How to Use More Than One Computer for My iPod Music
One of the great things about the iPod is how much music it can hold -- as of December 2009, iPods can hold between 500 and 40,000 songs, depending on the model. The one potential problem with that is you may not have enough music to fill up that much memory. Fortunately, with a quick modification to your iPod's settings, you can make it so you can connect it to any computer you want without the fear of erasing what you've already added to it.
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Instructions
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Setting up Your iPod for Manual syncing
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Connect your iPod to the computer using the supplied USB cable. iTunes should automatically open once your iPod is connected to the computer. If it doesn't, manually open iTunes just like you would open any other program.
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Click on "iPod" in the device list on the left hand side of the iTunes interface.
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Select the "Summary" tab in the main window that pops up in the middle of the iTunes browser window.
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Click the box on the left hand side of "Manually manage music and videos." This will keep your iPod from automatically updating when it is connected to another computer.
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Click "Apply" to update the settings.
Manually Adding Music to Your iPod
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Connect your iPod to the computer with the supplied USB cable. If iTunes doesn't open automatically, open it manually by double-clicking on the desktop icon.
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Click on the "Music" tab under "Library" on the left hand side of the iTunes interface -- this will bring up a list of all songs stored in your iTunes library.
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Select the song you want to add to your iPod by clicking on it.
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Drag the song to the iPod icon, which will appear in the device list. The device list is located on the left hand side of iTunes, below your iTunes library.
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Tips & Warnings
Setting your iPod for manual syncing will affect not only music, but movies and TV shows as well.
If you do not set your iPod up for manual syncing, it will sync to whatever computer you hook it up to - meaning any music added from another computer will be deleted.
