Any iPod users out there?

[GOPisEvil]

I have a question. I just bought a new iPod, 20GB model. I run Windows XP Home on my PC. I have some music files loaded into iTunes (about 250MB worth).

How long should it take to transfer those files? It's been working quite a while with the "Do not disconnect" message. Just wondering if everything is working like it's supposed to.

[JohnKleeb]

1. are you using itunes or musicmatchbox?

it should be quicker with itunes.

[GOPisEvil]

2. iTunes

[JohnKleeb]

7. good to know

goes quicker if you use it. I reinstalled my OS so I have to reinstall my iPod, got the key speeches from the convention on it. All kinds of good stuff.

[AlCzervik]

9. The number one most downloaded springsteen song today on Itunes was

No surrender. Coincidence? I dont think so.

[JohnKleeb]

13. cool

think I should download it for the beach? I have most of my favorite convention speeches in itunes.

[AlCzervik]

15. yes indeed

i found out that fact today when i downloaded it.

[AlCzervik]

3. no too long

i have a mac so i don't the difference in time. It will tell you when it's done, after you hit eject on the screen your ipod should show a check mark.

[CanuckAmok]

4. It should say on the top of the iTunes window...

"Update completed" or something like that. The "do not disconnect" icon will stay on until you 'eject' the iPod using the button on the lower right, or via the menu bar at the top.

It too ke some wangling to figure it all out... Mac instructions assume you have a Masters from MIT.

on edit: by the way, if you want to load more than 10 Megs at one time, you'll find your iPod will run out of battery life before the uploads are complete. You will need to get the USB2/iDock/AC adapter splitter cable to keep your iPod running/charging while it's plugged int your USB2 or 4-pin FireWire port.

[AlCzervik]

5. how many songs?

[GOPisEvil]

8. 90 songs

[AlCzervik]

10. about 4 mins total

i did about the same number yesterday and it was very fast.

[FranzFerdinand]

6. iTunes

250mb? well, if you could, just imagine the time it would take to transfer 250mb from one folder to another. and now imagine doing it inside a third party program. my guess is 2-3 minutes? maybe longer depending on what else you're running...

[GOPisEvil]

11. OK...now...in iTunes, I should be able to select the iPod as a source,

right?

I'm so confused. :crazy:

[GOPisEvil]

12. OK - I got it now!!!!

I read a little further and figured it out! :bounce:

[GOPisEvil]

14. Wait...no I don't...no files transferred.

Fuck!

[GOPisEvil]

16. OK - got it...NOW it's working!

:bounce:

[CanuckAmok]

17. Wait...I'm doing it right now, on XP...

hold on...

[GOPisEvil]

18. Apparently, I had to unhook it, and re-hook it up...

Now it's working just fine. :shrug: There is a progress bar across the top.

[CanuckAmok]

20. Drag and drop your music into your "LIBRARY"...

then, under file, click on "update files on (GOPisEvil's) iPod

When it's done, it will say "iPod update complete" in the big oval window at the top of iTunes.

when it's done, click on "eject (GOPisEvil's) iPod" under 'controls', and the files should be on your iPod.

[GOPisEvil]

21. That's what it's doing right now.

I had to set up the profile first, and now it's updating away! It started automatically - just like the book said!

[Zomby Woof]

19. I think you're really downloading

iPorn :P

[GOPisEvil]

22. Later - after I get my music transferred.

:D

[GOPisEvil]

23. WE HAVE MUSIC!!!!!

Success!!!!! :bounce:

[AlCzervik]

24. congratulations

i hope you enjoy yours as much as i do mine.

[GOPisEvil]

25. I love it already - just gotta figure out how it all works now.

And, why do they make the cases so that you can't use the click wheel while it's inside? That's inconvenient. x(

I plan on using it for entertainment while I mow the lawn tomorrow.

[AlCzervik]

26. I dont have a case

but then again i have a mini so i dont have a need for one. I wear mine lawnmowing as well. Make sure you hit the hold button when your mowing so the controls dont keep getting hit.

[GOPisEvil]

27. I thought about the mini, but...

...the 15GB one was only $50 more...and then the 20GB one wasn't THAT much more...hehehe...so I ended up with the 20. The case can be clipped and it will protect it, since I'm hard on equipment.

[AlCzervik]

28. i debated on which one to get

1000 songs is plenty for me but if it's not i may give it to my daughter in another year and buy the big one.

[GOPisEvil]

29. Yeah...the 20GB was probably overkill, but I'm a geek...

[AlCzervik]

30. i know what you mean

my husband works for apple and he told me i am the exact koolaide drinker apple likes, a total convert. I'm getting a new car in the next week and i'm thinking of having a port put in for the ipod.