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How do I get music off my iPod?

Digital Living Dear CNET,My hard disk is dead. Is there any way to get these songs off my iPod and onto my new hard disk? Near the bottom of the screen, check the 'Enable Disk Use' box if it isn't already. Hello Tim.

Tags: enable, enter, press, hard disk

15 June 2006, 12:12

Which camcorder format?

Digital Living Should I choose a hard disk-based camcorder, a DVD camcorder or a MiniDV model? Hard disk camcorders have similar shortcomings. Every hard disk camcorder we've tested has caused problems as we've tried to convert the proprietary codecs into...

25 May 2006, 15:15

Outlook horror stories

Digital Living This gets your e-mail off the servers that are under the control of the stingy IT people, who are ultimately responsible for your out-of-space messages to begin with, and onto your local hard disk. The Attachment Save add-in automatically moves...

9 May 2005, 14:50

Do more with your iPod

Digital Living Remember that your iPod can cache an album or playlist to minimise the time the hard disk is spinning. But when you ask your iPod to produce another track it hasn't cached, it has to spin up the hard disk and access the song.

9 May 2005, 14:49

Can camcorders take great stills?

Digital Living I'm new to the world of hard disk camcorders and I want to get one that can also take a good photo. Most camcorders in the under-£350 price bracket don't seem to take photos or they are only 1 megapixel.

Tags: megapixel, colour, noise, frame

21 November 2007, 14:15

What MP3 player for my particular needs?

Digital Living I have an old Creative MuVo2 4GB which is starting to show its age -- I've just had to reformat the hard disk for the second time and the headphone socket is wobbly so the sound is intermittent. Obviously time to upgrade then, but I just don't know...

23 November 2006, 16:11

Which new iPod should I buy?

Digital Living Maybe you have a hard disk-based player for the commute, but fancy something unnoticeable when running. I really like all of the new iPod models and definitely want to upgrade to one of them. Thing is, I don't know which one!

26 September 2007, 16:08

Which MP3 bit rate should I use?

Digital Living This offers vastly superior sound quality over 128kbps, without eating up too much disk space. I want to use MP3s on a music player but I have no idea which bit rate to use. Which is the best rate to use for general music compression?

16 May 2007, 14:24

Does ReadyBoost really work?

Digital Living It also runs background processes such as disk defragmenting at lower priorities so they don't interfere as much with your everyday tasks. I've heard that Windows Vista's ReadyBoost and SuperFetch features can speed up my PC.

7 March 2007, 16:51

A camcorder for shooting drama?

Digital Living In this case, almost any recent MiniDV or hard-disk DV camcorder will capture near-broadcast quality footage when you are shooting in excellent light. I am trying to find out what is the best, most moderately priced camcorder for making short...

21 June 2005, 11:50

What camcorder for filming kids in low light?

Digital Living MiniDV tape camcorders are the best option, as the consumer models of DVD or hard disk based camcorders will give you poor low-light footage. I need a camcorder to take video of my 1-year-old to send to my parents in Australia.

14 September 2006, 15:02

Can I make my PC faster for free?

Digital Living To do this, just open My Computer, right click the C: drive, click 'Properties', and hit 'Disk Cleanup'. My PC was fairly quick when I bought it a couple of years ago, but it has since slowed to a crawl.

11 May 2006, 11:14

What's the best budget PC for all the family?

Digital Living Secondly, try to opt for as large a hard drive as you can afford -- games, music and video eat up lots of disk space. My kids are asking for a gaming computer this Christmas. They are not big gamers but are approaching teenage years so could be in...

29 November 2006, 16:23

What's the best LCD TV for under £1,000?

Digital Living This is especially important if you want to link a DVD or hard-disk recorder to your TV without reducing the quality of the output signal. I have a budget of around £1,000 to spend on an LCD TV. My requirements are: two HDMI inputs, two Scart...

24 January 2007, 11:40

CeBIT 2006: It's all about the stuff

Digital Living Last year Bill Gates told The Daily Princetonian that HD DVD and Blu-ray would be the last physical disc formats, because in the future "everything's going to be streamed directly or on a hard disk". As I pack my bags for CeBIT, I can't help...

8 March 2006, 15:02