[Cybrid]

I'm finding the one iTunes per device rule is a serious pain.
Example, you went on vacation...and met some relatives, friends and stayed at their house, you decide to snag some old photos from them..iTunes will promptly come up with a "this iPod synced to another account..." error message and the proceed to delete all your music.
So in an instance like this were I to visit my Uncles and Aunts in the "Old Country"
I'd need a laptop or a separate USB drive. I may have 22Gb free on the Touch but that is useless to me since I must use iTunes to move data in or out.
This post here

[Cybrid]

I'm finding the one iTunes per device rule is a serious pain.
Example, you went on vacation...and met some relatives, friends and stayed at their house, you decide to snag some old photos from them..iTunes will promptly come up with a "this iPod synced to another account..." error message and the proceed to delete all your music.
So in an instance like this were I to visit my Uncles and Aunts in the "Old Country"
I'd need a laptop or a separate USB drive. I may have 22Gb free on the Touch but that is useless to me since I must use iTunes to move data in or out.
This post here

[whydidnt]

Originally Posted by Cybrid

I'm finding the one iTunes per device rule is a serious pain.
Example, you went on vacation...and met some relatives, friends and stayed at their house, you decide to snag some old photos from them..iTunes will promptly come up with a "this iPod synced to another account..." error message and the proceed to delete all your music.
So in an instance like this were I to visit my Uncles and Aunts in the "Old Country"
I'd need a laptop or a separate USB drive. I may have 22Gb free on the Touch but that is useless to me since I must use iTunes to move data in or out.
This post here

Just set the touch to Manual Sync Only and then manually drag the pictures to it. You can set it up to sync again when you are back home.

[Cybrid]

Originally Posted by whydidnt

Just set the touch to Manual Sync Only and then manually drag the pictures to it. You can set it up to sync again when you are back home.

Didn't see that option until after it syncs...
If it is once set does it stay set perpetually?

Also the pics are then "optimized " to 480x320 and named *.iThmbs. Which really is no solution anyway.

[Mikeisme]

I synch music, videos and pictures on my Touch with 2 different macs.
I'm guessing it is the same with the iPhone.

[alcedes78]

Originally Posted by Fritzly

I have two observations about it:

1) The idea that a company could decide what I do with my phone, or my car etc. etc., is simply unaccettable.

Read the EULA. According to the EULA you only own the phone but not the software on the phone. Paying fees in iTunes for software licenses the software for your use but Apple in the EULA makes no garantee that your access to the software will go uninterupted. If you accepted the EULA then you accepted allowing a company to govern what you are able to do with the phone.

[Cybrid]

Originally Posted by alcedes78

Read the EULA. According to the EULA you only own the phone but not the software on the phone. Paying fees in iTunes for software licenses the software for your use but Apple in the EULA makes no garantee that your access to the software will go uninterupted. If you accepted the EULA then you accepted allowing a company to govern what you are able to do with the phone.

Well... I'm glad someone can read... I just don't remember the clause that said...

We also reserve the right to utterly control your access to YOUR OWN DATA and delete or modify it as we see fit to suit our needs or those of our affiliates. We will do this and not seek explicit consent but rather assume it. We know better than you anyway.

• Sync to one PC only. If you try to sync to another. The Touch will format itself. Wait till a hard drive fails on you or your laptop goes missing and you need to build from scratch. Hurraah!
• While my Win Mo device will open and show a 6Mp .jpg (to the best of its abilities) the Touch will rename the extension, re-size to 480x320. Utterly useless as a "storage tank". Same applies to music and video in a sense but I'll lend some leeway there.
• The lack of a proper BT stack or memory card slot and a file explorer of any kind making the iPhone/iTouch very limited in I/O...namely that single solitary iTunes connection which if lost...will result in data loss.

Sorry alcedes78, Please understand. I have nothing but respect for you as a PPCthoughts member. Apple, I am not too keen on.