Stupid iPod question #12

[ggw]

I haven't updated the songs on my iPod since last year.  In the interim, my computer was rebuilt and not all the songs on my iPod are also on my computer.  Can I add songs to my iPod without deleting those already on there?

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

You're going to need to turn off auto-update which syncs your ipod with your library. Once this is done, you can just import the additional files to your ipod.

[ggw]

Originally posted by Julian, faux celeb-porn CONNOISSEUR:
  You're going to need to turn off auto-update which syncs your ipod with your library. Once this is done, you can just import the additional files to your ipod.

So if I drag and drop a playlist onto my iPod icon, it will simply add those songs to the iPod without deleting the songs that are already on the iPod but not on the playlist that I drag and drop?

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
   

Originally posted by Julian, faux celeb-porn CONNOISSEUR:
  You're going to need to turn off auto-update which syncs your ipod with your library. Once this is done, you can just import the additional files to your ipod.

So if I drag and drop a playlist onto my iPod icon, it will simply add those songs to the iPod without deleting the songs that are already on the iPod but not on the playlist that I drag and drop? [/b]

Once you've turned off auto-update, everything is manual. The only way a song goes to the ipod is if you drag-and-drop it. The only way a song leaves the ipod is if you manually delete it.

[ggw]

Cool.  
 
 Thanks.

[bellenseb]

Might be easier to use a program to get all your files from the ipod to the computer using a third-party application like Ephpod. Then, you can always sync your collection even if you still want to use itunes without worrying if you've moved something new over or not.

[chaz]

Ah yes I used to love Ephpod back in the days before Itunes for PC.
 
 Now back to that speaker upgrade......