I purchased a 512 iPod shuffle (as i was only $20 more than legend
USB thumb drive of the same capacity - also don't like the physical
size of the new thumb drives far to easy to lose) I plugged it in
to my mac at work and transferred some songs to it from my iTunes
library then later today when I got home I then plugged it in to my
home mac and got told that this iPod wasn't registered with this
computer and that I had the option reregistering it with the my home
computer which would erase all music files or not registering it
(cancel option) I selected cancel and though the shuffle mounted on
the desktop iTunes would not recognise it. I ejected and then re
mounted it with the same message - third time I selected "reregister
iPod" and it did exactly what it told me it was going to do - erase
my music off the iPod. After I transferred some music to it I then
tried it on my iBook and it came up with the same "this iPod is not
registered with this computer" and that reregistering would erase the
existing music files message.
Now I have a G3 iPod and a 4G iPod Mini and have no problems moving
these 2 iPods between any of my four macs. The only difference is
that I set the option to re encode my rather high quality MP3's
(320Kbs VBR) as 128 Kbs ACC files when they are copied to the shuffle.
So basically my question is - is this registration issue a "feature"
of the shuffle or of ACC files?
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Mark Secker [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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ECEL Computer Support Officer, University of Western Australia.
CRICOS Provider No. 00126G
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"Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose
sight of the shore."
Andre Gide
"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving
safely in one pretty and well preserved piece, but to skid across
the line broadside, thoroughly used up, worn out, leaking oil,
shouting GERONIMO"
Hunter S Thompson(?)
