Can you connect two iPods to the same iTunes library?
This might sound dumb but I honestly have no idea - I want to purchase a second iPod but don't know if I can run them both from the same iTunes library? The new one I want is a shuffle so a much small capacity then my other iPod. Help.
amethyst.rose wrote:
I want to purchase a second iPod but don't know if I can run them both from the same iTunes library?
you can use a virtually unlimited number of mobile devices with a single iTunes library. in fact, Apple wants you to buy as many of them as possible
[_*How to use multiple iPods with one computer*_|http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1495]
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