Lost the sync icon to transfer music from windows 11 to ipod 7th gen

You have two choices here.

• Install Apple Devices, which is the necessary app to sync between Apple Music for Windows and your iPod. Apple Devices User Guide for Windows - Apple Support
• Uninstall Apple Music, which will put your music collection back into iTunes, and sync as you did before.

schmeetubolabutter wrote:

I know you can't use the old ITUNES app because it only has podcasts on it - no music library.

To support what Z-Salem has told you, to add music that you have purchased from sources such as the iTunes Store, Amazon, Bandcamp etc. (i.e. not from the Apple Music subscription service) you can use iTunes. However, you will need to uninstall Apple Music (the app), Apple Devices and Apple TV from your iTunes. In addition, to be clear, you cannot add music from the Apple Music subscription service to an iPod nano.

... and yes, Apple Music is two different products, you cannot use either with an iPod nano.

Thank you for your response. I already have the Apple Devices installed on my computer. I have Apple Music installed because I cannot get my music from the old itunes app. Additionally, I still can't get the music I just purchased from the itunes store to sync between the computer (windows 11) and the ipod. I have deleted and reinstalled both the apple devices and the apple music to the computer as well as itunes. But, when I try and open itunes I can the "itunes library .itl cannot open because it was created by a newer version of itunes". I have tried to go into the file system but I do not have any saved filed that has the .itl at the end of it. I even talked to geek squad to try and help me but they weren't helpful either. I have uninstalled all of the apps related to apple and reinstalled them, but no help. Now I can't even open my ipod on my computer. Apple is trying everything it can to make people stop using their ipods.