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[Merrill Louise <merrill.louise@xxxxxxxxx>]

Two follow-up questions: What is a good number--would 50% means half
for copying files directly and half for iTunes? Second, how does the
shuffle then play? Merrill

On 11/2/05, Woody Anna Dresner <adresner@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Merrill,
>
> You can partition your iPod so that part of it is used as a disk drive and
> the rest for music in iTunes.  To do this, open iTunes and plug in your
> Shuffle.  Go to the iPod tab in Preferences.  One of the last controls is
> "Allow disk usage."  Check this box if you either want to use some of the
> Shuffle memory as a disk drive or want to use another program, such as
> Anapod Explorer, to manage your iPod.  Next is a slider control that lets
> you determine how much of the memory to set aside for disk drive use.  By
> default, it is set to 0%, but you can use the arrow keys to select the
> desired percentage.  Then choose OK.
>
> Once you do this, you can't simply unplug the iPod from your computer.  You
>
> must first either right click (press Shift-F10) on the icon for the iPod in
>
> the iTunes source list and choose Eject from the context menu, or use the
> Safely Remove Hardware choice in the system tray before removing it.
>
> If disk use is enabled, the iPod will appear in Windows Explorer when you
> plug it in, and you will be able to use Windows Explorer to move files to
> and from the portion of the memory you have set aside as a disk drive.
>
> I hope all this makes sense.
>
> Cheers,
> Anna
>
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