Follow-up iPod nano question?

Hi All,
I have a 4G nano due in the mail and I have been preparing to use it with arch. I had a previous basic question and got great answers.
My new question is related to its initial use. I have read that many first use it with a Windows box so that iTunes converts the hfs file system to vfat. A few others have indicted that they have enabled hfs support in the kernel and used the iPod out of the box. Does anyone here have experience with the issue? If keeping hfs is an option, which kernel modules are needed and are they available in the stock kernel?
Thanks
Kevin

I have used a few ipods with linux, but i used them with windows first because it only took about 5min. for me to name my ipod and all that through iTunes, so i would reccomend doing it that way and then sync your music using gtkPod in linux..

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i dont know what fifith generation ipod refers to....BUT
i want to get one of the new 8bg ipod nanos.
3 basic questions:
1. I'm really confused about the current relationship between ipods & encripted/ copy protected mp3's. I don't buy from itunes (yet) - i just want to use my current mp3 collection for now.
Can i just drag & drop these onto the ipod without any hassle ???
2. How many songs/mp3s does 8gb actually hold in terms of time/numbers ?
3. I'm on a three year old emac with OS X 3.9 - Is this an issue or can i just expect to connect up & get on with it. ( I'm fire-wire & only USB 1. on this machine.)
thanks someone....
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A Fifth Generation iPod refers to the 30GB, 60GB or 80GB iPod with video.
1. If your current MP3s were not purchased from some other online store and are not copy protected they'll work with your iPod
2. Around 2000 depending on song length and file format. The advertised song capacity of iPod is based on 4 minute songs encoded in AAC (MP4)format at a bit rate of 128 kbps. Longer songs and songs encoded at a higher bitrate or in uncompressed formats take up more space. You'll get a similar number if you MP3 are that bit rate or lower, the figures are pretty approximate.
3. You won't be able to use Firewire to update, only to charge. USB 1.1 will be signigicantly slower that USB 2 but if you can live with that should work ok.

Ipod nano questions

Okay, I am very new to this ipod era. My 11 year old son is just getting in to it. I bought him an ipod nano for christmas. I thought it would be great if I added some songs and games to it for him. This way it would be ready when he un-wraps it. I downloaded some songs from itunes without any trouble. I tryed to get a few songs off of his CD's and wound up putting the whole album on the ipod. How can I get songs off? and.... how do I do it properly (just to add a perticular song or two)? Another question is can I get (buy) games from itunes for ipod nano? Someone told me that you can't for the nano.
I would appreciate any help that I can get. Thanks in advance.

delete the song(s) from itues and re-sync the ipod.. it will take the songs off the ipod.
you should be able to return it if you just restore the ipod to factory settings, package it back up and return it.
I think the nano (not positive) has games like snake and such.. but the games you buy from itunes you cant put on the nano.
How to restore your ipod to factory settings
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60983
KoDor

Trading in iPod nano question

Sorry if this has been answered, but I was just wondering if it's possible to trade in my newly bought iPod nano(third generation) 4gb silver model and get a discount for buying the new iPod touch(8 or 16gb...doesn't matter). But if I could get the 16gb at the same discount price as the 8 I'd get that, otherwise what prices would I be charged for the trade-in?

Since you purchased at Best Buy, you cannot return it to Apple.
Apple does not do "trade-ins".
If you purchased it an an Apple store (or anywhere), you could simply return it within the stores return period.
In the case of Apple, they accept returns within 14 days. If you are simply returning it, you will be charged, usually a 15% restocking fee.
Apple stores will accept old iPods (purchased anywhere) for 10% off a new iPod.
This is to give you a reason to recycle the iPod instead of tossing it in the trash.
...how can I trust your answers?
??? How can we trust your questions?
You can go to the Apple store and ask.
You can review Apple policies.
-> Apple Inc.
Apple Store Purchase Policies
-> Apple and the Environment

1st generation ipod nano question

Hey everyone,
i have a what i believe is a 1st generation ipod nano ( it's blue )(??) and i had it connected with itunes on another laptop ( windows based ). That laptop died and i recently purchased a new MacBook. So i tried to connect my ipod to the Macbook today but i can't seem to get it to work, i have purcahsed a bunch of songs through itunes that are on the MacBook and i'd like to add them into my ipod.
Is this possible? or because i used my ipod for an older computer am i not able to put the existing songs on my ipod into my MacBook and vice versa, MacBook songs onto the old ipod???
Any help you can give would be great...
Thanks!

I have an actual 1st generation ipod and am having a similar problem. I had a windows based laptop, which my nano worked on. When I bought my iMac in December '07, I reformatted my ipod to use with my mac. After restoring my ipod, I added some songs and used it for a few days before I got a message telling me that I must restore my ipod. I don't know why the message appeared, but I connected my ipod and restored it again. After that, however, my Mac no longer recognized my ipod in Disk Utility, iTunes, or Finder. I've tried using other Macs, no luck, Windows computers (which actually recognize that something is connected, but it doesn't know what), but nothing seems to work. My ipod turns on fine, I can do everything except add/remove music. It will charge if I plug it in, the entire menu system works. I've done the all the tests in Diagnostic mode and everything seems to be fine, but it still doesn't work. >.<
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More Mac OS 10.2 and iPod nano questions

I did a search and found that other people were able to get their iPod nanos to work using 10.2.8, so I decided to give it a try. How did you do this? When I plug it it in, the iPod just flashes "Do Not Connect" and when iTunes tries to open, I get this error message:
"The iPod "iPod" cannot be used because it requires iTunes version 7.0 or later. Go to www.itunes.com to download the lastest version of iTunes or install iTunes from the CD that came with your iPod."
What do I do next to make it run with the USB 1.1 ports on OS X 10.2? I have iTunes 6.0.4.
Please help! Thanks!
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I didn't say all Nanos wouldn't work on the earlier system. What I was implying was YOUR Nano, which came out AFTER iTunes 7 was releases, has updated firmware that requires iTunes7.
I had the same issue with my two video iPods. My 30GB was purchased back in the iTunes 6 days and worked fine on my computer. A year+ later my wife upgraded me to an 80GB (so she could also take possession of the 30GB) which came out after iTunes7. So when I plugged that one in, it refused to work with iTunes 6 and required iTunes 7.
This is something Apple does with a lot of their hardware. For example, most Mac computers are ROM locked to only be able to run the Operating system they shipped with or higher. So you can not take my OS 10.3 eMac and try to load 10.2 onto it. It won't go. Same with the iPods. If the iPod came out when iTunes 6 was the release, they will work fine with iTunes 6 or iTunes 7, but if they came out after the release of iTunes 7, they tend to be locked to iTunes 7 or higher. This is why you often see the simultaneous release of a new version of iTunes when there is a major update or new release of an iPod model.
Patrick

IPod Nano Question

ok, I'm about to get a Nano but am very worried about the scratches. I've been searching about the scratches on this forum for the last hour and I've been wonddering now.
If I use the iPod nano Tubes will my iPod Nano get scratched? Do the etubes cover the click wheel? If so how does that work?
If I don't get the tubes before I get my nano will get so scratched up that it wont work? I'll be getting a white one so I'm hoping the scratches wont be that visible. I don't mind teh occasional scratch but I don't want it to break my iPod

Im not sure if it was you or someone else i posted this to, interesting article, check it out,
http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/nano.ars/3
No...using the click wheel with no protection will not affect its performance...its an ipod like any other and was designed to be used without any protection, thats why they give it to you without a case or protection...
I dont know about the circuit city warrany as I live in Canada...as for the apple warranty, if you ever have to give it to apple, you can simply ship it to them, so you dont have to be next to a apple store. The warranty is 1 year long.

Please help me with this 1st gen ipod Nano question!

Unfortunately, my 1st gen Nano just died, most likely due to the heat in my car since I played it in there all the time. Now I have inherited an old 2nd gen Nano and would love to be able to transfer all the music from my dead 1st gen to this one. Is it possible without the computer that had all the music from my 1st gen? (the computer died long ago as well!) Is there a way to transfer the music from nano to nano without a computer? Or am I just out of luck...? Thank you for any help you can offer.

Just so I understand, your Nano is dead, the computer you used to sync it is dead, and I assume you have no backup.
Is that right?
Anyway, you can't copy music directly from one Nano to another, dead or alive.
See if this helps: How to use your iPod to move your music to a new computer
I believe you will need to download all your iTunes purchases to a computer and sync it with the replacement Nano. You do not have to pay for previous iTunes Store purchases again.
Launch iTunes on a computer.
Click on iTunes Store on the left
On the right you will see this
Click on "Purchased" (with the orange blob)
On the summary page that appears select the tab "Not on This Computer" on the right.
On the list that appears, select what you want and then click the "Download" button.
To play what you download, you will need to "Authorize this Computer" for each computer you wish to authorize. This only has to be done once. There is a limit of five computers that you may authorize.

Ipod nano questions: before I buy.

Hello, I'm looking to buy a nano and nano case for: $268.95
Ok, before I work my butt of to get one, I want to ask. Does the nano break easily?(Drop on ground,dents,
scratches ect.) And how strong is it, can someone break it just by bending it? Also, what is the best cheap case?
And here is about mini, do you think anyone will buy my mini for $110?? Ok one more, is it true if you turn in your mini for saying, "It keeps freezing, wont work!" will they have to give you a nano cuase they discontinued the mini? I have my warrenty.

No I'm not planning to drop it alot, hahahaha!
Were can I get it repaired and how much can it cost?
by the way, perhaps you can help me with this cuase as well: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=504297&tstart=0

My Ipod Nano 3G cannot charge

I got this new Ipod Nano 3G from a friend who got it a long time ago. I plugged it in straight into the wall charger i had for my Iphone. The battery bar then appeared to be full and had the "plug" symbol instead of the lightning bolt. When i plugged it out, the screen just blanked out and i could not switch the ipod on. I tried plugging it into my computer and the same problem popped up. The bar always shows that the battery is fullly charged but blanks out when i plug it out. It is really frustrating. It even blanked out even when i left it plugged in for 3 hours. Appparently the battery did not charge at all. Did i make a mistake when i plugged the new ipod into the wall charger instead of a computer?
Can somebody help me solve this problem? I can't even use the new ipod at all which is pretty saddening.

Hello musicfireworks,
I would be concerned with this as well. Following the Five Rs for iPod nano (3rd generation) might help with this. You can find the steps at the following link:
iPod nano (3rd generation) Troubleshooting Assistant
http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/five_rs/nano3gen/
I hope this gets your new iPod nano working!
Best,
Sheila M.

Help - cannot connect ipod nano

I have installed the cd ipod/itunes and am now trying to copy my music onto mu new ipod nano. However, when i connect my ipod into the usb port the computer does not automatically open itunes and does not recognise my ipod. i am receiving the message"software for communicationg with ipod is not installed correctly. I have now installed and uninstalled and re-installed several times. Please help as I am at the stage I wish I didn't have an ipod nano!!

Refer to the following post: "iPod Nano not recognized by itunes"
I spent endless hours with the same problem. By reformatting the IPod to FAT32 the computer should recognize it! Here is the procedure from the other posting courtesy of "Florida_newbie".
The problem seems to be the 3_23 update:
1. Go to Start > Run
2. Type "diskmgmt.msc" (without quotes). If it tells you it can't find that program, try it without the ".msc"
3. That opens the Disk Management program.
4. You should see your Ipod listed as one of the "volumes." It may not be identified as an Ipod; might just say "removable storage device" or something like that. You can tell it's your Ipod by the gig space shown. If it's a 4 gig Ipod, you should see something like 3.7 gig shown (less if you've filled it with music already).
5. Right-click on that device and choose "Format..."
6. Choose the "FAT32" option and click "OK" or whatever it displays to start formatting (I forget, and I'm not testing it again now!)
7. You will lose any music files on the Ipod, but when it's done, your PC and Itunes should recognize the Ipod, and it should then work normally.
Be careful in that Disk Management program. You could wipe your hard drive if you choose drives incorrectly.
Hope this works!

My ipod nano 6th gen just blinking

my ipod nano 6th gen is completely dead, i charged it in but now it doesn't stop blinking and it is all it does..

Hello Joey,
I would be concerned too if my iPod nano was not powering on completely. I recommend following the steps below:
Will not turn on or screen remains dark
Connect iPod to power for at least ten minutes to ensure that the battery has enough charge to allow iPod to turn on.
If iPod does not turn on after ten minutes, try resetting the device while it is still connected to power. Reset the iPod by holding down the Sleep/Wake button and the Volume Down button for at least eight seconds or until you see the Apple logo appear.
If the Apple logo appears on the display, connect iPod to a computer and verify that it appears in iTunes and can play music. If iPod appears in iTunes and can play music, no further troubleshooting is needed.
If the screen remains dark and will not turn on, then your iPod may need service.
I got this information from the following article:
iPod nano (6th generation): Hardware troubleshooting
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3474
Additionally, I recommend reviewing this article for steps to take when your iPod is not recognized in iTunes:
iPod not appearing in iTunes
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3716
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Sheila M.

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I found my old iPod nano, I attempted to plug into my laptop but it comes up with loads of messages and doesn't seem to do anything

Hey there hannahc-,
I would recommend trying the iPod Nano 5r's to see if you can get that iPod acting correctly.
Choose the iPod Nano generation you have and follow the instructions for it:
iPod Troubleshooting Assistants
http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/five_rs/
Regards,
Sterling

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My old iPod Nano says to use iTunes to restore and I've followed all suggested help steps, but I can't get it into disk mode nor can I get it to show in my computer or in iTunes. I have the latest version of iTunes. Windows has all the most recent updates too. I can reset the iPod, but the message to Use iTunes to restore comes back and I am stuck.

Already tried another USB port, still nothing.
I don't have another PC to check, I only have one which is the one not working with my iPod.
It appears under my Computer, just not under iTunes. Plus, the iPod classic troubleshooting assistant doesn't work because I can't restore since it can't come up onto my iTunes! Even my iPod says "Use iTunes to Restore" once in a while, but I plug it in & I'm not able to restore it since it won't come up under iTunes.
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