[infowarrior]

Here's a question -- what if you want to use an iPod mini in the truck/gym and have a larger iPod for travelling/use as a spare drive? Can you easily sync your playlists up via iTunes or do we do it the "Finder Way"?

Thanks

[d4nth3m4n]

i have auto synch off and i load playlists to both my ipod and my sisters.

i think things only get messy when you have auto synch on.

[infowarrior]

Originally posted by d4nth3m4n:
i have auto synch off and i load playlists to both my ipod and my sisters.

i think things only get messy when you have auto synch on.

Good to know, thanks muchly!

[turtle777]

Originally posted by infowarrior:
Here's a question -- what if you want to use an iPod mini in the truck/gym and have a larger iPod for travelling/use as a spare drive? Can you easily sync your playlists up via iTunes or do we do it the "Finder Way"?

Thanks

It should be possible to set the big iPod on auto-sync, and the iPod mini to sync only those songs that have the checkmark.

Or do the mini manually. In any case, you should be able to auto-sync the regular iPod without problems.

-t

[nagromme]

Maybe try the method of choosing which PLAYLISTS to synch. Easier than managing checkmarks, and easier than copying manually. I only have one iPod though

[Randman]

If you have auto on with a Mini and more music than it'll fit in your library, it'll go through and choose playlists high on rotation. I have 3, my 40Gb 4G model, my Mini and my g/f's Mini and found it easier to have all three manually sync'ed. The 40, I keep everything on it, so I just add new songs as I get them.
For the Minis, I'm more selective as I keep audiobooks I'm going through, new albums and favorites on mine, while my g/f has her own tastes.

[infowarrior]

Originally posted by Randman:
If you have auto on with a Mini and more music than it'll fit in your library, it'll go through and choose playlists high on rotation. I have 3, my 40Gb 4G model, my Mini and my g/f's Mini and found it easier to have all three manually sync'ed. The 40, I keep everything on it, so I just add new songs as I get them.
For the Minis, I'm more selective as I keep audiobooks I'm going through, new albums and favorites on mine, while my g/f has her own tastes.

Yes, that's what I want to do. Have my driving/workout music on the Mini, and my 40GB for when travelling.

Thanks for the insight!

[Partisan01]

Originally posted by infowarrior:
Here's a question -- what if you want to use an iPod mini in the truck/gym and have a larger iPod for travelling/use as a spare drive? Can you easily sync your playlists up via iTunes or do we do it the "Finder Way"?

Thanks

I have both a mini and a 40g, and ended up in the same situation. What I did was have two totally different music libraries on each. On the 40gig I hvae all my cds ripped and a large amount of other mp3s, but in large chunks by artist. On the mini I have variety, a lot of bands, but only one or two songs for each band.

I can't really help you with the syncing problem, I sync my 40g with my Mac, and the mini with my Windows workstation at my office. I do know this, I manually drag the playlists to each ipod, and I've hooked both up to the mac at different times, and moved playlists over without a problem. YMMV

Nate