iPod question

[kirbypuckett]

Do you manually update your iPod or do you sync it?

I recently went through my iTunes library and deleted a ton of music. I also updated all of my artwork, ID3 tags, etc... In the past I never copied my entire iTunes library because it had a ton of excess stuff on it, but now I'd like everything to be on my iPod.

So, I'm curious as to what other people do.

If I sync it, will Last.fm automatically update?

[AlexH.]

I sync mine. There's really no good reason not to, unless you don't have the space (not a problem with a 160 GB iPod). There are supposedly applications that sync your iPod's playcount with last.fm, but I have yet to get one to work, which isn't a big deal for me as I'm usually at my computer anyway.

[scottheisel]

I manually sync it just because I have stuff on my iTunes (podcasts, for example) I know I'd never want to listen to on my iPod, as it's primarily used in my morning commute.

[¯\_(ツ)_/¯]

yeah, id like to know how to sync last/fm up with my ipod.

[brentoage]

manual sync FTW.

[kirbypuckett]

yeah, id like to know how to sync last/fm up with my ipod.

This is my main concern. I remember reading when I last installed Last.fm that it said if I used sync it would automatically work.

[partysmasher]

i sync everything, but once i have my iphone i'll just have a small selection on there, so it'll have to be manual... or synced from a folder that i update.

[tankerdesk]

I have a couple playlists that I sync to my iPod. as stated above there are podcasts and bands/albums I know I'd never listen to on my iPod so I just leave it off. I used to do the automatic sync, but searching for albums just got too tedious with every single album in my library. I def prefer the pared down approach.

[kirbypuckett]

I have a couple playlists that I sync to my iPod. as stated above there are podcasts and bands/albums I know I'd never listen to on my iPod so I just leave it off. I used to do the automatic sync, but searching for albums just got too tedious with every single album in my library. I def prefer the pared down approach.

I'm confused by your last statement.

Artist > Album

Why is that so tedious?

[mcm1610]

Yea, either someone doesn't know how to use their ipod or they are incredibly lazy.

[tankerdesk]

I'll go with lazy. Since I probably only listen to about 10-20% of my albums/mp3s on my ipod its pointless to have all my albums on my ipod. why scroll through artists/albums I wouldn't listen to.

[cadetapplesauce]

i manually sync mine. last.fm detects the tracks i played on my ipod though, and logs them.

[geezfools]

i sync everything, but once i have my iphone i'll just have a small selection on there, so it'll have to be manual... or synced from a folder that i update.

it has to be synced, no drag and drop like iPods. You have to make playlists for everything you want. It's such a pain in the ass compared to my nano. I'm getting used to it and trying to make smart playlists to make it easier so there is new stuff on there, but ugh, stupid...

[swank]

I put stuff on manually, just because when I first got an iPod, my computer had a much smaller hard drive than I have now and I didn't want mp3s taking up so much valuable real estate on my computer. So I would put them on the iPod and then delete them from my computer.

The only bummer to that is if my iPod decides to cack out one of these days (as it has in the past), I don't have any sort of back-up for it.

Also, much to my chagrin, you have to have iPhones on automatic sync, if you want to add more than 1 custom made ringtone. Pain in the ass.

[sgoodcore]

You don't have to sync everything if you don't want to. You can setup a smart playlist and just sync its contents. For my iPod touch I do sync but I just sync a selection of playlists.

[faith]

I sync mine. the stuff I know I don't want on there is unchecked in iTunes anyway.

[mediocore]

I manually do it... but that's mostly because I have an old 20gb iPod that won't come close to holding all my stuff.

[travis]

Does anyone know how to get a ipod to come up uner devices on itunes for a mac? I know you just plug it in and then its suppose to pop up but the first computer I hooked it up to was a PC and now I have a macbook and my ipod wont pop up when i plug it in. Ive heard if you first plug it into a PC it reformats itself to work with a PC. Anyone have any idea how I can get it to pop up on my mac?

[cadetapplesauce]

my old ipod was formatted for my PC, but i have since been able to work with it on a mac. is the software up to date? you can mess around with the settings and stuff on itunes, but aside from that i really don't know.

[travis]

Cool, thanks. I think Ill just have to mess around with it some more. Im a somewhat new mac user so Im not too familiar with how to do everything on there.

[kirbypuckett]

iPods show up on Mac and PCs these days, doesn't matter about formatting. I plug mine into my PC and my Macbook all the time.

[lex]

Every time I plug in my iPod it just automatically goes onto my last.fm, it's pretty awesome.

[swank]

Anyone know if you can plug both an iPhone and an iPod into iTunes at the same time, as long as their both on manually manage?

I imagine you could, I'm just overly cautious and haven't tried yet.

[skumbucket]

i manage manually because when it comes to music i couldn't be more anal.

also because i do a community radio show and 50-60% per cent of what i play i don't like very much, let alone would i actually want on my poddy.

[sonix]

manually.

Just because I dont like how the auto works.