Not a problem. iTunes does 3 things. Each of those 3 things can either be done in iTunes, or in another application.
1. Music Store. You can buy songs from the iTunes music store. This requires signup and a credit card. You can also buy songs from Walmart, Napster, etc. 2. Digital Library of songs. This manages your song library. You can add to this by buying songs above, ripping CDs to mp3s, or copying mp3 files from elsewhere (usenet, napster, etc). You can burn CDs, play songs out your computer speakers, and "tag" songs with metadata information. This can also be done with MusicMatch, Winamp, etc. 3. File Transfer Utility. This allows you to copy songs to and from your digital device (be it an iPod, iPod Shuffle, or Creative Labs Nomad.) There are lots of other programs that can handle this upload/download. (Maybe not for the shuffle yet, but that is only a few days away, I'd bet). Anapod, CopyPod, EphPod, etc Jerry Johnson Web Developer Dolan Media Company >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/13/05 02:19PM >>> Sorry if I'm being dense - but, does this mean that you have to subscribe to iTunes in order to copy music from a CD to the iPod? Thanks, Howie --- On Thursday, January 13, 2005 2:09 PM, Jerry Johnson scribed: --- > > iTunes is a cross between a music store and a jukebox like Winamp or > MusicMatch and an upload/download app. > > You can add any MP3 songs you want into the jukebox portion, from > whatever source.(and thereafter move them to the iPod Shuffle.) > > Buying them from the iTunes Music Store gets them in an Apple > proprietary format carrying a DRM payload, which works on the iPod, > but not on any other players. > > > > Jerry Johnson > Web Developer > Dolan Media Company ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:142400 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
