Does it work with itunes? How many songs? Will I be able to transfer my songs onto this directly from itunes? Also, approximately how many songs will the iriver clix hold?
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No, you will not be able to sync this player directly with iTunes. There are two options for loading the Clix2 with music: the included synchronization software or the drag and drop method. Although as a word of caution, I don't believe ID tag organization will work if you use drag and drop (although drag and drop is great for easily loading pictures and videos). You're better off in this case using the included software to sync.Oh, and you won't be able to play protected songs purchased from iTunes. But all regular MP3s will play no problem (i.e., tracks you might have ripped from a CD). No, you will not be able to sync this player directly with iTunes. There are two options for loading the Clix2 with music: the included synchronization software or the drag and drop method. Although as a word of caution, I don't believe ID tag organization will work if you use drag and drop (although drag and drop is great for easily loading pictures and videos). You're better off in this case using the included software to sync.Oh, and you won't be able to play protected songs purchased from iTunes. But all regular MP3s will play no problem (i.e., tracks you might have ripped... » Read More No, you will not be able to sync this player directly with iTunes. There are two options for loading the Clix2 with music: the included synchronization software or the drag and drop method. Although as a word of caution, I don't believe ID tag organization will work if you use drag and drop (although drag and drop is great for easily loading pictures and videos). You're better off in this case using the included software to sync.Oh, and you won't be able to play protected songs purchased from iTunes. But all regular MP3s will play no problem (i.e., tracks you might have ripped from a CD). « Show Less
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Actually, you can put any mp3 bought on iTunes anywhere. There are programs to convert them to non-secure iTunes songs, and then you can right click > convert to mp3. Then drag it to your desktop, and you're ready to put it on your iriver Clix. Try Google-ing "itunes secure to nonsecure converter" (without the quotes).
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You can do it but alias with iTunes... You have to out a tick in the box where it is written to put manually the songs
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This product is designed to work only with iTunes and Apple iOS devices. If you can get the music to go through iTunes, it will work.
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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. :/
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Protip: No player (as far as I am aware of) requires proprietary software.Proof? I have an iPod nano sitting on my bed, now, that has music loaded onto it, none of which was loaded using iTunes. I used MediaMonkey. If your proprietary software forces you to buy new versions of songs you already have, then scrap the software, because chances are, it's not actually proprietary.
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thanks for the reply.. I ended up buying the sansa shaker mp3 player (I liked the idea of having a speaker option), for my 8 yr old niece this Christmas. I wish I didn't. It seems that if you have a Mac, and buy music on iTunes you, can't transfer it to an mp3 player, unless it is an iPod. ITunes music is in AAC format... you can't change it mp3 format. Mac apparently says that the sound quality is better.. I'm not so sure, and I am definitely disappointed that Mac doesn't at least give you the option. I'll just continue to let her use my old 2nd generation iPod.
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It doesnt work directly with Itunes, but you can drag music from your itunes library onto the device.
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Apps are available to convert Itunes files to MP3 or 4 files. Once you have done this you can put them on SD or USB drive. I use Synctunes.
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Just to clarify, music purchased from the iTunes Store will not work with this player. However, the iTunes software itself will probably work fine for managing a library of ripped music and other MP3's. (Just make sure and change iTunes' preferences to rip in a MP3 instead of AAC, if this player doesn't support AAC.) But the gift card isn't worth anything for this player.
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I'm waiting for a 128gb flash player that SOUNDS good, and can be loaded with a standard usb cable, and not requiring some proprietary software (read itunes). I test drove a 64gb ipod touch when it first came out, because my 16gb cowon iaudio7 is too small, but it sounded terrible, admittedly it was a stock set of tunes ripped at a low bit rate, but when I wanted to load up my own max bit rate tunes to it, the geniuses at the apple store couldn't fathom why someone would want to listen to tunes they'd ripped themselves, or how to make it happen. Hopefully someone raises the bar on storage space and sound quality, neither of which should be hard at this point. I wish someone would swing for the fences and do a flash 256gb player. I have to admit, I'm anachronistic, in that I don't want internet access, apps, videos, etc. just a gigantic music player that's not disk based (use it on a motorcycle, drop it constantly on the commute), that sounds fantastic and has great battery life. The more things a device does, the performance of each of those things suffers.
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Did it workout for you.Also, if I use this producy, will I have 2GB on top of the 2GB already in the player? Or is this for one set of songs and the one in the player another set?
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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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did you ever get an answer to this question? and do you know if you can stream itunes with either one?
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1- You Can Store The iTunes Library To It, But You Have To Open The Data Folder Every Time U Open Your Mac. 2- I Couldn't Find A Way To Stream From It.
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It is a bit bigger than the iPods. It is 2.25" wide 1.5" tall and .5" thick including the clip. Not as easy to operate but you can manage playlists and the music with Windows Media Player. I doubt it works with iTunes as nothing bout Apple products do. It works for what I need it for though, working out and at a lower price. I put a 64GB card in it too and it supports that. I don't use it with a card though, just use the internal 4GB memory which holds my gym playlists.
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I realize this may not work for everyone, but I have 2 daughters and we all three share the same i-tunes library on our desktop computer at home (which is backed up to an external hard drive for extra storage). We set up folders for each of us (Mom-workout, Mom-Old Jams, S-Country, S-Old Stuff, V-Disney, etc) and selected the "manual sync" option on our Ipods. You can have several Ipods on a library so it's really easy.... Then, we can drag and drop the songs from our library onto our individual play lists as we choose. When you plug in your Ipod, you select the playlists you want to sync only. It's pretty simple and convenient for us. AND, we are not purchasing duplicates or uploading CD's multiple times. Good Luck!
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This player doesn't support shuffle and iTunes sync you have to covert iTunes to mp3. With Itunes you rent your music and it is protected. I believe that it will only work with non-protected music files, hence the MP3. I would suggest using a free iTunes to MP3 converter like Koyote or Fre:ac. This will solve your problem.