Hand me down iPod

I searched but didn't find this listed question listed...I bought a 60 gig iPod and am giving my wife my old 30 gig one. is it better to delete the music on the old iPod that she doesn't like or is it better to delete it all and start over?
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Have her create her own playlist called Wife’s Music (or whatever) and drag all her music into the playlist. Then open iTunes prefs -> iPod and select Auto update only selected playlists.
To make is a bit easier to manage, also create a Smart playlist called “Not wifes music“ (or whatever).
Make it Match Rule;
Playlist is not Wifes Music.
Then click on this and it will show only music she does not have. She can simply drag the songs she wants onto her own playlist.
Makes it a bit easier to sort thru and see what she wants but does not have.

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Not without the use of some data recovery software of the type mentioned in this post.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=931813&#931813
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srb

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Hi lindaasw,
Welcome to the Support Communities!
Do you have the latest version of iTunes for Windows installed? I would turn on the sidebar and the menu bar just to make sure you are seeing everything. If the iPhone is still not recognized in iTunes, follow these troubleshooting steps:
iTunes: Turning on iTunes menus in Windows 8 and 7
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5610
iTunes 11: Frequently used features
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5649
iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Windows
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1538
Cheers,
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Alanmeats,
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Never mind - it looks as if it's a mid-late 15" 2009.
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hi there. im wondering id there is any hope for my situation. my daughter inherited a hand-me-down computer (and its actually very nice.) it does not have an ethernet connection because it had never been used for the internet, just for the previous kids to play their cd-roms on.
we have 2 computer in our house already connected thru our linksys wrt54g v8 router. mama compter is hard-wired, and my baby laptop is wireless. we wanted to add the step-child computer to the network and especially so my daughter can have internet.
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and furthernore (*grin*) i dont even know if this file ive downloaded and copied to the s-c computer is even the file needed for installation of if its just an upgrade to firmware.
is there any hope for the step-child computer or is it doomed unless i get a in-board adapter with ethernet? the thought process on that prospect is this free hand-me-down computer is starting to add up as weve already boaught a mouse and keyboard as well as the usb wireless adapter. if im SOL on getting linksys installed to this computer im gonna be so so so sad.
with that said, if i am SOL, please break it to me gently.
Message Edited by betcsu on 08-03-2009 06:19 PM

thats not what im trying to do.
i sinply want to add my new/used computer to the network using a usb wireless adapter.
i do not have the installation cd and the new/used computer doiesnt have ethernet for me to use the web baed utlity.
is there a d/l of the installation cd somewhere? i can not believe i acnt find the dumb cd! i used it just last month when i re-formatted the kids computer and now i cant find it to add this computer. UGH! is there anything i can do to get this new/old computer on the net for my daughter. SHES_DRIVING_ME_BONKERS!

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where can i easily find age/model of my hand-me-down iMac?

Go to the Finders menu... Click on the Apple logo... About this Mac... Click on the OS Version text until the serial number comes up.
That's the serial number for the Mac.

My iPod is a hand-me-down.

Up until now, I shared an Apple ID with the previous owner. Now I have my own ID and my iPod will not sync to it. Is there a way to switch the ID an iPod is linked to?

Yes, it will.
Your friend has no right to give you a copy of "her music", it's not hers to give - she does not own the copyright. The music industry calls that stealing.
If you want the music, then you will have to buy it yourself.

Giving an iPod as a "Hand Me Down"

I bought a new iPod. I figured out how to get most of the music over to the new iPod, but how do I erase everything on the old one and set it up for my wife to use?
Thanks in advance.

She will be using it on a different computer too.....Do I just DL iTunes onto that computer and set her up with a new account and then she can purchase and sync there? Can she get songs from another iPod? She likes some of the songs our kids have on thier iPods....how do we share them?
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Deleting hand-me-down devices off iCloud backup

i've handed down my past iphones to kids. now it appears those devices are taking up storage on my icloud. if delete the devices off my icloud, will the backed up information (photos, etc) go away too?

Deleting the backup from iCloud will only permanently delete the backup. It won't delete any data currently in your iCloud account or on your device (other than the backup).

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