12-31-2006, 07:36 AM
If the Creative Zen acts like a USB mass storage device, your friend can still use iTunes to manage syncing (I'm only guessing to Windows XP compatibility because OS X and iTunes works this way).
Have your friend add all of her audio files to iTunes. Create some Smart Playlists. Essentially playlists which will randomly fill to a set maximum in hours, MB, GB, etc. In this case, the max capacity of the Zen. Manually click on the desired playlist, select all, and then drag and drop the files onto the Creative Zen's icon, or subfolder inside the Zen, found within the Windows Explorer.
Alternately, you may be able to select all, copy, and then paste the files into the desired directory. This method does not work from within iTunes and OS X as the copy command from within iTunes is only copying the text, not the actual files. Windows XP may behave differently, I have not bothered to download iTunes to my lonely XP box.
Voila, manual sync courtesy of iTunes Smart Playlists.
Nathan
Have your friend add all of her audio files to iTunes. Create some Smart Playlists. Essentially playlists which will randomly fill to a set maximum in hours, MB, GB, etc. In this case, the max capacity of the Zen. Manually click on the desired playlist, select all, and then drag and drop the files onto the Creative Zen's icon, or subfolder inside the Zen, found within the Windows Explorer.
Alternately, you may be able to select all, copy, and then paste the files into the desired directory. This method does not work from within iTunes and OS X as the copy command from within iTunes is only copying the text, not the actual files. Windows XP may behave differently, I have not bothered to download iTunes to my lonely XP box.
Voila, manual sync courtesy of iTunes Smart Playlists.
Nathan