johnjcamilleri.com » windows http://johnjcamilleri.com Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:00:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Use your iPod without iTunes using SharePod http://johnjcamilleri.com/2009/11/use-your-ipod-without-itunes-using-sharepod/ http://johnjcamilleri.com/2009/11/use-your-ipod-without-itunes-using-sharepod/#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:30:44 +0000 John http://johnjcamilleri.com/?p=128 So I bought an iPod Nano a while back, it’s actually a 1st-generation model. I was happy using it with iTunes for a while, but as time went by I started to hate iTunes (on Windows) more and more.. to the point where I got rid of it once and for all.

I resorted to Windows Media Player, which is actually pretty decent and BLOODY FAST! Compared to iTunes… I mean there’s absolutely no contest.

Anyway I wanted to use my iPod but would absolutely never install iTunes, so was looking for a good way to manage my iPod files without it… and lo and behold, I found SharePod.

SharPod is absolutely wonderful – there’s no installation, you just run a single executable which does all the config work for you, and all you do is drag and drop your music to and from your iPod, just like it was a normal non-closed-off-by-Apple personal music player.

Lovely… I definitely recommend it! Oh, plus it’s completely free – but not the “ok what’s the catch” sort of free, but the “all the best software is free” kind ;)

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Anyway, I tried following the upload instructions on Windows through Aptana RadRails, and had nothing but problems.. mostly I blame RadRails, it’s letting me down more and more.

But I finally did find this great guide, which goes about things through Cygwin. I still use RadRails for development, then just run a few shell commands in Cygwin to get it uploaded. Anyway the link is below, and deserves major “props”.

Getting Started with Heroku on Windows : b#.

Enjoy!

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Pin A Folder To Windows Explorer Jump List In Windows 7 ~ Windows Fanatics.

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