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Forum: Marine Electronics 06-07-2015, 18:20
Replies: 75
Views: 10,414
Posted By hellosailor
Re: Music storage and access

"So what's the offline alternative?"
Perhaps you have heard the Chinese curse "May you live in interesting times." ?


"Sooner or later my much used ipod will give up and for music/podcasts on...
Forum: Marine Electronics 06-07-2015, 16:18
Replies: 75
Views: 10,414
Posted By hellosailor
Re: Music storage and access

"You should try letting a little randomness into"
As I said, I do listen to random mixes. However, the Genius tool is not really a random mix. It is a mix of what other people with arguably similar...
Forum: Marine Electronics 04-07-2015, 05:29
Replies: 75
Views: 10,414
Posted By hellosailor
Re: Music storage and access

My point about the need for a credit card is that apparently I'm not the only person who couldn't find any way to install iTunes without one. And when you can't find something, it might as well not...
Forum: Marine Electronics 04-07-2015, 05:11
Replies: 75
Views: 10,414
Posted By hellosailor
Re: Music storage and access

Mark, you're right. In fact, it is so simple and obvious to create an iTunes account without using a credit card, that Apple had to create a support page telling people how to do it. ...
Forum: Marine Electronics 03-07-2015, 14:10
Replies: 75
Views: 10,414
Posted By hellosailor
Re: Music storage and access

When did I say I never installed iTunes? I did in fact in stall it, several times for several version. Never KEPT it installed, never found a great USE for it. So I've never "installed" it as a part...
Forum: Marine Electronics 03-07-2015, 13:40
Replies: 75
Views: 10,414
Posted By hellosailor
Re: Music storage and access

Mark-
I know when I tried to install iTunes, in order to satisfy some nonsense, I was prompted and nagged to OPEN AN ACCOUNT and supply a credit card for it. Don't recall why they wanted it,...
Forum: Marine Electronics 03-07-2015, 12:26
Replies: 75
Views: 10,414
Posted By hellosailor
Re: Music storage and access

iTunes)
You & me both. I have no idiot desire to open an account and provide a credit card number, just so I can listen to my own music on my own devices. Other than that, the software just doesn't...
Forum: Marine Electronics 02-07-2015, 19:46
Replies: 75
Views: 10,414
Posted By hellosailor
Re: Music storage and access

LPs...yes, couldn't even give away some of the "master quality" limited pressings. Then years later...


But there's a good reason to digitize old tapes. I had a (crappy commercial) tape of Judy...
Forum: Marine Electronics 02-07-2015, 16:40
Replies: 75
Views: 10,414
Posted By hellosailor
Re: Music storage and access

Mark-
' I suspect the solid state iPod models will eventually get to those capacities as the tech becomes available for the right prices." The tech has been cheap for years now. The same tech that...
Forum: Marine Electronics 02-07-2015, 15:13
Replies: 75
Views: 10,414
Posted By hellosailor
Re: Music storage and access

I think someone at Apple wanted to shift users to subscription music instead. But for $199 there's the Fiio X3-II, which will hold two 128GB memory cards. Godawful interface on the thing, someone was...
Forum: Marine Electronics 02-07-2015, 14:53
Replies: 75
Views: 10,414
Posted By hellosailor
Re: Music storage and access

Stu-
I always used to listen to albums by album, no mix tapes, and no great fondness for "Best of" collections if I could get the real deal. But in the evil car, I labored for days to figure out...
Forum: Marine Electronics 02-07-2015, 14:00
Replies: 75
Views: 10,414
Posted By hellosailor
Re: Music storage and access

I prefer the Passport drives for music the same reason, but went for a 4GB for video. Of course just to be perverse, apparently the TV won't see a partition over 2GB in size. (sigh).


I also...
Forum: Marine Electronics 02-07-2015, 10:25
Replies: 75
Views: 10,414
Posted By hellosailor
Re: Music storage and access

A warning about (especially) car stereos that "take" USB drives: They're all different.
What no one really tells you up front, is that every company and every model is a bit different. Some can take...
Forum: Marine Electronics 02-07-2015, 09:48
Replies: 75
Views: 10,414
Posted By hellosailor
Re: Music storage and access

Roy-
CD's, really? Still got a rotary telephone to go with that? (G)


You'll want to do some searching online, and some comparisons of digital music formats, before you make any leap. Ideally,...
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