On the Mac (G5 Dual PPC) go to Preferences, Bluetooth and select 'show bluetooth status in Menu Bar'
Then turn ON bluetooth on the W880i.
Click on the little BLuetooth icon - top right of the screen on your Mac. Go to 'Browse Device' (I can't recall if i ever had to 'add' the W880i to some list of devices - I have a feeling i didn't need to) - choose the W880i and a window opens up showing you whats lurking inside your W880. Browse 'Memory Stick' and 'Music'. The music folder is where you create music folders.
Now do this:
Click the little 'new folder' icon along the bottom of the W880i browser window (this is on your Mac!) - it's the 3rd icon along from the left. Name this 1st folder in the following way (you have to do this for each playlist or album you are adding - pain - yes I know!!). Do this one at a time for each album you add.......
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Eminem - My music is rubbish
Bjork - Vespertine
etc etc
So after you create a folder - let's say it's the radiohead album you are adding to the W880 - the browser window is blank - that's the contents of this new folder you just created. Cool. Create ANOTHER new folder right there (inside the "Radiohead - In Rainbows" folder) and name it as follows:
Radiohead (basically name this folder with the artist name)
And inside THAT folder create ANOTHER !! folder called
In Rainbows (this folder is 'album' title)
And now you are looking at the blank contents of the folder called 'In Rainbows' - now open up the folder containing the tracks of this album (in your itunes music folder or wherever it may be on your Mac) - and simply select and drag all the tracks into the 'In Rainbows' (album title) folder. The transfer will begin.
This is a bit long winded I know but so far it's the only way I have found to add albums so they are nicely accessible in the W880's walkman menu. This method gives you albums listed by artist and album - which is quite good - and once you've done it a few times it becomes pretty straightforward.
THough if anyone comes up with anything better then please let us know!!
Adding Music to the W880i mobile phone
To put music on the W880i I do the following.
On the Mac (G5 Dual PPC) go to Preferences, Bluetooth and select 'show bluetooth status in Menu Bar'
Then turn ON bluetooth on the W880i.
Click on the little BLuetooth icon - top right of the screen on your Mac. Go to 'Browse Device' (I can't recall if i ever had to 'add' the W880i to some list of devices - I have a feeling i didn't need to) - choose the W880i and a window opens up showing you whats lurking inside your W880. Browse 'Memory Stick' and 'Music'. The music folder is where you create music folders.
Now do this:
Click the little 'new folder' icon along the bottom of the W880i browser window (this is on your Mac!) - it's the 3rd icon along from the left. Name this 1st folder in the following way (you have to do this for each playlist or album you are adding - pain - yes I know!!). Do this one at a time for each album you add.......
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Eminem - My music is rubbish
Bjork - Vespertine
etc etc
So after you create a folder - let's say it's the radiohead album you are adding to the W880 - the browser window is blank - that's the contents of this new folder you just created. Cool. Create ANOTHER new folder right there (inside the "Radiohead - In Rainbows" folder) and name it as follows:
Radiohead (basically name this folder with the artist name)
And inside THAT folder create ANOTHER !! folder called
In Rainbows (this folder is 'album' title)
And now you are looking at the blank contents of the folder called 'In Rainbows' - now open up the folder containing the tracks of this album (in your itunes music folder or wherever it may be on your Mac) - and simply select and drag all the tracks into the 'In Rainbows' (album title) folder. The transfer will begin.
This is a bit long winded I know but so far it's the only way I have found to add albums so they are nicely accessible in the W880's walkman menu. This method gives you albums listed by artist and album - which is quite good - and once you've done it a few times it becomes pretty straightforward.
THough if anyone comes up with anything better then please let us know!!