Re: More iPod BS
- From: Tom Reestman <treestman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 03:12:46 GMT
Jason Bowen (ha@xxxxxxxxxx) got drunk after typing this drivel in
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> Dennis wrote:
>> "Tom Enright" <freddy_hayek@xxxxxxxxx> You're digging it round, when
>> it aughta Be SQUARE
>>
>>
>>>I've decided to have another go at that piece of crap
>>>known as my iPod. I think the wife is a bit disappointed
>>>that I haven't been using it very often.
>>>
>>>So I go on iTunes buy a few more songs, plug the iPod
>>>into the USB port and my experience has told me to
>>>expect a few different reactions from my iPod:
>>>
>>>The circle with a diagonal slash through it, the universal
>>>sign for "Don't" blinking on and off with the words "Do not
>>>disconnect" written underneath. This means nothing.
>>>Sometimes it results in the iPod syncing, sometimes not,
>>>sometimes the battery charges sometimes not.
>>>
>>>The blinking battery. AFAIK this means it is charging.
>>>Which means it may be charging and it may not be.
>>>I'll go to bed, wake up, put it in my pocket and it will
>>>be dead. Sometimes it lasts a one hour, sometimes
>>>three days. It's a crap shoot.
>>>
>>>Okay, the "Update iPod" in iTunes under the "File"
>>>pick is grayed-out, of course, because I want to
>>>update my iPod. Sometimes at the top of iTunes
>>>"Updating iPod" appears. This means that the iPod
>>>is updating, except for when it isn't. In which case
>>>the words may or may not be there.
>>>
>>>My question is is there some way to force your iPod
>>>to update? I can plug-in the USB and there may be
>>>some indication it is updating but I never really know.
>>>
>>>BTW: The help site, directions and manuals are useless.
>>>Suprise! Nothing to tell me how to monitor the update or
>>>figure-out if an update is actually going on. Most of the
>>>help I find is: "Look at the 'Source' in iTunes pick the name
>>>of your iPod...." of course the name of my iPod is not
>>>in the "Source" list so rsfc them.
>>>
>>>BTW: Have I mentioned iPods really, really suck? I
>>>mean they suck. A lot.
>>>
>>>BBTW: Also, somehow, about 20 of the songs I purchased
>>>simply vanished. Not there anymore. The names are still
>>>my library but the actual file is gone. That's pretty neat.
>>>A complete search of my system finds nothing.
>>>
>>>-Tom Enright
>>
>>
>> this is why I like low tech things known as CD's
>
> I only buy music downloads if it is a song I'm not willing to buy a
> whole CD for. I did buy three old 80s albums online and immediately
> burned them to disc but 99% of the time I buy a cd to rip, I want the
> physical backup.
>
I don't need the backup so much (could esily make one anyway), but I like
the liner notes, credits, and, more importantly, the sound quality since
I can then rip at 320K or even listen at full quality if I want.
--
Tom Reestman
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