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Posted by Tricky Dicky on 02/24/06 14:31
"Niall Leonard" <niall@inkything.0M1TTH1S.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 21:56:09 -0000, "Tricky Dicky"
> <tricky@nospam.clara.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Sla#s" <phil@KNOTslatts.fsworld.co.uk> wrote in message
>>news:dtl2a0$mtv$1@newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk...
>>>
>>> "Tricky Dicky" <tricky@nospam.clara.co.uk> wrote in message
>>> news:1140690182.38757.0@iris.uk.clara.net...
>>>> Is it true that you can only use an iPod with one PC? Talking in the
>>>> pub
>>>> last night I was told that if you used one machine to load tracks onto
>>>> an
>>>> iPod you could then not take the iPod to another machine and add extra
>>>> tracks - you could only delete the old tracks and then *pair* with the
>>>> new PC to put the new tracks on
>>>
>>> Sort of...
>>> You can only use one iTunes (As Emma says it can be on two machines) BUT
>>> you can get music off another machine in disk mode, bring it back to
>>> yours, load it to your "My Music" folder and then show it to iTunes.
>>> Then
>>> load it to your iPod.
>>> Just make sure that the other machines iTunes is not set to automatic
>>> update, otherwise all your music will be wiped.
>>
>>Let me make sure I understand this:
>>
>>The songs are taken off the iTunes software running on machine no.1 using
>>a
>>CD-R (there is a function in the program called disk mode that allows
>>this)
>>
>>The contents of the CD-R are copied over to the My Music folder on machine
>>no.2 and you get the iTunes software to search for these new tracks (but
>>you
>>make sure that automatic update is switched off)
>>
>>You can then just move the tracks over to the iPod as normal
>>
>>Is that right?
>>
>>Cheers
>>
>>Tricky
>>
> or you could use Ephpod which will allow you to dump every tune from
> any iPod onto any PC (running Ephpod) no questions asked. Use it in
> tandem with iTunes for best of both worlds.
>
> I note recent versions of iTunes have taken away the ability to burn
> to CD. Don't you just hate it when a company degrades its product and
> calls it an upgrade?
Thanks for that - ephpod looks just the thing.
One final final question - I promise: the website for ephpod says you use a
firewire cable for the transfer - does that mean the standard cable that
comes with an iPod? You will have to forgive me for the dumb questions but I
don't own an iPod - I am just going to sort out someone's problem
Tricky
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