Same time if I close mc11 down and reopen it. This whole process seems inefficient. I can only see a use for syncing if that is your intention - to delete files and make source pc equal in content to destination handheld. I don not see this possible when I have 100gb of music on my hard drive. I do not use smartlists necessarily to update the handheld.
Why does mc11 have to try to catalog everything on my handheld? For this syncing operation? What if, and I do, add songs to the handheld outside of mc11.
I would rather see a simpler approach. Windows explorer reads the contents immediatley. I want to transfer songs to the player and create playlists on the player. I should be able to drag a playist to the handheld. If the song in the playlist exists on the handheld mc11 does not need to copy it, all others it copies over. Playlist created (even if it is a smartlist playlist). Done. If I do not have enough room for new music on the handheld then it will be up to me to delete files to make room.