Posted by Richard Crowley on 12/21/07 18:51

"Spex" wrote ...
> Richard Crowley wrote:
>> "Spex" wrote ...
>>> 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.
>>
>> Yeah, people keep saying that, but I've spent only an hour
>> trying to discover how to "turn off" this "feature". The UI
>> design drove me so crazy that I gave up after an hour.
>>
>> If this is really possible, surely someone has published a web
>> page that shows how to remove the fangs from iTunes.
>
> When you connect you iPod to the computer iTunes will open at the iPod
> summary page....

IME, it immediately starts doing *something* (which it doesn't
reveal) and won't let you interrupt until *it* thinks it is done.
There still appears to be no way of neutralizing it before you
risk attaching your iPod. That is "user-visious" in my book.

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