has anyone tried this feature?

Quote: Originally Posted by framedinblood has anyone tried this feature? You mean shared folders? Sure...I use it to share an external drive where I keep my docs, so that I…

but are you actually using a shared folder? or just hooking up an external drive to either of the OSes?

In any case, I am using the Shared Folders feature and it seems to work fine. Why do you ask?

Quote: Originally Posted by framedinblood but are you actually using a shared folder? or just hooking up an external drive to either of the OSes? Yes, I set up the entire …

wow, I didn't even know that was an option, but it's pretty cool. you got any other cool tricks to share?

None that come to mind. Now, if the iSight would work, that would be a cool trick

yeah, I've been working on that. been talking w/ some users on the Mac message boards about solutions, every one wants it to work. could be in vain though.

just posted on the apple message board looking for an answer. the parallels forums might be a place to look as well.

Hello, I had the same problem with some of the iTunes music I purchased. I had to burn to CD and then import back in to iTunes. Another thread here too http://forums.m…

I'm sorry, but this just blows. My Shuffle still won't play the purchased music and there doesn't seem to be an answer. I just got a new 30GB since my 10GB had a dead battery. T…

If both iPods fail to play the music, the it seems fairly clear that there's something odd about your iTunes installation. I don't suppose you have another computer that you can us…

Um the iPod shuffle does not support Apple Lossless encoding. Sez Playlist mag : "Unlike with other iPods, the iPod shuffle can’t play AIFF or Apple Lossless files—files that consu…

What the heck does that have to do with anything, imitchellg5?

Quote: Originally Posted by wallinbl After a little analysis of my Shuffle's poor shuffling, I figured out that it's not playing songs that were purchased from iTMS. To check, …

iTMS content is far from lossless. It's encoded in 128kbps AAC format.

Why do they call it Apple Lossless? All of my iTMS songs are encoded in Lossless.

No... They are not. If you get info on an iTMS file, it should say "protected AAC audio file."

What is the difference between the two? I have always wanted to know.

Just a thought, but could it be that you have 5 computers or devices already authorized to play music and your shuffle makes it 6 and therefore is not allowed to?

Quote: Originally Posted by imitchellg5 What is the difference between the two? I have always wanted to know. Well, Apple lossless is a format that compresses music without …

Quote: Originally Posted by seanc Just a thought, but could it be that you have 5 computers or devices already authorized to play music and your shuffle makes it 6 and therefore…

I don't know if this is exactly what you mean, but i've done this several times. I create a separate playlist for each CD. I import the songs directly into that playlist -- and sin…

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