Syncing with iTunes copies information from your computer to iPod touch, and vice versa. You can sync by connecting iPod touch to your computer, or you can set up iTunes to wirelessly sync music, videos, photos, and more with Wi-Fi. For help syncing iPod touch, open iTunes on your computer, choose Help > iTunes Help, then select “Add items to iPod, iPhone, or iPad.” iTunes is available from the iTunes website.
Note: If features such as iCloud Music Library, iCloud Photo Library, and iCloud calendar and contacts syncing are turned on, you can’t use iTunes to sync their associated media and data.
Sync using a USB cable. Connect iPod touch to your computer using the included cable, open iTunes on your computer, then click the iPod touch button in the top-left of the iTunes window. Select a setting (Summary, Apps, or Music, for example) to configure it.
Note: If iPod touch doesn’t appear in iTunes, make sure you’re using the latest version of iTunes, check that the cable is correctly connected, then try restarting your computer.
To learn more, see the Apple Support article Sync your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iTunes using USB.
Set up wireless syncing. Connect iPod touch to your computer using the included cable, open iTunes, click the iPod touch button in the top-left of the iTunes window, click Summary, then select Sync with this iPod touch over Wi-Fi.
If Wi-Fi syncing is turned on, both iPod touch and your computer are on and connected to the same wireless network, and iTunes is open on your computer, iPod touch syncs when it’s connected to a power source.
To learn more, see the Apple Support article Sync your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iTunes using Wi-Fi.
iTunes provides these syncing options:
In the Music pane, you can sync your entire music library or just selected playlists, artists, albums, and genres.
In the Movies, TV Shows, Podcasts, and Books panes, you can choose to sync all the media they contain, or just the media you choose.
In the Photos pane, you can sync photos and videos from a supported app or a folder on your computer.
In the Summary pane, you can set iTunes to automatically sync iPod touch when it’s attached to your computer. To temporarily prevent syncing after you attach the device, press and hold Command and Option (Mac) or Shift and Control (PC) until you see iPod touch appear at the top of the iTunes window.