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If your iTunes library is too large to fit on your iPod, you can still update automatically and keep your iPod synchronized to a subset of your library. When you first use your iPod, iTunes displays a message if your library is too large to fit, saying it will copy as many files as possible. You can click OK for iTunes to do this or Cancel to stop the updating process.
After clicking OK, iTunes tries its best to fit everything, but because it has to cut something, it skips the photos and displays a Some photos were not copied to the iPod . . . message. Click OK because you have no choice, and iTunes continues updating with everything else. If you already have photos on your iPod, iTunes asks whether you want to delete them to gain more iPod space. You can click Yes or No to this question, and iTunes keeps on updating until it finishes.
If, however, you're still short of space even after skipping photos, iTunes displays a message that it can create a special selection — actually a playlist — specifically for updating your iPod, along with Yes and No buttons:
- If you click Yes, iTunes creates a new playlist (titled Your iPod name Selection) and displays a message telling you so. Click OK, and iTunes updates your iPod by using the new playlist. iTunes also sets your iPod to update automatically by playlist.
If you click No, iTunes updates automatically until it fills your iPod without creating the playlist.
Either way, iTunes decides which songs and albums to include by using the ratings that you set for each song. iTunes groups album tracks together and computes an average rating and play count for the album. It then fills the iPod, giving higher priority to albums with play counts and ratings greater than zero. You can therefore influence the decisions that iTunes makes by adding ratings to songs or entire albums.
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