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Hi everyone, great website. I am setting up a Mac mini - Dac - Amp - speaker setup, and would like a bit of help if possible. If I want to use an external hard drive to store my music files to play through the Mac, can anyone tell me how I'd go about doing this? Also, I recently upgraded the O.S to Snow leopard from Tiger and it appears my Mac does not "see" my ipod when I connect it. I've tried unplugging the usb cable, switching the ipod off and on, but nothing. Any ideas on that too.??? I may well be back with a lot more numpty style questions if these get replies, so bare with me if you can people.. Thanks in advance.

Thanks again for the replies on this everyone, really appreciated. Bottlerocket, I used the technique you suggested and it works well. It's a bit of a fiddle to create a copy file in MP3, but it's definitely worth it in my view. What I'd like to know now is, how can I get the album art onto the touch? I've got artwork is on Itunes library on the Mac for the lossless files by using amazon albumart, but I have no idea how to get this across to the touch containing the MP3 files. I'm sure this is a simple fix, but being a numpty newbie, I ain't got a clue. Any advice folks???

Thanks for the reply. Yes, I think perhaps we're at cross purposes due to me not explaining it clearly. What I am looking to do is to rip or store music on my mini/external drive in Apple lossless to play on my main system, using the Itouch as a remote to control it. I think I'm ok with that part and have set Itunes to import in Apple Lossless. But...... I also want to be able to use the touch on the move, and so, want to take some of my library to use on it, but in MP3 format, so as not to use heaps of space. The question is...... How can I take files from my Mac mini (which are stored as lossless) and transfer these to my touch (as MP3) to use away from home??? Is it better for me to have a separate library, or is there a way I can transcode the files into MP3 for use on the touch, while retaining the lossless files on the mini for home use? I hope that is clearer, I know I'm not the best with this stuff. Many thanks again. T.

Hi everyone, This is my first post here. I am completely new to computer audio and have just got myself a Mac mini - Ipod touch (for remote purpose) - Dac. I am still kind of in the process of setting this up, but I have a question....... If I am using Apple lossless to play through my main system, and, I am using the touch as remote, synced to that Itunes library, can I store mp3's on the touch for use on the move away from home??? and if so, how do I transfer mp3 to it when all my music is stored in lossless format on the Mac??? I know this is very likely to be a stupid question, but please bare with me, I am a total novice. Many thanks in advance. T.