Check *all* of your sync settings -- every tab, every item.
Consider using playlists to keep track of groups-of-items (music, video,
movies, tv shows, podcasts, audiobook, maybe ebooks) that you have on the
iPad. I don't use "smart" playlists, I organize each one the way I want at
any particular time -- yes, it does take a bit of housekeeping but saves
checking on checkmarks, dates-played, etc. for a zillion items in my
library. (I don't know how playlists handle iBooks, my usual ebook reader is
Kindle & it handles things itself.)
I have never had a problem removing apps from a device but keeping it on my
computer. Not every app will work on every device I have, nor do I
necessarily want every app that will work on a device *on* a device for
whatever reason (mostly -- I have *way* too many apps!).
I have four different devices & let iTunes handle the syncing; I haven't had
any of the types of problems that you have. I just have to check sync
settings carefully if I want to make changes on any items. Sometimes I
forget one, or I forget to re-order a playlist, so I have to re-sync but
that's no big deal.
bj
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From: "The Computer Man" <lookinnwpt@yahoo.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2011 1:30 AM
To: <iPad@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [iPad] More sync issues
> Here we go again, I got tired of adding music to my PC and then trying to
> remember which were on my iPad or not so I let it Sync instead of manual
> managing . . . Big mistake! Now all my videos and movies got removed from
> my iPad and most of my videos will not load back on now and I don't know
> why as they are from my 3D camera and they worked ok before. It also
> removed most of my books from iBook reader and of course when I put them
> back on (separate sync setting only one catigory at a time) they have all
> been opened (not new) and are all out of order on the shelves,101 books
> and PDF manuals! My music was also removed then partially reloaded then it
> tried to connect to iTunes for some reason and then finally finished
> loading completely. At one point it tried to load all my saved podcasts
> including the ones I had already viewed but it exceeded the iPad memory. I
> finally settled for the most recent 10 in each category and it still
> loaded ones I didn't want /already viewed (checked that
> too) but at least it didn't remove the most recent podcasts which I had
> not seen yet like it usually does. Which I then have to copy manually back
> onto it. WHO WRITES THIS STUFF ANYWAY? It is all screwed up! The one thing
> I really want to do is to remove some apps from the iPad but keep them on
> my PC. But I guess that would be asking too much too!
>
> Jan Newport RI
>
