Hello,
I think I can get to the bottom of this really quick for you. If at
any point you accidentally disconnect an iPod while syncing, you
really should use the "Restore" button. First, your spoken menus are
going to potentially be out of sync. iTunes references XML files
stored on the iPod, and therefore may think voice files exist that
simply don't. It appears that the xml is updated first, then files are
synced.
This also effects items synced from playlists, and playlists scheduled
to sync. In any case, there is a reason it says "Do not disconnect."
If you use disk mode, you can click the eject button in iTunes, or
simply visit the desktop and press command-e on your iPod. You also
may name the iPod something totally different from the disk name.
Yes, you can sync as many iPods to a single library as you desire, and
manage them all the way you wish. I have a great environment where I
can experiment with this stuff all day, and I've seen every combo you
can imagine. Video iPods and nanos, iPhones and Touches, all on the
same library. Even two different nanos. Just make sure you name them
differently, it may not be a requirement, but you're bound to confuse
them yourself.
Good luck, simply restore and forget about your problem.
Ryan
On Nov 3, 2008, at 10:38 PM, Esther wrote:
Hi Chris,
I guess you did the reinstallation of iTunes before you got my email
suggestion to create a smart playlist. For what it's worth, my
unstated guess was that you had run into a problem in disconnecting
the iPod. I'm still somewhat unclear as to whether you intend to
sync your father's iPod with your iTunes account (permanently --
this means that he does not have a separate iTunes music account
either on your Mac or on your PC or whatever -- he is only ever
going to transfer music from your iTunes account). If you intend to
let him use this player for his own music, the iPod Nano 4G that you
gave him should be set up to sync with HIS account, if he has his
own computer (either Mac or PC) or a separate account on one of
your computers.
You asked:
In other words, I wonder if it is possible that perhaps you only
can sync
one IPod automatically per computer. Yeah, I know you can sync
unlimited
IPods with one library, but I wonder if they all have to be set to
manually
manage, then you have! to drag/drop. I'm thinking you only can
have one
IPod set to auto sync. All the others *must!* be done through
manual mode.
Otherwise it seems to corrupt your preferences somewhere.
Nope, each iPod is separately recognized. You can have multiple
iPods sync'ed to your iTunes library, and you can have different
content selected for each one of them. Otherwise, it would not make
sense if Apple wanted to sell someone an iPod Classic to store an
extensive library and still persuade them to buy a Nano for working
out in the gym if they told them that they either had to sync
exactly the same content or else manually manage their music. And
remember, older iPods don't support the same content -- like movies
-- while Nanos and Classics don't support applications designed for
the iPhone.
What happens is that each device, it's capacity, sync configuration,
etc. is separately recognized and configured. You could corrupt
this if you managed to mess up the com.apple.ipod.plist file.
However, if you want to take a look at that, you can use QuickLook
and go to your /Library/Preferences folder (use the Command-Shift-G
shortcut for "Go to folder" in Finder and type in "/Library/
Preferences"), select this file, and press space bar to activate
QuickLook.
I suspect that restoring the devices might also have fixed the way
they were recognized in iTunes, but I wouldn't have taken that step
until I'd checked some other things first.
Cheers,
Esther
On Nov 3, 2008, at 5:47 PM, Chris Gilland wrote:
OK, guys. I sent this to the guy who is now in charge of this
case, from Apple. Yall look this over. I'd like a 2nd opinion,
but, I think? we may? be getting to the bottom a this, finally!
I'm obviously not including this guy's personal e-mail address he
gave me, or he'd have my head, but I've at least! below pasted
exactly what I wrote him. Tell me if yall think my theory's correct.
Hey Nate, it's Chris Gilland. I spoke with you regarding the weird
ITunes
issue with syncing playlists.
I went to the site you gave me on how to properly remove ITunes,
and did it.
I reinstalled from the itunes dmg image, then recreated a playlist
called
"IPod." I then plugged in the IPod. Well, something really odd
happened.
Disc mode got enabled under the summary tab. Well, whatever... I
disabled
that, and went under the music tab. Guess what! I now see all the
playlists including "IPod." Is that not something else? I musta not
removed it correctly at all the first time, as that did the trick.
Good
golly Miss Molly though. Hey, that'sw a good song! O wait...
Anyway, I
r'r'r'really! wonder why it did this. I'm scared at this point to
plug
another Nano in. OK, so yeah, like, check it out. Here's my theory.
I wonder if...
Could it be, that just as you can only sync one library at a time
with an
IPod, I wonder if it goes the same way with auto syncing libraries.
In other words, I wonder if it is possible that perhaps you only
can sync
one IPod automatically per computer. Yeah, I know you can sync
unlimited
IPods with one library, but I wonder if they all have to be set to
manually
manage, then you have! to drag/drop. I'm thinking you only can
have one
IPod set to auto sync. All the others *must!* be done through
manual mode.
Otherwise it seems to corrupt your preferences somewhere. I cannot
really
pinpoint down where, but apparently, that must be the case. Tell
ya what:
Can you do me a favor? Try grabbing two Nano 8 gigs if possible,
and sync
one of 'em automatically. Then go on that first one and sinc it in
the
music tab with just one manually created playlist. Now go plug the
second
IPod in. Try then to sync it with another manually created
playlist sepret
from the one you used for the first IPod. Tell me if that works.
If it
does, then that proves my theory wrong. If it disappears, then
reinstall
ITunes, and you'll be fine. I just wanna have another person try
testing my
theory and see if then! they can regenerate this issue. I'll
betcha almost
anything that my theory's right, but I dono for sure, and, I may be
a teer3
tech agent for another company, but even teer3 reps are known to make
booboos at times. LOL! Anyway, let me know please what that does,
or if
you think my theory even remotely! may be right.
Thank you ever so much for all of your help tonight. I thoroughly
enjoyed
talking with you.
Chris
