I get a bit embarassed in this space because I don’t know everything. I’d like to know everything. It would give me a nice warm rosy glow as I handed down wisdom from the mount. Instead, I’m learning as I go. It’s like I’m a multimedia explorer. Now I just need a pith helmet and binoculars! To be fair, we’re all exploring this space and we’re all at different levels. We’ve explored the physical world, so now we’ve turned our attention to the online world.
Anyway, I’ve been given a very real lesson in third party applications. I was having real problems getting all my music off my old ipod. I just couldn’t unlock it.
Basically, Apple is trying its hardest to stop us easily transferring music, in a bid to stop piracy. I understand that, but I want my music!
So, I did what any explorer does. I Googled. I read various mac user sites. In the end, I downloaded (and paid for) Copy Trans (www.copytrans.net). It cost about $25 and was well worth it, just to see my music effortlessly download onto my computer. You can download 100 tracks for free and then pay for the rest.
I did try some freeware, but found it frustrating, bug ridden and complicated.
I guess the lesson I learnt is that the iPhone and iPod do have problems, and this is an ode to the creators of the solutions. Without them, I just would have tried cracking my ipod with an icepick in a bid to get the tracks out.
I must add, the gaps in the iPhone and iPod are bloody frustrating and counter intuitive. But that’s a conversation for another day.
