I'd like to be able to rip and manage husband's music without it getting on my iPod.
If the only issue is iPod synching, then you can simply set up your iPod to synch with a playlist rather than your entire library.
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Jon B. - Aug 07, 2009 7:36:08 am PDT #10873 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
megan walker - Aug 07, 2009 7:44:53 am PDT #10874 of 25501
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Of course, what would be nice is to be able to decide what playlists to synch up before you connect the iPod.
Jon B. - Aug 07, 2009 7:57:48 am PDT #10875 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Of course, what would be nice is to be able to decide what playlists to synch up before you connect the iPod.
Set it to manually sync, rather than automatic. Then you don't waste any time with an initial synch after plugging in the iPod.
megan walker - Aug 07, 2009 8:11:26 am PDT #10876 of 25501
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Oh, I do, but if it's not fully charged you still have to wait. It just doesn't make sense to me that you can't access that tab when it's not connected.
Of course, I understand very few of the design choices made with iTunes/iPod.
I especially hate the wheel, so I'm constantly swtiching which playlists I load to keep them to a minimum.
Sean K - Aug 07, 2009 8:15:10 am PDT #10877 of 25501
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
You can in fact do two separate libraries, Dana. Drew does it to keep his music and sound effects separate. Unfortunately, I don't know how to do it, and Drew is on a cruise ship right now.
le nubian - Aug 07, 2009 8:16:45 am PDT #10878 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Dana,
can you tell us which you would prefer to do:
a) manage two separate itunes libraries
b) manage your ipods separately?
I can post links for "a" if you want them. I think there is info above for "b"
NoiseDesign - Aug 07, 2009 9:08:57 am PDT #10879 of 25501
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Hold down Option while launching iTunes and you get the option to choose a library. It's pretty easy actually.
Sean K - Aug 07, 2009 9:11:55 am PDT #10880 of 25501
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Same thing to create a new library?
Dana - Aug 07, 2009 9:25:20 am PDT #10881 of 25501
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Manage two separate iTunes libraries. I am the only one with an iPod.
I also like automatic syncing, and don't want to have to set up a playlist to manage what goes on the iPod. Maybe I forgot to mention that a crucial factor here is our inherent laziness.
Hold down Option while launching iTunes and you get the option to choose a library.
Is that Ctrl on a PC?
omnis_audis - Aug 07, 2009 9:32:01 am PDT #10882 of 25501
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When you hold option down while launching, it pops up with a "Quit, Create Library, Choose Library" buttons.
Not sure what Win button combo is. Possibly Alt.