Anyone else have iTunes 7+?

Spring Heeled Jack · April 01, 2007, 06:49:53 AM

I avoided updating my iTunes and iPod software till this morning. I didn't care for how Apple changed the method of adding music to the iPod--it used to be a matter of simply updating and adding, &c., but now it's all about "syncing". Anyway, I figured I should get with the times and go ahead and update to iTunes 7.

So now I'm confused. If I choose to sync manually, I don't know how to add songs. If I go for auto syncing, I don't know how to remove them.

Can someone help me sort this out? I've had my iPod for nearly three years now, so it really bugs me that all of a sudden I'm made to feel like some sorta chump newbie.

Reepicheep · April 01, 2007, 07:33:23 AM

I seemed to do it by accident, but I created a new playlist with the songs I want on my iPod and had the iPod sync with that playlist.

All you need to do is click and drag songs from your library on to the new playlist, then on the iPod window, one of the tabs shows a selection of your playlists. Just select the one with your chosen songs.

That should work. I wasn't paying a huge lot of attention when I did it, but thats the gist I got.

Spring Heeled Jack · April 01, 2007, 09:50:33 AM

Ah...! You know, I've always overlooked the drag & drop function in iTunes. The rest is fairly simple after I realize that. Thanks, Reep!

Uncle Yuan · April 01, 2007, 09:51:04 AM

I find the help files for iTunes to be very complete. I do know that there is a setting that allows you to manually synch your iPod with the click and drag technique Reep mentioned.

Cardmaster · April 01, 2007, 11:45:04 AM

Are you a PC user? If so, welcome to the beautiful world of Apple; feel free to follow your intuition on how stuff should work. ^_^

...

sorry, I can only contain my smug Mac-user comments for so long. :-p

-CM

Spring Heeled Jack · April 01, 2007, 12:11:10 PM

Gee, you're an art student and smug for no reason. Who'd have guessed? :P

(Just kidding. My girlfriend's a graphic design major, and I get sooooo fed up with her friends' unfounded pretentiousness. I like art myself--it's the students who bug me!)

Cardmaster · April 02, 2007, 06:47:46 AM

Quote from: Spring Heeled Jack on April 01, 2007, 12:11:10 PM
Gee, you're an art student and smug for no reason. Who'd have guessed? :P

(Just kidding. My girlfriend's a graphic design major, and I get sooooo fed up with her friends' unfounded pretentiousness. I like art myself--it's the students who bug me!)

Hahaha, well, like I said, I try to keep it to a minimum. :P

UnfluffyBunny · April 02, 2007, 07:56:28 AM

Quote from: Cardmaster on April 01, 2007, 11:45:04 AM
sorry, I can only contain my smug Mac-user comments for so long. :-p

Meh, different strokes for different folks, I still have a 1 of 15 GW Ipod i'll never use, infact it's still sealed in its box :rolleyes:

the_ultimate_evil · April 02, 2007, 08:11:52 AM

Quote from: Spring Heeled Jack on April 01, 2007, 12:11:10 PM
Gee, you're an art student and smug for no reason. Who'd have guessed? :P

(Just kidding. My girlfriend's a graphic design major, and I get sooooo fed up with her friends' unfounded pretentiousness. I like art myself--it's the students who bug me!)

hey we're not all like that, some of us art students are just friggen lazy, hmph

Qwazy · April 02, 2007, 02:35:15 PM

Quote from: UnfluffyBunny on April 02, 2007, 07:56:28 AM
Quote from: Cardmaster on April 01, 2007, 11:45:04 AM
sorry, I can only contain my smug Mac-user comments for so long. :-p

Meh, different strokes for different folks, I still have a 1 of 15 GW Ipod i'll never use, infact it's still sealed in its box :rolleyes:

i explained to you that ipods are evil and stupid and "ohmy gawds!! i gots me a brand name im soo cool!111one !!" :P

Spring Heeled Jack · April 02, 2007, 05:42:41 PM

Says the person addicted to very, very popular games equally obsessed over by millions of others. :mellow:

Could a mod or someone lock this thread before it turns into another lame "I'm cool 'cause I don't follow that particular trend" thread? My problem's been fixed.

Midnight · April 02, 2007, 06:21:07 PM

I'm cool because I don't follow the popular trend of having threads locked!

... :P

Spring Heeled Jack · April 02, 2007, 06:33:31 PM

But you follow the sneak-a-post-in-before-it's-locked trend, you hip scenester, you! :D

Midnight · April 02, 2007, 06:57:03 PM

I'm offended now! *hits SHJ with a stack of vinyl*

UnfluffyBunny · April 06, 2007, 10:51:01 AM

Quote from: Spring Heeled Jack on April 02, 2007, 05:42:41 PM
Says the person addicted to very, very popular games equally obsessed over by millions of others. :mellow:

how can you compare a single pc game to a brand name :rolleyes:

(for the record, qwazy pre-ordered GW1 months before release so hardly following trends there buddy :rolleyes:)

Spring Heeled Jack · April 06, 2007, 03:05:35 PM

She can't predict painfully obvious trends? :P

Individual games (or movies, books, &c.) can become brands inof themselves.

the_ultimate_evil · April 06, 2007, 03:20:47 PM

bloody hippes, shut up

UnfluffyBunny · April 06, 2007, 04:23:02 PM

Quote from: Spring Heeled Jack on April 06, 2007, 03:05:35 PM
She can't predict painfully obvious trends? :P

Individual games (or movies, books, &c.) can become brands inof themselves.

a brand new game with no past history can be a painfully obvious trend :huh:
oh well, atleast she didnt go and start a big fansite with a cliche name with skill lists and polls about classes, I mean that would be bad @_@

Cardmaster · April 07, 2007, 06:33:47 AM

...so much for letting the topic of discussion die...

-CM

Charmed · April 07, 2007, 01:52:30 PM

Quote from: Spring Heeled Jack on April 01, 2007, 09:50:33 AM
Ah...! You know, I've always overlooked the drag & drop function in iTunes. The rest is fairly simple after I realize that. Thanks, Reep!

Dude! That is what iTunes is all about!

Protomorph · April 08, 2007, 12:35:27 AM

I used my wife mac lappy a few times. I follwed my intuition on how things should work. after THAT failed, I followed no logic at all, and actually lucked into working.

On iTunes: did you know, if you play an mp3 file off of a data disc, that iTunes automatically copies it to your hard drive, without even asking you if you want it to! How's that for service? Why play it from the disc, when there's a hard drive avaliable? Also, if you want to rip a cd with iTunes, it will rip into m4a format, even if you'd rather it didn't. Mp3's are good, heck, why not good old Wav? It doesn't have a good reason, really. But why would the user actually want to specify his settings, when the Mac has already done it for them?

the_ultimate_evil · April 08, 2007, 07:19:27 AM

the one thing i dont like itunes is that it forces you to use it. my mate installed it on his pc and used it but couldnt go back to other players because all of his songs had been converted

Spring Heeled Jack · April 08, 2007, 07:33:02 AM

There are ways to avoid that. I refuse to allow an M4A or any other Apple-encoded music file on my hard drive, and there never has been. I'm using a PC, though, so maybe it's easier for me. I don't know. I can't stand Macs.

Midnight · April 08, 2007, 10:07:05 AM

You're out of order! You're out of order! You're all out of order!

Damn you hipsters!

:P

Spring Heeled Jack · April 08, 2007, 10:41:15 AM

I'm the last person in the world to subscribe to hipsterism! My affinity for ELO proves that much. ;)

But I do really enjoy my iPod. It marries economic value, artistic access and the benefits of perambulation much better that I had thought possible. And it's not just my iPod; it'd be any sort of high-volume, rapid-access, portable music player that doesn't eat batteries like crazy. I've had more fun tripping around my town aimlessly, just listening to music, than I've had in a long, long time.