G@ry

I just bought my first iPod. It's 20 GB and I have 24 GB of music. When I
first plugged it into my computer it automatically started downloading all
my songs up to 18.55 GB. Can I delete ALL the songs off of my iPod, and then
download what songs I want on there manually?

Thanks!

G@ry

Jeremy Nixon

G@ry <gdelcarlo@cox.net> wrote:

> I just bought my first iPod. It's 20 GB and I have 24 GB of music. When I
> first plugged it into my computer it automatically started downloading all
> my songs up to 18.55 GB. Can I delete ALL the songs off of my iPod, and then
> download what songs I want on there manually?

Yes; the easiest way to do this is to tell it to sync only "Selected
playlists", instead of "All songs and playlists", in the Music tab under
the iPod in iTunes. Then choose playlists you want to sync and it'll
take care of it. (You don't have to do anything to delete what's already
on there; it will handle that itself too.)

--
Jeremy Nixon | address in header is valid
(formerly jeremy@exit109.com)

Richard Crowley

"G@ry" <wrote ...
>I just bought my first iPod. It's 20 GB and I have 24 GB of music. When I
>first plugged it into my computer it automatically started downloading all
>my songs up to 18.55 GB.

This is why I call I-Tunes "USER VICIOUS". Or if that is too
strong for you, then it is at the very least incredibly arrogant.

It just assumes that it knows what you want and proceeds
to do it without asking (or frequently even telling) you what it
is doing. And with no recourse to stop it. I removed I-Tunes
from my computer less than 60 minutes after installing it. I
won't tolerate such misbehaving software.

Jochem Huhmann

"Richard Crowley" <rcrowley@xp7rt.net> writes:

> "G@ry" <wrote ...
>>I just bought my first iPod. It's 20 GB and I have 24 GB of music. When I
>>first plugged it into my computer it automatically started downloading all
>>my songs up to 18.55 GB.
>
> This is why I call I-Tunes "USER VICIOUS". Or if that is too
> strong for you, then it is at the very least incredibly arrogant.

Apple surely has some strong opinions how things should work.

> It just assumes that it knows what you want and proceeds
> to do it without asking (or frequently even telling) you what it
> is doing. And with no recourse to stop it.

It does what you have configured it to do, nothing else. Configure it to
sync only certain playlists or songs and it will do exactly that. Yeah,
the default is to sync everything, but if the default would be to sync
nothing, there would be people complaining about that, too.

> I removed I-Tunes from my computer less than 60 minutes after
> installing it. I won't tolerate such misbehaving software.

iTunes surely has its bugs and ugly corners, but *this* works just fine,
I think.


Jochem

--
"A designer knows he has arrived at perfection not when there is no
longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away."
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Hacienda de Ville

On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:57:07 -0700, "Richard Crowley"
<rcrowley@xp7rt.net> wrote:

>"G@ry" <wrote ...
>>I just bought my first iPod. It's 20 GB and I have 24 GB of music. When I
>>first plugged it into my computer it automatically started downloading all
>>my songs up to 18.55 GB.
>
>This is why I call I-Tunes "USER VICIOUS". Or if that is too
>strong for you, then it is at the very least incredibly arrogant.
>
>It just assumes that it knows what you want and proceeds
>to do it without asking (or frequently even telling) you what it
>is doing. And with no recourse to stop it. I removed I-Tunes
>from my computer less than 60 minutes after installing it. I
>won't tolerate such misbehaving software.
>
So what software do you use?

Thanks.

Richard Crowley

"Hacienda de Ville" wrote ...
> So what software do you use?

Anapod Explorer. I like it a lot.

BIC

"Richard Crowley" <rcrowley@xp7rt.net> wrote in message
news:13iim86ivfkjl54@corp.supernews.com...
> "Hacienda de Ville" wrote ...
>> So what software do you use?
>
> Anapod Explorer. I like it a lot.

ah but can it update the firmware on an ipod.

I also like the wording General Goodness............make a good military
commanders name that.

I use itunes for my ipods (nano and touch) and find it easy to use, it does
what I want and does not look like a typical windows
environment..........which makes a change.

Oh yes and its free.

Richard Crowley

"BIC" wrote ...
> "Richard Crowley" wrote ...
>> "Hacienda de Ville" wrote ...
>>> So what software do you use?
>>
>> Anapod Explorer. I like it a lot.
>
> ah but can it update the firmware on an ipod.

Now why would I want to do that? It appears to be working
just fine. I don't believe in "updating" something just because
the vendor wants me to. Its my gadget, not theirs. If it is broken,
I will fix it. Else I leave it run as-is.

I have a computer at home that hasn't been "updated" for
over 8 years. It still works just fine for the applications I use.

I guess I don't make a very good Apple sheep customer.
I'm quite comfortable with that.