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by **jerseyhoya** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 14:40:59

I stopped at Baja Fresh and Chipotle on my way home from Philly and neither were open

Really not the way you want to get 2010 going

by **VoxOrion** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 14:45:04

TenuredVulture wrote:I think this idea that itunes is easy to use is a myth. The ipod itself seems well designed, but my brother in law put a bunch of songs on Lil' Vultures new ipod, and when I tried to add some songs from my own computer (songs I have legally acquired, by the way) it's not letting me insisting that the ipod isn't "synced" to this computer, and the only way to sync it is to erase the ipod and start over again. That seems pretty $#@! up to me.

I think even they know not to calculate all this RIAA mania under the "easy" clause in the contract.

by **VoxOrion** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 14:53:07

ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS—EXCEPT EUROPA.

ATTEMPT NO LANDINGS THERE.

by **kruker** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 14:55:55

jerseyhoya wrote:I stopped at Baja Fresh and Chipotle on my way home from Philly and neither were open

Really not the way you want to get 2010 going

I didn't get back down to Miami until 9 last night. No food in my place, so I went out in search of quick eats. Struck out horribly. So now it's 11 something, I haven't eaten in 12 hours and I'm spending New Years making pasta. I'm happy I treated the 30th as my celebration, because I didn't do shit last night.

by **Slowhand** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 15:28:29

TenuredVulture wrote:I think this idea that itunes is easy to use is a myth. The ipod itself seems well designed, but my brother in law put a bunch of songs on Lil' Vultures new ipod, and when I tried to add some songs from my own computer (songs I have legally acquired, by the way) it's not letting me insisting that the ipod isn't "synced" to this computer, and the only way to sync it is to erase the ipod and start over again. That seems pretty $#@! up to me.

They do this so that you don't go around stealing shit from everyone's computer.

by **TenuredVulture** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 16:26:06

Slowhand wrote:
TenuredVulture wrote:I think this idea that itunes is easy to use is a myth. The ipod itself seems well designed, but my brother in law put a bunch of songs on Lil' Vultures new ipod, and when I tried to add some songs from my own computer (songs I have legally acquired, by the way) it's not letting me insisting that the ipod isn't "synced" to this computer, and the only way to sync it is to erase the ipod and start over again. That seems pretty $#@! up to me.

They do this so that you don't go around stealing $#@! from everyone's computer.

But nothing was stolen. So, basically, Apple takes a nice, intuitive design, and fucks it up with dumbass DRM. Why would I want a bunch of songs off someone else's computer anyway? There are some obvious workarounds on that.

Also, how do you take songs off the ipod?

by 1 » Fri Jan 01, 2010 18:09:52

senuti

by **dajafi** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 18:19:20

TenuredVulture wrote:
Slowhand wrote:
TenuredVulture wrote:I think this idea that itunes is easy to use is a myth. The ipod itself seems well designed, but my brother in law put a bunch of songs on Lil' Vultures new ipod, and when I tried to add some songs from my own computer (songs I have legally acquired, by the way) it's not letting me insisting that the ipod isn't "synced" to this computer, and the only way to sync it is to erase the ipod and start over again. That seems pretty $#@! up to me.

They do this so that you don't go around stealing $#@! from everyone's computer.

But nothing was stolen. So, basically, Apple takes a nice, intuitive design, and $#@! it up with dumbass DRM. Why would I want a bunch of songs off someone else's computer anyway? There are some obvious workarounds on that.

Also, how do you take songs off the ipod?

Every time you sync, the iPod checks what songs/playlists you want on there against what's already on there. So if you want to take songs off, you just edit the lists, and when it re-syncs those songs aren't put on.

by **TenuredVulture** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 18:39:54

dajafi wrote:
TenuredVulture wrote:
Slowhand wrote:
TenuredVulture wrote:I think this idea that itunes is easy to use is a myth. The ipod itself seems well designed, but my brother in law put a bunch of songs on Lil' Vultures new ipod, and when I tried to add some songs from my own computer (songs I have legally acquired, by the way) it's not letting me insisting that the ipod isn't "synced" to this computer, and the only way to sync it is to erase the ipod and start over again. That seems pretty $#@! up to me.

They do this so that you don't go around stealing $#@! from everyone's computer.

But nothing was stolen. So, basically, Apple takes a nice, intuitive design, and $#@! it up with dumbass DRM. Why would I want a bunch of songs off someone else's computer anyway? There are some obvious workarounds on that.

?

Also, how do you take songs off the ipod?

Every time you sync, the iPod checks what songs/playlists you want on there against what's already on there. So if you want to take songs off, you just edit the lists, and when it re-syncs those songs aren't put on.

If I sync, it will erase all the songs that are there. I don't want to erase all the songs, just some of them.

by **pacino** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 18:42:19

is one a mac and one a pc

by **jerseyhoya** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 18:42:51

I've been threatening to shower for more than two hours now.

by **TenuredVulture** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 18:44:11

pacino wrote:is one a mac and one a pc

There's no mac. Just an ipod nano with some songs my brother in law loaded on it and a pc.

by **dajafi** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 18:46:55

Ah--I get it now. You're syncing with your entire collection.

After your iPod is plugged in and you click on the device in your iTunes nav bar, click the Music tab at the top of the screen. Under "Sync Music," you can sync "Entire music library" or "Selected playlists, artists and genres." Select the latter option, then pick the artists or playlists you want to put on there.

by **TenuredVulture** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 18:54:30

dajafi wrote:Ah--I get it now. You're syncing with your entire collection.

After your iPod is plugged in and you click on the device in your iTunes nav bar, click the Music tab at the top of the screen. Under "Sync Music," you can sync "Entire music library" or "Selected playlists, artists and genres." Select the latter option, then pick the artists or playlists you want to put on there.

But how do I get some songs, but not others, off the ipod?

Do people really think this syncing thing is easier than just using windows?

Is there a way when you plug in the ipod to look at the files on it and delete the ones you don't want? Or can you delete songs before you plug in the ipod, like with the video of my thumb we shot?

by **dajafi** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 19:03:57

You're not taking anything "off" the iPod. Think of it as overwriting a file or program, or replacing one version of a file or program with another.

by **Wizlah** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 19:19:35

Finished my final day's work. Have od'd on curry. Deliberated on watching 24 hour party people but settled on hot fuzz instead.

by **TenuredVulture** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 20:15:51

So, once something is on the ipod, it's there forever. There's no way to take a file off an ipod? It turns out I have an 8 second video of my thumb, I want to take it off, but I can't?

Did they geniuses at apple simply forget to install a delete key?

by **TenuredVulture** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 20:30:50

Why is an ipod twice as expensive as a much easier to use mp3 player?

This really is a frustrating device.

by **TenuredVulture** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 20:48:05

I seem to have figured something out. But wow, what a pain.

by **Woody** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 20:56:45

you're too old for this kind of technology dude. i'm amazed you even know how to post here

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