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   On 2/24/26 15:31, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Tue, 24 Feb 2026 07:24:51 -0700, Tom Elam wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2/23/26 7:46 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> You claim Apple’s product line is “tightly integrated”, yet I   
   >>> mentioned elsewhere the problems a user had doing something as   
   >>> seemingly simple as moving raw-format photos from their Iphone to a   
   >>> Macintosh.   
   >>   
   >> Never said the word "perfectly".   
   >   
   > Maybe take out the word “tightly” as well?   
   >   
   > I can remember, back when my mum had an Ipod, the only way to transfer   
   > music from the device back to a PC was to use Linux. Apple’s Itunes   
   > could only do the transfer one way, in the opposite direction.   
   >   
   > Has that been fixed yet?   
      
   Just how was she able to get a song onto an iPod in the first place,   
   without it originating from her PC?   
      
   Because iPods never had WiFi or Bluetooth: their inputs were limited to   
   the 30-pin cable interface.  It wasn't until the iPod's replacement, the   
   2007 iPod Touch, that there was WiFi, for which one could notionally   
   purchase & download songs via iTunes - but these were linked to your   
   iTunes account, so it would synch onto your PC with the iTunes account.   
      
   -hh   
      
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