Syncing my iTunes music to my iPad...
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From: Ian Piper on 27 May 2010 13:31 ....was not smooth. I followed the destructions in the sheet provided with the pad but the iTunes window on the Mac showed no sync tabs - just a message saying that there was no SIM. Indeed there was no SIM but it was both tethered and had a wi-fi connection. Anyway, I unplugged the cable, stuck it in again and this time it asked me whether I wanted to set it up as a new iPad or restore it from a backup. I took the first option and it went ahead with sync-ing my music, podcasts, videos and so on. Looking promising so far. And it is really, very well-designed - a real beauty. Ian. -- Ian Piper Author of "Learn Xcode Tools for Mac OS X and iPhone Development", Apress, December 2009 Learn more here: http://learnxcodebook.com/� --�
From: Woody on 27 May 2010 14:01 Ian Piper <ianpiper(a)mac.com> wrote: > ...was not smooth. I followed the destructions in the sheet provided > with the pad but the iTunes window on the Mac showed no sync tabs - > just a message saying that there was no SIM. Indeed there was no SIM > but it was both tethered and had a wi-fi connection. Anyway, I > unplugged the cable, stuck it in again and this time it asked me > whether I wanted to set it up as a new iPad or restore it from a > backup. I took the first option and it went ahead with sync-ing my > music, podcasts, videos and so on. Looking promising so far. I plugged mine in, it came up with iTunes, told me I had already synced an iPad with this machine and did I want to restore from the backup 'Woodys phone'. I said new device, sync iPhoto but not music yet, and it is off syncing (which is going to take a while). Oh then it came up with xcode asking me if I wanted to provision it as a developer device. A lot smoother I think > And it is really, very well-designed - a real beauty. It is better than it seemed it would be, and I was expecting good! -- Woody www.alienrat.com
From: T i m on 27 May 2010 14:50 On Thu, 27 May 2010 19:01:48 +0100, usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk (Woody) wrote: > >It is better than it seemed it would be, and I was expecting good! In addition to what I think I read here I think they said on the Gadget show that a good thing about the iPad might be that it prompts other manufacturers to produce something similar, but with USB ports etc. You have been a tablet man for quite a while haven't you, is there anything else out there that is physically similar? Cheers, T i m
From: Chris Ridd on 27 May 2010 15:07 On 2010-05-27 19:01:48 +0100, Woody said: > Ian Piper <ianpiper(a)mac.com> wrote: > >> And it is really, very well-designed - a real beauty. > > It is better than it seemed it would be, and I was expecting good! The one I played with last week was a bit heavier than I thought it might be. -- Chris
From: SteveH on 27 May 2010 15:16
T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote: > On Thu, 27 May 2010 19:01:48 +0100, usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk (Woody) > wrote: > > > > >It is better than it seemed it would be, and I was expecting good! > > In addition to what I think I read here I think they said on the > Gadget show that a good thing about the iPad might be that it prompts > other manufacturers to produce something similar, but with USB ports > etc. Any alternatives are likely to be thicker, slower, and be running a clunky Windows install. They'll *need* USB to get bloatware onto them. Or, they'll run a version of Linux and leave you wondering why the hell you bothered as you need to install patches and use terminal hacks to get them to do things an iPad will do out of the box. -- SteveH |