iTunes 8, An iPod Nano, And Windows XP or Vista

Yet another ipod died on me right after offering me organization although working for a extended time. Sweat, rain, warmth, shocks - I guess it was also significantly for the very poor tiny ipod Shuffle. This time I determined to get an ipod Nano as an alternative of a Shuffle. The ipod Shuffle is excellent in regards to bodyweight and sturdiness, nonetheless it is constrained in regards to playlists and features. The ipod Nano just a notch a lot more major in fat in comparison to the Shuffle and minor larger in general dimension, but twice as skinny as the Shuffle.

Soon after buying the Nano at the nearby Apple Shop I had to set up iTunes on my laptop computer to put my audio on this new gadget. I did not have to use iTunes to plan my Shuffle because of as I was utilizing a tiny software (downloadable from SourceForge) that permitted to re-plan the database each and every time when including or getting rid of music from the Apple ipod Shuffle (duplicate and paste). Even so, this software does not work with the Nano and so I set up iTunes eight - not understanding what type of catastrophe would flip out to be. I sta rted iTunes and allow it index my database which took permanently, but when I lastly had it all in put I hooked up the new Nano ipod.

I began making playlists and kind my audio library, but iTunes was very sluggish. I figured it may nonetheless be indexing music and things in the track record, but it did not get much better. So, I began a Google Research for the slowness with iTunes and apparently this began in summer time of 2008 when Apple up to date iTunes to edition eight. I was shocked to study that now, actual one 12 months later on the very same difficulty nonetheless persist for consumers of iTunes eight on a Windows based mostly personal computer. Some Apple Pc consumers noted the very same difficulty, but they have been in the minority. All the folks who noted this issue have been utilizing Windows XP or Windows Vista - just like myself. iTunes acted very sluggish and rendered the gadget ineffective in several circumstances.

Far more Search nonetheless showed that third get together application enables to bypass the issue and nonetheless get the exact same features out of the ipod. I experimented with a handful of resources and identified that an software referred to as "Songbird" mixed with the ipod plug-in is the finest way to deal with playlists and music on an ipod. Now I extremely enjoy my new ipod Nano because of to the truth that I do not have to use the bloat ware that Apple iTunes has grow to be.

Conclusion: If you are thinking about the buy of an Apple ipod and want to use iTunes eight on your Windows OS based mostly pc to load audio to the gadget you may join the ranks of several annoyed customers who are encountering this extremely dilemma. Apple has not supplied a answer because September 2008 from what I can inform which is not a great way to market goods.