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chapter 2: the ipod sync connection 47
Variations on the Auto-Transfer Theme
The beauty of the iTunes/iPod system is that whatever music you add to your Mac
or PC gets added to the iPod automatically, effortlessly, quickly. You’ve always got
your entire music collection with you. Just plugging in the iPod inspires iTunes (or
MusicMatch) to open up and begin syncing.
It’s conceivable, however, that you won’t always want complete and automatic sync-
ing to take place whenever you connect the ’Pod. Maybe you use the iPod primarily
as an external hard drive (Chapter 11), so you don’t especially care to have iTunes
jumping up like a West Highland terrier every time you plug in the iPod. Maybe you
want to synchronize only some of your music, not all of it.
Fortunately, you’re in complete control of the situation.
Stop Auto-Opening iTunes (or MusicMatch)
If you like, you can command your jukebox software to open only when you want it
to, rather than every time the iPod is plugged in.
• iTunes. When the iPod plugged in, click its icon in the Source list. Then click the
iPod-shaped icon in the bottom right part of the iTunes window (identified in
Figure 2-9). The iPod’s Preferences box appears, where you can turn off the “Open
iTunes when attached” checkbox.
• MusicMatch. Look for your iPod in the Portables Plus box, right-click it, and
choose Options from the shortcut menu. Click the iPod tab in the box, and turn
off “Automatically launch MusicMatch Jukebox on device connection.” Click OK.
Tip: With MusicMatch Jukebox and 2003-and-later iPods, you can also turn off the auto-launch in the iPod
Manager box, which appears when you click the iPod icon in the Windows system tray. Turn off “Automati-
cally launch application on iPod plug in.”
Transfer Only Some Songs
The auto-sync option pretty much removes any thought process required to move
music to the iPod. But if you’d rather take control of the process, or you just want to
transfer some songs or playlists, you can change the synchronization settings.
To control how this syncing goes, proceed like this:
• iTunes (Mac and Windows). With the main iTunes window open, click the name
of your iPod in the Source list on the left side of the window. Look at the bottom
of the iPod window for the four small buttons along the right side (Figure 2-9).
Click the first button, which has a small graphic of an iPod on it, to open the iPod
Preferences dialog box.
• MusicMatch Jukebox. When MusicMatch Jukebox opens after you plug the iPod
in, the Portables Plus box also opens (Figure 2-10). The iPod’s name appears in
the list on the left side of the window.
Variations on
Auto-Transfer
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