I love my shuffle! What exactly did you do to download the music? Did you see the message "iPod syncing complete" before you unplugged the device after adding you music to your iPod playlist? What color light have you seen on the body?

I got one of these for work recently too!  My problem~I've purchased songs and they won't sync.  I get a message saying I'm not authorized to download them (or something like that).  WHAT?!?!  I PAID for them, I did choose the explicit over the clean lyrics, but I'm more than twice the age of 18, I only ever connected this iPod to my one computer~so why won't they download?  I'm afraid to buy any more songs!!!!!

Anyone have any guesses for me?  I'm still trying to find the tech support email or phone number...

(Sorry fearlessella~hi-jacked your thread a little....)

Ann & my gorgeous boys Nobel, Figlewitz, Ridley, D'Marco, Gino & Nunzio!
Enjoy the yogie bar Efram!
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Wow, I just bought one of these off Ebay and it should be here in a new days. I hope I don't have problems with it, too. 

I used to have a Nano, but I sold it to fund buying a bigger cage for some boys I took in. I just want something for while I'm mowing the lawn, I didn't need the bigger one.

Do you have to use iTunes to put the music on it? I know I always used iTunes with my Nano, so I'm assuming the Shuffle only works with iTunes too. Am I wrong? Don't  you *have* to use iTunes to put music on any of the iPod products? 

You could check on ordering the software disc from ITunes website. Or do you know anyone that could download and burn a copy of ITunes software for you?

MP3 players just let you drap and drop. Hence why  i have not gotten an IPod and don't plan on it. I do not use Itunes that often and don't like it, at all.

I agree with that, but only when the forced software is bad     

I've never had a problem, sure it's one extra step that takes me 2 seconds.

Yeah, mine is a little 20 dollar player I got from Amazon.  Just drag and drop your existing MP3's.  It doesn't require syncing (although it can and will if you have other formats of music).

because theres not a itunes for linux

back to topic

try mediamonkey

its kinda like itunes but allows you to put your music on your new ipod shuffle

I've used itunes for my ipod nano, there very well could be a way to use it without it though.  It's the only thing I use itunes for, however,..don't purchase music there, or use it to play my music (I use windows media for that)

I have NEVER had a problem with my ipod even before I got a mac.  I even have the old clunky original color screened ipod (okay I forget the generation but it was the one before video)
Like I said in my post there are ways to put music on your ipod without using itunes.  You just have to use a different program to convert the files so they are mp3.
Also I don't know why so many people think that itunes isn't drag and drop.  You DONT have to sync with your media library.  It's good when you first get one so you can put the music on all at once but after that it doesn't matter.  All you have to do is open your file that has the music then drag and drop it into itunes or onto the ipod.  It's the same as pretty much every other mp3 player there is.

I don't know about the mp3 players, but I posted asking for help about my shuffle not syncing and I finally figured out myself that if I 'reauthorized' my computer, it would download/sync the songs to it.  Stupid huh?  It would only sync some of the songs, not all.

Not sure if the mp3 players work in the same way~just thought I'd throw that out there since you've not gotten any responces yet!  Frustrating isn't it?  We ask for so little, don't we?  Just a little music...that's all we want...just a little music!

Ann & my gorgeous boys Nobel, Figlewitz, Ridley, D'Marco, Gino & Nunzio!
Enjoy the yogie bar Efram!

I used to have a zen stone.  They worked very well.  I gave it to my mom after I got an Ipod though.