Hi Anna, Here is two methods to manually add songs to your iPod. I have an iPOd Nano 4G and using this method with iTunes on the Mac works like a charm:
When you set up your iPOd, iTunes in some cases creates a playlist named (the name of your iPod)-selection. iTunes might already have filled this up with as much songs as your iPod have space. Anyway, if you wanna start from scratch, delete all the songs in this playlist. If this playlist is not created, just create one yourself for this purpose. In the sources list, select for example the Music library, do any selections in the Playlist Browser. You now have 2 options for adding songs: Method 1) Without interacting with the song list, arrow up and down until you find the song you want, press command-c to copy it, select your special iPod selection playlist from the Sources list, and press command-v to paste this song into the playlist. Method 2) Interact with the Song list and navigate to the song you want. Press VO-shift-M and find the "Add to playlist" option, select your special iPOd selection playlist from the menu. Finally, always make sure that this special playlist is selected in the list over playlists to sync with your iPod. This works for me, but if I have not hit the problem, please excuse. ;-) Take care, John André On 18. aug.. 2009, at 05.51, Woody Anna Dresner wrote: > > Hi, > > I've been experimenting with PCs today, and it turns out that Autofill > no longer exists as an option for the third generation Shuffle or the > 4th generation Nano in Windows either. Furthermore, I can't copy and > paste anything to either of these iPods either on a Mac or a PC. When > I copy a track and focus on the iPod's name or the Music subcategory, > Paste is not an available option. There is also no playlist named for > the iPod, so using the Add to Playlist option you get when you right- > click a track is also not an option. As near as I can tell, it is > currently not possible to manage music manually on an iPod from the > keyboard. > > I didn't notice this earlier because I normally sync selected > playlists. However, I wrote a book on the accessible iPods a few > months ago, and I'm in the process of updating it, so I need to > explore all the options. I am really surprised the manual music > management options have been removed. It's a great loss in > functionality. > > Best, > Anna > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
