The iPod Classic is dead. So what are those of us with TOO MUCH MUSIC to do? Apple never released the 1TB iPod Classic. And GPM's limits are too small.
George J - 2014-09-10 22:34:30+0000 - Updated: 2014-09-10 22:35:06+0000
Well when cloud computing started making waves I didn't think any of the free services would be adequate enough for my needs. I had a 60, 80 & 120 iPod classic (all of them broke on me by the way :-( ) But when I uploaded most of my music to Google turns out it all fit and I've never gotten so much as a warning that its at its limit. Since they go by the amount of tracks not the gig size I just got rid of the stuff I barely or never listened to like most of my classical stuff, audiobooks which have TONS of tracks and I only listen to it once, stand up comedy etc. It also helps that I'm the type of person that only keeps the songs I like not the whole album.
The iPod is all about listening to music on the road. Which means data limits and costs, locations where there's no signal, countries where it doesn't work.
My current collection doesn't fit a classic 160 (30k songs, 300Gb). I can't just sync it all to GPM because I hit the 20k limit. The GPM music manager is really bad at coping with plain folders and playlist files, but I can sort the folders by last modified and just ignore everything old with drag and drop.
It's us early adopter, obsessives who don't have a good solution.
Because I've got a mobile wifi hotspot or wifi sharable hard drive in my pocket?
Perhaps I should duct tape an old Nexus to a 2.5" portable drive with wifi and streaming. Then I'll have half the battery life for double the weight and expense.
My current collection doesn't fit a classic 160 (30k songs, 300Gb). I can't just sync it all to GPM because I hit the 20k limit. The GPM music manager is really bad at coping with plain folders and playlist files, but I can sort the folders by last modified and just ignore everything old with drag and drop.
It's us early adopter, obsessives who don't have a good solution.
Perhaps I should duct tape an old Nexus to a 2.5" portable drive with wifi and streaming. Then I'll have half the battery life for double the weight and expense.