5th gen iPod...updates from PC to Mac

my ipod is formatted to a windows b/c my original computer was a pc. my pc's been having a lot of problems lately so i haven't been able to use my itunes to update my ipod. i've been using my friends 7.0 itunes with a mac to put new songs on my ipod. my ipod shows all my old songs plus the songs that i've gotten from his itunes, but when i update album art for my old songs, it won't show it on my ipod. it also won't let me update gapless playback for those songs either. my friend won't let me transfer my old songs to his comp from an external drive, so what i'm asking is am i going to have to reformat my ipod to his mac in order to get these updates and lose my old songs? or is there some kind of software i can use so i won't lose all my old songs?

Choose Authorize Computer from the Store menu in iTunes or play a purchased song, supply your account information, and sync the iPod.
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5. As iTunes shows you a progressive bar of 'installing' (the bar scrolls across again and again) use the "Safely Remove Hardware" option in your taskbar and stop "Apple iPod USB Device". The computer will then tell you that the device can now be removed
6. "Installing" continues... plug in/connect iPod again. The "Install" continues like nothing's happened. Weird, huh?
7. Apple logo and Update status bar should now appear on your dimmed iPod screen (because of no backlight)
8. At this point, dialogue box pops up on computer to tell you that updating continues
9. "Do Not Disconnect" symbol will then show on your iPod
10. Process finishes after a time, and now the Summary tab says the iPod has been updated.
HA!!! If this is all that troubles you - HUZZAH! And I hope this helped.
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1. Go BACK to the Summary tab or your recognized deive in iTunes. Now choose RESTORE. Make sure whatever is on your iPod can be replaced
2. This part takes time
3. Computer will pop with dialogue box saying that iPod is restored and being changed to factory settings
4. Prompt then pops up for you to name your little iPod. At this stage you can choose to 'Auto-sync songs and vids when connected' or 'Auto-sync photos' and from which directory. It's up to you.
5. iTunes will then thank you for registering your iPod. From this point, the files are copied to your device. Depending on how large your library is affects how long this process takes.
I hope this was helpful to you.
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Didn't work for me, I tried two times.
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"Step 1
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I just bought a 5th gen Ipod from someone and now it wont turn on/boot up

I just bought a 5th gen Ipod from someone and restored it to factory setting I then uploaded my music to it and ejected it but may have unplugged it to soon. Now the ipod just keeps trying to turn on but doesn't and it won't respond to manual reset has anyone had this problem and what was done to fix it? thank you for your time I would really appriciate it.

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I bought a 5th gen Ipod three weeks ago and haven't been able to use it yet. It apperars in windows but will not show up in itunes. I have done everything suggested on the support site and spoken to support staff twice and they tell me to send it back, i want to avoid this if poss.
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1, (I'm not sure this had any relevance - I wouldn't do it unless the rest doesn't work), but I reformatted it in windows FAT 32 (Right click ipod in 'my computer' drives list, format, complete format), don't worry if ipod then goes black & white with folder icon & message www.apple/support/ipod.
2, (Again, I'm not sure if this had any relevance, but you can change this back). Change the drive letter. To do this go to: Control panel, Administrative tools, computer management. In the left window select storage, disk management and when you select that the right window splits into two. In the lower half is all of your drives, right click the ipod and there should be an option to ‘change drive letter’
3. Remove ipod via the 'Safely remove hardware' icon near the clock. Uninstall all iPod updaters & iTunes via the 'add/remove programs' section in 'control panel'.
4. Disable any Anti Virus (I have AVG freeware), Firewall or Spyware software inc, Windows Firewall (personally, I think this is the common element among us and something I didn't realise was running as I had other software with a firewall).
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6. When completely restarted (leave a few minutes) open the iPod updater, only plug in your ipod when prompted - At this point I got a box with my serial no and other ipod details in and the option to restore, but hit the restore button and it said something I don't remember, but was an error message. Anyway, I couldn't disconnect the pod so pulled out the cable (not recommended I know) and restarted the computer again and repeated step 6 again (removing the Ipod first). This time the restore button worked - it took about 10 minutes and automatically opened itunes when done and asks you for a name for it.
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8. Close everything, disconnect ipod and re-activate your Anti Virus, Firewall and Spyware software inc, Windows Firewall and restart.
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- Try cleaning out/blowing out the headphone jack. Try inserting/removing the plug a dozen times or so.
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I recently received a new 80 gig 5th gen iPod and had 2 questions regarding it and my old 40 gig 4th gen. PC meets minimun requirements and is running XP Pro.
1) Do I need to do anything before synching the new 5th gen iPod with my existing Library (i.e. uninstall iPod Updater for 4th gen)?
2) If I don't need to uninstall the 4th gen Updater, can I run both iPods off the same Library, same user (obviously not simultaneously)?
tia - joggy
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Hey, joggy!
1) No, I don't believe you do. Be sure to disconnect the 4th gen iPod before connecting the 5th generation iPod to the computer.
2) Yes, you can.
There are basically two methods with managing muleiple iPods on one computer:
Method 1 - Create different Windows users accounts for each resgistered iPod on this computer.
Method 2 - Create a playlist in iTunes for each iPod.
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Under the "Music" tab, and set your option for a specific playlist(s) under the "Sync Music" option.
Do the same with your other iPod; not connected at the same time, though.
For more details on this matter, check out Apple's Support article about it:
How to manage multiple iPods using one computer
I hope that helps you.
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