here's two more recs, from a friend who works for Apple, but that's not a guarantee it will work for you: The program iDump looks as good as any of the ones out there for Windows. http://www.softpedia.com/get/IPOD-TOOLS/Multimedia-IPOD-tools/iDump.shtml On my Mac I use Senuti. http://www.fadingred.org/senuti/ -- music http://www.last.fm/user/bluflower/ photos http://flickr.com/photos/bluflower myspace http://www.myspace.com/lauree blog http://wordtravelsfast.blogspot.com/