[Paul K]

Originally Posted by Wayne A

Right, i want to delete all my music out of my library (curently taking up 4.90GB of space on hard disk) But the thing is when i want to plug my Ipod into the dock i do not want the music on the Ipod to dissapear, i just want to delete whats in the library. Can this be done?

3- Do Manually Manage Songs and Playlists

I would also highly suggest that you turn off automatic synchronizing the iPod with iTunes. Even if you autotomatically sync the iPod and when finished before you eject the iPod go to Edit>Preferences>iPod>General tab, select the manual setting. This way if the only place you still have songs are on your iPod you will not have to worry about it auto syncing with iTunes and deleting your iPod contents. It's a safe setting.

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