Comments on: How many iPods can there be?

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 13:17:38 +0000

I think it does the same thing on mine, but re-importing them into your software of choice should handle the issue, as it takes the info from the ID3 tags. The munging of the filenames does suck, but it’s manageable.

By: kit-chen

kit-chen — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 13:04:17 +0000

as of my ipod, an admittedly older one, all the files get their filenames stripped (and replaced with random alphanumeric names) on the ipod’s hard drive. the id3 tags remain, but the folder and file names get munged up. perhaps this has changed recently?

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:49:38 +0000

Re: CW – AND pay for crappy coffee at the same time!

Re: Kitchen – I guess I don’t see the problem with copying songs off the iPod, but that’s because I keep the songs backed up on the computer anyway. A quick viewing of hidden files and folders would reveal the songs and allow them to be copied back and forth without iTunes, anyway. I hear you on the software – I like it, but it’s a personal preference matter.

By: kitchen

kitchen — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:36:23 +0000

honestly, i’ve grown to hate my ipod. i know you can use other mp3 managers than itunes… but i hate the way it kinda tries to reailroad you into itunes (which i think works great on a mac and sucks on everything else). i hate the way you have to use 3rd party software to copy songs OFF the ipod.

i have a cheapo usb thumbdrive-slash-mp3 player that attaches to my keychain. i think it’s a phillips brand. it is awesome… it plays music, records voice, gets radio, works like a portable hard drive, and lets me just copy mp3 files onto it like any other usb drive. basically every computer in the universe with USB port supports it and i don’t need any third-party software installed to use it.

it won’t play songs from the Apple Music Store… but i really don’t much use that anyway. most of my mp3s get ripped straight from my cd collection, and my OS of choice doesn’t have a version of iTunes anyway.

By: Captain Wrong

Captain Wrong — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 01:40:07 +0000

Yay. I can access the Apple Music STORE for free at Starbucks.

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