Transferring music files to an iPod Touch on Natty

[Tom Bell]

On 6/21/2011 9:22 AM, Nigel Ridley wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My boy just got an iPod Touch 4 generation and wants to be able to put 
> some MP3's on it from his computer running a fresh updated install of 
> Natty (11.4).
> I have installed ifuse and can see the iPod when connected via USB.
>
> So how do I move some music files to the device? I tried Amarok but 
> trying to drag and drop doesn't work. At the moment he has no 'Music' 
> folder on the iPod as he hasn't downloaded any songs from anywhere.
>
> Strange thing is that the iPod doesn't show up as a removable device 
> and I can't 'unmount' it. The same is true for his phone - a Samsung 
> 3G model -- when he presses the 'Play Media' option it doesn't 'mount' 
> but we can still see the music files and copy them to his computer. If 
> he presses the 'Cellphone Memory' (sort of translated from Hebrew) 
> then it is recognized as a usb mass storage device and can me 
> 'unmounted'.
>
> I only mentioned his cellphone issues as they seem to be similar to 
> his iPod ones.
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
> Nigel
>
Did you attempt to create an empty folder, called music, on
your computer and drag-n-drop it onto the iPod?

Tom

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