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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...


§ ita § - Mar 10, 2005 2:15:56 pm PST #1988 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I feel like you are all speaking a different language. really i'm not this slow... *sniff*

Ephpod is an applicable third party app.

how do i do this?

From apple:

Manual Mode. Take total control over the contents of your iPod by dragging individual songs to create your own custom playlists. This lets you decide when you want to update your iPod (it will not be affected by any changes in your music library). To switch to Manual Mode, connect the iPod to your Mac with the FireWire cable, click on the iPod Options button, and select “Manually manage songs and playlists.”


tiggy - Mar 10, 2005 2:51:44 pm PST #1989 of 10003
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore

thanks, ita! hopefully that did it and i can transfer my files from the work computer tomorrow.


DebetEsse - Mar 10, 2005 7:39:26 pm PST #1990 of 10003
Woe to the fucking wicked.

Maybe it's the 11:38 at night. But I can't really make sense of the Apple Support site.

My iBook is, when I turn it on, either 1) Making the start up sound, going to grey, then to black, or 2) sing a pretty note and flash its light at me while coming up grey and then going black.

It was working earlier. I played snood on it. Gah. Help?


NoiseDesign - Mar 10, 2005 9:32:18 pm PST #1991 of 10003
Our wings are not tired

If you've got extra memory in your iBook yank it out and see if the problem goes away. It may be a bad memory chip.


Steph L. - Mar 11, 2005 5:00:15 am PST #1992 of 10003
I look more rad than Lutheranism

My iBook is, when I turn it on, either 1) Making the start up sound, going to grey, then to black, or 2) sing a pretty note and flash its light at me while coming up grey and then going black.

The first place I always check is MacFixit.com. Lots of good stuff.

A few good LJ resources to check are:

The LJ OS X community: [link]

The LJ Macintosh community: [link]

The LJ iBook community: [link]

There's a lot of crossposting between those LJ communities, but there's still a lot of helpful info. Out of the three, the OS X community might be your best bet.


§ ita § - Mar 11, 2005 5:14:37 am PST #1993 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I just got an e-mail from the Domain Update Center kvetching (TITLE 15, Sec 1125. False descriptions, and dilution of Trademarks and the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP)) about a domain I don't own (ovalworks.us -- I have ovalworks.com).

Googling has made it clear it's a scam to encourage me to buy the .us variant, but I thought I'd give a heads up here.


Lilty Cash - Mar 11, 2005 6:22:03 am PST #1994 of 10003
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."

I went vicariously computer shopping with a friend last night. She ended up with an Averatec (sp?). It was, by all appearances, ridiculously good for the price she paid. Has anyone heard of them or ever had one?


Jon B. - Mar 11, 2005 6:57:31 am PST #1995 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

PC Magazine gives one of their laptops a good review.


Lilty Cash - Mar 11, 2005 7:03:21 am PST #1996 of 10003
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."

That one was very much like hers, but she has an 80 GB hard drive and a DVD-RW. Still under a grand, and very small.

Jealous now.