[Cadaver]

Okeedokee, iPod newbie question:

My lovely wife just bought me a 20GB iPod, and I'm loving it. Holds my 10.5GB music collection (yes, all legit!) with room to spare. I have it synced to my G5.

Here's the deal - We're going on vacation for three weeks and I plan on bringing the iPod and my iBook... don't think the wife wants me schlepping the G5 tower with us Trouble is, if I buy any new music while away, I think I'm SOL in so far as getting it on to the iPod. Is that right? If I connect the iPod to the iBook, will it allow me to transfer new music to the iPod - without erasing everything presently on it?

I'm not concerned about moving music off the iPod. Just importing new CDs on to the iPod.

[Cellery]

I have a G5 tower at work and a PowerBook and VAIO laptop at home. All three can put music onto the iPod just fine, and I haven't been prompted to erase anything. Just make sure the playlists in iTunes aren't set up to autosync. Enjoy your vacation!

[fado]

Additionally, there is a great app... podworks that easily can manage your music on your two computers with the ipod when you return home from vacation.

[Cadaver]

Originally posted by Cellery:
I have a G5 tower at work and a PowerBook and VAIO laptop at home. All three can put music onto the iPod just fine, and I haven't been prompted to erase anything. Just make sure the playlists in iTunes aren't set up to autosync. Enjoy your vacation!

Thanks

[zro]

Not syncing the iPod means that you'll lose the auto-volume feature. I'm not too clear on what happens to smart playlists, though.

I've been sharing an iPod with my woman (*grunts*) and I really would like to just sync the thing. There's nothing like having the volume jump up several decibels after listening to something with a very low level.

Anyway, you could enable hard disk mode and simply store any music you pick up until you return home. Either that or use iPodRip or similar software.