syncing iTunes
I'm sure that on the release of iTunes 7 I saw something about users being able to register their computers so that their iTunes library remained in sync across machines. But since, no mention of how to do it or the feature. Does nayone know about this? I have an iMac and MacBook and it would be very hand if my iTunes library 9and iPhoto library come to that) could be kept up-to-date on both machines.
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You need an iPod for it.
Really? Well I have one - is there a means of letting the 'older' library know through my iPod and it automatically syncing like that? Also, what has happened to the movie trailers section on the iTunes Store, it has vansihed in the UK - or appears to have
From what I understand, it only syncs iTunes-purchased songs. It didn't sound that way when Jobs mentioned it, but that's what the iTunes website says. Much less useful. Of course, you can always move your library with your iPod acting as a hard drive. I don't understand why you couldn't sync your entire library though.
Ah ok. Yes, that is useful - but not the whole cigar. I wonder if the next release of iLife will contain it? I would love to have a Home folder or some such that automatically updates between my two systems, so that all my Documents and photo and music libraries are present on both. I'd have thought it is a little remiss of Apple not to have added this to either each application, iSync or .Mac by now ...
From what I understand, it only syncs iTunes-purchased songs.
That was a major disappointment for me. Sync'ing* my home and office iTunes collections is a bit of a hassle, and I really had my hopes up when I heard that announcement, especially since I had a brand-new 80GB iPod to carry music from home to work, and I never took it to mean that only iTunes purchases would sync. I brought my iPod into work, all ready to see the magic update occur... and nothin'. I had even signed into my iTunes account, which I thought was the only key to make this work, and nothing happened.
I had no new purchases that hadn't been manually sync'ed* already at that time -- it was all home CD rips that needing to be updated.
*What is the correct present participle for "sync"? Past tense? "Syncing" and "synching" both look wrong to me, as do "synced" and "synched".
*What is the correct present participle for "sync"? Past tense? "Syncing" and "synching" both look wrong to me, as do "synced" and "synched".
Sorry to be an English graduate ... BUT (!) my guess is that as 'sync' is the abbreviation of 'synchronise' then one would talk about how 'I was sync'ing' or 'sync-ing' and how 'I had sync-ed'. I would not use the 'h' as Apple have dropped it from their abbreviation. One doesn't need the hyphen, indeed an apostrophe would be more accurate, but a hyphen looks better in my view.
Anyway, back to the task in hand. Can we/should we email Apple concerning the want for this feature? I can understand with digital rights the potential difficult for iTunes, but none at all for the rest of the Home folder when one would own the photos and documents.
Anyway, back to the task in hand. Can we/should we email Apple concerning the want for this feature? I can understand with digital rights the potential difficult for iTunes, but none at all for the rest of the Home folder when one would own the photos and documents.
I had thought the point of having to sign into your iTunes account wasn't because the syncing was only for iTunes purchases (as it turned out to be), but as a way to both encourage people to set up an iTunes account if they didn't have one, and to verify (albeit in a loose sense) that the music was being transferred for the use of the same person.
If the syncing were made to work the way I'd hoped it would work, keeping the iTunes account sign-in requirement should be enough to give Apple a defense against any RIAA complaints about such a feature.
I would not use the 'h' as Apple have dropped it from their abbreviation.
'Has.' "Apple has dropped it...," not 'have.' (I think.)
But yeah, I was happy and surprised when Jobs said that at his presentation, and disappointed when it didn't turn out to be what it seemed. There are plenty of tools out there that let you sync your iPod both ways, but it would have been nice to have it built-in to iTunes.
And I can't imagine why, if the computer is registered, you can't sync everything. Must be the RIAA-types.
'Has.' "Apple has dropped it...," not 'have.' (I think.)
They're both correct.