Comments on: TMUP 84: A Summer Potpourri of Mac

By: Amritpal virdi

Amritpal virdi — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 03:38:50 +0000

Hi Jim

i also have an Logitech USB headphones, it also use to be a very pedantic device – hardly ever worked unless i restarted my mac (as you have), then it failed and i sent it back to its maker (Logitech) because it was only 3 months old.

they sent me back a new one and it works now. sometimes it does become a bit pedantic because my mac is low on memory, but i just have to restart the machine and it is fine.

the headphones failed because of the USB connector where the small Mini Jack connects to the USB broke, which seems to be a common problem with Logitech.

By: Jim

Jim — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 16:09:00 +0000

Sorry, no it still doesn’t work properly. I still have to get out of the playlist and back in before it updates.

By: Michelle in NY

Michelle in NY — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:52:31 +0000

The above settings don’t work? or is it now fixed?

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:22:51 +0000

I have iTunes auto launch when I plug in iPod. I have specific playlists selected under Music. “only sync checked items” is checked.

My Random Player smart playlist is set to:
• Playcount is 0
• Skip Count is 0
• Genre is not Podcast
• Kind is not MPEG-4 video file
• limit to 15
• match only checked items
• live updating

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 18:42:22 +0000

I did have the podcast is true on my podcast playlist and the works. When the podcast is done, it disappears. In my Random Player playlist of music. I did remove the Podcast is False. That DID fix the problem but it only works if I hit the Menu button on the iPod and go back into the playlist and it has been updated/song disappeared. This issue is the song isn’t going away and a new song being added dynamically instead of me having to get out of the playlist and back in. I am not at the moment where I can list my settings in the playlist. I can do that when I get home in about 4 hours.

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 18:08:55 +0000

Thank you Stuart and Michelle. I will try these and get back to you.

By: Michelle in NY

Michelle in NY — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:45:30 +0000

Hi again! I think the problem isn’t with itunes I think the problem is with the ipod updater. Check that when you plug in your ipod you set up to auto sync your entire library, auto sync just specific playlists, or manual sync. Let me know if that helps, if not I’ll keep searching.

By: Stuart

Stuart — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:45:01 +0000

PS. Can you include your exact rules for your playlist? Have you posted the question at iLounge? (I frequent there). If so can you post a reference link and I could try to help you there.

By: Stuart

Stuart — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:43:03 +0000

Hi There:

Playlist problem. The following will break live updating on the iPod.

Using Podcast is true/false
Using Video kind
Referring to any playlist that uses the above conditions will also break this (I had an exclude playlist that almost all my playlist referred to and it used podcast and video kind thus breaking live updating on every one of my playlists!)

Hopefully this might help you out. As an aside make sure that the date/time are okay on your iPod

By: Michelle in NY

Michelle in NY — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:38:58 +0000

Hi Victor, This is in responce to Jim Felder’s problem with his Logitech headset. I use one also and used to have to reboot in order to hear anything. But then I downloaded SoundSource Free from Rogue Amoeba. http://rogueamoeba.com/freebies/
Victor, I believe you have mentioned this before. It sits in your menu bar. When I plug in my headset I use SoundSource to set the input and output to my headset but leave the system sounds to the internal speakers. Hope this helps.

By: Administrator

Administrator — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:02:23 +0000

Ok , thanks sorry my part did not help. Ill throw it out to the community here and see what we get.

By: Jim Felder

Jim Felder — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:26:57 +0000

Hello Victor. Thank you for attempting to answer my question on the show. My smart playlist works as I described in iTunes but does not work on my iPod (it used to work/update automatically). Maybe there is something else.

My Headset: Model: Logitch USB 300. I checked there driver area. There are no drivers for Mac. It says OSX should have drivers that work automatically. I will check to see if I have a CD. I don’t remember. I couldn’t find any help on their forums for it either.

Thanks for trying Victor.
Jim Felder