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Re: ?Managing iPod with more than one Mac?

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In message <171020172018517021%nospam@nospam.invalid> nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> In article <f4njghFfe7dU1@mid.individual.net>, Jolly Roger
> <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:

>> >
>> >> Can you manage the same iPod using more than one Mac and iTunes?
>> >
>> > Apple chose not to support the multiple Mac model
>> 
>> The music industry demanded it in return for them allowing Apple to sell
>> music on the iTunes Music Store.

> no. what the music industry demanded was drm because they were
> terrified of piracy. ultimately, they realized that was not necessary
> and allowed apple (and others) to remove drm.

> apple chose the single computer model (not just macs) because nearly
> everyone had their music library on a single computer. there were too
> few users to justify the effort for multiple host syncing, especially
> since it's *much* harder to do properly.

You are wrong. The limitation of syncing music from one computer was
because the music industry did not want people to use the iPod to share
music.

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  Re: ?Managing iPod with more than one Mac? Percival John Hackworth <pjh@nanoworks.com> - 2017-10-17 16:07 -0700
    Re: ?Managing iPod with more than one Mac? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-10-17 23:53 +0000
      Re: ?Managing iPod with more than one Mac? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-10-17 20:18 -0400
        Re: ?Managing iPod with more than one Mac? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-10-18 02:47 +0000
          Re: ?Managing iPod with more than one Mac? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-10-17 23:06 -0400
            Re: ?Managing iPod with more than one Mac? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-10-19 00:32 +0000
              Re: ?Managing iPod with more than one Mac? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-10-18 22:13 -0400
  Re: ?Managing iPod with more than one Mac? Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2017-10-17 21:50 -0400
    Re: ?Managing iPod with more than one Mac? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-10-17 22:08 -0400
  Re: ?Managing iPod with more than one Mac? Fred Moore <fmoore@gfcn.huh> - 2017-10-18 19:42 -0400
    Re: ?Managing iPod with more than one Mac? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-10-19 00:33 +0000
    Re: ?Managing iPod with more than one Mac? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-10-18 22:13 -0400
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