[P1] 9.2 vs the iPod

[bob.virzi at verizon.com]

Thanks, will do.  I take it iTunes is an X thing, which is why the 
requirement to upgrade to X.

But how come I can just drag them over from a PC, and have them work 
fine?  There isn't iTunes running on the PC.  It just seems like an 
odd asymmetry to me.

>What you're doing there is using the iPod as a firewire drive. In 
>order to use it as an mp3 player you must use iTunes to put your 
>music on there.
>
>Delete the files you have already put on there and go to iTunes and 
>choose "sync with iPod" from the menu if it doesn't do it 
>automatically. If you have more music than you have space on the 
>iPod then turn off auto sync and drag music (or playlists) over to 
>the iPod manually.
>
>The iPod will appear in the iTunes playlist window near the top 
>underneath the Library. This is the only way to get music to appear 
>in the iPod's playlist - however, you will not see the mp3s on the 
>iPod when you look at it in the Finder (they are stored in a hidden 
>folder on the iPod's HD which is relatively trivial to access but 
>deters the average user from sharing his mp3s with a friend).
>
>Joe
>
>On Thursday, Aug 28, 2003, at 15:17 Europe/London, 
>bob.virzi at verizon.com wrote:
>
>>Major bummer.  My daughter just picked up the new 3rd gen iPod, and 
>>it doesn't play well with my 9.2 iBook.  To add insult to injury, 
>>it worked fine with my son's Windows PC.  =8-0
>>
>>First, I'm not sure why it doesn't work.  If you drag over MP3s 
>>they appear on the hard drive, but don't show up in the playlist. 
>>Is it just something as simple as a missing .mp3 extension?
>>
>>But this is an iBook list, so my real question is if I have to go 
>>ahead and upgrade my dual firewire iceBook, can I just go pick up 
>>the CD at compUSA and convert?  I guess I was due anyway, so I'm 
>>wondering what is the least painful way to switch over.
>>		-Bob
>>