New guy with strange problem

[Fossil36]

I'm very pleased to have found this forum. From what I've read, there appears to be many knowledgeable users here. I've had my iPad for about 8 months, and would have serious withdrawal pains if it were to disappear! The iPad is a great device, although the file transfer capabilities leave much to be desired. The iTunes software seems to be primitive compared to other Apple software.

I have one problem that hopefully, someone can assist me with. I've downloaded several MP3 songs to my iPad without problem. I recently tried putting the same songs on my iPhone 3G, and I get an error message saying that iTunes can't find the original file, thus, it couldn't load them. This puzzled me since I have not changed the location of the songs since putting them on the iPad. Then, I tried to locate the songs on my PC, and they are nowhere to be found! The only change that I can think of is that I downloaded a newer version of iTunes between loading the iPad and the iPhone.

If this makes sense to anyone, I'd really appreciate your help.

Thanks in advance..

 

[dougrogers]

iPad syncs to iTunes.
IPod syncs to iTunes.
IPhones syncs to iTunes
Every update of iTunes accesses the same library.

Talking from a Mac menu memory, you need to attach the iPad, and choose File -> Transfer purchases from iPad

Then sync the other devices.

 

[Fossil36]

Thanks for the quick response. I thought that the iPad and iPhone fed from the same file, that's what made the problem so puzzling. I'll give your suggestion a try. Thanks again.