Sharing my library I want to get iPods for both my daughter and I, but have heard that you cannot share music. Is that true? I find it hard to believe that I would not be able to buy music in iTunes that we can both put on our iPods? Do we actually each have to have a computer, each have itunes and then buy music we both want twice? Sharing my library I want to get iPods for both my daughter and I, but have heard that you cannot share music. Is that true? I find it hard to believe that I would not be able to buy music in... » Read More Sharing my library I want to get iPods for both my daughter and I, but have heard that you cannot share music. Is that true? I find it hard to believe that I would not be able to buy music in iTunes that we can both put on our iPods? Do we actually each have to have a computer, each have itunes and then buy music we both want twice? « Show Less
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We might have the same problem! here is the link to the apple support page which might help.http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1495good luck!
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I keep all my music on an external drive.....and I have 2 different iPods (a classic for ALL my music and videos, and a nano for certain playlists for workouts and travel)......by setting the playlists to manually sync (as suggested above) for whatever iPod is designated, you can control what goes on what, and allow each one to have a different set of music/videos on them.
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You will have to put into the itunes program. Then you can put them on the ipod. They have to be in itunes first because it converts the songs into the type of format that the ipod can use. The can't read MP3s.
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I've never understood those services... sure they can put the music on your iPod for you, but what happens when you have to restore your iPod and you don't have all of that music back-up in iTunes on your computer. Do you have to pay someone to do it all over again?
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I just bought my first apple product and talked to the sales person about that very thing. From what I understand you can only use itunes downloads on apple product. However, if you can make CDs from your itune files you can turn around and load them on your computer and put them on an MP3. I have every CD I every bought on my computer and put them all on my MP3. However, I can not recommend buying this product because mine never worked right. I can't turn up the volume enough to hear it well through headphones or speakers. I have bought one of these brand new and they are a good product but this one is reconditioned and it must not have been done right. :/ I just bought my first apple product and talked to the sales person about that very thing. From what I understand you can only use itunes downloads on apple product. However, if you can make CDs from your itune files you can turn around and load them on your computer and put them on an MP3. I have every CD I every bought on my computer and put them all on my MP3. However, I can not recommend buying this product because mine never worked right. I can't turn up the volume enough to hear it well through headphones or speakers. I have bought one of these brand new and they are a good product... » Read More I just bought my first apple product and talked to the sales person about that very thing. From what I understand you can only use itunes downloads on apple product. However, if you can make CDs from your itune files you can turn around and load them on your computer and put them on an MP3. I have every CD I every bought on my computer and put them all on my MP3. However, I can not recommend buying this product because mine never worked right. I can't turn up the volume enough to hear it well through headphones or speakers. I have bought one of these brand new and they are a good product but this one is reconditioned and it must not have been done right. :/ « Show Less
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A really good MP3 player that I have come across is the SanDisk Sansa e280 8 GB MP3 player. It is a little more expensive than most (I think new it's about $149.99, may be cheaper), however it lasted me about 7 years. It probably would have lasted me longer, except a friend borrowed it and left it in the rain. It is a pretty high quality player. Now on to the itunes issue. Itunes has basically made it so that you can't download music from them onto something that isn't apple, except a desktop computer. I received an itunes gift card once and did not own anything by apple. I downloaded itunes onto my computer easily and then bought a few songs. I did a lot of research and tried and tried to sinc the music onto my MP3 player, but nothing was working. Finally, I tried to download my songs onto a disc, which worked. Then I proceeded to upload that disc onto a different media player (Windows Media Player) on my computer that allowed me to download songs onto my MP3 player. All in all it was a very frustrating and difficult process. If you want to avoid the frustration of having to deal with itunes, I would just get an apple ipod, ipod touch, or something that apple allows itunes to download to. If you really want an MP3 player I would recommend the one I highlighted above.
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On Windows, you can set up separate user accounts. These separate user accounts use different directories in iTunes, so each of you will have your own song list without each other's music to sync your iPod to.
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Yes you can buy music from any place and store it in I-tunes. You can also add existing libraries or CDs to the I-tunes. But, you can only use I-tunes as an orginizational system to put things on the shuffle.
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I have the same question as I would like to send one to my parents in Europe. Does anyone know the answer? Also, Can you play the same music through airplay on more that one unit simultaneously? (If I had one in different rooms, would they all play the same thing I launch ?)
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The latest version of itunes requires a more up to date software so you will not be able to dwn load the latest itunes. You can find older versions but the problem u will encounter is that a lot of the songs as well as overall functionality of the current itunes might not be compatible for certain things. Maybe some tech person can suggest a way around cuz I couldn't find one.
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Thanks for your advice. The flip side of the beauty of not being locked into iTunes sounds like I would have to purchase a whole new library though, if I was not able to transfer from iTunes. True? And how would I be able to transfer music off my CD's into a Sansa?
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Get ANYTHING except a ipod and you'll have no problems syncing or transferring mp3s. I recommend getting a cheap $20 player, so when it breaks(and it will) you're not out a crapload of money. Also, you don't have the problem of itunes deleting your music like it has been known to do.
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Itunes only allows to sync to one computer at a time. As far as the cd question goes, to transfer music to any apple product you need to first transfer the songs to iTunes an use their software to transfer the songs to your iPod.
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Yes, there is an option to enable itunes sharing and there is also an option to enable Twonky media server which lets you share music to any device outside of itunes.
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Marian, this statement is completely wrong. I Am a long time member of Audible and can download books onto my iPod. In fact Audible offer a large discount off an Apple player as a promotion to get you to join. Audible works seamlessly with iTunes.
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"I use the itunes store to download FREE video and audio PODCASTS. I dont buy my music from itunes because if something happens to my computer, I'm afraid I'll lose all those tunes I bought."You can back up your songs from iTunes on a disc.
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Most of the songs on my PC have been purchased through Napster or someplace similiar. Any music can be added to the itunes library and then in turn added to the Ipod Shuffle. They do not have to be purchased from ITUNES.
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I had to do a bit of head-scratching to figure it out, but once it fell into place, it's very easy. You load this from your iTunes library on your PC/Mac. Your library list has check-boxes for the tracks you want to put on your iPod (in case you don't want to copy your entire library). Click on the iPod tab on your computer screen and "synch" your iPod to your computer to copy the checked items to your iPod. (Be sure you don't accidentally click the "eject" icon, which is also on that tab. I learned that the hard way.) It's very similar to copying documents to a flash drive, just a little more menu-intensive. You control the whole thing from your computer, with the iPod plugged into a USB port. I had to do a bit of head-scratching to figure it out, but once it fell into place, it's very easy. You load this from your iTunes library on your PC/Mac. Your library list has check-boxes for the tracks you want to put on your iPod (in case you don't want to copy your entire library). Click on the iPod tab on your computer screen and "synch" your iPod to your computer to copy the checked items to your iPod. (Be sure you don't accidentally click the "eject" icon, which is also on that tab. I learned that the hard way.) It's very similar to copying documents to a flash... » Read More I had to do a bit of head-scratching to figure it out, but once it fell into place, it's very easy. You load this from your iTunes library on your PC/Mac. Your library list has check-boxes for the tracks you want to put on your iPod (in case you don't want to copy your entire library). Click on the iPod tab on your computer screen and "synch" your iPod to your computer to copy the checked items to your iPod. (Be sure you don't accidentally click the "eject" icon, which is also on that tab. I learned that the hard way.) It's very similar to copying documents to a flash drive, just a little more menu-intensive. You control the whole thing from your computer, with the iPod plugged into a USB port. « Show Less