How can I get my iPod to play nice with my PowerBook and my XP box?
Okay, I figured I’d update with what I’ve learned: I switched to manual mode and was able to update the comments using the Append-To Applescript. I also updated the years of some tracks. However, for some reason, I was unable to reorder existing playlists on the iPod. (Yes, I made sure I selected the iPod’s playlist in iTunes.) I decided to go back to a semi-auto sync on the XP box. On the initial first resync, I was afraid it was going to recopy all 60GBs. Luckily, this was not the case. HOWEVER, it overwrote the updated years I tagged via my Mac. It DID NOT overwrite the comments, but synced them and reflected the changes I made via iTunes OSX. I’m now continuing to use the iPod with the XP box in semi-auto sync.
If you’re runing OSX, you should be able to launch a Samba share from the console to network the windows machine. The windows box will show up as some directory. In Unix, the command would be smbmount //your_windows_computer_name/shared_directory /some_directory_on_the_mac/ -o [OPTIONS]I imagine there is an easier way, but I’m a linux person, and I don’t know Mac OS. This should work ok, from what I know of OS X.
