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Deleting songs from MMJB w/o deleting from iPod when synching?

Cool, my first post.

Anyway, I recently bought a 3rd gen. 15GB iPod. My computer that I normally use, which has sufficient hard drive space, is being fixed, so when I got my iPod, I really didn't want to wait to start using it, obviously. So my family computer had to do for now. Problem is, it only has 6GB (yes, 6, lol) of disk space. That obviously limits the amount of music I can have on the computer, since about 5GB was already taken up by other apps, programs, etc. So, I have about 1GB of music on my iPod right now. I am using the basic MusicMatch Jukebox software that came with my iPod. My question is this:

Can I delete songs that I have recorded (from cds) onto MMJB, without deleting the songs on my iPod? Because I tried to do that once--I deleted an album from MMJB, then when I plugged my iPod into the dock, it automatically synchs, and it took the album that I had deleted from MMJB likewise off my iPod.

If there is a way, I would greatly appreciate someone telling me, because if there is, I can keep recording my cd's onto MMJB, put them on my iPod, delete cd nfrom MMJB, repeat process. Again, this wouldn't really be a big deal, except that the lack of enough hard drive space leaves me with no other way.

Thanks,
Dan
[1307 byte] By [Fundamentals] at [2007-11-9 12:53:39]
# 1 Re: Deleting songs from MMJB w/o deleting from iPod when synching?
I had the same problem as you, as i'm using a laptop with only 30 gb hd, and dont have the space to keep copies of all my music on it.

Anyway, here's what you do:

With your ipod attached to your computer, select "options" in the "portable device manager" window in Musicmatch. There's an option to not delete any files on the ipod. Check this box and you should be fine. Good luck.
einar at 2007-11-15 17:22:01 >
# 2 Re: Deleting songs from MMJB w/o deleting from iPod when synching?
Where exactly is the "Portable device manager window?"
Fundamentals at 2007-11-15 17:23:02 >
# 3 Re: Deleting songs from MMJB w/o deleting from iPod when synching?
Bump
Fundamentals at 2007-11-15 17:24:01 >
# 4 Re: Deleting songs from MMJB w/o deleting from iPod when synching?
Don't know if you got a reply or figured it out.

When you open the "send to portable device" window from the file menu, you can right-click on the device itself and it will bring up "options" as one of the menu items.
sUnShInE at 2007-11-15 17:24:55 >
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