Re: [Apple iPod] trying to decide if iPod is for me

Fred & Carl,

You've got this nailed but there is more.

If you attempt to manage your music files using Finder/Win Explorer you will
not only waste a lot of time, but you are very likely (certain?) to break
the links between the iTunes library (database) and the real files. Who
wants a lose-lose situation?

Oh, and backup, backup, BACKUP.

Otto
PS Fred, could you trim your replies? :)

On 23/02/2008, Fred Valcho <fvalcho@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I agree w/ Carl. We like the command line stuff and the control, and when
> someone puts this thing into a GUI, we all freak out. But it really is a lot
> easier in the long run. Find something else to do besides manually arranging
> all those files. lord only knows they are only going to grow anyways! It is
> only a computer after all, what can seriously go wrong? yuk.

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