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Jun. 10th, 2013
One more step...
Jun. 10th, 2013 06:57 pmI recently read a comment somewhere about how iTunes, along with the rest of Apple's "i" products, are designed only to provide a path for you to buy stuff from the iTunes store, and if any other functionality happens to fall in along the way, then as long as it doesn't interfere with the primary mission, it just might stay in.
So I finally installed iTunes on my new machine, and am regretting it already.
Connecting with my iPhone is bearable, as is the case with connecting with my creaky old iPad.
I had, however, given serious thought to taking along my old 2nd generation iPod Nano, because it's still works and is just the right size for one's pocket on a long plane ride.
Or so I thought.
If I disconnect my iPhone and connect the Nano, the Nano displays Connected. Eject before disconnecting on its screen in about two seconds. But it doesn't show up in iTunes and fails to show up in Windows, too.
Windows gives no hint that anything is amiss. iTunes diagnostic swears there's no iPod of any kind connected.
On the other hand, the iPosService Module is running like crazy, sucking down 28.7% of my system's CPU cycles. Something is happening, but nobody's talking.
Ok, so against the advice on the Nano's screen, I disconnect it.
Five minutes later, with no Apple hardware connected to my machine, the iPodService Module is still consuming around 28% of my CPU cycles.
The Apple web site suggests all sorts of things from the relatively benign "reset" of the Nano to what I think of as "a complete reconfiguration" of my computer (e.g., reboot, disconnect all hubs, blah, blah, blah), as something to "try" (i.e., it might work; it might not).
Frankly, I would have a lot more respect for Apple if they'd simply say "iTunes no longer supports such-and-so old hardware" rather than either ignore the issue or advise people having trouble to jump through hoops that appear to lead nowhere.
Ah, well, the Nano's not going. Back to packing...
So I finally installed iTunes on my new machine, and am regretting it already.
Connecting with my iPhone is bearable, as is the case with connecting with my creaky old iPad.
I had, however, given serious thought to taking along my old 2nd generation iPod Nano, because it's still works and is just the right size for one's pocket on a long plane ride.
Or so I thought.
If I disconnect my iPhone and connect the Nano, the Nano displays Connected. Eject before disconnecting on its screen in about two seconds. But it doesn't show up in iTunes and fails to show up in Windows, too.
Windows gives no hint that anything is amiss. iTunes diagnostic swears there's no iPod of any kind connected.
On the other hand, the iPosService Module is running like crazy, sucking down 28.7% of my system's CPU cycles. Something is happening, but nobody's talking.
Ok, so against the advice on the Nano's screen, I disconnect it.
Five minutes later, with no Apple hardware connected to my machine, the iPodService Module is still consuming around 28% of my CPU cycles.
The Apple web site suggests all sorts of things from the relatively benign "reset" of the Nano to what I think of as "a complete reconfiguration" of my computer (e.g., reboot, disconnect all hubs, blah, blah, blah), as something to "try" (i.e., it might work; it might not).
Frankly, I would have a lot more respect for Apple if they'd simply say "iTunes no longer supports such-and-so old hardware" rather than either ignore the issue or advise people having trouble to jump through hoops that appear to lead nowhere.
Ah, well, the Nano's not going. Back to packing...
Up next... packing!
Jun. 10th, 2013 08:15 pmThe ideal variation would have me 95% packed by the time I hit the rack tonight, but if the past is any guide, that's not going to happen.
Probably the part I'll agonize over the most is my carry-on. I've been putting items aside (into a box) for the past several days, and the aggregate mass has been getting uncomfortably heavy.
Then, suddenly, it felt really light, almost as if most of the stuff would fit in a fanny pack and not in a messenger bag.
Go figure.
And I'm taking the Nano. It's too convenient a unit to leave behind. It's currently syncing via my Windows 7 machine (running an older version of iTunes), so as long as it's got more stuff on it than I can reasonably listen to over the next 24 to 36 hours (a cinch), it'll be good to go.
Clothes!
Probably the part I'll agonize over the most is my carry-on. I've been putting items aside (into a box) for the past several days, and the aggregate mass has been getting uncomfortably heavy.
Then, suddenly, it felt really light, almost as if most of the stuff would fit in a fanny pack and not in a messenger bag.
Go figure.
And I'm taking the Nano. It's too convenient a unit to leave behind. It's currently syncing via my Windows 7 machine (running an older version of iTunes), so as long as it's got more stuff on it than I can reasonably listen to over the next 24 to 36 hours (a cinch), it'll be good to go.
Clothes!