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This is either satire, or I'm concerned about your sanity. Reading and re-reading your process leaves me baffled. I would recommend just about any other proces
by dfee 9y ago
This is either satire, or I'm concerned about your sanity. Reading and re-reading your process leaves me baffled.
I would recommend just about any other process – including, not using iTunes, or not using an iPhone. The amount of effort you're investing seems far too great for the reward you reap: parity.
I've read that the average number of songs in a library is somewhere around 7000. Assuming you're quite efficient at 1) manually recording every song in a text file, 2) re-downloading the song, and 3) verifying that song has been downloaded, maybe it would take you 60s / song.
That's 116 hours dedicated to this process, or nearly 5 full days non-stop. Seriously, the opportunity cost (even at a minimum-wage salary) is more than a new iPhone costs brand new. This is very peculiar, indeed.
- vinceguidry 9y agoI have around 550 tracks in my library. Last time I had to do it, it took me a few days of after-hours work. More time was spent trying to avoid actually doing manual copying by trying out different software tools than in just doing it the hard way. I won't make that mistake next time. I was hating life at the time, but after it was all said and done I didn't consider the hassle worth the drastic step of switching platforms. I have a much, much, much larger library of tracks that I don't keep in active rotation. Apple's inability to provide me with a reliable way to keep those two libraries separate is the source of my frustration. I've considered stopping buying iPhones, but the user experience of Android phones is just nowhere close. Polish matters in a small, complicated device. I may have to eventually because I don't use MacBooks anymore. After spilling liquid on one twice in a year I decided I needed to wean myself off of them. I thoroughly love MacBooks, but developing the habits to use one safely has eluded me. Without a OSX device, music management on an iPhone is truly impossible. As it is right now, I will need to use my work machine in order to move my library next time. If I really have to, I suppose I could acquire a Mac Mini.
- Angostura 9y agoThe process which baffles you is 1. Make a playlist in iTunes 2. Sync the playlist to your phone 3. Sync it to any other phones you may have. How is that baffling?
- vinceguidry 9y agoIf iTunes wasn't so unreliable I would use it. But it's burned me too many times.
- Angostura 9y agoI’ve been using it since there has been an iTunes. It’s cocked up maybe twice in 10 years. No idea what you’re doing to cause problems.