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This is not a bug, this is a feature...
Sep. 23rd, 2007 07:20 pmToday, thanks to a cold, I am doped out of my mind. So, I have done a mindless task that I've been putting off because it's so boring. My iPod is now synced with the new lap-top, not the old one.
Yes, that's right, thanks to a brilliant design decision by Apple, you can only sync to one PC, and as soon as you sync to a new one, it can't copy the library that's on the iPod down to the PC, it has to delete the lot and start from scratch. So I've copied the files from old laptop to a USB plug-in hard disc, then from said hard disc to new lap-top (wanted them there anyway), then uploaded into iTunes. Well, mostly. Only another gig or so to go...
Doing the copying while mindless is usefully turning a Bug into a Feature. I just wish Apple hadn't made that design decision while in the same mental state. FFS guys, this is a storage device that can play MP3s. What's so hard about a simple drag&drop interface instead of all this messing about? I don't WANT an extra copy of every file on there on my PC, in its own directory! I don't want a special application for doing the copying, I've got Windows Explorer for moving files. I just want to drag&drop a bunch of folders from PC to player, and have it play them!
Yes, that's right, thanks to a brilliant design decision by Apple, you can only sync to one PC, and as soon as you sync to a new one, it can't copy the library that's on the iPod down to the PC, it has to delete the lot and start from scratch. So I've copied the files from old laptop to a USB plug-in hard disc, then from said hard disc to new lap-top (wanted them there anyway), then uploaded into iTunes. Well, mostly. Only another gig or so to go...
Doing the copying while mindless is usefully turning a Bug into a Feature. I just wish Apple hadn't made that design decision while in the same mental state. FFS guys, this is a storage device that can play MP3s. What's so hard about a simple drag&drop interface instead of all this messing about? I don't WANT an extra copy of every file on there on my PC, in its own directory! I don't want a special application for doing the copying, I've got Windows Explorer for moving files. I just want to drag&drop a bunch of folders from PC to player, and have it play them!