[Linux-disciples] Moving files

[Stephen R Laniel]

On Mon, Jun 05, 2006 at 06:49:57PM -0400, Brian Cooke wrote:
> I might be too late, but you don't need to rename the files.  This 
> filename format is used by Apple internally on the iPod (They are 
> intentionally obfuscating the filenames to make it harder to illegaly 
> copy individual mp3s).  All you need to do is re-import the files to her 
> iTunes library, and iTunes should automatically grab the song data.  
> Further, if you have "Keep iTunes Music folder organized" checked as a 
> preference in iTunes (in the Advanced tab), it will put a copy of the 
> imported files on the computer's drive with the correct name.

Ah. This is one reason why it's valuable to have someone
around who owns an iPod. :-)

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