ATTENTION IPOD / ITUNES USER'S

I rescently posted several questions about useing my iPod with my new kenwood deck via USB hub on deck face plate (and I must say it is phenominal). But I found out why my music purchased from iTunes is not working. There are 2 types of AAC files that are present in the store; PURCHASEBLE files and PROTECTED files. The protected files can not be played in any medium but your iPod (no other source can play these files; CD player, car stereo; or cp based Media Player). Here is the kicker, THERE IS NO WAY TO FIND OUT WHICH FILE IS PROTECTED AND WHICH FILE IS PURCHASEBLE UNTIL YOU PURCHASE THE DAMNED SONG. So now you're informed, buy CD's from your local spin center. I believe that if you buy the song, it is yours to play. [ Edited by Host, don't steal music ]

"By the way I was also informed and confirmed it on the web site that you have a limited number (like four or five) times that you can "burn" or "share" your purchased product before it will stop allowing you to use your purchase in that manner."
You are confused. First off those are two different things you are mixing up.
One is that you are allowed to authorize up to 5 computers at any one time to be able to play DRM protected purchased iTunes content. Once you reach 5, if you want to authorize another computer, then you have to unauthorize another to make room. For the vast majority of people, this shouldn't be an issue unless you have more than 5 computers running in your house and need them all to play your iTunes songs.
Second, there is no limit to the number of times you can burn a purchased iTunes song to an audio CD. What there is a limit on is the number of times you can burn a particular playlist which contains a DRM protected song to a CDR as an Audio CD. I think it is something like 7 times. But the limit is NOT on that song, but on that particular playlst. You can change the playlist (add a song and remove another, change the order, etc.) or add the DRM song to a new playlis and you can again make another 7 (or however many it is) more audio CDs of that playlist. Keep adding the purchased song to new/different playlists and you can burn as many copies to audio CDs as your little heart desires.
So please get your facts straight before you try and "inform" people. Misinformation helps no one.
Patrick

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First time Ipod/Itunes user is confused

OK!
I have this Ipod I believe its an Ipod mini as you call it. I just bought the charger and the USB cord the other day and I have very little knowledge about this thing it just sort of fell into my lap.
I was told install this Itunes thing to get it going but when I try to install it I keep getting this message: "There is a problem with the Windows Installer package. A DLL required for this install to complete could not be run. Contact your support personnel or package vender."
Really confused by that. I tried calling their support hotline but it isnt open till 9am here.
Any help is most appreciated.
god some outdated crap from 2000 I think Windows 98

I'm still on here people!
I've had this thing for over a month now and I really wanna get it working. Please anything would help.

HT1386 How do I create one Apple ID and iTunes user name and password for all of my Apple products: iPad, iPhone, and iPod plus iTunes on my PC?

How do I create one Apple ID and iTunes user name and password for all of my Apple products: iPad, iPhone, and iPod plus iTunes on my PC?

Yes, I do have multiple devices and it appeared to me that every time I tried to sync or log onto iTunes, the password was incorrect. Consequently, I was and am constantly changing it. Wouldn't it be nice if Apple would simply say that you only need one Apple ID and one password regardless of the number of Apple devices you intend to sync via iTunes.
Barring the above, how about a way to merge all of the Apple IDs and passwords into one.

HT1386 My iPod Mini will not sync with my iTunes newly purchased Album!! I receive a message stating my iPod's User Name is registered with another iTune & I can't receive the new purchased Album onto my iPod! It tells me to erase my iPod to put this iTun

From the message given to me from my iTunes I stated above, I don't want to erase all that is on my iPod in order to get iTune site to get to sync or download to my iPod! the newly purchased Album downloaded to my iPod!!! HELP!!! I'm trying to figure out HOW to find out where iTunes thinks there is another iTune acct registered to My iPod"s User Name???!!! AND TO REVERSE ALL THAT OR MERGE THIS ACCTS IN ORDER TO GET ON MY iPOD WHAT I HAVE PURCHASED IN ORDER TO ENJOY MY CHOICE OF MUSIC!!! iTunes or Apple's solution on this message box to me when I tried to download the newly purchased Album, was to ERASE MY IPOD'S CONTENTS & THEN I'D BE REGISTERED WITH THIS iTUNES ACC & THEN ABLE TO DOWNLOAD MUSIC & THIS ALBUM FROM THIS PLAYLIST!!! I HAVE NOT KNOWN OF ANY OTHER iTUNE I WAS AFFAILIATED WITH!! DOES ANYBODY KNOW OF ANYTHING TO HELP ME!!! P.S. MY iPOD HAS PLENTY OF ROOM FOR NEW DOWNLOADS OR SYNCS!!! THANKS!!!

You can only sync with one iTunes library. If you sync with another one the iPod will be erased and its contents replaced with what is in the library of the second computer.
However, you can manage music among multiple computers. See:
Using iPhone, iPad, or iPod with multiple computers
BTW you posted in the iPod touch forum

Can't access the music on my iPod, iTunes freezes up

Hello out there, I have a problem with my fifth generation 30 GB iPod video. It has worked like a dream until yesterday. I plugged my iPod into my computer (HP laptop running Windows Vista) and it showed up in iTunes as usual. I dragged three albums onto my iPod and it did the usual routine of updating. When it was done I clicked the eject symbol in the iTunes menu and waited for the battery to show on the iPod screen before disconnecting. I turned on the iPod to listen to these new tunes and now my iPod appears to be blank. Under artists, albums, songs, etc there are no longer any options.
Okay, I have the day off from work so I figure I'll just sync it back up and put all 30 gigs back on. I plug the iPod in, iTunes opens automatically, and then freezes. After unplugging the iPod itunes resumes working. I try this several more times, restart the computer, restart the iPod, etc and it keeps doing the same thing.
Frustrated (as this happened once before with a much older iPod several years ago) I headed over to these forums. From looking around I saw the five R's that are always suggested. After reseting, retrying, and restarting, the problem still persists: I can't access the music on my ipod, and itunes freezes.
I then updated to the newest version of itunes. This also did nothing to solve the problem. I want to attempt to restore my ipod, unfortunately this is not possible because I can't access the iPod options through itunes because it freezes as soon as the ipod is attached to the computer.
After reading several threads on these support forums I stumbled on this one: (http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1480926&tstart=0) in which a user recommends downloading an alternative iPod manager. I followed the link in that thread and settled on a program called poddox, hoping I could just throw all my music back onto my iPod with it. So I again plugged in my ipod, waited for itunes to freeze, closed it as it was not responding, and opened podox. Podox reported that all of my music is still on the iPod (it says there is less than 200 megs of space available).
Unfortunately poddox won't work for me either. Upon attempting to use it to remove all the data on my ipod my computer crashed and restarted. This is strange because although itunes freezes when the ipod is plugged in, it still appears as a removable disk in windows.
I returned to the apple website and downloaded and older, seperate ipod updater software from 2006. I installed the software and it restarted my computer. When I ran the ipod updater I received a message informing me that this software was no longer supported and that if i wanted to update my ipod's software or restore it I should just do it through itunes v.7 or later. The program then quits, and I have no choice.
I'm about ready to pull my hair out here. What can I do? It seems like a real catch 22 in that I need to restore my ipod for itunes to recognize it but i can't restore it because itunes doesn't recognize it. From what I gather there is no way to restore it without using itunes, is this accurate? What can I do to either delete all the data on my pod and reload it, or make it appear again in my ipod's menu/interface? Any help you guys can give is greatly appreciated, I will be monitoring the responses to this thread in case anyone should need more information from me. Thanks again.

right, figured it out. had to put it in disk mode, then reconnect, then it was recognized, then i restored and put everything back onto it. hope this helps anyone else who has a similar problem

I am a new ipod touch user; have gone through all the dowload/install stuff, plugged the device into my computer but ipod screen still shows plug in to tunes. I am totally computer useless - how can I get my ipod to work, please? Charles Jones.

I am a new ipod touch user; have gone through all the dowload/install stuff, plugged the device into my computer but ipod screen still shows plug in to tunes. I am totally computer useless - how can I get my ipod to work, please? Charles Jones.

You did install the latest iTunes (10.5) right? If the problem was that iTunes does not see the iPod try:
iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch: Device not recognized in iTunes for Windows
or
iPhone, iPad, iPod touch: Device not recognized in iTunes for Mac OS X

When I plug in iPod - iTunes crashes?

Hello.. sorry if this is a repeat question. I lost track of my user i.d. and couldn't track down my question. Anyways, when I plug in my ipod - iTunes loads as usual. However, it crashes and says "this application has failed" or something like that. Usually, my ipod would say "ipod is updating". Now it just sticks with "do not disconnect". My actual files are all still in the ipod - files and the songs are still in itunes. But when i look at the music directory in my ipod - it's empty (due to the no updating thing). It's driving me crazy. I've tried a couple of earlier suggestions and they didn't work. I've uninstalled itunes and re-installed it and that didn't work. I was hoping i wouldn't have to reformat my ipod but if that's what it will take I guess that's that. Thank you very much in advance for any suggestions!
-chizg
p.s. off topic I know, but since I have your attn.. I have a bigger problem too. All my files (college work for a portfolio!) were dragged in the trash and i hit "empty trash" - so now I'm screwed. I know trash isn't truly trashed so if anybody knows the step by step process on how to recover it I'd be grateful. Thank you for reading.

Hello. The message was:
"The application iTunes has unexpectedly quit. The system and other applications have not been affected."
I haven't gotten around to trying the link out yet becuase I'm still scannning it for my deleted files. Thank you for any other additional help regarding my ipod/itunes issue.

Ipod + itunes = blue screen of death & reboot - HELP PLEASE!

I'll try to make a long story as short as possible here.
i've had a 40G ipod for over a year and a half now. back in the beginning things were working fine. with the size i hadn't done any syncing for a long long time. however, the ipod crapped out so i got a replacement from the apple store.
after registering the new ipod i was having trouble syncing. it would upload a few hundred songs and then freeze or cause a reboot. i uninstalled the ipod software as well, installed the latest itunes software - over the previous version, installed the latest ipod updater software and restored the ipod.
again, i was able to sync for brief periods in 3 different tries - amassing a whole six hundred and something songs. after each try itunes said syncing was complete (but not even close - had just over 2000 mp3s looking to sync up). unbelievably things got worse. now, if the ipod is docked and itunes is running - regardless of which is done first - my pc will get the blue screen of death and reboot itself.
also, without itunes and the ipod docked, it shows up as an i: drive, but when i try to browse it though my computer, it locks up the machine and shows nothing.
any help out there is GREATLY appreciated!
here are my specs:
- ipod 40 Gig, with click wheel and four buttons below the screen with
dock & firewire cable
- pc running windows xp pro
- firewire card with 3 ports
- ipod & itunes software located on 120G c: drive
- mp3 collection located on secondary 160G d: drive
- 3/4 gig of ram
p.s. i have mcafee running and i've tried everything with it on as well as off. doesn't seem to make a difference.
also, i have checked a TON of posts on apple.com as well as other discussion groups and couldn't find an answer.

hi Douglas!
first promise me that you'll back up your data. having your PC shut down in non-standard ways (for
b any
reason) increases your risk of file corruption and putting scruffy spots on your hard drive.
Now some basic first aid. download some fresh definitions and do some vigorous virus and spyware scans. run your favorite hard-disk checking utility. do a disk cleanup.
now let's follow up on the blue screen of death. Perversely, i've started to become pleased when people report BSODs under these circumstances. we can wring a lot of information from a BSOD error message. there's also usually something concrete to go on in the error logs.
(1) what BSOD error number and message are you getting? here's a reference:
http://aumha.org/win5/kbestop.htm
(2) squeeze your error logs for all they're worth. right-click on "My Computer", select manage. click on your event viewer. click on your application and system logs, and look for errors and warnings happening at roughly the same time as your crashes.
click on the relevant warnings to see if you can find any commonalities in the errors/warnings. follow up the Help and Support links to see if you can find any suggested "User action" or relevant MS KB documents. (sometimes these things are there, sometimes they aren't.)
good luck! keep us posted.
love, b

IPod touch users offered UK nationwide Wi-Fi with The Cloud

*Check this out:-*
http://www.thecloud.net/page/3653 (iPod touch users offered UK nationwide Wi-Fi with The Cloud)
Sounds quite cool & not too expensive either...
Extract:-
+Friday, 28 September 2007+
The Cloud today announced that it is giving Wi-Fi access to owners of Apple’s new iPod touch in thousands of hotspots across the UK. From Monday, users will be able to use their iPod touch to access the internet and Apple's online iTunes service in Wi-Fi hotspots provided by The Cloud.
The new Wi-Fi service, called Cloud Unlimited Music, will be available from Monday 1st October 2007 for £3.99 per month, specifically for iPod touch, and is not subject to any minimum term contract.
Owen Geddes, Group Director of Business Development at The Cloud, commented; “We believe this is a significant step forward in making music, podcasts and video available when, and wherever, people really want it. iPhone users will soon be able to make the most of our Wi-Fi network with O2 and The Cloud when the iPhone is introduced in November and we want to make sure people who have the Wi-Fi enabled iPod touch are able benefit from our network of over 7,500 hotspots too.”
iPod Touch users need to sign-up for the service at http://www.thecloud.co.uk/ipod , where they can register their individual device for use on The Cloud’s network across the UK and pay for the service. Once a user has registered their device, they are able to connect to any The Cloud Wi-Fi network without complicated usernames and passwords. The service is being introduced in the UK first and will become available in other European markets shortly.
The Cloud offers wireless broadband access at thousands of locations across Europe, including airports, hotels and railway stations throughout the UK, Germany, the Nordics and The Netherlands.
*Obviously, for future UK iPhone owners, such Wi-Fi service is gonna be "free" (included in monthly contract bill)... BUT for itouch owners, what do people think of this new service?*

It works outside pubs as well Not very far away - about the same as walking along the street and picking up signals from houses. Walked through Birmingham City Centre today (close to Bull Ring) having got my Touch out and watched a YouTube video walking along, moving from one hotspot to another - a bit stuttery as the signal dropped sometimes as TheCloud hot spots didn't overlap. But, at the pub, you are chatting to your mates and someone mentions something on YouTube so you whip out your Touch, press YouTube and everyone can have a look at it. Pretty smart.
I've been testing it out last few days and, now, it's all seamless. No log in, just have wifi switched on and if signal appears can just press safari, youtube or itunes and "boom" it works.

Ipod/itunes problem

my computer crashed last week and i restored the songs from my ipod back on itunes. Today when i went to put my ipod in it says that "cannot communicate with ipod, another user is logged into itunes on the computer" which is impossible cause i was the only one running itunes. now when i plug my ipod in itunes doesn't even recognize it. please help!!!

You need to play at least a part of songs purchased from the iTMS to authorize them. They won't copy to your iPod until you do this.
How to transfer Purchased Music from iTunes to your iPod
iTMS Song and Computer Authorization
If you've played & authorized them in iTunes and they still skip, try this. De-authorize the computer in iTunes/Advanced menu, then re-authorize it. You re-authorize it by playing one of the songs purchased from the iTunes Music Store within iTunes. It should ask you for your Apple ID and password, and then the computer will be authorized again. Sync your iPod with iTunes, and those songs should play on the iPod once again.
Another common cause of this is not having the latest version of iTunes.
If you are using the latest version of iTunes (6.0.2), then you need to make sure your iPod software is up to date also. Get the iPod Updater software, install it, run it and update your iPod.
When you have done this, authorize your music in iTunes by playing a few seconds of it within iTunes, re-sync your iPod, and it should transfer by whatever synching method you choose.

Need help for new iPod Nano user(s)

Please help: My daughter has an iPod, with an iTunes account. My wife just rec'vd a Nano for Mothers Day. How can I install both iPods on the same computer? I don't want to screw this up. Can I add another user to the first iTunes/iPod account?
Thanks -

hiya!
these resources should be helpful with that:
Natalie Beresford: multiple iPod/iTunes installations
How to use multiple iPods with one computer
iTunes: How to share music between different accounts on a single computer
love, b

Partial Sync with iPod / iTunes

I'm a new iTunes user so apologies if this is a really simple question. I want to store all my albums on iTunes , but only have a 2GB iPod nano. When I connect my iPod, it tries to sync all the music in iTunes - when I exceed 2GB on iTunes it can't sync.
Is there a way of having automatic updates switched on, but controlling what tracks/playlists are loaded to the iPod - I tried to use the 'tick' on the left , but deselecting this does not delete the track from the iPod.

See Option Two, I think it's the sort of thing you are after.
For Info:
The iPod offers three ways to transfer music from your computer. You can select one of the following update modes from the iPod Preferences menu in iTunes (Edit=>Preferences=>'iPod' tab):
1) Automatically update all songs and playlists. This is the default mode, in which your entire music library, including playlists, is automatically synced to your iPod. If the music library on your computer exceeds the iPod storage capacity, you are prompted to select a different update method.
2) Automatically update selected playlists only. With this option, iTunes automatically copies the playlists you have selected to the iPod when you connect it to the computer.
3) Manually manage songs and playlists. You can also choose to transfer music to the iPod manually. This allows you to drag and drop individual songs and playlists from iTunes to the iPod.

Can not restore iPod, iTunes Network Connection Timed Out

Cannotrestore iPod, iTunes Network Connection Timed Out. I have updated my iTunesversion, but still can’t perform iPod restore. I turned off my firewall, tried numeroustimes for the past 3 days

Did you also disable your antivirus? Some users reported that they had to configure their security software to no automatically startup on boot up and then reboot their computer. Just turning off/disabling without rebooting did not work.

Adivce on shared computer with 2 Ipod nano users

We bought a new Mac and both my wife and daughter like to use it over the windows NT machine.
They each have an Ipod nano and both like to have their own user page on the Mac.
I'm trying to figure out the best way to set it up so they can share songs with each other ( common library with different play list or seperate libraries that they some how share songs between??? )
Also would it be easier/better if they both used the same user page for Itunes use. It would be a little bit more of a hassle for them to have to log out as user "X" and log in as "itunes-user" every time they wanted to down load a song but at least they would always be in the same place.
Just looking for suggestions before I set to much up and then find they don't like it and I have to try and reset it up .. that always seems harder.
Any suggestions ?

Follow the instructions in this article.
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Ipod classic user beware

I'm new to this sort of thing and I hope this is appropriate for what I'm doing. I'm also finding this discussion site very useful, anyway with that said. In my travels to find a Ipod dvd player, for an up coming trip, I found one on Craig's list and the dvd player was a descent price, for the brand, the person was also within my area. So I went, with the intention of buying the dvd player, took my Ipod to try out the player. It didn't work, we spent the better half of the morning tying to figure out why it wasn't working. It turned out that the dvd player needed a particular cradle that didn't come with the original packaging but was available. The player was only a year old and the Itouch he got as a gift and was not compatible. The cradle that was in the player was for the 60 gig ipod classic. To make a long story short, be sure when purchasing anything for your Ipod, whether it's retail or private, to see if it is compatible with you your particular Ipod and if any parts or pieces comes with the dvd player. Do the homework, find out what brand it is and go to the appropriate website to see what you need for your Ipod model. Don't be afraid to ask questions, whether it's private or retail, be prepared to walk away if you're not satisfied with the answers. If you are going to use your own Ipod to try out the dvd player make sure the dock or cradle thats in the player is the right one for your Ipod, if your not sure, do not use yours! For Private sales ask what Ipod they are using or had and any issues with the dvd player. The reason for writing all this, is when I went to use my Ipod classic it was not working properly. I couldn't hear my music and the sound was distorted. I went to my local Mac store and found out that the USB connection on the Ipod was damaged and has to be sent back to Apple Canada! I don't know if what "happened" to my Ipod was a direct result but my hope is that by posting this topic it will help others. CAVEAT EMPTOR! "BUYER BEWARE!". Thanks for reading this!
MACBCER
P.S I didn't buy the player

Hi, and a warm welcome to the forums!
A worthy tip indeed, Perhaps better in the iPod + iTunes forums, or the User's Tip Library...
http://discussions.apple.com/index.jspa?categoryID=1

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