My future Evo 3D and my iTunes library

**EEEMasta** · 06-21-2011, 04:07 AM

Hey guys, I am super psyched to pick up my new EVO 3D on Friday, but I am trying to get all my affairs in order first lol. I am moving from a Palm Pre which flawlessly synced with iTunes (9.1), which worked really well as I have about 25 gigs of music and only wanted to move over checked songs. That is still true here, I have no need for all 25 gigs of my music to be on my phone, I only want the specific checked ones. I was doing some research in the forums and looking at doubleTwist, isyncr, TuneSync and sailing and none of them offer checked song syncing. The closest I have found is DoubleTwist's drag and drop of the specific songs I want as well as my driving playlist. Has anyone found any other programs or apps that would allow for only checked songs to be moved over? Thanks guys!

**dwaynewilliams#WN** · 06-21-2011, 04:20 AM

You could upload all of your music to Google music beta and then create your playlists there. That way the songs won't be on your phone taking up space but you still have access to them.

**Fadakar** · 06-21-2011, 04:43 AM

What you can do is make a playlist with all your checked songs, and point the playlist to DoubleTwist.

**dr. burgle** · 06-21-2011, 06:45 AM

Originally Posted by dwaynewilliams

You could upload all of your music to Google music beta and then create your playlists there. That way the songs won't be on your phone taking up space but you still have access to them.

Exactly, just get the Google music beta. Once I got music beta it asks you if you want to up load your entire itunes. Select yes then go to bed. When you wake up your itunes are floating around in the cloud.

**evo4gMN** · 06-21-2011, 07:09 AM

How do you get Google music? I signed up for the beta but still have yet to get the link

**dwaynewilliams#WN** · 06-21-2011, 07:10 AM

Originally Posted by evo4gMN

How do you get Google music? I signed up for the beta but still have yet to get the link

It could take a while. I had to wait a couple of weeks for my invitation. But once it comes, its a glorious thing.

**evo4gMN** · 06-21-2011, 07:20 AM

Is it better than amazon cloud? I have that and its ok

**dwaynewilliams#WN** · 06-21-2011, 07:23 AM

Originally Posted by evo4gMN

Is it better than amazon cloud? I have that and its ok

Is amazon free? I only use Amazon to store the music that I have purchased through them. I use Google music to store my CD and iTunes collections.

**evo4gMN** · 06-21-2011, 07:28 AM

It's free up to 5g

**dwaynewilliams#WN** · 06-21-2011, 07:32 AM

I think Google music is unlimited and free. I will check though.

**dwaynewilliams#WN** · 06-21-2011, 07:36 AM

Sorry, it isn't unlimited. Up to 20,000 songs. Which is more than I would ever have.

**evo4gMN** · 06-21-2011, 07:42 AM

Originally Posted by dwaynewilliams

Sorry, it isn't unlimited. Up to 20,000 songs. Which is more than I would ever have.

Same here!! I hope i get my music beta invitation soon! Is the interface pretty intuitive and do you like it?

**dwaynewilliams#WN** · 06-21-2011, 07:45 AM

I think Google music is unlimited and free. I will check though.

I do like it. For a beta it looks fully baked. I've been ripping CDs like mad. Feels good that I can access my entire music collection anywhere without using up valuable space on my phone or computer.

**enthuz** · 06-21-2011, 08:10 AM

Looks cool. I sent in for my invitation!

**cbwrob** · 06-21-2011, 08:17 AM

Yea, I am gong to check this out myself thanks for the tips.

**TheMatrix31** · 06-21-2011, 08:24 AM

I'm confused as to how it lets you listen offline.

Anyway, I think I sent in a request for an invite request. The "request invite" box was grayed out. We'll see I guess, lol. Sounds crazy.

**cbwrob** · 06-21-2011, 08:42 AM

Ok so I have a question now...I only used iTuns for my Pre and recently received a new computer.

If I doc my pre to the computer it does not see any of the music I pulled over from iTunes, only the music I brought over from a cd.

I don't want to install iTunes on my new system...is the only way to do this on my older system where iTunes is located?

**EEEMasta** · 06-21-2011, 12:07 PM

Originally Posted by cbwrob

Ok so I have a question now...I only used iTuns for my Pre and recently received a new computer.

If I doc my pre to the computer it does not see any of the music I pulled over from iTunes, only the music I brought over from a cd.

I don't want to install iTunes on my new system...is the only way to do this on my older system where iTunes is located?

I think so. iTunes hides the music on your pre with some weird format that makes it harder to pull the music off of your iPod. There may be a way to do that but I never could figure it out.

And thanks guys, I guess Ill just have to drag and drop. Google music sounds pretty awesome, but I primarily listen to my music when I am driving and sometimes that's for hours at a time, and I cant imagine the drain on the battery with having to be connected to google music the whole time.

**enthuz** · 06-21-2011, 12:10 PM

Originally Posted by EEEMasta

I think so. iTunes hides the music on your pre with some weird format that makes it harder to pull the music off of your iPod. There may be a way to do that but I never could figure it out.

And thanks guys, I guess Ill just have to drag and drop. Google music sounds pretty awesome, but I primarily listen to my music when I am driving and sometimes that's for hours at a time, and I cant imagine the drain on the battery with having to be connected to google music the whole time.

If you are in a car, then why not just use a car charger?

**dwaynewilliams#WN** · 06-21-2011, 12:12 PM

Originally Posted by EEEMasta

I think so. iTunes hides the music on your pre with some weird format that makes it harder to pull the music off of your iPod. There may be a way to do that but I never could figure it out.

And thanks guys, I guess Ill just have to drag and drop. Google music sounds pretty awesome, but I primarily listen to my music when I am driving and sometimes that's for hours at a time, and I cant imagine the drain on the battery with having to be connected to google music the whole time.

It should be no different than streaming Pandora.

**EEEMasta** · 06-21-2011, 12:32 PM

Originally Posted by dwaynewilliams

It should be no different than streaming Pandora.

And pandora sucks up battery hard on my Pre hard. Using the 3G/4G connection over an hour and a half drive would destroy my battery.
And I would use a car charger, but the only slot in my car is powering my radar detector (still legal here in NY...saved my **** more times that I can count). Plus, I've already bought a 32gb class 10 card for it, so I don't mind having gigs of music on my phone

**preViously** · 06-21-2011, 02:08 PM

Originally Posted by EEEMasta

And pandora sucks up battery hard on my Pre hard. Using the 3G/4G connection over an hour and a half drive would destroy my battery.
And I would use a car charger, but the only slot in my car is powering my radar detector (still legal here in NY...saved my **** more times that I can count). Plus, I've already bought a 32gb class 10 card for it, so I don't mind having gigs of music on my phone

Just drive the speed limit, which frees your power adaptor in your car for your Evo 3D.

Now you have:

- Infinite power for music streaming via Google music.
- More storage available for videos and pictures on your phone.
- Much less likely to kill someone on the road driving like a crazed maniac for hours on end.

**EEEMasta** · 06-21-2011, 03:00 PM

Originally Posted by preViously

Just drive the speed limit, which frees your power adaptor in your car for your Evo 3D.

Now you have:

- Infinite power for music streaming via Google music.
- More storage available for videos and pictures on your phone.
- Much less likely to kill someone on the road driving like a crazed maniac for hours on end.

Hahahah but where is the fun in that? I have never gotten in an accident and have never actually been close to getting in one. I drive at a safe cruising speed, nothing reckless. Its unfortunate that the law seems to believe my cruising speed is illegal. Those who cant drive and get into an accident going too fast shouldn't have been granted their license in the first place.
And with the music I am going to have on my phone, I don't have to worry about losing data connection when going to somewhere with questionable service. Plus I would only fill maybe 10 gb of my 32gb card with music, leaving 22 gb for pictures and movies.

**cellurl** · 06-30-2011, 10:43 AM

Originally Posted by EEEMasta

And pandora sucks up battery hard on my Pre hard. Using the 3G/4G connection over an hour and a half drive would destroy my battery.
And I would use a car charger, but the only slot in my car is powering my radar detector (still legal here in NY...saved my **** more times that I can count). Plus, I've already bought a 32gb class 10 card for it, so I don't mind having gigs of music on my phone

We are building GPS cruise controls.
You could help.
Look on "Instructables.com" for such.

It links to wikiSPEEDia.org , a speed limit database.

**iEd** · 06-30-2011, 12:26 PM

Originally Posted by EEEMasta

Hey guys, I am super psyched to pick up my new EVO 3D on Friday, but I am trying to get all my affairs in order first lol. I am moving from a Palm Pre which flawlessly synced with iTunes (9.1), which worked really well as I have about 25 gigs of music and only wanted to move over checked songs. That is still true here, I have no need for all 25 gigs of my music to be on my phone, I only want the specific checked ones. I was doing some research in the forums and looking at doubleTwist, isyncr, TuneSync and sailing and none of them offer checked song syncing. The closest I have found is DoubleTwist's drag and drop of the specific songs I want as well as my driving playlist. Has anyone found any other programs or apps that would allow for only checked songs to be moved over? Thanks guys!

I've been using checked song syncing with Tunesync Lite