Unfortunately, while there is iTunes for both PC and Mac the hard drive formats are different. I used to have all my music on an old G3 Mac (the blue-white tower model) and would sync my iPod to that. When I switched to the PC version of iTunes what I had to do was re-format the iPod, and then copy the music files over the network from my Mac to the PC, import those songs into iTunes for Windows, and then sync that with the iPod.
Pretty laborious but for my use it was worth it--the $300 PC not only rips CD's three times faster than the old G3 did, I now use that PC with iTunes as a music server (plugged the sound card into my stero receiver). Pretty cheap for a dedicated music machine. As for the iTunes Music Store, one account works across multiple machines (I think it's 3 or 5 machines, can't remember the exact number). So for example, from work I use my iBook logged into my iTunes account to shop for music that I put into the shopping cart. Then when I get home I log into that same iTunes account from my Windows machine and all the music I put into the shopping cart is there waiting for me to purchase and download. What iTunes does not support is downloading the same shopping cart multiple times--you download the songs to one machine only. But you can then copy the files to another iTunes machine and, as long as you log in with the same account that you used to buy that music, you're able to play the songs. --- Rex. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of Mike Robertson Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 1:18 PM To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Subject: Re: MacGroup: Half-price downloadable music Rex, I have aquestion that relates to this, my son has a new ipod, and has a windows laptop(toshiba). We have only mac, so how do you transfer the music files between the mac and pc. Are they compatable? Should he set up a new music store account to work with the pc laptop or use our account that is on our mac? Thanks for any input. Mike Robertson -----Original Message----- From: Rex Baldazo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Aug 17, 2004 11:49 AM To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Subject: MacGroup: Half-price downloadable music Real Networks has temporarily slashed the price of music from their online store, and formally launched the version of RealPlayer that supports the iPod: http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-5312143.html I have no idea if this works with the Mac version of RealPlayer, I can however confirm that it works with the PC version (I use an el-cheapo Windows PC as my iTunes/iPod machine because it's faster and cheaper than a low-end iMac would be). The downside--iTunes has a nasty habit of removing any music files it finds on the iPod that weren't placed by iTunes itself. So it tends to erase the music files you transfer using RealPlayer. However you can then just re-copy all the files back over from RealPlayer. --- Rex. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be August 24. | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be August 24. | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be August 24. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
