I just bought my first Ipod a couple of weeks ago while in NY (by the way, the Apple Store in 5th Ave. is worth a visit, but you'll find better prices down at J&R). It's a 60 GB white Ipod and this is my first handheld device
Following the advice that I read somewhere in the forum a while back, I did not install iTunes at all. Instead, I just started MC 11.1 (in my laptop) with the Ipod plugged in. I transferred the whole library that I had carried with my in the laptop, around 1,000 songs.... and it was great to see them all in the Ipod playing perfectly with the cover art displaying. All my cover art is stored in the files themselves.
When I got home, I just plugged the Ipod in my main computer and started MC.12 It detected the device (changed the name that I have given to it in the laptop, though) and I got rid of all the songs. Selected a smartlist that I created for my Ipod, which I smartly named "Ipod smartlist"
, that contains all the 4 and 5 rated songs (around 7,500 circa 45 GB), synchronized the playlist and the songs were copied to the device in a few hours.
Just have a few questions that probably have an easy answer, related to what "synchronize" means:
- If a song of my main library changes from 3 to 4 stars, and thus it makes it to the "ipod smartlist", when I synchronize the device it will get copied to te ipod, right?
- If a song in my main library changes from 4 to 5 stars, and thus it still is in the "ipod smartlist" but with a different rating, when I synchronize the ipod will the one on the ipod change rating too? If I add lyrics to a song already in the smartlist (and in the ipod too), when I synchronize will the lyrics display in the ipod?
- If I change the rating of a song in the ipod from 4 to 5 stars... when I synchronize will the copy of it in my main library reflect that rating change?
I'm really happy with my Ipod... and I am even more happy to be able to manage it with Media Center without having to install iTunes at all.
Thank you.