Comments on: Multiple iPods, one computer. How best to manage them?

By: Ipod1

Ipod1 — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:12:59 +0000

Above is just relating to install 2 ipods on 1 computer with different music.

By: Ipod1

Ipod1 — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:12:02 +0000

Just look at:
http://www.ipodrobot.com/blog/how-to-managing-multiple-ipods-in-one-computer.htm

Very userfriendly!

Only additional step I have added is to have my own playlist automatically synchronised:
Connect the iPod to the PC. When you plug in that iPod and the device name appears in the left hand column, right click on device name and change it to “Manually Update” and then change it to “Update only selected playlists”

By: javier

javier — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:31:36 +0000

how do i transfer songs from one ipod touch to another ipod touch without deleting anything

By: Barbara Landess

Barbara Landess — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 12:38:42 +0000

Hi everyone. I have just downloaded ipod 3.1 software for my ipod touch. Can I also use it for my daughters ipod touch or do I have to buy it and download it again? We use the same computer but have different accounts. Thanks in advance!

By: Marissa

Marissa — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:07:32 +0000

Hey Shawn,
I Tried doing this because I have two iPods. One for my store’s use and one for my personal use. Your method worked for the first one, but when I went to do my personal iPod I couldnt get it to update to only the song I’ve selected for the the smart playlist. You said change it to “manually update” and then to “update only selected playlists”. I changed it to manually update and now I can’t update only selected playlists! I don’t really know what to do now…. help?

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By: Marissa

Marissa — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:01:38 +0000

By: helen

helen — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:50:10 +0000

i’ve had an ipod for 3 yrs and have synced it with 3 computers. I want to update my ipod as i’ve added some new songs onto the 2nd computer i synced with but when i connect my ipod to any computer the computer does not show my ipod up. It seems to have dissapeared from every computer. HELP!!!!

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By: vinod

vinod — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:02:15 +0000

Hai this is vinod stay in hyd i have a problem in my computer I have two i pods one is 8GB NANO &another is 120GB classic.How can i manage my itunes with too ipods

By: Teri

Teri — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 23:45:00 +0000

Please help!
I have my very own IPOD.. but for christmas my 2 neices got their very own IPOD 1GB.. and they want songs from my itunes.. i plug it in like i do with mine.. BUT they dont even appear on my itunes.. and it doesn’t give me the option to go under file to sync the ipod. Any ideas? i would GREATLY APPRECIATE anyones help!

By: will_G

will_G — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:24:10 +0000

I strongly recommend iLibs to manage several iPods separately on the same computer.

I got two kids and a wife, each with an iPod. iLibs is a life saver for any ‘Brady’s bunch’!!

It is available here: http://www.copytrans.net/ilibs.php

Hope that helps!

By: Cal

Cal — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:07:20 +0000

I have an i-Pod Nano and have just bought hubby a shuffle. I am new to this whole thing and very clueless… I cannot even get started with the Shuffle. I thought since I had i-tunes that I did not need to download this software again but perhaps I do???? Nothing is happening when I plug in the shuffle at all. How do I get started with a new i-Pod from the very beginning. Secondly what then? We will probably use the same music but how do we manage 2 i-pods – one is 2GB and the other 4GB??? Help!!!!!!!!!

By: edhardy

edhardy — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 00:23:29 +0000

thanks for sharing! thanks for sharing!ed_hardy

By: Lily

Lily — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:34:56 +0000

Use iLibs! this app rocks!!! We have 4 iPods and only one PC at home. Now I have my own iTunes music library just for me!!!! http://www.copytrans.net/ilibs.php

By: Jim Hall

Jim Hall — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:44:23 +0000

I’m very new to IPod, but I have downloaded a CD that I bought to my IPod. I would like to download the same CD to my wife’s IPod, but her computer is currently being repaired so I want to know if I can do that from my computer to her IPod?

By: Tora

Tora — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:29:26 +0000

Shawn–great tutorial!

For those of you with the same problems… read!! Oh, and make sure that you change your settings on the Ipods to MANUALLY UPDATE!! That is the most important.

For XP Users, if its the first time… XP will configure the computer to use on the machine. This does not alter the IPOD, just lets the machine install drivers to communicate with the IPOD. Only when in Itunes will you screw up the content (or if you use your Ipod as a HD and view its contents in a browser window.)

For MAC/XP users like me… planning is essential… if you set you Ipod to be formatted as XP, don’t go and change your libraries to MAC, this will reformat everything!!! If you want to save you Itunes to save to another HD like I do… you need to setup Itunes to read from that directory. (Oh, and every time that it gets updated, you will need to verify its settings to make sure that its still reading from the correct drive… if not, you will get all the exclamation marks.)

For all who ask about taking music off old Ipods… ok, this one is labor intensive… I only have about 3000+ songs and have had to do this a few times :( There is a program that can be bought for less than $20, called “tunes plus”. It can be found in Office Max. (no affiliations!!) It will sincronize your Ipods contents to a PC without going into Itunes. It will also add address and contacts info if you have Outlook, and with some easy reading you can even have horrorscopes, and news updated also. This works to get music off your old Ipod and keep them incase of accidents. (You figure out the stuff about a friends Ipod. Hint) Remember that Itunes was made as to keep consumers BUYING!!! So music is not supposed to be shared with more than certain amounts of Ipods for each library.

About Libraries in Itunes…. please understand that MAC uses central databases to keep everything intact, and syincronized… so, you will only need to have ONE Library for everyone in the house. Creating Multiple users for a computer does work, just need to read on how to set that up. Also, if you want to make the playlists more multiple user friendly… #38- Shawns Tutorial does a very good job… even I hadn’t thought of using the comments for that, and I have been using Ipods, since 2nd gen. If you want to add to your own playlist for your own Ipod, that needs to be mananged manually. Automatic updates are for single Ipod Owners to have no hassles with their libraries.

As for #95 Mikey— Sorry to hear about ther misfortune… it happened to me also whole syncing my Ipod to my new laptop… after it was previoulsy connected to my desktop. XP remembers the equipment that was connected to it… so if you sync it to one PC, the next computer will know it!! Also, make sure that in Itunes, you configure it to save your music as MP3, and not AAC!!! This little issue is a life saver. Itunes automatically changes the names of all the files to a random letter soup… (browse into your ipods hidden files and you will see that you will not be able to find the music your looking for afterwards.) I do not know why the company has done this, but its their propietary thing to keep business… so if you lost your music, or are afraid of losing your music, before updating, or syncronizing, setup and plan!!! It works great, but you need to know the rules of the game.

–I have no affiliation with any company whatsoever… so I hope this hasa helped.

By: eleanor

eleanor — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 19:00:29 +0000

for christmas i am getting a 8gb i pod touch but my sister already has a i pod nano my sis says that you can only have one i tunes libary on one computer but i want my own i tunes libary on the same computer as my sister has hers because i dont want her music on my i pod nd she doesnt want hers on mine so how can i have 2 different i tunes libaries on the same computer please help me plz plz its my first i pod and i really want it. plz reply with an easy answer :0

By: TinuZ

TinuZ — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:33:23 +0000

I have 2 exactly equal 8GB IPod Nano’s, and want to sync the same library, mainly consisting of podcasts, to both the ipods. Does anyone have a clue how to do this? My pc first recognises the second ipod as new and starts installing drivers etc, but then says that it has been synced on an other pc, wich is true, because i already synced it once at home. The pc where these need managing is at work. So one ipod is synced properly, but itunes wont do the second one…. Any suggestions?

Thanx a lot in advance,

TinuZ

By: Mikey.

Mikey. — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:02:46 +0000

I had faith in Ipod and Itunes at one time. Until I used it. I can’t believe people actually use that software. There’s nothing like plugging in an already fully loaded Ipod with music you’ve been collecting for monthes thinking your friend can give you those songs you just heard on his computer. You all know what happens next. Oh I got those couple Mp3’s but I where’d the other six thousand go? Thanks Itunes! You revolutionized the way I lose music! I haven’t lost music this fast since I lost the whole Ipod. I hope apple got there consumer information off of it before the wiped my library. That software is the only software I am adamantly against. I’ll start buying music off Itunes when they get me back that music. I hate to be completely negative with this post but I think that it is a horrible attempt at restructuring the way people store music when it’s just a way of controlling piracy. I feel that music is a right. To own it. To listen to it. To copy it. To burn it. To steal it if need be. Maybe no one agrees with me but I don’t like knowing that every MP3 you put on that music is linked to an Ipod which is linked to a consumer research company and turned into profits which as an Itunes user I never see benefits of. I’ll never own the “Rights” to my music. It’s music. Nothing more. It’s no ones business what’s on it, how often I use it, and what computer I plugged it into. All the off brand MP3 player’s I’ve used seem to do the same job with Windows explorer. And I don’t have to register them. I’ll never forgive Apple for the music I lost on my Ipod. It’s music I’ll never replace. All in the pursuit of what? The right’s of musicians? It’s there music I lost and I’m sure I’m not the only one who have seen an Ipod update librarys. I’m not trying to change anyones opinion on what they think about apple or Itunes but with a company of such stature I expect much more. I know your all saying all you had to do was uncheck the box in the settings and I know that. Save your breath. I learned that lesson the hard way.

By: Tori

Tori — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:29:41 +0000

ikeep trying to plug up my
new ipod touch && it keeps saying
you do not have sufficent privilages
wo install devices on this computer please
contact your site administrator or log out
and log in again as an administrator and try again!!

but i cant get my administrator to do it!!

so what does this mean!?!?

&& when i turn my ipod touch on…

it has a pic. of tha ipod cord && itunes!!

plz help me!!