Put Music on an iPod Touch
You can put music on your iPod Touch in just a few minutes as long as you can either connect your iPod to your computer or have a reliable WiFi connection. If you want to know how to put music on your iPod Touch in just a few minutes or less, just follow these easy steps.
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Steps
Connect Your iPod Touch to Your Computer
- Open iTunes.
- You should have set up and installed iTunes after you purchased your iPod Touch, but if you don’t have iTunes yet, then you can download it in just a few minutes. iTunes will allow you to download music and transfer it to your iPod.
- Remember that you don’t have to buy songs from the iTunes store to put them in your iTunes—you can also just put a CD in your computer and download its songs into your iTunes account.
- Choose the music you want to download.
- If you already have an iTunes library and want to transfer the whole thing to your iPod, that’s easy. If not, look through your library or check out the iTunes store to find the music that you want to download.
- If you want to download a song or an album from the store, just click on the price to the left of the song or album and wait for it to download into your iTunes.
- Connect your iPod Touch to your computer.
- Use your USB cable to connect your iPod Touch to your computer. If you haven’t set it up yet, then you’ll have to do so through iTunes before you can put music on it.
- Click on “My iPod.”
- Once you’ve connected your iPod Touch to your iTunes, you should see an option that says “Amy’s iPod” or whatever your name is. Click on it, and a list of options will appear at the top of the screen.
- Click on "Music."
- This option will let you put music on your iPod Touch.
- Select your syncing option.
- The music tab will give you two options for syncing your music to your iPod. Here are the two methods that you can select:
- Sync selected playlists, artists, and genres. This is a good option if you just want to add a few songs or a playlist to your iPod Touch. All of the songs and playlists will have little checked boxes next to them; just uncheck those boxes to deselect the songs.
- Sync entire library. This will sync all of the music in your iTunes library to your iPod. This is a good option if you have an empty iPod Touch and want to put all of your music on it.
- Click "Apply."
- This will apply the method that you selected and will either sync your selected songs and playlists or all of your music to your iPod Touch. Wait for them to download to your iPod Touch—if you’re syncing your entire library, it could take a while. You can disconnect your iPod Touch once the sync is complete, and start listening to your new music.
Use the iTunes Application on Your iPod Touch
- Click on the iTunes app.
- This is the application that looks like a musical note. It should already be installed on your iPod Touch. Just remember that you need to have a strong WiFi connection on your iPod in order to download a song without connecting your iPod to your computer.
- Choose the music you want to download.
- You can search through the songs and albums by clicking on the different search options: “Genres,” “Featured,” or “Charts,” all of which you can find at the top of the screen. You can also just browse around iTunes until you find something appealing. You can choose to download just one song, a few random songs, or even an entire album.
- Click on the price of the song or album.
- You can find the price of the album at the top of the screen to the right of the album. To find the individual songs, just scroll down and click on the price to the left of the song you want.
- After you click on the price, it will be replaced by a green box that says “Buy Song” or “Buy Album.”
- Click "Buy Song" or “Buy Album.”
- This will open a window that asks for your Apple ID password.
- Type in your Apple ID password.
- Click “OK.”
- It should take just a few minutes for the song or album to download onto your iPod Touch. The speed of the download will depend on the size of the files and the speed of your Internet connection.
Tips
- Do not unplug the iPod before iTunes says that the sync is done. If you do this, the music won't get to your iPod Touch.
- You can preview the songs before you decide to buy them.
- You can also buy music in iTunes store or use Spotify.
- If you want to buy most of the songs in an album, just buy all of them—you’ll end up saving money.
