Charging my itouch on a machine without itunes on it

If I want to charge my itouch on my laptop which does not have itunes loaded on it (windows 7 64 bit) can I just plug it into one of the usb ports or will there be issues if it doesn't find itunes software to sync with?

As long as you just want to charge it, yes.I've done it with my old iPod that's not a touch, but I think it would work with any model of iPod.

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Hi,
I hate to ask but I need to charge my iPod on a PC without iTunes. How do I do it? I looked for other posts but I must be using the wrong keywords as I have found nothing. I am desperate. Thank you in advance for any assistance.
-Mike

gomek72 wrote:
Also, does the shuffle need to be on or off?
I've always turned mine OFF...it doesn't really matter other than to verify, when you turn it on that it's charged (green LED which also should light when you remove shuffle from the dock to signify state of charge).

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I'm going on a trip and I was just wondering if I can charge my iPod nano from other computers without the iTunes software... any answers?

take a look at the wall adapter in the apple store. (30$ USA)
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Can i charge my iPod Shuffle on a Windows PC/Notebook, that does NOT have iPod Software or iTunes installed on it???

There's one caveat to doing this. If Windows mounts the iPod and doesn't unmount it (I think this is a function of iTunesHelper.exe) then you should eject the drive before disconnecting. You will tell because the iPod will flash orange while it's mounted. Solid orange or green means it is safe to unplug.

Charging without itunes

Hello! I'm such a scardy amature when it comes to ipods! I just need to know if you can charge your ipod via a computer without itunes being installed on it? would it damage my ipod? i need to charge at work but theres an administrators block on downloads (GRR!) and i'm weary just in case anything goes wrong!
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Would you reccomend a proper apple certified one,
which are a lot more expensive,
I would recommend the chargers from Apple, but if you want to spend less...
do you think that
the cheaper options wich arent really anything to do
with apple are ok?
There are so many. I guess some will be ok and some won't. It's so difficult to say. I use a third-party charger and it's proved to be great.
i was thinking about getting one
from eBay or suchlike...
Some of them are not very expensive to start with, so I don't know how much money you will be able to save.

TS3694 I got my cracked screen fixed , and ever since my phone has been acting up. Now Im trying to restore it and it wont restore. Also my phone wont work without being on the charger. It just wont disconnect from ITunes Can I get help ASAP

I got my cracked screen fixed , and ever since my phone has been acting up. Now Im trying to restore it and it wont restore. Also my phone wont work without being on the charger. It just wont disconnect from ITunes Can I get help ASAP

nadiamilan wrote:
I think that is an great idea . But I wanna know if there is anything else i can do besides going all way back to the place i got if fixed at ....
Probably not.

Running Win7 and ITunes 10.6 - loaded all my old CD's in one user acct. I want to share these with all other users on the machine without reloading the CD's and without having to make copies of their disk images, if possible. Also, want them on my WinXP

Running ITunes 10.6, on a Win7 Home Premium SP1. Just loaded about thirty of my favorite CD's on my user account.
I would like to be able to make all of them available to my other family members in their accounts on my machine, without needing to reload them all and without having to store their disk images multiple times. Can this be done, and if so, how?
And can I copy the contents of a folder across to my wife's WinXP SP3 machine, and have them made available to each of us in our login accts on that machine?
(There are three of us, plus an admin and a backup admin account, on each.)
I will be really grateful if someone can help me do this for my family members, as we have shared the music on these CD's over the years, and I would like to make them available on the desktop for each of us.
Also, I'd like to be able to load them, or a subset of them, to my wife and son's IPods. Any Tips, Traps or Tweaks for that process, as well?
Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.
Not sure about the OS level for the IPods. I am doing this for my wife and son, using an account here created for my son, which he shares with me for support purposes. But I do know they both have IPods, and our PC's and their OS's were described above.

You can move the iTunes folder to a separate drive on your pc an then configure each account to use this drive / folder as iTunes library ... The problem is, that iTunes by default stores everything in your personal music folder which is separate for each user account in windows (and by default is on "C" drive).
I create a separate partition on every pc/laptop (and map a drive name) where I store music, videos and other mass data. This will also keep the "C" drive small, which is backed up from time to time and so my backup is also small.

My friend gave me his old touch, however it won't sync with my new mac but it charges the itouch so i was wondering how i could sync it to my iTunes.

My friend gave me his old touch, however it won't sync with my new mac but it charges the itouch so i was wondering how i could sync it to my iTunes.

Does the iPod show up in iTunes on the Mac? If not try:
iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Mac OS X
also
If you have iTunes 11 turn on the Sidebar. Go to iTunes>View and click on Show Sidebar. You can also do a Crtl+S to show the sidebar. The sidebar is where Devices appears. and Control+B to show the Menu bar
Otherwise what happens when you try to sync? Note that you can only sync with one iTunes library/computer. If that is the problem you should go to Settings>General>Reset>Erase and content and setting and set up the iPod on you computer/iTunes library. One content on the iPod does not belong to you.

How can I restore my sons itouch to original settings without doing the restore through iTunes? He can't remember his passcode and when I try to restore through iTunes it never completes the update/restore without timing out?!?!

HOw can I restore my sons itouch to original settings without going through iTunes restore? When I plug into iTunes it will never complete the update/restore without timing out? He can't remember his password. I can't get my iTunes to update to the newest level either without timing out. Please help!

The thread title differs from the original post, sorry for the confusion. I read password instead of passcode.
The only way past a passcode lock is by entering the passcode. Refer to HT1212 iOS: Wrong passcode results in red disabled screen:
If you cannot remember the passcode, you will need to restore your device using the computer with which you last synced it. This allows you to reset your passcode and resync the data from the device (or restore from a backup).
If you restore on a different computer that was never synced with the device, you will be able to unlock the device for use and remove the passcode, but your data will not be present.
As for timing out during the restore...
If there isn't any antivirus or firewalls in the way, I would try restoring from a different user account or even a different computer. If still unable to restore without timing out, I would try a different network.

Charging on computer without itunes...now frozen...help

I'm travelling away from home and needed to charge my itouch (2nd generation) and have a friends laptop that I plugged into the usb and it looks to be searching for Itunes but their laptop doesn't have it. Now...all I get on the face of my Itouch is the USB Cable going into itunes symbol. Is there anything I can do to get my Itouch back. Still have 4 days left of vacation! Thanks for any assistance you may be able to give!!

Try to reset your iPod. Hold down the sleep and home buttons for at least 10 seconds, ignore the slider to turn it off, let go when you see the Apple logo.

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Charging 2nd Generation Shuffle Without Itunes

I use my Ipod shuffle primarily while at work in the lab. I usually leave my Ipod at work unless I want to change my playlist. Our IT department recently removed Itunes from our computers.
Previously, I would just plug in my Ipod, Itunes would load automatically, I would shut down Itunes and let my Ipod charge.
Now without Itunes, my Ipod just blinks orange. Is my Ipod still charging even though I don't get a solid orange light? Is there any way of knowing when my Ipod is fully charged?
Thanks, Chris

Previously, I would just plug in my Ipod, Itunes
would load automatically, I would shut down Itunes
and let my Ipod charge.
Now without Itunes, my Ipod just blinks orange. Is
my Ipod still charging even though I don't get a
solid orange light? Is there any way of knowing when
my Ipod is fully charged?
It's charging when steady or blinking orange is displayed. Depending on the version of the firmware, UNmounting it using "safely remove hardware" in the system tray MAY accurately show state of charge (1.0.2) or not (1.0.3)... Essentially, IF you've charged it for 5+ hours, you're good to go... DO NOT, however keep the shuffle connected while your computer sleeps.
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I have my dads itunes on my computer along with mine but he will be leaving and i am curious if without a seperate charger you can charge an ipod shuffle on a computer without itunes.

Hello Laura,
And welcome to Apple Discussions!
I have my dads itunes on my computer along with mine but he will be leaving and i am curious if without a seperate charger you can charge an ipod shuffle on a computer without itunes.
Yes. It should still charge even without iTunes.
B-rock

How to sync iTunes libraries on multiple machines without copying music

Background:
I have 4 machines running iTunes 9, all authorized with the same account. All music is on a networked storage device (NSA). Each iTunes points to the NSA for music files. Each user on each machine has their own local iTunes library for individualized playlists, etc. When music is purchased, regardless of machine, it is automatically downloaded onto the NSA. We have deselected the Advanced preference "Copy files to iTunes Media folder when adding to library". Our goal is to have one live copy of our music rather than multiple copies sprinkled about all 4 machines. We do periodic backups of the NSA.
Question:
How do I get all the iTunes user libraries on all 4 machines to automatically reflect new music purchases? The library of the purchaser is updated just fine, but no one else's is. The Home Sharing Settings option updates the library, but it also copies over the music, defeating the purpose of one copy.
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When I first moved to OS X I decided that all of my/our music should be in one library, with one Apple ID for purchasing/playback and iPod syncing, located someplace other than each user's home folder. Using an alias of the destination folder worked as long as we were all on one machine.
Later when we acquired a second machine the setup was similar, except that the library was on an external HD attached to the newer/faster machine and accessed over our home network. The drawback of this method is that the machine with the library on it has to be up and running (of course).
We've finally moved further into the digital world by purchasing a network drive (NAS to be precise - a My Book World II for those who wish to know), upgraded our router and network switch to GB, and have a third iMac on its way (thank you eBay).
All of our music (the library we started years ago), all of our pictures, and other miscellaneous things reside on the NAS, which is also used for TimeMachine backups (on the non public volume). The idea being that any of us can access any of the media or documents as we need or want to.
Apparently (or I've missed something simple) Apple, in their wisdom, doesn't believe that a setup like ours (and apparently others as well) should exist. That each user and/or each machine, should have their/its very own music library that no one else can have FULL access to.
Home Sharing doesn't allow what I/we've been setting up from the first day we added music to our library. Sure it lets everyone with their own library to listen to other's library's that are up and running (i.e. the machine is on, and iTunes is running).
What we want to do is have all of our machines (the two, soon to be three, iMac's and one PC running XP) access the *same library* with full read/write/burn access AT THE SAME TIME! Hence the logic in purchasing a NAS. What we can't do is have iTunes running on more than ONE machine at a time since the other network users/machines receive this message:
The iTunes Library file is locked, on a locked disk, or you do not have write permission for this file.
Which is certainly not the case since each user/machine can access, read, write, and burn from the above library at will as long as they are the only person doing so.
Changing the permissions on the library file doesn't stick (probably because its on the NAS), otherwise I would have done that and you wouldn't be reading this.
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IPod Updater without iTunes

Sooooooo, you can't update your iPod without iTunes now?
Sounds like Microsoft OS/Internet Explorer type thing.
I DO NOT WANT ITUNES. It kills computers, it is not even close to being the best music organizing and playing software, and it is a pig on the PC.
But I do want to get the most up to date updater.
Shockingly, I use a 3rd party software to sync my iPod, one that is WAY better than iTunes and is no drain to the system, one that leaves my song information THEY WAY I WANT IT (Jimmy buffett is not country, Porcupine Tree is not rock, etc...). Anapod Explorer kills iTunes in every category and I have absolutely no need to download music from the iTunes store.
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Apple, quit GOING BIG BROTHER ON US and let us download an updater without iTunes.
oh, and I had to reboot my mac all the time, unlike your commercials say.
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1. Because it kills PC's. There are too many problems with it. It is a drain on the system. etc...
2. As the IT person at a company that does not want users accessing the web for music, we do not allow the install of iTunes on machines. We allow people to plug their iPod into their machines to charge, or run the updater if they die while at work, but do not allow music to be downloaded or purchased online. Therefore we do not want to install iTunes just to get the updater.
3. For home use, it is not even close to being the best music organization software. Once iTunes touches a file I have labeled and named in another software, it wants to change it and rename it and so on. It also puts a lock on music that you download, which shockingly, I do not like because I have 4 iPods, 6 computers, and to other systems that access my music, so I would like to be able to use that music on all MY machines. Every time iTunes updates, it likes to take over and I do not like that. No thanks, I don't want it on my machine.
I found a link to get the last updater on another site and in Apple support as well:
http://www.ipodwizard.net/showthread.php?t=7369
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/ipodupdater20060628.html
it is still one of the most downloaded items, so I must not be the only one. Since Apple forgets they put out a previous version of their products, I don't see any updater improvements to my 1g, 2g, 4g and 5g iPods, so I think I am pretty set by just using the old updater.
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