How to Transfer Music From the Computer to an iPod Nano
Today's iPod Nanos pack a big musical punch--2,000 songs on an 8 GB model and 4,000 songs on a 16 GB model--in a very small package (3.6 inches long, 1.5 inches wide and 0.24 inches deep). Before you can enjoy that music, however, you will have to transfer it from your computer using the iTunes software, which will work not only on Apple computers, but on PCs as well.
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Things You'll Need
- iPod dock connector to USB cable (supplied with iPod Nano)
- iTunes 9 or newer
Instructions
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Insert the dock connector on the iPod cable into the dock connector port on the bottom of your iPod Nano.
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Insert the USB end of the iPod cable into a USB 2.0 port on your computer.
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Open iTunes on your computer if it doesn't open automatically when you connect your iPod Nano to your computer. You will know that your iPod is connected correctly when you see the iPod icon appear in the "Device" section of iTunes, on the left-hand side of the iTunes interface.
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Select the "Music" tab below the "Library" tab on the left side of the iTunes screen. Clicking on the "Music" tab will display all of the music in your iTunes library in the main iTunes window on the right-hand side of iTunes interface.
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Use the scroll bar on the far right side of the iTunes interface to scroll through the music in your iTunes library.
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Click on the song that you want to transfer to your iPod Nano so that the song is highlighted. You can transfer more than one song at a time by holding down the "Command" key on a Mac or the "Ctrl" key on a PC and clicking on more songs.
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Drag the selected song(s) to the iPod icon in the device list.
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Release the mouse when the iPod icon lights up and the music will transfer to your iPod Nano.
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Tips & Warnings
You can transfer all of the songs from your iTunes library to your iPod Nano by clicking on a song and then pressing the "Ctrl" and "A" keys on a PC or the "Command" and "A" keys on a Mac. This action will select all of the songs in the library.
Music cannot be transferred back to iTunes from your iPod Nano without using a third-party software. To ensure that you don't lose any of your music, leave the songs in your iTunes library.
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