[iTunes] iPods not accessible in iTunes

[Michael Prete]

David Wilson wrote:
> I'm teaching a class where I have students bringing in different  sound 
> and music to play in class. When I plug their iPods in,
> iTunes shows the iPod, but all their music is greyed out and  unplayable 
> - is there some preference setting that's doing this?
> this has happened on a mini and a 3rd or 4th gen iPod.
> 

Apple had to convince the music distributors that the  iPod would not be 
used to steal music. Each iPod can only be synched to one computer. You 
cannot use an iPod to transfer music from one computer to another 
(unless you download some hacker programs to defeat this feature).

You can *play* the music through the school's Mac (if you need to) by 
connecting the iPod to the Mac. iTunes will open if it isn't already 
open. There will be a button on lower right corner of iTunes window with 
an icon that looks like an iPod. If you click it, you will open a window 
to set iPod preferences. If you click on "Manual Update", the contents 
of the iPod will change from grayed out to regular and you will be able 
to click on specific tracks and play them.

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Michael Prete

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