Mac help. PLEASE!

[NICKYPOO]

OK, here's the deal. Our new home was burglarized and they got just about everything. Comps, cameras, TV's and electronics. Basically everything but my iPod. Decided to make the jump to Mac seeing as how we are starting over. I'm diggin the new Mac, but I've got one major issue. I've got a full iPod that was formated to a PC, that needs to be transfered to the new Mac. New Mac doesn't want to do it because it's formatted to a PC. Can anybody help a brotha out?

[dogbert]

You can buy some utilities out there that will transfer the contents of your iPod to another computer. It's pretty much a one shot deal, but once you do that, you can then sync your new computer to your iPod. Check this link. There's some good how-tos and tools you can download.

[hoopykat]

Nickypoo,

Ordinarily, you can't transfer music via an iPod from one computer to another, and basically that is what you're trying to do (old PC to new Mac). This is part of the copyright protection that Apple had to use. There is a program to get around this though. It's called Senuti.

http://www.fadingred.org/senuti/

Senuti supposedly will allow you to transfer songs from a PC formatted iPod to a Mac, as long as the iPod is prepared correctly. I have used this program and it's pretty cool. There's some nice documentation to help get you up and running...oh..and it's free.

Hope this helps.

-Mike

[sparky216]

dude that sucks. We got our house robbed last month, while we were sleeping!! Good luck with that, and I hope your insurance company takes good care of you.

What is going on with all the robberies, since we've been robbed I have heard a lot of people talking about their houses or friends houses getting robbed. Does anyone have any respect for other peoples chit anymore?

[dogbert]

A couple of things, first, it's the economy. The other thing that we're seeing is that gangs are getting more mobile and hitting up the affluent neighborhoods for loot. It's a real problem everywhere. The best thing to do is get involved with your local neighborhood watch. If you don't have one, start one and get to know your neighbors.

[NICKYPOO]

Ya, I pretty much went off the deepend on homesecurity. If it happens again, one way or another, you're going down. I have tools for all eventualities.

[dogbert]

Ya, I pretty much went off the deepend on homesecurity. If it happens again, one way or another, you're going down. I have tools for all eventualities.

Funny how when you become a dad you become the Protector.

[spharis]

dude that sucks. We got our house robbed last month, while we were sleeping!!

Are you kidding...hopefully you mean it was just the exterior and they weren't actually in the house.

I have firearms strategically placed in my house (and vehicles). Nothing makes a burglar poop his pants like the sound of a shotgun being racked.

My wife is a school teacher and she wishes teachers that had concealed carry could pack.

I pack whenever I can. I guess it's just how I grew up.
Ruger just came out with a nice CC sub compact .380. Same velocity as a 9mm.

I choose guns based on a few things, but having kids in the house, one of the main things I look at is trigger pull and how easy they are to chamber. I had to get something else for my wife because she couldn't chamber any of the semi's I have. I do not keep one in the chamber on the off chance one of my kids is able to get to one and pull it down or out. Of course they have been educated about firearms and what they are used for and not used for. Makes all the difference.

[TeamAllen]

Hoopycat is right on with Senuti. It is iTunes spelled backwards and will do the job.

[Matt Garcia]

When I moved from windows to mac I just exported my music and playlists to my new itunes without using any software. The only thing I had to do was change the location of where my music was now stored in my iTunes. It uses an XML file that I just did a find and replace for the location. Super simple and easy.

[dogbert]

When I moved from windows to mac I just exported my music and playlists to my new itunes without using any software. The only thing I had to do was change the location of where my music was now stored in my iTunes. It uses an XML file that I just did a find and replace for the location. Super simple and easy.

I don't think he has is PC anymore.

[Matt Garcia]

Sorry just re-read your thread again. I was in the same position as you. I had to reformat my iPod to the Mac format. I believe this gives you an option to reformat it when you connect it to mac itunes.

[NICKYPOO]

Sorry just re-read your thread again. I was in the same position as you. I had to reformat my iPod to the Mac format. I believe this gives you an option to reformat it when you connect it to mac itunes.

Sorry, I'm still mac illiterate. Obviously I've tried to export, but it gives me the "not formatted" run around. I down loaded senuti, just haven't got past that step. Kind of got my hands full at the minute (see other tread), but I'm getting there. All help is much appreciated though.

[dogbert]

I have a better idea, road trip to ragboy's house. Bring all your electronics and have him 'splain how to make it all work together.

BTW, now that you're home bound, get an Apple TV.

[ragboy]

I felt my ears burning. I think you are going to need to setup a windows laptop or something to hook up to it first.

If you already have the mac, try VMWare.