Whenever I go to work on a client’s system the one realistic fear I have is that I’m going to be hindered by equipment issues. I know the quirks of my setup, and have the latest and greatest…

This week I was working with a new client and wasn’t sure exactly what they had. As this was a deadline driven project I prepared by loading my 30GB iPod with software/freeware I can’t live without.

This is a MAJOR time saver if:

• They have a Password on the computer!
• They do not trust freeware
• Restart would be required

Here’s How:

Get the Discs or .dmg(s) and mount them, then launch the install function.

Select your iPod as the target drive (Enable Disk use first)

Load any Extras (Stock/ Codecs/ Plugins)

In the end it really didn’t matter the system was nearly identical to mine loaded with FCP 6.0.2 and CS3 and all the freeware (Streamclip, Hijack, Bitrate Pro). I encountered one glitch that caused the system to crash and the media to unlink itself but since I altered the preferences before working and set  the Autosave to every 2 min I lost nothing.