iTunes might be easier, but I’m still learning…
I used to be a heavy anti-Apple/iWorld type of guy. And then, I happened to get an amazing deal on a used 4gig 1st gen iPod Nano, and I changed my mind, you could say. Money talks.
So I’ve been using it for a while, and of course, I also use Last.FM. So I’m mildly anal retentive about counting my tracks. I was also using iScrobbler to count my listens on my iTunes. The problem with it? I was having issues with multiple iPod listens. If I listened to a song more than once on my iPod? It only counted one time. I would seriously plan out only listening to each song once, just to ensure I wouldn’t lose plays. Yeah, lame, I know.
So I switched recently to using the Last.FM proprietary plug-in at the suggestion of my friend Ben. And when I did this, it wasn’t working. Why?
My iPod was set for manual transfer of music, so whenever I wanted to add something, I dragged and dropped it myself to the iPod. And with that, it wasn’t updating my play counts on any songs, which is what the Last.FM plugin reads off of. The play counts were also sometimes like 5+ times on my iPod and maybe once on my iTunes. Yeah, I use my iPod much more than sitting at my computer. So I had to reset my whole iPod to factory settings and then reload automatically with the whole playlist link-over. You know, where you set your iPod to sync automatically with a playlist? Yeah. Works beautifully now and lets me have multiple listens.
Needless to say, I’m still learning. It amazes me all of the stuff that I’m still learning after having iTunes for almost a year and using it for about as long. That, and all of the small things like how I have some battery issues, but hey, its an old one, so that’s that.
Technology, huh? Who woulda thunk…
