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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1391485">I disagree with this completely, and I think the fact that you're &quot;VERY techy&quot; is exactly the root of the problem. You, like a lot of PC switchers, tend to OVERthink these things and make them more complicated than they actually are, because you are baffled by the zen-like approach Apple tends to take. It's not bad design*, it's a different approach you haven't wrapped your head around (in most cases).*I'm not saying iTunes is not without flaws and has suffered some bloat over the years. I grant you those things.It's really pretty simple: iTunes is the master library. The iOS devices are subsets of those libraries. When the iOS device is connected, click on the &quot;Music&quot; tab of that device and pick what subset of your library you'd like to have go on the device. Then it does that.That's it. You're done.If you have some very specific needs that the &quot;Music&quot; tabs options don't quite cover for you, create a playlist (or Smart Playlist) in iTunes, then use the &quot;Music&quot; tab and have your device sync to that playlist.Again, that's it. You're done.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1391485"] I disagree with this completely, and I think the fact that you're "VERY techy" is exactly the root of the problem. You, like a lot of PC switchers, tend to OVERthink these things and make them more complicated than they actually are, because you are baffled by the zen-like approach Apple tends to take. It's not bad design*, it's a different approach you haven't wrapped your head around (in most cases). *I'm not saying iTunes is not without flaws and has suffered some bloat over the years. I grant you those things. It's really pretty simple: iTunes is the master library. The iOS devices are subsets of those libraries. When the iOS device is connected, click on the "Music" tab of that device and pick what subset of your library you'd like to have go on the device. Then it does that. That's it. You're done. If you have some very specific needs that the "Music" tabs options don't quite cover for you, create a playlist (or Smart Playlist) in iTunes, then use the "Music" tab and have your device sync to that playlist. Again, that's it. You're done. [/QUOTE]

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