Ipod and Windows

shopbot

Hi Everyone,

Can anyone tell me if I transfer files to an Ipod by dragging and dropping within Windows Explorer. I thought this would be easy to find out but I'm not having luck Googling!

Thanks
SB

phillip3153

if you are using itunes, you can tell it where your music files are. sorry i cannot give you the specifics as i am on my laptop (which does not have itunes). hope hat this helps :j

shopbot

Thanks - I'm trying to find out if I can not use iTunes at all.

billy_love

You can but only if you use some third party software such as Anapod from Redchair.

cheers
bill
BTW this is not neccessarily a recommendation regarding Anapod!

vyseyboy

Winamp does the trick pretty well.

Marty_J

shopbot wrote: »

Thanks - I'm trying to find out if I can not use iTunes at all.

Windows explorer is not designed for managing an iPod, whereas iTunes is.

Hungerdunger

Marty_J wrote: »

Windows explorer is not designed for managing an iPod, whereas iTunes is.

Don't you mean "An IPod is designed not to work with Windows Explorer..." Perhaps I'm sounding pedantic, but my point is that there are plenty of MP3 players out there which allow drag-and-drop.

Marty_J

Hungerdunger wrote: »

Don't you mean "An IPod is designed not to work with Windows Explorer..." Perhaps I'm sounding pedantic, but my point is that there are plenty of MP3 players out there which allow drag-and-drop.

iTunes allows drag and drop. It just uses a custom designed application to do it.

I don't know why using something not designed to manage digital media for managing digital media is viewed as a bonus. I guess you could use a spreadsheet for typing a letter, but it's probably easier to use a word processor.

johngc

It's actually more to do with copy protection.

The idea with your ipod (at least how apple want you to use it) is to have it set up with your music that hopefully you bought from them and not to be able to share it with everyone.

You can't just go to someones house and say 'here, let me copy the contents of my ipod onto your computer so you can have all my songs too'.

Thankfully a number of people have come up with software that actually allows you to be able to do this and make using your ipod (in my opinion) so much easier. itunes is a big bloated bit of software that does not need to be so complicated and restricts you too much.

Try floola (www.floola.com) - its a free program you put on your ipod that lets you drag and drop a lot easier.

shopbot

Marty_J wrote: »

Windows explorer is not designed for managing an iPod, whereas iTunes is.

I don't currently own an Ipod but have had a Creative MP3. I always found that the simplest way to transfer music was not to use the manufacturers software but simply drag and drop. I also am instinctively against anything that says 'you must' have itunes to have an ipod.

Domokun

I'd give the Creative software bundles with your MP3 a chance. Media source is an excellent program, and shouldn't be put in the same boat as iTunes, IMO.