hi folks,
i use iTunes/G4 TiBook/OS X.2.8 to rip/organize all of my mp3s. I keep a linux box on my home LAN which acts as a multimedia server (200Gb HD x 2, 80Gb HD), and i nfs-mount the 80Gb drive from my G4 TiBook and use that as my iTunes library. works very well.
i finally got round to installing my empeg in my Mustang, and love it. now, for the questions:

-jEmplode for OS X sometimes doesn't "see" genres assigned via iTunes. anybody else see this? how to fix?
-i try to keep my empeg library in sync w/ my iTunes library, but sometimes don't sync them until i've added a number of songs/CDs to iTunes. what's the best method of synchronisation in this scenario?
-anybody else using iTunes to organize music?