[MacDV] iMovie files and iPod Photo

[ShirleyK]

As others have said, it's an external hard drive, but not right out of 
the box. It will most likely be configured to open iTunes. When the 
icon of the iPod appears in the lower right corner, click it to go to 
the preferences. Then select the "Manually manage songs and playlists" 
radio button. iTunes will remind you that you have to eject it manually 
before disconnecting it. In OS 9, this mean dragging it to the trash. 
In OS X you can do that, but it's easier to click the little eject 
symbol in Panther or right-click it and select eject. (Control click if 
you're using a one-button mouse) There's also a check box for Enable 
disk use. I never mess with that, so I don't know if it's the default 
to be checked.

I have no idea what you'd do if you connected it to a system without  
iTunes.

Some people have turned them into emergency boot disks, but Apple 
doesn't recommend that either. Anything that keeps them running 
continuously is not encouraged. I play classical music, most of which 
is longer than 4 minutes per "song," so I get less battery life that 
way.

There's another device that has a bigger and better display (according 
to dpreview). It's oriented to photographers, unlike the Photo iPod.

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0410/04101203epson_p2000.asp

If you want a data/photo tank consider the Epson. If you primarily want 
a music player that does a couple other things, then you probably want 
the iPod.

Shirley

On Nov 4, 2004, at 11:46 AM, K wrote:

>  Fabian Ius wrote:
>
> Greetings,
>
>  getting back on topic to MacDV stuff...
>
>  I think I remember reading that earlier iPods could store "other" 
> stuff on it such as iMovie-related files since there was a Firewire 
> connection to a Mac.
>
>  My question is whether an iPod Photo could also be used as an 
> external hard drive to store/transfer iMovie files from one computer 
> to another.
>
>  Yes or No?
>
>  And how simple is it to store video files?  I'm assuming since it is 
> a "hard drive", that once it is connected, any Mac with OSX should see 
> it, right, and then simply drag the files over to the iPod ?  
>
>  How about in OS9?
>
>  Just thinking of all the positive ways to use this new product for 
> several different functions.
>
>  I don't have the time right now to search the Apple site for this 
> info.
>
>  thanks in advance
>
> My son has a 30gig 3rd gen ipod that he has used to store a backup of 
> 10.3.5 on...along w/ dvd movies, work files and a load of 
> music...Haven't tried to put photos on it yet...
>  Regards,
>  Mike K
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