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On Sunday, 20 August 2006 3:47, THUFIR HAWAT wrote: |
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> I just got an ipod shuffle, 1gig, for "free". Apparently it has |
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> different partitions for music/data and must by synced with iTunes to |
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> a specific machine? |
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> Err, is that so? |
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> If so, can I just format the darn thing and use if for mp3's? |
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> -Thufir |
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Windows formatted iPods have 2 partitions, one containing the firmware, the |
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other containing music and other data. |
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Formatting the data partition will most likely leave it in a condition where |
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it has to be restored using the apple firmware updater on windows or osx as |
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important files will be deleted. |
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Amarok or gtkpod are probably the easiest ways to get music onto the ipod. You |
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can't simply copy music onto the data partition as it requires all the |
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metadata to be in a special database that the previous two programs can |
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generate. |
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ps. Surely a mentat would be able to work all this out on their own ;) |
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Raymond Lewis Rebbeck |
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