iTunes Tips – Manual Music Management

Many homes these days have more than one computer, and sometimes you may want to quickly grab some music from one of the other machines. ITunes is a nifty piece of software, but one of its biggest disadvantages is that by default, you can only synch your iPod with one computer. If you try to synch with another, at best, it will get confused, and at worst it could wipe the contents of your iPod. There is a workaround, however – just connect your iPod, and then navigate to the sources list in iTunes and select your iPod. Under the Summary page, tick 'Manually manage music and videos', and then apply the changes. The main disadvantage of this is that you will have to manually add and remove songs, and manually eject the iPod once you're done altering playlists, but at least you will now have full control over the files on your iPod, instead of iTunes trying to manage play lists thinking that it knows best.