Posted by Spex on 12/21/07 14:48

Laurence Payne wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:22:01 -0800, "Richard Crowley"
> <rcrowley@xp7rt.net> wrote:
>
>> OTOH, I know of no more counter-intuitive and USER-
>> VICIOUS application than iTunes. I've lost track of the
>> number of iPods I've recovered for people when iTunes
>> suddenly decided to remove all their content. Various
>> fruit people have claimed that it is possible to turn off
>> this objectionable behavior, but none have ever explained
>> exactly how to do it. (Nor have they adequately explained
>> why it is set up that way by default.)

Richard,
The default iTunes mode is for the general simpleton who has to have
iTunes sync everything automatically. Turning off sync everything
clears the iPod ready for manually updating. Manually updating is a
simple case of drag and dropping from iTunes into the iPod. What could
be simpler?

>
> I know a number of people who have been caught by iTunes wiping their
> library when "synchronise" didn't do what they expected. Any
> criticism of Microsoft over DRM has to be doubly aimed at Apple. I
> stand by my advice, if you want a MP3 player choose ANYTHING but an
> iPod.

???

Looks like you are pretty much alone in that mindset. All I see are
white leads coming out of people's ears.

If you want the creme de la creme of uber shit MP3 and media management
software you simply must try Sony's walkmans and Connect software. By
comparison iTunes is years ahead. And I speak from experience. The
walkman wasn't bad but holy shit the software was mental..

The simple answer is to ensure you backup your media. Time Machine on
Leopard is ideal for this task.

Despite being a switcher to the Mac I maintain a healthy skepticism of
Apple. They are not whiter than white like the fanboi would let you
believe but they do have the ability to impress from time to time.
Leopard is one of those moments. From the abysmal early releases of OS
X it has come a long way.

All I have to say on Vista is..... what were Microsoft thinking?

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