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  1. Originally posted by drewhiggins[..]

    G'day Ali!

    If you untick the song boxes then they won't play. Creating a Smart Playlist might do something.

    That's the way it works; it will just bypass them and not bother because they're not selected and therefore not officially part of your library.


    WTF?! I have 61 GB of music and just 2 GB of iPod memory...if I want to use iTunes as my music player, I should be able to choose 2GB of my music to be on the iPod, but listen to all of them on the computer
  2. Originally posted by Ali709[..]

    WTF?! I have 61 GB of music and just 2 GB of iPod memory...if I want to use iTunes as my music player, I should be able to choose 2GB of my music to be on the iPod, but listen to all of them on the computer


    can you not run your nano off a playlist. Thats how I used my old nano. Foget how I set it up though
  3. Originally posted by Ali709[..]

    WTF?! I have 61 GB of music and just 2 GB of iPod memory...if I want to use iTunes as my music player, I should be able to choose 2GB of my music to be on the iPod, but listen to all of them on the computer


    So what you mean is you want to play just the songs from your iPod on your computer.

    If so, drag all the songs onto the iPod (if they're already there then no worries about that). Then select just the iPod from the Source Menu and start playing. Is that what you mean, or not? Or a Playlist might work too...though I never set one up.

    WTF?! I have 61 GB of music and just 2 GB of iPod memory...if I want to use iTunes as my music player, I should be able to choose 2GB of my music to be on the iPod, but listen to all of them on the computer


    I thought the nano had more than 2GB memory on them?
  4. Originally posted by germcevoy[..]

    can you not run your nano off a playlist. Thats how I used my old nano. Foget how I set it up though


    hmm...never tried it actually...I always use "sync checked items"...
  5. Originally posted by Ali709[..]

    hmm...never tried it actually...I always use "sync checked items"...


    tick manually manage. I think that will just let you grab a load of songs and just drop them on to your ipod in the devices menu on the left in itunes
  6. Originally posted by drewhiggins[..]

    So what you mean is you want to play just the songs from your iPod on your computer.

    If so, drag all the songs onto the iPod (if they're already there then no worries about that). Then select just the iPod from the Source Menu and start playing. Is that what you mean, or not? Or a Playlist might work too...though I never set one up.

    [..]

    I thought the nano had more than 2GB memory on them?


    Nope, got me wrong...that's what iTunes already does, it plays only the checked items.
    What I mean is I want my selected 2GB of music to be on the iPod, but I want to listen to the whole library (12GB of my mp3s are in the iTunes library) when using the computer, either checked or unchecked songs.
  7. What I mean is I want my selected 2GB of music to be on the iPod

    It might be worth using Manually Manage Songs as Gerard already said.

    Nope, got me wrong...that's what iTunes already does, it plays only the checked items.

    Yep that's right...

    What I mean is I want my selected 2GB of music to be on the iPod, but I want to listen to the whole library (12GB of my mp3s are in the iTunes library) when using the computer

    If the songs are checked in that 12GB library they'll play. If they're unchecked then they won't play. So if you uncheck 6GB worth then that 6GB won't play - only the other 6GB which are supposedly checked will play. And it doesn't look like there's a way to change it either.

    And according to CNet:

    Uncheck songs in the iTunes Library, and they won't show up. (Unchecked songs do not play in iTunes by default. They play only when double-clicked.

    I just did a test now and I unticked several songs and iTunes just went on by - it didn't see them. But if I do re-check them then they will play.

    An iLounge.com article shows this:

    You can create a playlist using subtraction:
    Playlist "All Checked" is "length is greater than 0:00" match only checked songs.
    Playlist "All Unchecked" is "Playlist is NOT All Checked" and DO NOT CHECK "Match only checked songs".
    Then, to create playlists from the All Unchecked:
    Playlist "Mad Polka" is Match ALL "Playlist is All Unchecked" "Genre is Polka" limit to 25 hours.


    Close to what you mean, I think.
  8. Yep...guess I'll have to play around with the playlists then...would have been easier if they had just put a "Play unchecked songs? [ ]" checkbox in the playback options.
  9. Originally posted by Ali709Yep...guess I'll have to play around with the playlists then...would have been easier if they had just put a "Play unchecked songs? [ ]" checkbox in the playback options.


    A simple checkbox. Not too hard.
  10. Originally posted by Ali709Yep...guess I'll have to play around with the playlists then...would have been easier if they had just put a "Play unchecked songs? [ ]" checkbox in the playback options.


    I have all my boxes checked and I only sync 1GB to my shuffle. The rest play fine on my computer
  11. Originally posted by drewhiggins[..]

    What's your processor speed? About 2.0GHz?


    Nope. 1.33GHz. Old G4 PowerPC
  12. Originally posted by germcevoy[..]
    I have all my boxes checked and I only sync 1GB to my shuffle. The rest play fine on my computer


    The way I manage my smaller players (including the Touch) is to have a load of playlists. When the shuffle, nano, whatever, is connected then you tick manually manage as Gerard says.
    Then go to the music tab and tick the 'selected playlists' box. Then choose which playlists you want on your iPod. It will copy just those.
    For my Nano I have a Nano playlist that is a smart playlist and it automatically drops a song after it's been played and randomly picks another one from my library. This way the music's always fresh. But if you'd rather keep the same songs, manually create a playlist and do as above.

    I've never deselected songs.

    Hope this is clear. Ali, if you're still having trouble then PM me and I'll take you though it further.
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