Friends,
I went ahead and got a new IPod this weekend and decided to use MC11 to sync my files on it. I encountered some odd problems.
First, the syncing takes forever (I have a large library and I'm stuck for now with USB1). and on two occasions the computer appears to have turned itself off or reset itself in the middle of the night, and when I check to see what happened, I see (using Windows Explorer) that there are indeed music files on the IPod, but the IPod itself isn't able to see them using the menu and wheel. It's as if the files aren't there, as far as the IPod is concerned.
I can't check to see which files made it to the IPod, because (using Windows Explorer) the files are stored in various randomly assigned folders (F1-50), and the file names are truncated.
In addition, I have noticed that, when trying to sync again, MC11 is sending over duplicates of selected songs--again, as if the songs aren't there on the IPod. Indeed, when I try to review what is on the IPod using MC11's menu, MC11 doesn't list the songs that Windows Explorer says are on the Ipod hard drive.
Anyone encounter anything like this? I have Itunes on my computer, but it is turned off all the time and I de-selected the "start up Itunes when Ipod is connected" option.
Thanks as always for any help.
John