iConfused

[c9]

Alright so I have this iPod now, and I'm putting music on it and all that shit. Some notes:

1. iTunes SUCKS. It's insanely slow. Also, it's slow.
2. Country-by-country iTunes stores suck too. I like the free US track this week, but can't download it because I'm in Canada and the Canadian store doesn't have that track for free. The free Canadian one is garbage.
3. I know there's all sorts of DRM on these things, although it apparently has been cracked, so somebody emailing me the song won't work, will it?
4. Now that I can store 100 songs, I obviously want more! I need to get a new hard drive, digitize all my CDs, and then get an iPod nano so I can listen to them all.
5. I need to win the lottery.

Comments

[jdhorner.livejournal.com]

1. the program in general or just the file transfers? i actually think itunes is -great- at organizing the music. also, it's one of the snappiest progs. on my mac. (as opposed to iPhoto, which i abhor.)

2. i completely agree. but, as i'm sure you know, it all has to do with billing laws, record company contracts, etc...

3. jHymn might help you out. i don't know if they released a version for wintel machines, but nothing a little google can't solve. just be careful -- there are different versions, and you may end up rendering the song not playable anyway. but yes, a iTMS song will only play if the person who bought it "unlocks" it on the computer that's trying ot play it. and you get 5 authorizations. so if this person sends you stuff -all the time-, and has only one or two computers, they could always just give you their user/pass to "authorize" your computer for all their downloads. or, like you said, just crack the damned thing.

4. did you get a shuffle or something? that sucks, considering the nano just came out.

5. when you do, i accept donations.

[c9.livejournal.com]

1. In general. The transfers are no biggy, it just seems to spend way too much time thinking about anything I tell it to do. It plays and sorts fine, but this morning I clicked "Autofill" and it took a good 30 seconds (that's even abnormal for what I typically get) before it added the new songs. I agree, it's very good at *organizing*.

2. Yeah yeah. And really I should be happy, since it annoys me when Canada is treated like just another state by many companies.

3. These days, that's too much effort. But perhaps next time I'm bored.

4. I did in fact. But at least it was free. I can still save for a nano.

5. Take a number. (current number: 34,958,734,692,496,824,687. I think some people are taking more than one.)