1. A method for accessing a portable media player by a host computer over a data link, said method comprising: (a) receiving an indication that the portable media player has been attached to the host computer via the data link. (b) logically connecting the portable media player to a file system of the host computer; (c) performing, following said attaching (a) and said logically connecting (b), first media-based processing at the host computer which accesses the portable media player; and (d) logically disconnecting the portable media player from the file system without detaching the portable media player from the host computer via the data link, said logically disconnecting being performed after performance of the first media-based processing.