Is the only good way to manage music/video/books on multiple iPods/iPad off one PC and one iTunes account to do it manually?
Unless I'm just missing something, it seems like it's pretty much impossible to do it automatically. If I tell iTunes to auto sync then iTunes will sync EVERYTHING in iTunes (or whatever is "checked") with whatever device is plugged in at the time. So if my wife plugs in her iPad, she'll get all my son's music, which she definetely does not want.
About the only way around this - sort of - is to set up a play list for each device (like Son#1 iPod, Son #2 iPod, Wife iPad) and drag/drop musit into that play list, then drag/drop that play list manually onto the specific device.
For books/video/aps it's all manual drag/drop.
Since my kids are still kids I'm not at the point where I want them having their own iTunes account and e-mail.
Unless I'm just missing something, it seems like it's pretty much impossible to do it automatically. If I tell iTunes to auto sync then iTunes will sync EVERYTHING in iTunes (or whatever is "checked") with whatever device is plugged in at the time. So if my wife plugs in her iPad, she'll get all my son's music, which she definetely does not want.
About the only way around this - sort of - is to set up a play list for each device (like Son#1 iPod, Son #2 iPod, Wife iPad) and drag/drop musit into that play list, then drag/drop that play list manually onto the specific device.
For books/video/aps it's all manual drag/drop.
Since my kids are still kids I'm not at the point where I want them having their own iTunes account and e-mail.