<p>H and I are iPod newbies. Neither have ever had one, and neither have any interest in “wearing” one–we don’t walk around with music. However, we decided to get an iTouch for Christmas, in order to be able to move our music around to different houses, listen in the car, etc. ( we figured iTouch instead of iPod because for a few bucks more, it’s a back up wireless.)</p>
<p>I’d be interested in information on things like–music lists from different computers, different iTunes accounts, etc. Moving things from compute to computer, dealing with overlapping but not identical tastes, etc.</p>
<p>Any advice, experiences, warnings, tips, etc most welcome. Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>Right. not a phone. I have a bare-bones cell phone. H doesn’t have one. Just experience in more than one person using an ipod, several different computers, different tastes, etc. Perhaps there are no issues at all–I’m just wondering about how Itunes works, can it be on different computers, loaded separately, will different playlists conflict, will playing random bring up stuff I don’t care for, etc. Possibly naive, non-questions. I don’t know. That’s why I’m asking.</p>
<p>I am not a techie but I do know that you have to use one computer for the itunes account because when I try to charge my ipod from my work computer it wants to synch it to an old playlist I had on that computer. I quit trying to figure out how to make sure it doesn’t do that and now only charge the ipod from my home computer…if I’m wrong about this I am sure someone will correct me
You can definitely create one itunes account with two separate playlists and then whichever one of you is using the device can listen to their playlist…or even three (one for everything you both like) and one for each of you.</p>
<p>I’d be interested in information on things like–music lists from different computers, different iTunes accounts, etc. Moving things from compute to computer, dealing with overlapping but not identical tastes, etc.</p>
<p>Keep all of your music library on one computer. If you attach an ipod to a computer that wasn’t the one it originally 'sync’ed with, it will erase the library and start imputting the new one in. </p>
<p>Just make playlists – it’s easy and can be done for every occasion. It’s also ideal for the car, because then you aren’t being unsafe by scanning for the next song you want. My mom is particularly proud of her playlists, which she sorts by occasion to include Chillin’, Grillin’, and Cruisin’ (seriously).</p>
<p>Perhaps you can just turn off auto synch… I manually synch my ipod… and I too am interested in the itouch for the wireless features…I think it has a better web interface than a blackberry does…I like my blackberry as my phone but am thinking of replacing my ipod with an itouch…I haven’t explored 1 device with 2 different accounts… though they have family sharing now? so you can have different itunes accounts on 1 computer (probably a relatively recent one with large disk?) or on a home network… we have used ipod copy software in the past to get items off 1 ipod onto another’s library and it works just great…</p>
<p>make sure you turn off autosync on the itunes on diff computers (or else itll delete the songs currently on the ipod and put the current computers) and manually add songs to your ipod. From then you can create two playlists, add the songs you want to each playlist and you can play the music from there.</p>
<p>You can create as many playlists as you want. Your husband could have five and you could have 20. </p>
<p>I’m not sure the iTouch (or any iPod) is the best device to use to transfer music from one computer to another (other than on a one-time basis). I’d ask Apple about that. </p>
<p>You can have up to five computers authorized to use one iTunes account. I’m pretty sure that a song that you get from your own CD can be on as many computers as you want, but songs that you get from iTunes can only be on 5 computers. </p>
<p>You can have more than one iTunes account on a computer, so you and your husband could have separate iTunes accounts. </p>
<p>I would also use manual synch if you are using more than one computer.</p>
<p>The other consideration when looking at iPods vs. iTouch is their capacity. If you have a really big CD collection and plan on loading all of it onto an MP3 player, you might want to make sure the iTouch is big enough. </p>
<p>The advantage of an iTouch is that you can use almost all the applications available for iPhones.</p>
<p>If I were you, I would go into an Apple store and have a chat with a salesperson about your desire to move music around, use multiple computers, etc. If you don’t want to do it in person, call Apple with all the questions. I’ve had to deal with numerous Apple people in the last few months, and have found them to be almost uniformly informed and helpful. It is difficult to explain some of this stuff without having iTunes open in front of you.</p>
<p>With the new version of iTunes (I think it is v9), you are able to “share” music between computers if they are on the same wireless network. It is referred to as “home sharing”. For example, I can “see” my son’s library (that resides on his laptop) when I am on itunes (on MY laptop), and import songs to my library if I want to. It makes it really easy to transfer music between computers.</p>
<p>You can’t use iTouch, iPod or iPhone to transfer music from one computer to another. You could upload music to those devices, but not to download so easily (I say that because it can be done, but not for a non techie).</p>
<p>If you want something for music/movies, iTouch is not the way to go, you would be better off with iPod. iTouch is more useful for games, internet (wifi), emails.</p>
Yes, I just discovered this feature when I updated my iPod Touch 2 weeks ago. It’s not entirely clear to me how it works, but D figured it out when she was home for Thanksgiving, and immediately started taking some of my music for her iPod. Also, since my Touch is the first version, I paid $4.95 to add the software that lets me put apps on it. That’s fun, but I don’t want to take up too much room with that stuff, vs music. Since my iPod was a gift, I can’t complain – but if I was going to buy one, I’d get the higher capacity.</p>
<p>Oldfort, why do you say that the iTouch is not as good for music and movies? I understand the internet/games/email capability would be better…but how is it worse for music and movies? Just based on raw size of its capacity? or do you prefer the center wheel of the traditional iPod interface? Just curious… if I were to get an iTouch, my H is planning on taking over my iPod classic (80G) and from what you say, I may want to keep both!! So selfish, yes? Thanks for any further explanations…</p>
<p>It’s really a capacity issue. When ther is too much on iTouch(or iPhone) it slows things down. I don’t have that many songs so I only use the iPhone, but both of our kids keep iPhone and iPod (they got iPod before iPhone came out). They have a lot of movies and music. There is no way they could keep all on their iPhone. They have also told me that iPod sounds a little bit better, but probably not noticeably.</p>
