ITunes auto vs. manual
Hey everyone...quick question:
I use my home PC as my "home" for my iTunes library (iPod sync is set to automatic) and everything works great there. But I have a couple of other computers (a laptop and my desktop at work) that I would like to use to manually transfer the occasional podcast or something to the iPod. It seems that the PC at work thinks that IT is the iPod's home library though. I've set all of the iPod sync settings to manual in iTunes, but every time I connect the iPod, it goes back to automatic and tries to sync. Is there a way to make this installation of iTunes "forget" about the iPod? Maybe a registry key I can clear or something?
Thanks in advance!
iPod Video (30GB) Windows XP Pro
Windows XP Pro
You can't have the iPod on automatic update on one computer and manual on another. You'll have to make it one or the other. If you even temporarily went to manual on a different computer as soon as you went back to auto at home whatever you put on will be erased: Using iPod with Multiple computers
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