Escient FireBall SE-80, Startup Manual

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iPod Integration - Mac WD047-1-1
7/18/2005
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Integrating with iTunes and iPod
FireBall supports iTunes and iPod integration through the FireBall Network File Sharing feature
described above. Once your Mac is connected to your FireBall over the network, you can
access FireBall’s music and use it from iTunes and sync it with your iPod.
Please read the section Connecting to your FireBall before proceeding to make sure that
you can mount FireBall’s CONTENT volume on your Mac Desktop.
What You Can Do
Once FireBall’s is mounted on your Mac Desktop, you can:
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Import FireBall MP3 music into iTunes
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Create iTunes Playlists
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Burn CDs using iTunes
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Sync Playlists and Music to your Apple iPod
What You Can’t Do
Here are some things you can’t do with iTunes:
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Copy Music from an iPod to FireBall
x Copy iTunes Playlists to your FireBall
x Import FLAC files
Importing Music Into iTunes
iTunes allows music files to reside on different volumes or hard drives, including network
volumes. Since FireBall’s CONTENT volume is really just another network volume to the Mac,
you can add your FireBall music to iTunes.
iTunes creates and maintains it’s own Library index files which are separate from the actual
music files that appear in it’s browser window. This means that the
iTunes Music Library file
can remain on your hard drive (usually located in your Music folder) while the actual music files
are located on some other volume, like the FireBall CONTENT volume.
Note: Since iTunes does not currently support FLAC files, only MP3 files from FireBall can be
used with iTunes.
Follow these steps to import your FireBall music content into iTunes:
1. After mounting your FireBall’s CONTENT volume (see above), open iTunes on your
Mac.
2. Select Preferences… from the iTunes menu