Daughter bought an i-pod touch (and no, I don't have a photo of an i-pod or an i-pod touch). Thought I was being clever by setting it up on the lap-top so we could down-load tunes. Unfortunately I appeared to have signed up (and paid) for a service which I probably didn't need to. Which I now have to investigate. Which is a BIG bore!
Anyway, the other half came home and I happily let him take over while I cooked dinner (lame excuse I know and goes against the principles of this blog). Well it was either that or a melt-down!!!
Anyway, the i-pod touch had music loaded in time for being used at daughter's 11th birthday party. I did have to phone the other half as the volume wasn't very high (this time not my fault, but the docking station was not compatible with the i-pod touch).
I promise to get photos on soon. I did think I would master the i-pod quicker and that I would have moved on to loading photos on to the computer... but no, not yet L
Still, I have not given up!
Monday, 28 February 2011
Monday, 14 February 2011
The I-Pod Revolution Continues
Well I am rather pleased with myself. I have now reloaded all the albums that had to be deleted back on to my i-pod. When I say 'all the albums', I mean excluding all my man's CDs as we so do not have the same musical taste. 80s electonica is not for me. And neither is Billy Ocean.
Although I am rather dismissive of my man's musical taste, he did help me with registering the lap-top to enable me to re-load music back on to my i-pod. Is that cheating? We had a lively battle when it came to identifying the actual command to transfer all the albums that I had painstakingly 'ticked' and assigned to various play-lists that I had set up (yay me!). We tried all the commands on the top of the page (File / Edit / View etc etc) and could not work out how to transfer to i-pod. Then he (and I am happy to give him the credit for this) spotted the correct command half-way down the page titled 'Music'. Not immediately obvious because before then, you are using all the commands at the top of the page. But I got there.
I still find it strange that saving albums on play list means you save the tracks, so no album headings. The albums themselves are saved under 'albums' as well, so that is OK. I realise that I am such a creature of habit that I like my music in the order that they came on the album, and not a list of tracks. I did not expect to be un-nerved but it has! Next time I go to the gym, or have a dinner party (hark at me) I will select the appropriate play-list and select 'shuffle' (not 'random' - I wish companies would use the same terminology). It will be weird not knowing what track comes next.
I am pleased that I have downloaded on to my i-pod and I will also tackle my daughter's one. I think she has grown out of High School Musical and her Katie Price and Peter Andre CD!!!!
On a final note, my man asked if this blog extended to to the dishwasher. I said yes, and I had already mentioned it. He then (un)graciously showed me the 'start' button - as if I have never used it before!!!!
Thinking about getting the sausage maker out this weekend as my man has oldest daughter and her family coming to stay. Thought it might be fun to make our own sausages with them! Well it is nearly a year since his birthday which means we have had it a year and never made sausages with it.
Watch this space!!!
Although I am rather dismissive of my man's musical taste, he did help me with registering the lap-top to enable me to re-load music back on to my i-pod. Is that cheating? We had a lively battle when it came to identifying the actual command to transfer all the albums that I had painstakingly 'ticked' and assigned to various play-lists that I had set up (yay me!). We tried all the commands on the top of the page (File / Edit / View etc etc) and could not work out how to transfer to i-pod. Then he (and I am happy to give him the credit for this) spotted the correct command half-way down the page titled 'Music'. Not immediately obvious because before then, you are using all the commands at the top of the page. But I got there.
I still find it strange that saving albums on play list means you save the tracks, so no album headings. The albums themselves are saved under 'albums' as well, so that is OK. I realise that I am such a creature of habit that I like my music in the order that they came on the album, and not a list of tracks. I did not expect to be un-nerved but it has! Next time I go to the gym, or have a dinner party (hark at me) I will select the appropriate play-list and select 'shuffle' (not 'random' - I wish companies would use the same terminology). It will be weird not knowing what track comes next.
I am pleased that I have downloaded on to my i-pod and I will also tackle my daughter's one. I think she has grown out of High School Musical and her Katie Price and Peter Andre CD!!!!
On a final note, my man asked if this blog extended to to the dishwasher. I said yes, and I had already mentioned it. He then (un)graciously showed me the 'start' button - as if I have never used it before!!!!
Thinking about getting the sausage maker out this weekend as my man has oldest daughter and her family coming to stay. Thought it might be fun to make our own sausages with them! Well it is nearly a year since his birthday which means we have had it a year and never made sausages with it.
Watch this space!!!
Thursday, 10 February 2011
First Mission Accomplished-ish!!!
Well I did it! I did what I set out to do which was load my new 3-disc CD on to my i-pod. With assistance from my lovelyman (gotta keep him sweet as he was grumpy about my last post).
The reminder bleeped on his blackberry (I scheduled in the i-pod session in outlook calendar - as I do for lots of things that require my man to know about). Anyway, come 7:30 he got out the lap-top and showed where the i-tunes icon was, clicked on it, clicked 'music', clicked 'transfer' button and showed me where the button is to open the CD drawer. In it went, blah blah blah. All very straight forward until the programme identified we were using a different PC or i-library device (or some sort message).
Anyway, the gist of it is that I had two choices. Delete everything on my i-pod and transfer the new downloads, or do nothing. All my existing i-pod tunes were on a hard drive not yet transfered on to the new lap-top. So what is a girl to do? Delete everything and load the new CD tracks - that's what.
So there you have it. I loaded (or is transferred) three CD discs on to the PC then loaded them on to my i-pod. Done, as I said I would. The fact that I no longer have any other music on there is a mere trifle!!!!! Oh, did I mention that I saved it as a play-list too!!??
That aside, I experimented with the EQ command on my i-pod, changing it to R&B (which is all I now have on my i-pod) from jazz (which makes me sound very sophisticated / pretentious - delete as applicable). What do you know... there is a difference in sound (EQ R&B has more base).
Tonight I will mostly be downloading the music (previously deleted) back on to my i-pod.
Next lesson: learn what a pod-cast is.
The reminder bleeped on his blackberry (I scheduled in the i-pod session in outlook calendar - as I do for lots of things that require my man to know about). Anyway, come 7:30 he got out the lap-top and showed where the i-tunes icon was, clicked on it, clicked 'music', clicked 'transfer' button and showed me where the button is to open the CD drawer. In it went, blah blah blah. All very straight forward until the programme identified we were using a different PC or i-library device (or some sort message).
Anyway, the gist of it is that I had two choices. Delete everything on my i-pod and transfer the new downloads, or do nothing. All my existing i-pod tunes were on a hard drive not yet transfered on to the new lap-top. So what is a girl to do? Delete everything and load the new CD tracks - that's what.
So there you have it. I loaded (or is transferred) three CD discs on to the PC then loaded them on to my i-pod. Done, as I said I would. The fact that I no longer have any other music on there is a mere trifle!!!!! Oh, did I mention that I saved it as a play-list too!!??
That aside, I experimented with the EQ command on my i-pod, changing it to R&B (which is all I now have on my i-pod) from jazz (which makes me sound very sophisticated / pretentious - delete as applicable). What do you know... there is a difference in sound (EQ R&B has more base).
Tonight I will mostly be downloading the music (previously deleted) back on to my i-pod.
Next lesson: learn what a pod-cast is.
Monday, 7 February 2011
My First Tentative Step Towards Techno-Expert!
I am mindful that I have not progressed far on my mission. Actually I have not progressed at all! Life seems to get in the way. And when I say 'life', I mean helping my daughter to do her homework (she gets enough to need to do a bit every evening and a bit at the weekend). Also going to the gym, cooking and cleaning and basic day to day stuff means I forget all about the techie stuff.
I was planning on starting with the digital camera (apparently we have a new one which I have never used) and loading pictures on to the PC - and then loading them on Facebook (yes Mom, I will do it eventually).
I was slightly irritated yesterday when 'my man' announced that HE could now download music on to the Ipod from the lap-top (and not the old PC)!!! HE could do it!!! I reminded him that I should also be able to download music from the lap-top too.
I have therefore decided to learn how to download CDs on to my Ipod. Partly because of 'my man's' attitude towards my level of expertise and also on account of having recently purchased a 'workout' CD which is not much use unless it is on my Ipod! In the spirit of ambitiousness, I am even going to create playlists.
Well I will be from Wednesday. I have scheduled a date and time in Outlook Calendar and invited 'my man'. Does it count that I get him to show me? Perhaps not. Maybe I should learn how to do it on my own and share my wisdom and critique the instructions and the intuitiveness of the instructions. Let's face it - it will take me longer and I will probably get bored / fed up - but I am a woman on a mission and I must learn how to load music on to the Ipod. To be honest I am not bothered about loading videos, but will probably load some photos (just to say I can)!!
Typing this post made me look at what else is on the Ipod. I have modified the time from California(???) time to London time. This command is in 'Extras'. Why is changing the time itself from a different command, in 'Settings'? You'd think they would be together but no, they are not! Still I found it in the end! Also, I have successfully switched off the clicker which is a great relief to me - now I won't annoy my fellow commuters when i am scrolling through my albums! I am also looking forward to establishing how selecting the different music types in the 'EQ' command changes the music.
I will look through the other commands on a 'need to know' basis (as i am bored already)!! But I have achieved something. I spent a few minutes on the Ipod and have increased my knowledge already! See - I am getting there and it is only February. There is no stopping me now!!!!
I was planning on starting with the digital camera (apparently we have a new one which I have never used) and loading pictures on to the PC - and then loading them on Facebook (yes Mom, I will do it eventually).
I was slightly irritated yesterday when 'my man' announced that HE could now download music on to the Ipod from the lap-top (and not the old PC)!!! HE could do it!!! I reminded him that I should also be able to download music from the lap-top too.
I have therefore decided to learn how to download CDs on to my Ipod. Partly because of 'my man's' attitude towards my level of expertise and also on account of having recently purchased a 'workout' CD which is not much use unless it is on my Ipod! In the spirit of ambitiousness, I am even going to create playlists.
Well I will be from Wednesday. I have scheduled a date and time in Outlook Calendar and invited 'my man'. Does it count that I get him to show me? Perhaps not. Maybe I should learn how to do it on my own and share my wisdom and critique the instructions and the intuitiveness of the instructions. Let's face it - it will take me longer and I will probably get bored / fed up - but I am a woman on a mission and I must learn how to load music on to the Ipod. To be honest I am not bothered about loading videos, but will probably load some photos (just to say I can)!!
Typing this post made me look at what else is on the Ipod. I have modified the time from California(???) time to London time. This command is in 'Extras'. Why is changing the time itself from a different command, in 'Settings'? You'd think they would be together but no, they are not! Still I found it in the end! Also, I have successfully switched off the clicker which is a great relief to me - now I won't annoy my fellow commuters when i am scrolling through my albums! I am also looking forward to establishing how selecting the different music types in the 'EQ' command changes the music.
I will look through the other commands on a 'need to know' basis (as i am bored already)!! But I have achieved something. I spent a few minutes on the Ipod and have increased my knowledge already! See - I am getting there and it is only February. There is no stopping me now!!!!
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