IPod as a vault?

I have an iPod that I no longer use (40GB iPhoto) and since it's a 4G, it runs firewire. I would like to use it as a vault for Aperture, until I need even more vault space. I stopped by the SF store yesterday, and the luck of the draw got me the "I'm too hip for the room" guy in the watch cap, who simply gave me a gorilla-grunt to my question, and then he lost interest. He's not the norm there, but it put me off.
Second; I imported the entire contents of iPhoto Library to Aperture, and while the pop-up says I can now delete said library; do I delete the folder User>iPhoto Library, or merely its contents. Off course, I'm not in a hurry to do this until I have a safe backup.
Third; I have two thousand photos of one topic,in eleven albums, under one folder name, among those that I imported into Aperture, and I want to start classifying them. I created a project, named it, then dragged the eleven albums into it. Now that I want sub-folders for each album, it won't allow it; what am I doing wrong?
Also, I want to create Smart Folders within each of those eleven albums.
I notice that in the sample photos that come with Aperture, the hierarchy is different from iPhoto's.
20 iMac G5, 12 Powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.3) 40GB iPhoto, 4GB Nano, 60GB ViPod
20 iMac G5, 12 Powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.3) 40GB iPhoto, 4GB Nano, 60GB ViPod

First, no reason you shouldn't be able to use the iPod as a vault. Make sure "enable firewire disk mode" is enabled. Also note, it won't be blazingly fast.
Second, you can delete the entire iPhoto library. I'd suggest backing it up to DVD (or set of DVDs) first... can't hurt to have a permanent snapshot.
Third, it doesn't look like you can have a subfolder of an album. You can have subfolders of projects, though. The critical things in Aperture are projects -- they are where photos are stored. Albums are just "view" of photos that are in a particular project -- photos can be in multiple albums simultaneously, and deleting an album won't delete any photos, because albums don't contain photos, projects do. You can have smart folders within a project, if you want.

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anyone using an ipod as a vault ?

Chris CA wrote:
Select the iPod in iTunes.
Tick Manually manage music.
You should also tick *Enable disk use* and disable *Open iTunes when this iPod is connected*.
tt2

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Nevermind.

I have an iPod classic that syncs my entire library, I'd like to buy a smaller iPod, a nano maybe for the gym. Can I use the same library or do I need to set up a new library for the 2nd iPod? Is that possible? I mean for one to have 2 iTune librarys?

I have an iPod classic that syncs my entire library, I'd like to buy a smaller iPod, maybe a Nano for the gym. Would I need a 2nd iTunes library? Is that possibly, I mean for one person to have 2 iTune librarys/accounts?

Woodblock 3 wrote:
Would I need a 2nd iTunes library? Is that possibly, I mean for one person to have 2 iTune librarys/accounts?
In other words, no. You don't need another iTunes Library for your new iPod
Another iTunes Library, that's only if someone elses music is mixed in with yours and you want to create another Windows user account with their music in it.
The iTunes Library is the master vault containing all your content, from there you create playlists or smart playlists specially tailored for the smaller iPod's storage requirements.
For instance if the iPod can hold only 2,000 songs, then you create a smart playlist based upon those rules/limitation. Plus what type of music you like.
You have a incredible degree of control with smart playlists, they update automatically so you only set the conditions for what goes into them. Including content from other created playlists and smart playlists.
Then, when you hook up the smaller iPod, it has it's own sync options, "all of your music and playlists" or "only select playlists" So you use the second option to select just the smart playlist you tailored for the new iPod.
When you hook up the iPod Classic, only it's sync options are used, not the new iPod ones.
I hope I explained it better this time.

My daughter has an iPod touch and is emailing a much older boy via text free app she downloaded. How can I see the conversations? Please help and thank you

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As long as you can't get a hold of the device, you can't do anything more than talking to your daughter about it.
Erasing the device could also be an option to keep her from using apps you don't want her to have on her device.
Try talking first

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Well, that was an interesting idea, Colin, but it didn't work. I opened iTunes, and then dragged the Aperture repository into it. It seemed to acknowledge it (when I dragged it onto iTunes, the "dragging" icon wasn't x'ed out), but it didn't add anything to the library.
If you try to do an "Add to Library" from iTunes, and then navigate to the Aperture repository, the repository folder is grayed out. It can't be selected. Same for a backup Vault created from Aperture.
Thanks for the suggestion, though. It's always worth experimenting. (Assuming everything is backed up. )

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Well, that was an interesting idea, Colin, but it didn't work. I opened iTunes, and then dragged the Aperture repository into it. It seemed to acknowledge it (when I dragged it onto iTunes, the "dragging" icon wasn't x'ed out), but it didn't add anything to the library.
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Thanks for the suggestion, though. It's always worth experimenting. (Assuming everything is backed up. )

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Well, that was an interesting idea, Colin, but it didn't work. I opened iTunes, and then dragged the Aperture repository into it. It seemed to acknowledge it (when I dragged it onto iTunes, the "dragging" icon wasn't x'ed out), but it didn't add anything to the library.
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Thanks for the suggestion, though. It's always worth experimenting. (Assuming everything is backed up. )

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I have QT Pro. Can I use that to convert DVD movies that I own to my iPod?
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Hi,
I really want to make the most of my mac and take advantage of all the great features that it boasts. One of these features is "File Vault". I remember seeing a quick review of this in the OS X Panther video before Tiger started shipping and it really interested me. I would like to know whether allowing File Vault to encrypt my files will use up memory and processing power? It must use some extra ram surely? Slowing things down a little as it encrypts and decrypts files as they open and close? Do any of you use it and is it worth the while?
Thanks in advance for any help / support in this case.
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My original post :
Pos, File Vault will encrypt your entire Home folder, and will therefore have an impact on performance when dealing with any file located in your Home folder.
If you think you have some files that need to be encrypted, you can always use Disk Utility to create an encrypted Disk Image, and use it to store those files ...
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> If you think you have some files that need to be encrypted, you can always use Disk Utility to create an encrypted Disk Image, and use it to store those files...
In fact, this is exactly what File Vault does to your entire home folder.
-Doug
Thanks Doug
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