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.
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§ ita § - Mar 10, 2005 5:12:36 am PST #1978 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
tiggy - Mar 10, 2005 5:20:26 am PST #1979 of 10003
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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?
§ ita § - Mar 10, 2005 5:25:38 am PST #1980 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
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.
Gris - Mar 10, 2005 5:29:12 am PST #1981 of 10003
Hey. New board.
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.
le nubian - Mar 10, 2005 5:42:42 am PST #1982 of 10003
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Jon B. - Mar 10, 2005 5:43:21 am PST #1983 of 10003
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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!
le nubian - Mar 10, 2005 6:12:39 am PST #1984 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
tiggy - Mar 10, 2005 6:20:57 am PST #1985 of 10003
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
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.
Gris - Mar 10, 2005 6:25:03 am PST #1986 of 10003
Hey. New board.
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.
tiggy - Mar 10, 2005 2:14:30 pm PST #1987 of 10003
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
If you change it to manual mode, you'll be able to copy the songs from work to your iPod.
how do i do this?
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!
I feel like you are all speaking a different language. really i'm not this slow... *sniff*
this is really going to be a problem if i don't get the syncing thing fixed before i get my computer up and running again...