iPod gurus.

[Midlodemocrat]

How do I get this iPod shuffle thing to work? My husband bought it yesterday and he has a lot of CDs he wants to put on it, and for the life of me, I can't figure it out.

It doesn't appear to be the same as his nano :eyes:

Requisite disclosure: The male half of this partnership is an idiot. We now have more iPods than people and that includes the fact that I never had one because I don't want one.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

1. Did you insert it into the USB port?

[Midlodemocrat]

2. Yes. I put the USB cable into my computer and plugged it into the

shuffle. The music copies to my computer, but how do I get it to the iPod? When I do the sync thing...nothing happens.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

4. Drag your playlists onto your iPod icon on iTunes.

That should work, I think.

Also, I think you can just plug the Shuffle directly into the USB port without a cable.

EDIT: I think the Shuffle is different in that you can only put playlists onto it, instead of having the songs just automatically load from your library. I have a regular iPod, so my experience with the Shuffle is limited.

[Midlodemocrat]

5. Not doing it.

I can see the playlists and everything, but it won't let me drag. Ugh.

I promised him I would get it for him because he is such a luddite.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

6. You can't drag them to the iPod icon located on iTunes?

That sounds very unusual.

Are you sure you're dragging the playlists to the "Midlo's iPod" icon within iTunes?

[Midlodemocrat]

7. It says "devices" and it won't let me drag it to there.

I'm downloading a new version of iTunes. Maybe the one on my computer is corrupted.

:shrug:

[Tafiti]

3. You have to download iTunes.

I don't know if there's another way, but on iTunes, there is a button you can click to fill the iPod with any playlist you want to create.