My iPod is an aging 2nd gen 20G model I bought dirt-cheap from an aquaintance who is a first-adopter if there ever was one. I’ve been using this thing non-stop in the years I’ve owned it, and a result my library had grown a lot of cruft. Thanks to AllOfMP3, my iTunes library recently surpassed my iPod’s capacity. I started noticing that when I synched, I wouldn’t get all the tracks in albums, or odd stuff would start creeping on like operas or bits of Christmas music, both of which I keep off my iPod.
Last night I got sick of this state of affairs. I made playlists for each genre of music I wanted on my iPod, and then hand picked exactly what albums I wanted on there. I deliberately selected albums that hadn’t seen heavy rotation for whatever reason, and omitted stuff I had become sick of. All told, I moved about 2.5G of music on to my iPod.
This hardly qualifies as a hack, but wow: I never would have thought such a simple, common sense process could increase my enjoyment of my iPod so much. I’ve been using the incredible Pod Player to listen to these hidden gems all day. I’ve even caught myself stopping to give a closer listen to tracks, or replaying tracks. Usually by about now I’ve killed Pod Player and am listening to Creation Steppin’ or Ragga Jungle with Media Player Classic. Instead, I have a whole new love for my iPod, and my library.