Enable Disk Use has disappeared

I went on to my Ipod on my itunes and under Maunally Manage Music and Videos it now says Encrypt Ipod Backup. Does anyone know where nable Dick Use has gone or how to get it back ? Thanks.

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    it seems like there are a lot of people with similar problems but nothing exact..here goes:
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    -ipod restarts and reconnects with itunes and i get another pop up saying that "itunes cannot read the contents of the ipod. go to ipod summery and preferences and restore.
    -i would just restore it and reload all the music butttttt like an idiot..i dont keep my music in my itunes cause it takes up way too much space and i never used any external hard drive or anything to back my music up (again..idiot..i know)
    -so i read though a ton of forums and posts and see that im not the only one that this has happened to and everyone is saying to put it in disc mode, go to removable disk, copy all the music back to my macbook, restore my ipod, and put all the music back on. i also read something about clicking on my ipod icon on my desktop and going under ipod controls and changing some names (i dont konw if that was jsut for windows or what) but i also dont have an option of ipod controls
    -the problem with that is that i can put my ipod into disk mode but that does me no good because i can't enable disk use on itunes because literally..my only option when i plug in my ipod is to restore it. under devices on the left hand menu, it just says ipod..not ipod with a bunch of sub categories like music and playlists and stuff..just ipod.
    -normally..i would just give up and restore it but when i go to the about section on my actual ipod, it says that i have 50GB of "other" so that means that stuff is definitely still on it.
    -so finally..my main question is:
    is there ANY way to enable disk use on my iTunes without doing it through my iPod?..like i explained..when i plug my iPod in..that is not an option. and also..would i benefit from just bringing my laptop and ipod into an apple store and asking for help there or will that just be a waste of time?

    The library on the iPod will have been damaged - hence the reason it appears empty, but the media files are still there taking up space and reported as "Other". Check out this post from Zevoneer for some iPod recovery options.
    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6273675&#6273675
    Some of the tools mentioned will require a working library, but I know from experience that you can use the manual recovey method when the library is missing or damaged. If you're struggling for space you probably need to go & buy an external drive before you start. Stick the iPod in disk mode. Hold Menu+Select > 6 seconds (resets iPod) followed immediately by hold Previous & Select > 6 seconds. You can now drag the contents of iPod_Control\Music to your new hard drive. You may need to reveal hidden files & folders. Once they are on your hard drive you can create a new empty library on the drive, then import the files you have reovered and consolidate the imported library so that the files are in a standard artist\album\## track structure rather that the iPod's obscured names.
    tt2

  • IPod appears on Desktop - enable disk use checked, greyed-out

    Each of my daughters has a video iPod--
    The "white" one - about 11 months old, now appears on the desktop when connected. iTunes opens, but the choice "enable disk use" is greyed-out, i.e. I cannot un-check this, and each time the iPod icon appears on the desktop.
    The "black" iPod-- just a few days old, but essentially the same video iPod-- it does NOT appear on the desktop, and the "enable disk use" writing is NOT greyed-out, i.e. we could "check" this if we wanted.
    How to get the "white" iPod to no longer appear on the desktop? I have tried resetting it, but that doesn't seem to change anything.
    Also-- is there a reason why this appears on the desktop, and is that a limiting factor for any reason-- or a problem? Really just trying to understand this!
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    If the iPod is set to sync manually, the enable disk use checkbox will always be on, as iTunes doesn't know when you will be done transferring content to the iPod and ready to unplug it. The iPod will appear on a Mac's desktop while iTunes is syncing it or waiting for you to transfer content to it, or when disk use is explicitly enabled and the iPod is plugged in to the computer.
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  • ITunes 10 Enable disk use

    So I've poked around a bit and tried searching for this, but it appears that I'm the only one having this issue as I can't find any topics on it... am I blind or has the "Enable Disk Use" been removed from iTunes 10? I went to enable this on my iPhone 4 the other day and couldn't find it anywhere. Looked under preferences, under the iPhone settings pages and even tried searching for it via the help menu which usually highlights the option somewhere.
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    (3 years later)
    MonsterBallZachJr wrote:
    I don't understand. I've used my iPod touch as a disk drive before, but after I installed the new iOS update the device stopped being discoverable as a folder from Windows Explorer. there's about 15 GB of files on it that I can't access. It's all useless space now, I can't even delete them from my iPod without restoring it...
    the iPod touch has never had the option to Enable disk use.
    However you thought you were doing it, it was not an option in iTunes unless you used some other application to hack iTunes.

  • Unable to disable 20gb iPod 'enable disk use' Disc  in iTunes7

    Hello,
    i got this problem, when i connected my old 20gb iPod on to my computer which now has iTunes 7 installed i wont be able to turn off "Enable disc use" check button. Why?
    Resetting the iPod wont help, restoring the software to iPod wont solve the problem either.
    Can anyone help with this one? Or is this setting solid and could not be changed.
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    Do you have the iPod set to manual transfer? That's the reason that the enable disk use option is greyed out and not selectable.
    With manual, the default setting is enabled and cannot be changed.

  • How can I uncheck "Enable disk use" in iTunes for my iPod? The option is grayed out, and permanently checked.

    When I plug in my iPod Nano (6th generation) and launch iTunes, the device appears in the sidebar as normal, but the option to check or uncheck "Enable Disk use" in the Summary pane for the iPod is grayed out. Currently, the box is checked, so "Enable disk use " is turned on -- but what I want to do is UNcheck it and turn it off.
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    Question: How can I ungrey the "Enable disk use" option in my iPod's Summary panel in iTunes, allowing me to uncheck it?
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    Set it to sync automatically. Disabling that option isn't possible for an iPod set to sync manually, as it shows up as a disk as part of the sync process, and iTunes has no way of knowing when you're done syncing an iPod set to do so manually.
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  • Can't click on "Enable Disk Use" in itunes

    When I go to the itunes options and click on edit, then preferences, ipod, & music, the Enable Disk Use is not in bold print, but it is checked. I don't know what has happened, and I'm not able to use it.
    Can someone help me with this?
    HP   Windows XP   Using DSL for internet access

    "the Enable Disk Use is not in bold print, but it is checked. I don't know what has happened, and I'm not able to use it.
    Under normal circumstances if you have your update preferences set to "manually manage songs and playlists" the "enable disk use" box is greyed out, checked and enabled by default. Have you got your iPod set to manual update?

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    Getting the message that this iPod is synced with another iTunes library and asks to ignore or erase and sync with this library. I would prefer to create a new playlist and transfer from the shuffle since it is a compilation that was not preserved but from what I am reading I need to enable disk use under the "Settings" tab on the ipod, but I don't have that option for some reason. I have already made sure that prevent from syncing automatically in iTunes Preferences.
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    This isn't going to solve all your problems, but if you want to "enable disk space" then you probably need to upgrade itunes to 9.03.15 (or what ever is newest when you see this). That version has that feature under settings if you scroll down a bit. Good luck!

  • Can't enable disk use ( 5th Gen 30g Video )

    Everytime I try to enable disk use on my iPod, I hit 'Apply' and it begins updating. However, my iPod only briefly shows " Updating do not disconnect ", and my iTunes says it is still updating for a few minutes, frozen. Until, ultimately, an error pops up and says " Unknown error (-50) ". I just need to enable disk use. Is there any other way besides iTunes, which is obviously a piece of garbage?

    i had that error all the time error -50....not anymore..
    here's a bit here's what microsotft says: (paraphrased)
    To resolve this problem, delete the UpperFilters registry value and the LowerFilters registry value. These values may cause access problems. To do this, follow these steps: 1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit , and then click OK.
    2. Locate and then click the UpperFilters registry value. This value is located in the following registry subkey:
    HKEYLOCALMACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E980-E325 11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
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    4. Locate and then click the LowerFilters registry value. This value is located in the following registry subkey:
    HKEYLOCALMACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\4D36E967-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10 318}
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    it worked perfectly for me!make sure to follow the directions. it's easy and resolves many Windows XP problems related to ipods. for more info try microsoft help and support and just serch for ipod. it list a bit more info there. it doesn't say anything about reinstalling the apple software, but just to be thorough i unistalled itunes and quicktime before anything just to start with a clean slate, then reinstalled them from my ipod disk after the restart. then i downloaded all the updates from apple. my ipod has never worked better. good luck. theres no link to the page just search for ipod in windows help and support for exact wording

  • Can't enable disk use for restored shuffle

    My shuffle stopped playing music in March. I continued using it as a removable disk. I tried the restore utility and it worked - now my shuffle plays music again. However the latest iTunes (7.0.1 and 7.0.2) has no checkbox to enable disk use for when the Shuffle is connected. The checkbox is there for a 5G iPod but not for the Shuffle.
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    iTunes 7.0.2 is still displaying that checkbox for both of our local Shuffles.
    Perhaps you just need to scroll down to find it. If it's actually not there then I'd have to think that this is an iTunes question, not an iPod one, and might be better placed in those forums.

  • Can't enable disk use on Ipod

    I've recently upgraded my Ipod software to 3.1 and Itunes to 6. I've followed the tutorial to make the Ipod be a hard drive and when I click on Ipod in Itunes and go down to the Ipod icon in the lower right corner and click on that, it does NOT look like the screen on the tutorial and on the screen that I see, "enable disk use" is greyed out. I'm trying to troubleshoot why my synching contacts has allowed duplicates as well as loading in emails, which I don't want. But first I need to figure out why I can't enable disk use.

    I can relate...sort of! My iTunes doesn't even HAVE that option. Can you believe it??? It's a brand new (although outdated) 40gb HP iPod, and I'm running HP version of iTunes 6. The manual says how I should enable (configure) the iTunes for use as hard disk--but it failed to tell me that no freaking icon would appear in that little corner. FRUSTRATED
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  • Enable Disk Use...

    I have an iPod that is synced for my Mac side of my Macbook Pro. I did a fresh install of Windows and I am going to put my music on the Windows side as well. I use a program called PodUtil that transfers files from the iPod to where ever I want on my Windows HD. I've done this before and it worked perfectly fine, but now that iTunes has updated I can't find the check box to enable disk use for the iPod. It's not in the preferences, or in the summary panel under "Devices->iPod". Any ideas? Or other possible methods to get my music from iPod to PC.
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    Hello.
    Due to the large amount of music on my iPod and the small amount of storage on my old Windows XP laptop, I retained my iTunes library on an external HD. It crashed last weekend on the same day I was ready to migrate the music to my new 2.33 GHz MacBook Pro. I've purchased a new external drive to restore the music from my iPod, and purchased iPodSoft's iGadget to move music from my iPod to the new external HD.
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    (3 years later)
    MonsterBallZachJr wrote:
    I don't understand. I've used my iPod touch as a disk drive before, but after I installed the new iOS update the device stopped being discoverable as a folder from Windows Explorer. there's about 15 GB of files on it that I can't access. It's all useless space now, I can't even delete them from my iPod without restoring it...
    the iPod touch has never had the option to Enable disk use.
    However you thought you were doing it, it was not an option in iTunes unless you used some other application to hack iTunes.

  • My Disk Utility has disappeared

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  • HT1478 i get a message when trying to sync..."requried disk cannot be found" even after enableing disk use

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    7. Quickly switch to the Device Manager window and right-click on any item within the window and select “Scan for hardware changes”
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