MintSauce Posted November 22, 2007 Share DISCLAIMER: ORIGINAL POSTER IS PRETTY CLUELESS WITH COMPUTERS! So my laptop is apparently overloaded. Need to make some space or get more space....it's a Fujitsu Siemens Amilo with 80gig. Have about 24gig worth of music. Have never been sure how it works but it now seems as if iTunes makes seperate copies of the music that I had in my music folder when I got the iPod hence when I click 'Properties' on the music folder (which contains the iTunes music folder) I have in the region of 45gig worth of music. I remember it asking me if I wanted to keep the originals when I loaded all the music into iTunes. So, firstly need to delete the copies. Thinking of just getting an external harddrive to store my music BUT how will this affect using my iPod? Would I be able to access the external HD through the laptop and iTunes and update my iPod? What are the other options? Right now I just need to get it off. I could just delete it all and update from the Ipod later but it's risky....if something happens to the iPod I'm f_ed!!!!! I suppose I could just get more gigs for the laptop? Enough rambling.....the guys that know will be clever enough to understand. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtrider Posted November 22, 2007 Share External HD will be perfect . That is why I got one . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreZA Posted November 22, 2007 Share I lost you when you mentioned iTunes. I hate that program and how it links to an iPod. What ever happened to drag and drop like with my cheap R300 mp3 player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtrider Posted November 22, 2007 Share Mamapara you gotta move on boet , don't resist change ! Drag and drop is like cut and paste !!! We just don't do it anymore . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TarmacPro Posted November 22, 2007 Share Jip. External Hard disk drive is best. USB type works great.Or burn all your pics. and data to CD\DVD and delete it off the Notebook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotSoBigBen Posted November 22, 2007 Share DR - ek dog in jou geval is it 'spoeg en plak'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreZA Posted November 22, 2007 Share Mamapara you gotta move on boet ' date=' don't resist change ! Drag and drop is like cut and paste !!! We just don't do it anymore .[/quote'] What's easier then "see item in box A but want it in box B so I will click here and it will move" rather then "do you want to sync? previous items will be deleted, are you sure? get ready to sync. Going to sync in t minus 30 seconds. Last chance to press the cancelation button." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtrider Posted November 22, 2007 Share Hey BB I moved up from Edlin and assembler earlier this year . Mamapara I have to agree with you I-Tunes is a pain in the back but once you get the hang of it seems to work fine ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MintSauce Posted November 22, 2007 Share Or burn all your pics. and data to CD\DVD and delete it off the Notebook. Like I said, I'm clueless. I thought about this but then would it still be possible to load/delete stuff off the iPod and create playlists etc....? I ask this cos when you normally insert a disc it'll ask me to 'Import using iTunes'....can't do that everytime and then delete afterwards? I don't want to just have something to backup the music....I wanna be able to manage it I suppose I should just sort the files out first. I know that deleting the copies should automatically free up about 20gig so I suppose that would solve the problem? I've just been thinking 'EXTERNAL HD' all the time but only realised this morning that I had so many duplicate songs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mar Posted November 22, 2007 Share I-Tunes is the worst prog ever! Sync on one pc, and u have to stick with that pc, try and sync with another and u loose all ur music.. And u cant even get ur songs off the Ipod? I f u know something bout pc's u can, but the song names are all f*cked up! Screw I-Tunes.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammajoor Posted November 22, 2007 Share Mamapara you gotta move on boet ' date=' don't resist change ! Drag and drop is like cut and paste !!! We just don't do it anymore .[/quote'] And with Vista it is Plug and PRAY..................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtrider Posted November 22, 2007 Share What u use ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammajoor Posted November 22, 2007 Share What u use ? Nothing 'cause nothing smells greater than Brut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtrider Posted November 22, 2007 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammajoor Posted November 22, 2007 Share DR where is your signature Boet Is it like you hidden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minion Posted November 22, 2007 Share First tip: Winamp is a great way to manage your iPod. It has drag and drop and you can copy files from the iPod on any computer. Second tip: Sometimes when iTunes imports MP3s it changes the format e.g it changes MP3,WMA etc. to AAC (Apple's) format. You've probably asked it to keep the original files. Look for .m4a or .mp4 files. You can probably safely delete them if there are corresponding mp3 files for those tracks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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