Sliding Songs onto the Shuffle Sideways
Sep. 25th, 2009 07:51 amI'm not much of a fan of iTunes, but I have it installed on the work computer to catch the podcasts I subscribe to (yes, I was using Banshee under Ubuntu, which I preferred, but the intermittent nature of the web connection at Castle Fox was getting to me).
Anyway, I've discovered something about running iTunes under Windows, and, specifically, putting tracks onto the Shuffle. You don't need to have the tracks in your iTunes library! Instead, you can drag 'n drop things from Windows Explorer to the Shuffle icon under the Device menu in iTunes' sidebar, and it'll add them to the player without them being added to the library.
I mention this, because just about every online source of info I've seen talking about how to get mp3s onto the Shuffle talks about having to import them into your music library first.
'tain't necessarily so.
Anyway, I've discovered something about running iTunes under Windows, and, specifically, putting tracks onto the Shuffle. You don't need to have the tracks in your iTunes library! Instead, you can drag 'n drop things from Windows Explorer to the Shuffle icon under the Device menu in iTunes' sidebar, and it'll add them to the player without them being added to the library.
I mention this, because just about every online source of info I've seen talking about how to get mp3s onto the Shuffle talks about having to import them into your music library first.
'tain't necessarily so.
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