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Post by Tasha on Nov 13, 2017 19:40:22 GMT
My lovely DH is very behind the times... He is asking for an iPod for christmas. He has an iPhone, but he doesn't want to store music on it. He doesn't like the idea of streaming his music either. He wants to upload his 200 CD collection to a device. In looking at buying an iPod, the only thing available is an iPod touch, which I'm not really feeling... Is there any other device out there that he can store and listen to music on?
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Post by Linda on Nov 13, 2017 20:03:49 GMT
Dh stores his music on an portable external hard drive and listens via his computer.
I store mine on the computer (and backed up to an external hard drive and carbonite) and listen on my ipod touch docked in a Bose speaker - downside is that I have to set up playlists and decide which playlists to have on the ipod at any given time since my capacity is small compared to my music library
I'm pretty sure that there are bluetooth speakers that can play music that is stored on a computer...that might be the route to go
whatever he chooses, backup backup backup
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Post by redshoes on Nov 13, 2017 21:59:11 GMT
I would load all the music on an EHD and create itunes playlists that he can switch out on the phone, so all of music doesn't reside on the phone. I do this with my holiday music, just load it around Thanksgiving and switch it back to a different list after the new year! Does he want to listen on the go or mainly at home? that may help with the decision.
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Post by Tasha on Nov 13, 2017 22:03:28 GMT
He wants to listen at work and in the car... which is why I was thinking portable!
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Post by CeeScraps on Nov 13, 2017 22:42:47 GMT
His music is on his phone if he has ever logged into iTunes.
You could get him an iTouch that would do everything but make phone calls. I guess I don't understand why he doesn't want to use his phone. I was thrilled when everything was put together so I didn't need to carry something else.
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Post by Tammiem2pnc1 on Nov 13, 2017 23:02:29 GMT
What about the ipod shuffle? I loved mine, until i accidentally dropped it in the swimming pool...LOL. I don't like using my phone for music either, so I get where he is coming from with that.
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Post by Basket1lady on Nov 13, 2017 23:56:55 GMT
I would get him an iPhone that isn't attached to a cellular plan. If you have an old iPhone, this is perfect. Or you can get him a new iPhone, just buying it outright. You don't HAVE to have a cell plan.
He will need to rip all his old CDs to digital, then add them into iTunes. If he does not want the music on his phone, he will need to check his settings so that iTunes does not sync to his phone. If he ever changes his mind in the future, he can change the settings and then sync them to his phone.
Music can take up a lot of space on a device, so if he's low on storage on his phone, he may not want the music on there. Or, as Redshoes said, he can make playlists within iTunes.
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Post by teacherlisa on Nov 14, 2017 0:15:49 GMT
I have an ipod classic. I love it. I am like him in that I do not want my music on my phone. They no longer make the classic, but it may be possible to find a used one, if he is open to that
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