So here I am, enjoying my new iPod (Christmas present to myself, the Zen didn’t have enough space for all the stuff I’m listening to). I plug it in to my Macbook Pro and there’s iTunes, as expected. Then up pops the iPod registration screen in iTunes. I’m not normally the registering type but I figure, why not? So I plug in my info and press the Continue button and am presented with the following:

If you can’t read that red text (click the image to see it full size), it says “This person record requires harvesting.” If you’ve seen/heard/read War of the Worlds, perhaps you too would pause at that message.

Um, Apple? You’re scaring me a little bit.

Update: I found out why I was getting this message. Apparently my account information was incomplete and Apple needed a little bit more data. It would be better if the message said “Please visit Apple.com and update your account,” instead of creeping me out with a message about harvesting.

Edit: Had to fix the image link.