mayorredbeard
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I'm a Windows and Mac user. A rare breed. I own both and appreciate both, so I'm not really a fan-boy either way.
I own an iPod. Recently I formatted my harddrive. The only information I wanted to save was my music.
"No worry I thought, it's all on my iPod".
Well once my format is done I install iTunes, (and for some reason the quicktime that comes with it that tries to take over my media viewing needs), and hook up my iPod. I open iTunes and try and drag and drop my songs to my computer.
Low and behold the genius of Apple. They simply assumed that music was stolen/being stolen. They simply assumed no one would have a legitimate reason to back up songs from your iPod to your computer.
I continually attempted to drag and drop the files several times. I tried selecting them and copying them, then pasting them. I tried the export feature. However iTunes insisted I not move my music. Heavens forbid I must move my music ON and OFF my iPod.
In a rage I quit iTunes, opened up windows explorer, and just transferred the files myself. Quite annoying since iTunes decided its more effective to store my music in randomlly labeled folders with no correlation to other songs in the folder.
When the battery dies on this iPod I will not be getting another one. Either Zune or Creative zen after this annoying incident.
I own an iPod. Recently I formatted my harddrive. The only information I wanted to save was my music.
"No worry I thought, it's all on my iPod".
Well once my format is done I install iTunes, (and for some reason the quicktime that comes with it that tries to take over my media viewing needs), and hook up my iPod. I open iTunes and try and drag and drop my songs to my computer.
Low and behold the genius of Apple. They simply assumed that music was stolen/being stolen. They simply assumed no one would have a legitimate reason to back up songs from your iPod to your computer.
I continually attempted to drag and drop the files several times. I tried selecting them and copying them, then pasting them. I tried the export feature. However iTunes insisted I not move my music. Heavens forbid I must move my music ON and OFF my iPod.
In a rage I quit iTunes, opened up windows explorer, and just transferred the files myself. Quite annoying since iTunes decided its more effective to store my music in randomlly labeled folders with no correlation to other songs in the folder.
When the battery dies on this iPod I will not be getting another one. Either Zune or Creative zen after this annoying incident.