No Genius Mixes on iPod Classic 160GB?

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jerome1989 Author

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No Genius Mixes on iPod Classic 160GB?

Hi.
I was planning to get a new iPod classic just for the Genius Mixes (and the capacity too a bit).
(I bought the 120GB for Genius last year and am very happy with that purchase)

But Genius Mixes are not in the classic specifications page.

Has anyone with a brand new classic had the chance to try Genius Mixes on it?

If if is not there, then there is no Apple portable device where I can sync all my Genius Mixes (my iPhone is crying for 10 more GB when I try to sync the Genius Mixes).

Thanks in advance and have a nice day,

Jérôme.

MBP 17" 2.93Ghz/8GB/SSD256, Mac OS X (10.5.6), and other Macs too

Posted on Sep 9, 2009 11:57 PM

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Jeff Bryan

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Sep 10, 2009 1:35 AM in response to jerome1989

According to this page, Genius is included on the new 160GB iPod classic.

http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shopipod/family/ipodclassic?mco=Nzk2MTI2OQ

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Jeff Bryan

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Sep 10, 2009 2:10 AM in response to Jeff Bryan

Sorry, that link says genius playlists not "mixes". 😟

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jerome1989 Author

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Sep 10, 2009 2:11 AM in response to Jeff Bryan

Thanks Jeff.

Genius playlists even work on the iPod classic 120GB (I have one).

However, my question is about Genius Mixes, the feature introduced yesterday with iTunes 9.
On the new nanos, and iPod touch or iPhones with the 3.1 software, you can sync the genius mixes to the device.
On my iPod classic 120GB and my iPod nano 4G, I cannot

What I would like to know is whether you can sync your Genius Mixed to an iPOd classic 160GB (new model)

There is no mention of it on the iPod classic pages, and it does not appear as a menu item on the screenshots on the same pages.

And on the "iTunes - What's new" page, there is a photo of a nano and a touch to illustrate the genius mixes. No classic. It's here: http://www.apple.com/itunes/whats-new/#genius-mixes

Thanks (again) in advance,

Jérôme.

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Jeff Bryan

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Sep 10, 2009 2:13 AM in response to jerome1989

Yeah sorry about that.

I need to get used to the difference between "playlists" and "mixes".

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Answer 5

Sep 10, 2009 11:11 AM in response to jerome1989

I have a 120GB iPod classic and it does not support Genius Mixes. I hope that changes in the future because I think that would be a great additional feature!

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Answer 6

Sep 11, 2009 9:24 AM in response to jerome1989

I have the new iPod Classic 160Gb, and the Genius Mixes don't work on it 😟
I can see my Mixes on iTunes, but it's not possible to sync them on the iPod Classic.

I really hope that Apple will upgrade this feature!

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Answer 7

Sep 11, 2009 11:53 AM in response to Sky Kogachi

Oliviero is correct, I believe.

I have iTunes 9, just got the new 160 Classic, and Mixes don't seem to appear anywhere on the device. Nor does there seem to be any mention of them in the manual.

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Sep 11, 2009 4:59 PM in response to Oliviero Reali

Note that the Genius Mixes don't just show up automatically even if you auto-sync. On my Touch I had to select one or more Genius Mixes on the "Music" tab in iTunes where you choose your sync options.

Maybe the Classic doesn't give you this option, but my point is that you have to choose to load them on the sync preferences page.

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Sep 12, 2009 2:50 AM in response to rockmyplimsoul

By the looks of it, Genius Mixes will on work on devices supporting the new iPhone OS 3.1 which I believe includes the iPhone, Touch and new Nano.

Classics and other older style iPODs are on iPOD OS 2.0.1 which doesn't support it.

Even if you manually select the option to manage music and playlists, the genius mixes do not show up.

I have both iPhone and iPOD classic - the classic is for the car and when I read about Genius Mixes, I was really looking forward to it in the car - but no go. Apple need to standardise the features across the range.

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Answer 10

Sep 12, 2009 9:28 AM in response to Marios Patrinos

I have both iPhone and iPOD classic - the classic is for the car and when I read about Genius Mixes, I was really looking forward to it in the car - but no go. Apple need to standardise the features across the range.

Ditto!

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Answer 11

Jeff Bryan

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Sep 13, 2009 1:51 AM in response to Sky Kogachi

This where you need to put your requests fro this feature.

iPod Feedback.

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mspoppe

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Sep 13, 2009 7:15 AM in response to Marios Patrinos

Perfect Barkscub

I think this should be a problem for many users. I think most users to manually synchronize your library

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biljounc

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Sep 13, 2009 11:06 AM in response to Jeff Bryan

Thanks Jeff for the link. I was looking for a place to give feedback but could not find it.

Message was edited by: biljounc

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Answer 14

Sep 16, 2009 6:39 AM in response to Jeff Bryan

Thanks for the link! I really wish they put Genius Mixes in the Classic!

Oh, btw, I noticed they do not have the 120GB model and the 2.0.1 software version on the drop down menus below the comments section...

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Sep 16, 2009 7:59 AM in response to Andre Elias

Thanks for the link Jeff - I've sent my feedback - here's hoping they will standardise...

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