Operation Manual

Chapter 3 Setting up iPodshue 12
Add content to iPodshue
AfteryourmusicisimportedandorganizediniTunes,youcaneasilyaddittoiPodshue.
TomanagehowsongsandotheraudiocontentareaddedtoiPodshuefromyourcomputer,
youconnectiPodshuetoyourcomputer,andthenuseiTunestochooseiPodshuesettings.
Add music automatically or manually
YoucansetiTunestoaddmusictoiPodshueintwoways:
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Automatically syncing music:WhenyouconnectiPodshuetoyourcomputer,iPodshue
isautomaticallyupdatedtomatchthesongsandotheritemsinyouriTuneslibrary.IfGenius
isturnedonthersttimeyousynciPodshue,iTunesusesuptofourGeniusMixescreated
fromyouriTuneslibrarytolliPodshue.Ifanyfreespaceremains,iTunessyncsadditional
songsfromyouriTuneslibrary.IfGeniusisn’tturnedon,iTunessyncssongsandplaylistsfrom
youriTuneslibrarytolliPodshue.
Later,youcanmodifyautomaticsyncingoptionstoincludeselectedplaylists,artists,albums,
andgenres.Youcanalsoautomaticallysyncotheraudio,includingpodcasts,audiobooks,and
iTunesUcollections.Seethefollowingsectionsformoreinformation.
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Manually managing music:WhenyouconnectiPodshue,youcandragindividualsongs
andplayliststoiPodshue,anddeleteindividualsongsandplaylistsfromiPodshue.Using
thisoption,youcanaddsongsfrommorethanonecomputerwithouterasingsongsfrom
iPodshue.Whenyoumanagemusicmanually,youmustalwaysejectiPodshuefrom
iTunesbeforeyoudisconnectit.SeeManageiPodshuemanuallyonpage14.
Sync music automatically
Bydefault,iPodshueissettosyncallsongsandplaylistswhenyouconnectittoyour
computer.ThisisthesimplestwaytoaddaudiocontenttoiPodshue—youjustconnect
iPodshuetoyourcomputer,letitaddsongs,audiobooks,audiopodcasts,andiTunesU
collectionsautomatically,andthendisconnectitandgo.IfyouaddedanysongstoiTunessince
thelasttimeyouconnectediPodshue,they’resyncedwithiPodshueasspaceallows.Ifyou
deletedsongsfromiTunes,they’reremovedfromiPodshue.
Sync music with iPodshue:
m ConnectiPodshuetoyourcomputer.IfiPodshueissettosyncautomatically,the
updatebegins.
Important:IfyouconnectiPodshuetoacomputerthatithasn’tsyncedwith,amessageasksif
youwanttosyncsongsautomatically.Ifyouaccept,allsongsandotheraudiocontentareerased
fromiPodshueandreplacedwithsongsandotheritemsfromthatcomputer.Ifyoudon’t
accept,youcanstilladdsongstoiPodshuemanuallywithouterasinganyofthesongsalready
oniPodshue.
WhilemusicisbeingsyncedfromyourcomputertoiPodshue,theiTunesstatuswindow
showsprogress,andyouseeasynciconnexttoiPodshue.Whentheupdateisdone,yousee
the“iPodsynciscomplete”messageiniTunes.AbaratthebottomoftheiTuneswindowdisplays
howmuchdiskspaceisusedbydierenttypesofcontent.
Ifyoudon’tchoosetoautomaticallysyncmusictoiPodshueduringsetup,youcandoitlater.
Ifthereisn’tenoughspaceoniPodshueforallyourmusic,youcansetiTunestosynconly
selectedplaylists,artists,albums,andgenres.