manually manage iphone

[bizzy045]

this option is not showing in my summary tab..what is going on???? i can't find out how to manage my music/videos manually...i have way more than 8 gigs..and its copying all my music and some videos..i want to be able to choose what i put on there..any help???

[comcipher]

I am having the exact same problem... It's like Apple decided that everybody should let iTunes manage everything rather then have the ability to individually put shit on it. How ridiculous.

[comcipher]

Ok, so since this feature is apparently missing for some odd reason, I have a workaround for all those with the same problem.

Go into iTunes and uncheck everything in your library (Ctrl+A, right-click and uncheck all).

With the albums you want to transfer, select all the songs (Shift+click first song to the last, then right-click select all).

Make a new smart-playlist. Uncheck the feilds for criteria, and leave the "checked tracks" option selected. What this will do is make a playlist that will always have all checked items in it and nothing else. Now go into your iPhone settings and have your iPhone sync with that new playlist we just created. Only your selected tracks will transfer onto it.


Hopefully apple fixes this issue soon, but for all those in the same frustrating position I hope this helps. If something is unclear let me know and I'll try to clarify.

[bizzy045]

but what about videos? you cant play a playlist for videos...there is no way to select the exact videos i want to put on this thing...pretty odd if u ask me...were u able to do that?

[comcipher]

For videos you can select the specific ones you want. For example, I imported some random videos into the movie library. Then, from the video tab in iTunes on the iPhone, check "sync movies" and then the specific movies you want to add to it.

[bizzy045]

what about tv shows though...u can only do all the episodes to one show..or the most recent etc..but not specific episodes..right?

[bizzy045]

i guess i can change the tv shows to movies...but then it doesnt keep track of the episodes...these are stupid work arounds...shouldnt be like this...hopefully they'll fix this soon.

[billnye97]

Originally Posted by bizzy045

what about tv shows though...u can only do all the episodes to one show..or the most recent etc..but not specific episodes..right?

I was wondering the exact same thing. I want specific episodes but my only options are unwarched or most recent. I hope they fix this soon.

[greggumz]

How in the hell do I delete a tv show if I dont want it taking up space on my iPhone, I can't wait till the next update on iphone software

[bizzy045]

anyone able to figure this out? there has to be a way to manually manage the music/videos on the iphone...it would be a huge step backwards if they didnt.