bollocks. File managers are the easiest way to transfer files.

I got an iPod shuffle as a gift, and after dropping a few songs on it wanted to try it out -- only to discover simply copying the files didn't work. Took me 15 minutes of browsing to discover a tiny console application that is capable of generating the database; copied it onto the device and ever since I have had no problems. iTunes... : pukes:

Had an idiot boss a few years back, who would open a word doc in Word and save it to another location from the file menu in order to create a copy. Many people are still like that, have no basic computer literacy, hence statements as the above quoted...