Re: Syncing (was Re: DRM can bite my ass)

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From: Dave Hodgkinson
Subject: Re: Syncing (was Re: DRM can bite my ass)
Date: 13:31 on 05 Dec 2006
On 5 Dec 2006, at 13:24, Nik Clayton wrote:

> Robert Rothenberg wrote:
>> On 05/12/06 04:27 Peter da Silva wrote:
>>> "iTunes shouldn't be removing files from my iPod"
>>>
>>> If you really do want it to sync your music collection to your  
>>> iPod, and
>>> you plug your iPod in when its idea of your music collection is  
>>> wrong, then
>>> it's going to do the wrong thing whether your files are in MP3  
>>> format, MP4
>>> format, or DRM-protected MP4 format.
>>>
>>> This isn't anything to do with DRM, it's all about syncing.
>> I disagree. When I used to use a Palm pilot years ago, the default
>> configuration was not to delete anything (or to ask before  
>> deleting things).
>
> Yes.  But the Palm Pilot is not a read-only device.
>
> As far as iTunes is concerned, the iPod is a read-only mirror of  
> your music.  That may not match how you're using your iPod or  
> iTunes.  In which case an alternative music player / library  
> manager may be what you're after.

What he said. My machine is my master, the shuffle the slave. A dumb  
one.

Ssame goes for iPhoto: a lot of people find it hateful as it secretes
files in seemingly random directories where they can't find them. Don't.
go with the flow. Use the UI to export them, then re-import. It does  
cool
things like always keeping an original so if you mess up an edit you can
revert. People who rummage, get into trouble.

At least the Pictures directory is perfectly rsync-able.

-- 
Dave Hodgkinson - Music photography
http://www.davehodgkinson.com/


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