I've noticed that I've been on Twitter/FB less lately and when I do check in, it's usually to post some sort of problem/complaint. And then I never report back. Not that anyone especially cares but occasionally on FB some kind person will post suggestions for me which is so nice and makes me feel guilty.
So, in case you are facing similar, random, not-at-all-important crises, some solutions.
And I'll be posting this in several parts to satisfy my friend Allison who complains if I don't post. Hi, Allison!
My problem posted June 24:
Aaaand the iPod has stopped playing my audiobook. I was halfway through. So frustrating and I CANNOT seem to fix it.
After much googling of "my iPod plays audiobooks too fast" and "my audiobook stopped working on my iPod" I slept on it and figured it out!
Don't sync the iPod!
More detail for fellow sufferers:
My library offers free audiobooks. You download using a program called Ingram Media Manager. Once the book downloads onto your virtual bookshelf (where it remains for three weeks) Ingram gives you the option of putting it on an iPod or playing directly from Ingram. If you click iPod, you have to have your iPod plugged in at that exact moment and the book goes onto your iPod and into your iTunes library. You can play it direct from either location.
BUT if you go back later to charge/sync your iPod it automatically syncs with the iTunes version of your book which will. not. play. leading to great frustration.
So, if you happen to use Ingram, once you get a book onto your iPod turn off audiobook syncing if you need to connect your iPod to your computer again. Or just don't sync your iPod until you're done.
On the up side, the iPod holds your spot wherever you stop listening.
On the down side, if you download two books simultaneously and both have chapters labeled 1, 2, 3 etc the books will organize themselves numerically so you'll have 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, of alternating books leading to a lot of skipping about. Still, free audio books. Love it. And the audiobook version of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao was excellent.
Stay tuned this week for more posts (with photos!) of upholstery and apricot problems. Oooh, sounds scintillating, no?
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