Hello Anna, While I haven't used any iPod Shuffle since the first generation Shuffle, before iTunes 8 added copy and paste capabilities it was possible to manually move tracks onto the iPod with VoiceOver's drag and drop. For example, you could select multiple tracks from a library (either contiguous or non-contiguous) and use the Command-Shift-N shortcut to create a new playlist from selection. Then you could use VoiceOver's drag and drop to move the selected playlist in the sources table onto the iPod, and manually transfer content. In fact, you could create a folder for playlists you wanted to transfer to the iPod, use VoiceOver's drag and drop to move playlists to the folder from the sources table, and then drag and drop the folder onto the iPod. If I were merely trying to manually manage content on the iPod (and not use playlists), I would just create a master playlist -- probably a smart playlist that combined several playlists, but it could just be a combination of several playlists -- and use VoiceOver's drag and drop to move that onto the iPod. It's less convenient than copy and paste, but perfectly possible. You can find instructions about this in the old list archives.
I have the last but one version of iTunes (version 8.2, prior to the release of the iPhone 3GS), and it's still perfectly possible to copy and paste onto the iPod. Cheers, Esther Woody Anna Dresner wrote: >Hi, > >I've been experimenting with PCs today, and it turns out that Autofill >no longer exists as an option for the third generation Shuffle or the >4th generation Nano in Windows either. Furthermore, I can't copy and >paste anything to either of these iPods either on a Mac or a PC. When >I copy a track and focus on the iPod's name or the Music subcategory, >Paste is not an available option. There is also no playlist named for >the iPod, so using the Add to Playlist option you get when you right- >click a track is also not an option. As near as I can tell, it is >currently not possible to manage music manually on an iPod from the >keyboard. > >I didn't notice this earlier because I normally sync selected >playlists. However, I wrote a book on the accessible iPods a few >months ago, and I'm in the process of updating it, so I need to >explore all the options. I am really surprised the manual music >management options have been removed. It's a great loss in >functionality. > >Best, >Anna > > >> > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
