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<blockquote data-quote="NanoBite" data-source="post: 384128" data-attributes="member: 13565"><p>I suggest formatting the iPod on your mothers laptop and it will then be useable with all 3 computers, but don't allow the Mac to sync with the iPod when it connects or you will lose all the music stored on the iPod.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm not entirely sure about this question, sorry. But if I was to hazard a guess, I'd say that you would only have problems with iTune Store purchases and not with any converted music as long as the format is supported.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm not sure if you mean connecting the 2 iPods at the same time ... but I did find info on it anyway:</p><p><span style="color: DarkSlateBlue"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkSlateBlue"></span><span style="color: DarkSlateBlue"><em>You can plug more than one iPod into your Mac, but to do so, you must either use a powered hub that provides enough juice for both your iPods or connect each iPod to separate FireWire ports on your Mac. </em></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkSlateBlue"><em></em></span></p><p> <span style="color: DarkSlateBlue"><em>Apple suggests that an iPod be the only device on a FireWire bus because an iPod requires most of the power that bus can provide. I've heard of instances where people have been able to successfully use an iPod chained to a low-powered FireWire device (or one that has its own power supply), but, in general, I've found Apple's advice to be solid.</em></span></p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p>Either <span style="color: Red"><strong><em><a href="http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/21117" target="_blank">Handbrake </a></em></strong></span>or <span style="color: RoyalBlue"><em><strong><a href="http://www.isquint.org/handbrakelite/" target="_blank">iSquint</a></strong></em></span>.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Just make sure you don't allow the PC formatted iPod to sync with your Mac and you will be fine with that.</p><p></p><p>You might also like to consider taking a look at <span style="color: DarkGreen"><em><strong><a href="http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/14982" target="_blank">Senuti</a></strong></em></span>, which allows the browsing of an iPod connected to a Mac without the need for iTunes to be running. For the Windows machines there's <span style="color: Red"><strong><em><a href="http://www.yamipod.com/main/modules/home/" target="_blank">YamiPod.</a></em></strong></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NanoBite, post: 384128, member: 13565"] I suggest formatting the iPod on your mothers laptop and it will then be useable with all 3 computers, but don't allow the Mac to sync with the iPod when it connects or you will lose all the music stored on the iPod. I'm not entirely sure about this question, sorry. But if I was to hazard a guess, I'd say that you would only have problems with iTune Store purchases and not with any converted music as long as the format is supported. I'm not sure if you mean connecting the 2 iPods at the same time ... but I did find info on it anyway: [COLOR=DarkSlateBlue] [/COLOR][COLOR=DarkSlateBlue][I]You can plug more than one iPod into your Mac, but to do so, you must either use a powered hub that provides enough juice for both your iPods or connect each iPod to separate FireWire ports on your Mac. [/I][/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkSlateBlue][I]Apple suggests that an iPod be the only device on a FireWire bus because an iPod requires most of the power that bus can provide. I've heard of instances where people have been able to successfully use an iPod chained to a low-powered FireWire device (or one that has its own power supply), but, in general, I've found Apple's advice to be solid.[/I][/COLOR] Either [COLOR=Red][B][I][URL="http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/21117"]Handbrake [/URL][/I][/B][/COLOR]or [COLOR=RoyalBlue][I][B][URL="http://www.isquint.org/handbrakelite/"]iSquint[/URL][/B][/I][/COLOR]. Just make sure you don't allow the PC formatted iPod to sync with your Mac and you will be fine with that. You might also like to consider taking a look at [COLOR=DarkGreen][I][B][URL="http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/14982"]Senuti[/URL][/B][/I][/COLOR], which allows the browsing of an iPod connected to a Mac without the need for iTunes to be running. For the Windows machines there's [COLOR=Red][B][I][URL="http://www.yamipod.com/main/modules/home/"]YamiPod.[/URL][/I][/B][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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