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                        <span class="para">Tracks can be imported directly to an iPod by ensuring the latter is the selected repository before clicking Add Files or Add Directories.
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                        <span class="para">Normally though, tracks will already have been imported into the Local repository. To copy them onto the iPod simply select the tracks in the Track Window and drag them onto the iPod repository icon.
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                        <span class="para">To copy a whole album, selected the album in one of the sort tabs and drag that onto the iPod repository.
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                        <span class="para">Use playlists to group together a set of tracks. Simply create a new playlist in the Local repository then drag n drop the tracks onto it.
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                        <span class="para">Drag n drop a playlist onto the iPod repository icon to copy it and all its tracks to the iPod. The playlist will be available in the Playlist section of the iPod's control system as well as all tracks being copied to the iPod.
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                            At any change to a repository, eg. track addition, deletion, edit ..., a change has occurred that requires a database save. To highlight this, the name of the repository is changed to italics, ie. Local -&gt; <span class="emphasis">Local</span>. This shows the repository requires saving.
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                        <span class="para">Should gtkpod be closed prior to any saving then a dialog is displayed informing that data changes will be lost if a save is not performed.
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                        <span class="para">Clicking the "Save Changes" button will save all changes made to all of the repositories. This is the point where tracks are actually copied to the iPod and the iPod database updated. Only after a save is performed will the tracks copied to the iPod, be playable on the iPod.
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