I got my new 15GB iPod Sunday. It worked
very well with MC9, the first time I used it!
I had a "head start" on getting it to work, because I had been using MC9 with my old 20GB model. However, it remembered all of my settings and I was back up and running after one initial sync!
So, here's the step-by-step of what I did when I got home:
1. I put the CD in and
CANCELLED THE AUTORUN. Please don't skip this step.
2. I surfed to the following folder on the CD and ran
Setup.EXE:
E:\Program Files\Apple\iPodUpdater (E: is my CD-ROM).
This will install the updater and the iPod service, just like you would download from Apple if you could.
3. I ran the updater to format the iPod to FAT 32. You can't skip this step either. The iPod3's are shipped from the factory formatted HFS+ and Windows can't read 'em. If you followed step 2 above, the updater will be located in
Start > All Programs > iPod.
4. I launched MC9. First thing (besides the splash screen) that I saw was the "Your iPod isn't formatted for MC." dialogue. No worries. I formatted it (which took like a second and a half) and was immediately presented with the Autosync dialogue. I just hit OK and it started loading my new iPod up!
Everything works PERFECTLY -- the same as it did with my 20GB. Hope y'all have the same good luck as I did with your new ones!
Now dig this. Play a song on the new iPod. Now that it's playing, hit the center button twice. There's a screen that'll let you rate the current song from 0 to 5 stars.
I bet that this info is in the iTunesDB's database. The ratings that I program on my iPod do
not persist across reboots. They don't persist across syncs because MC9 is probably erasing them. They don't persist across mounts/dismounts either. I'm hopeful, though...
Steve, please research this and enable cross-talk between these iPods and MC9! That would be SO TOTALLY COOL!! MC would be the only way to use this feature on Windows (no ratings in MMJB) until iTunes for Windows comes out later this year. Woot!
PS: The playcounts file isn't 0 kb anymore, either,