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I see iPods are the discussion lately but i have only scrolled the most recent replies as i am about 600 posts behind in this thread.
my question is, is it possible to use more than one computer/iTunes to upload songs to your iPod without erasing songs that you already have uploaded? if not i think i shall scream.
It is, as long as you don't synch your iPod to either PC. I tried this way for a while, but changes I made to the tags wouldn't populate to the iPod, and I ended up with duplicate songs, especially when moving playlists.
Ephpod may help.
hmmm...well obviously it is synced, but i don't know how i did it. how do i undo it? because i have about 300 songs uploaded to iTunes here at work and i'd really like to get them onto the iPod today. duplicate songs i could live with.
is that ephpod.com?
Ephpod's a product, but the site looks down.
I know that if your iPod is set up to sync, and you want to connect it to an iTunes on the Mac, you hold down the Option key when iTunes is launching.
Don't know how it works on the PC, though.
If you have your ipod synced to your home computer, then when you plug it into the new computer it should pop up an iTunes dialog box that says something like "iPod IPOD_NAME is already synced to another computer. Do you want to change the syncing to this computer, erasing the songs on it and replacing it with those on this one, switch it to manual mode, or ignore it?" or something to that effect.
If you change it to manual mode, you'll be able to copy the songs from work to your iPod. Sadly, you then will also have to copy music from your HOME computer to your iPod, rather than it automatically syncing, from that moment on.
Sadly, you then will also have to copy music from your HOME computer to your iPod, rather than it automatically syncing, from that moment on.
When you connect it to your home computer, you can easily switch it back to a synching mode.
t edit Ohh! But first, you'll want to use a third party app to copy the new songs from your iPod to the home PC, or else you'll lose the new songs when you re-synch!
If you have your ipod synced to your home computer, then when you plug it into the new computer it should pop up an iTunes dialog box that says something like "iPod IPOD_NAME is already synced to another computer. Do you want to change the syncing to this computer, erasing the songs on it and replacing it with those on this one, switch it to manual mode, or ignore it?" or something to that effect.
this didn't happen when i plugged the iPod into the computer, it happened when i brought up iTunes and went to update songs on iPod. same thing?
playing with ephpod now. maybe i can figure it out in between working.
Same thing. For me, iTunes opens automatically when I plug it in, so yeah.
I think that, with ephpod, it may be possible to do some advance syncing across two computers, as long as id3 tags are the same or very similar to avoid duplicates. I'm not certain, though.