OSX (Tiger) and XP are currently sharing one iTunes library via MacDrive and some trickery but I'm gun-shy upgrading iTunes or moving to Leopard... [more inside]
posted on Mar 18, 2008 - 6 answers 
PCtoMacFilter: Is there an easier (faster) way to get my 37 gigs of music stranded on my PC formatted iPod onto my new Macbook than copying it to a PC with 3rd party software, burning it to dvds, and then ripping the dvds onto the Mac? Apple says "no," but please tell me they are wrong.
posted on Mar 15, 2008 - 14 answers
What is the best (or any) Mac software to put protected WMA audiobooks, from my local library via NetLibrary, on my iPod? [more inside]
posted on Dec 11, 2007 - 4 answers
When movies taken with a digital camera have been transferred to iPhoto, how to get one out to one's iPod to show around? [more inside]
posted on Oct 30, 2007 - 3 answers
My old iPod is behaving badly. Is there something wrong with it or something wrong with the tracks I'm trying to play? [more inside]
posted on Oct 8, 2007 - 5 answers
Mac / iPod / iTunes / Growl Filter: I would like to know when my iPod has completed synchronizing via Growl. Is there an existing Growl plugin module that I can use to do this? I have searched and found nothing. Am I just going to have to create a Automator or AppleScript to run when the synch is finished that notifies Growl?
posted on May 9, 2007 - 3 answers
I have a Windows-formatted ipod that I run a mac. I am having trouble manually adding artwork to my ipod. I am unable to add the artwork in itunes and then view it on my ipod. The artwork will show up in itunes, but not on the ipod. Any suggestions? Thanks for any help!
posted on Apr 24, 2007 - 6 answers
Itunes is not counting play counts and recently played tracks from my ipods.
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posted on Mar 23, 2007 - 7 answers
Is there a way to get songs off of a Mac-formatted iPod in Windows? [more inside]
posted on Feb 24, 2007 - 8 answers
I have an old shuffle. When I first got it, I could arrange its playlist on the iMac it syncs to without it actually being plugged in. This was fast, since it all happened on the computer. Then, I could plug in the shuffle and the actual synchronization would churn for about 30 sec (which I would not need to be present for). But in one of iTunes' famously regressive "upgrades," the ability to arrange tracks on my shuffle without it being plugged in vanished. Now, arranging tracks is a laborious process with delays between every user interaction. It sucks. No way am I buying a cute tiny colorful new one if it has the same crappy synchronization method. Does it?
(I'm aware of iTunes' ability to pick random tracks from my library. No thanks!)
posted on Jan 31, 2007 - 5 answers
A fairly simple iPod/iTunes question—when I plug in the iPod, I would like the browser on iTunes to automatically be there (so I don't have to press apple + b), and I'd like it to be arranged by album, by year (so I don't have to click the "year" field every time). Is this possible? Is there a setting that I'm missing?
posted on Jan 14, 2007 - 2 answers
I upgraded to itunes 7.0, not noticing all the negative reviews, and now everything is all screwed up. [more inside]
posted on Oct 2, 2006 - 6 answers
Had PC, got Mac, want to get ALL my songs + metadata off my iPod and into my Mac library. Have tried a few programs and they didn't work out exactly right. Your recommendations please! [more inside]
posted on Sep 11, 2006 - 8 answers
How can I listen to my mac-formatted iPod through my PC at work? [more inside]
posted on Aug 24, 2006 - 17 answers
Why does my mac (G4) refuse to play some of the songs that I've downloaded from legitimate music sites on the internet? [more inside]
posted on Aug 18, 2006 - 8 answers
My ipod will not upload photos...Music is no problem but at the end of the upload process, after is has completely gone through the new photo's from iphoto, I get a message that reads "ipod cannot be updated. The file (Name of my ipod) cannot be found. I then unplug, all music is there but photos are not. I work on a Mac PowerBook G4. Any suggestions?
posted on Aug 1, 2006 - 1 answers
I've got a few questions regarding playing audio & video on a Macbook Pro using its remote. [more inside]
posted on Jul 29, 2006 - 2 answers
Hello MetaFilter. This is my first question, so I thought I'd start with something easy. I'm looking for a a USB hub that runs off it's own adapter. Any recommendations? [more inside]
posted on Jun 16, 2006 - 6 answers
I have 90GB of mp3s on a hard drive and 27GB of mp3s on my 5th generation iPod. How do I determine which songs on my iPod are already present in my 90GB library, and which ones aren't, using a smart playlist? [more inside]
posted on May 27, 2006 - 6 answers
I'm a longtime PC user who is considering purchasing a Mac laptop for personal use. I'm relatively unfamiliar with Macs, and need advice! [more inside]
posted on Dec 27, 2005 - 34 answers
I have iTunes 5 installed on two machines, one at work, one at home, with my iPod set to sync automatically to the iTunes library on my home machine.
When using iTunes 4.x, I was able to attach my iPod to my work machine and then configure the iPod (in the iTunes preferences) to 'manually' update, rather than automatically, enabling me to play files directly off my iPod on my work machine. When I returned to my home machine, I would switch the home machine's iTunes/iPod settings back to 'update automatically', causing iTunes to update the files on the home machine with a new Last Played date and Play Count.
iTunes 5, however, seems to have a bug in this regard: it notes a random 10 or 15-song selection of tracks played via the work machine's iTunes 5, but that's all. A day's worth of listening to tracks isn't logged as played, messing up Smart Playlists that grab music I haven't heard in a while. 1) Is this unusual or universal 2) Any fixes? [more inside]
posted on Sep 22, 2005 - 4 answers
One iPod (60 GB). One PowerBook. One XP Box. One keswick. How do I keep all four happy? [more inside]
posted on Sep 12, 2005 - 9 answers
Can a Mac-formatted iPod and a Linux box play nicely together? [more inside]
posted on Sep 9, 2005 - 10 answers
any of youse ppls know where i can find an ok text-to-voice thingy on/for a mac?
if it is not native to the OS, then any cromulent freeware/open sauce tool would do embiggeningly :)
posted on Sep 7, 2005 - 17 answers
I just got a compact disc encrypted with XCP technology. How do I rip it to my Mac G5 computer (OSX 10.4.2)? I want to put the music on my iPod as well as run it on my music server here at home. I have Virtual PC if a Windows app is necessary.
posted on Jul 19, 2005 - 15 answers
Are there any other sites from which I can download music to my iTunes library on Mac OSX.3.8? The iTunes Music Store is missing a few of my favorites.
posted on Jul 6, 2005 - 10 answers
2 iPod users, 2 Macs- how do we share music? [MI]
posted on Jan 31, 2005 - 13 answers
MacPlungeFilter: I'm one of those "IPod users with a PC" who is thinking about taking the plunge to the other side by adding a Mac Mini to my home network. I don't want to clutter up AskMe with too much product-specific chatter, so my question is, where are some good message boards I can read to increase my knowledge, of Mac OS X in general and, in specific, what I will need to do to get the Mac to use fileshares and peripherals on my existing network. All the better if the denizens of the community are not hostile to incoming Windoze users.
posted on Jan 12, 2005 - 17 answers
Help! Running iCal from an iPod? (more inside)
posted on Nov 22, 2004 - 4 answers
Music software for OSX question: A band of which I am quite fond has posted bootlegs for one of their shows on their Web site, as avi videos. I want to be able to listen to the goodness on my iPod, but I can't find any software that will convert the audio from the avi files to mp3s. VersionTracker and download.com yield various shady, non-working shareware or freeware packages.
posted on Nov 14, 2004 - 7 answers
[MacWorldFilter] So, I finally decided to buy a 40 gig iPod after my last posting. However I've now found out that Toshiba have announced a 60 gig drive and are shipping insane numbers of them to Apple. Oh, and now it turns out that MacWorld is happening in Boston next month. My question is: What is the chance that Steve will announce a new iPod at this show? Do you think he will announce the same 4th Gen iPod with a bigger HD or that they'll go for a 5th Gen? If it would be launched, how long would it take to get to market in the USA (and then UK)? I understand that technology always moves on, but the last thing I want to do is buy something and then one month later it gets superceeded by something dramatically better.
posted on Jun 4, 2004 - 17 answers
Sharing your music and books and stuff that's on your iPod among different Macs you own: PodWorks is a classic, popular tool. Is there a better, newer software to get the most from your iPod and your Macs or is PodWorks still the way to go? thanks
posted on Feb 17, 2004 - 4 answers
