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Can an iPod be shared from computer to computer?
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Posted by: iFriedRice

My brought over his iPod the other day and I said I would share some of my music. He connected his iPod and it prompted him about deleting his library?

I was under the impression that one could connect an iPod from computer to computer to take music but that you couldnt take music off an iPod and place it onto a computer OTHER than your own.

No? Can someone clear this up?

Posted by: chops

nope. lookup DRM

Posted by: SuperCM

I believe if you sync with iTunes you can't go between computers, but if you treat the iPod as a storage drive you can go on different computers. Of course, this only works for unprotected formats like MP3s.

Posted by: IsLand_BoY

You can't take music from multiple iTunes libraries. It's to prevent piracy. That poses a problem when you reformat your computer and haven't backed up your library; friends of mine have sync'd their iPods to their newly formatted, empty computers and erased their iPods by mistake.

Posted by: iPhoneKiller

I've done it before. You just need to have the Sync set to "Manually Manage". If it's on Auto-Sync then you can only use your home computer. If you try on a second computer it will format the ipod and replace it with that library, or you can cancel and nothing happens.

Posted by: iFriedRice

Thanks! So we can do a drag and drop deal by putting music into the folder via the storage drive method...

Posted by: jules

There are programs like Senuti for Mac that let you copy music to/from iPods...you can't use iTunes in auto mode.

Posted by: Bumpon10s

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Originally Posted by iFriedRice

Thanks! So we can do a drag and drop deal by putting music into the folder via the storage drive method...

That is exactly how you do it, open it under it's drive letter, enable hidden folders, and open the ipod control folder and there it is.

It won't work with protected AAC files, and the file names will be 4 letter files, but the id3 tags will still be intact.

Posted by: EPVQ30

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That is complete BS from apple.
If i bought my ipod and my mp3's with my hard earned money, i should be able to do whatever i want with them as i please.

Posted by: vinvam

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Originally Posted by iPhoneKiller

I've done it before. You just need to have the Sync set to "Manually Manage". If it's on Auto-Sync then you can only use your home computer. If you try on a second computer it will format the ipod and replace it with that library, or you can cancel and nothing happens.

yes this is correct

i just got bourne ultimatum off of my friend's laptop

manually managing your library is the key here
i've used my ipod and put music on it using 3 different pcs and a mac.

Posted by: iPhoneKiller

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Originally Posted by vinvam

yes this is correct

i just got bourne ultimatum off of my friend's laptop

manually managing your library is the key here
i've used my ipod and put music on it using 3 different pcs and a mac.

i just converted that movie for my ipod 2 days ago! haaha great choice.