/45201/8 "2008-03-18T08:11:21Z")
So its a windows machine? -Update Itunes, this was a problem in earlier verisions. -Check which folder the downloaded content is going. Different versions of Itunes save to different places (My Music \> iTunes or My Music \> iTunes \> Previous iTunes Libraries) ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 8:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/itunes-n00b/45201/9 "2008-03-18T08:13:13Z")
I’ll definitely update iTunes, but this was only installed a month ago. Plus the last song disappeared without the ipod ever being connected to the PC. ---
**Author:** ![Xander](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xander/32/7597_2.png) [@Xander](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Xander)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 8:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/itunes-n00b/45201/10 "2008-03-18T08:17:07Z")
I had a few dissapear on the ipod when I hooked it up to the headunit in the car. It was kinda strange because they were on both, then only on the computer. It was only 3 of the 5 songs that I downloaded at the same time that dissapeared. :gotme: I must be as dumb as you are. X… ---
**Author:** ![FightinMike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@FightinMike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FightinMike)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 8:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/itunes-n00b/45201/11 "2008-03-18T08:24:20Z")
Something else: itunes has an option (under advanced tab i believe) to copy the files to a music folder when the files are added to the library…Might do something fo you might not.:gotme: EDIT:Could also be a corrupt file/DB EDIT2: One more thing [viruscan?](http://www.apple.com/support/windowsvirus/) ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 8:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/itunes-n00b/45201/12 "2008-03-18T08:27:55Z")
> [@Xander](#): > > I had a few dissapear on the ipod when I hooked it up to the headunit in the car. It was kinda strange because they were on both, then only on the computer. It was only 3 of the 5 songs that I downloaded at the same time that dissapeared. :gotme: I must be as dumb as you are. > > X… Hmm… She docks it on our home theater system. I wonder if that’s effing with it… ---
**Author:** ![Xander](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xander/32/7597_2.png) [@Xander](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Xander)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 8:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/itunes-n00b/45201/13 "2008-03-18T08:37:48Z")
> [@Fry](#): > > Hmm… She docks it on our home theater system. I wonder if that’s effing with it… Might be, I couldn’t duplicate the problem though, so that was kinda meh. I think what it taught me, was to go back to stealing music from the internet, because it works better. x… ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 8:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/itunes-n00b/45201/14 "2008-03-18T08:42:59Z")
:word: ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 8:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/itunes-n00b/45201/15 "2008-03-18T08:54:26Z")
Fucking hell. Some googling is showing that disappearing purchased songs, especially at the wifi store, is not uncommon. The Apple humpers seem to think that just contacting Apple and being able to redownload them within 48 hours is a fix and a testament to Apple’s greatness. :uhh: ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 8:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/itunes-n00b/45201/16 "2008-03-18T08:54:57Z")
> [@Fry"](#): > > I know some of you must be like me: Grown up enough that you can afford to buy music and can’t afford to get bent over by RIAA. > > Sure I could buy CD’s for $18 bucks a pop, rip them, and toss them in a box never to be touched again. But that’s kind of expensive and wasteful. > > So what legit music downloading service do you use? :gotme: ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 9:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/itunes-n00b/45201/17 "2008-03-18T09:00:14Z")
> [@Nikuk](#): > > :gotme: I’m going back to stealing. \<–Goes to teach the wife how to use bittorrent… ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 9:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/itunes-n00b/45201/18 "2008-03-18T09:01:45Z")
:rx3: buy stock in aapl tho ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 9:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/itunes-n00b/45201/19 "2008-03-18T09:08:52Z")
Seriously. Their stock is the only good Apple product on the market. ---
**Author:** ![PsngrSeatsR4Boys](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/psngrseatsr4boys/32/3078_2.png) [@PsngrSeatsR4Boys](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PsngrSeatsR4Boys)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 9:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/itunes-n00b/45201/20 "2008-03-18T09:16:32Z")
this happens to my sister’s ipod. she just has to keep trying until it goes onto the ipod. its a real pain. torrents are the only way to go. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/itunes-n00b/45201.md?page=2)