Cleaning the remains of my apartment while listening to my new iPod ("really, it's a data storage solution for my trip.") The original plan was to progressively delete music from the iPod as I took pictures, and thus leave me plenty of space for both entertainment and photos.
I plan to travel for six weeks without a laptop, and thus without iTunes, the iPod driver program.
And I'm now realizing that there's no easy way in the interface to delete a song on the iPod. Which means that this irritating truncated Phillip Glass bit is going to stay there. As are the songs that I don't particularly like. And I'm going to have to make all decisions about the stuff that I want to listen to before I get on the outgoing plane ...
Yes, I don't really expect to take 40 GB of pictures on the road. But I also don't want to limit myself to not taking pictures because I'm out of space. The idea that the iPod is a write-only device when unlinked to a computer is a little worrisome.
Any suggestions?
Update: No, I really am not taking my laptop. I don't need the extra pounds for six weeks of travel. Nor the extra breakability. Plus what sort of vacation is it if I have a laptop?
September 8, 2004 08:41 PM | TrackBack | in DesignBy the way, have fun on the trip. I look forward to seeing your trip reports.
Why don't you just take along your laptop?
Posted by: Lucy at September 9, 2004 07:27 AMApple's support site confirms that you can't do this. I can't guarantee that there isn't some kind of hack, but if there is, it's certainly not Apple-supported. (And you're not the only person complaining about this, either.)
Posted by: Joshua at September 9, 2004 10:41 PM