Paras Chadha

Want to charge your Ipod but not Sync? Here how!

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

iTunes Sync Message of Death

For anyone who owns an iPod and charges it off a computer knows that when you plug it in iTunes starts and tries to sync your data. This isn’t a problem, if your on your iTunes. Many people have there main iTunes then they have other person computers that are not the “master” iTunes. Here is how to make iTunes sync only when you tell it to.

Solution!

Plug-in your iPod to see if you even have iTunes and it recognizes your iPod.

Not always a bad thing but can be annoying when Jamming to ACDC

Not always a bad thing but can be annoying when Jamming to ACDC

How to stop auto sync (still opens iTunes)

Good. Now if you are on your normal “master” iTunes it will start to sync which does not prompt any messages. If you are not on your “master” iTunes that it will show you this…

After ten times your going to hit Erase and Sync by accident

After ten times your going to hit Erase and Sync by accident

To get this to go away do the following

Click Edit>Preferences

Click Edit>Prefrences

Click Edit>Prefrences

Then a box will come up with tabs at the top right click the tap called “Devices” then you want to check the box that says “Disable Automatic Syncing for iPhones and iPods”

Top right tab Devices then click Disable Automatic Syncing for iPhones and iPods

Top right tab Devices then click Disable Automatic Syncing for iPhones and iPods

Congratulations! You no longer have to punch holes in things!

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