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Is there a theoretical maximum number of ipods...
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...that will sync with a SINGLE computer (a Mac, if it matters)?
I know that you can sync 2 ipods with a single Mac, but is there a maximum number? In other words, can you sync 10 or 20 ipod nanos with a single computer? (And still sync purchased music across all of them?)
Thanks!
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There is no stated limit as far as I am aware.
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As Parky said, there's never been a published limit to the number of iPods you can sync with a single computer. I know you can't sync more than one iPod at a time with iTunes, but no total number of iPods has ever been communicated.
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For all practical uses, consider it unlimited. For non-practical uses, it's probably limited by the number of USB (and/or firewire depending on what Generation iPod) connections available. I forget the max devices you could have with each.
However you work it, it's probably some number base 8. Like 64, 128, 512, etc...
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I wasn't looking for simultaneous syncing - just sequential syncing - i.e. sync one, remove it, sync another, remove it, etc...
Part of the question revolves around multiple ipods and purchased content from the itunes store. The DRM and licensing doesn't freak out over this, does it? I have done it with 2 ipods and a single mac/itunes account (actually an ipod and an iphone), but I wondered if 5 might be the magic number - like the number of computers that can use the same itunes account ID.
Thanks again
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"Mac Daddy" - 15" MBP, 2.2 GHz Core i7, 8GB, 750GB HDD
"Mommy Mac" - 13" Macbook, 2.4GHz C2D, 2GB, 160GB
"Baby Mac" - 15" PB, 1.5GHz, 1.5GB, 80GB
64GB iPod Touch (4th gen)
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There's no limit to the number of iPods you can synch. It sounds like there's a limit to the number of iPhones you can synch, however.
You can verify here the fact that an iTunes protected file can be copied to an unlimited number of iPods, although the explanation isn't that clear (probably by design). FairPlay DRM applies to the computers that host the files, not the device that those files get copied to; stated another way, the authorization limit of 5 applies only to computers.
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