Formated ipod

I ACCIDENTALY FORMATED MY 120GB IPOD CLASSIC AND ERASED ALL DATA, INCLUDING SONGS, VIDEOS, PHOTOS, AND ALSO THE SOFTWARE IT NEEDS TO WORK...NOW EVERY TIME I CONNECT MY IPOD TO MY COMPUTER IT DOESN'T WORK, IT DOESN'T APPEAR ON ITUNES, AND IT DOESN'T APPEAR AS I HARD DRIVE EITHER...THERE IS A WAY I CAN SOLVE THIS? PLEASE CAN SOMEBODY HELP ME...

Can you reset the ipod?
http://manuals.info.apple.com/enUS/iPod_classic_120GBen.pdf

Similar Messages

  • Mac Formatted iPod Mini, want to use on PC then back to Mac?

    I want to use my Mac formatted iPod Mini on a PC when I'm away for Christmas, but when I return home I want to use it on my Mac again. Is formatting the iPod to a PC required to do this? I don't want to lose all my music when I'm away because there will be no way to get it back till I return home. And, if I must format for a PC, what will happen when I plug it back into a Mac? Do I have to reformat again? Has anybody accomplished this successfully?

    An iPod formatted with Windows will work with Windows or Mac.
    An iPod formatted with Mac will not work on Windows. WIndopws cannot read Mac.
    If you format with Windows, you will not need to reformat with Mac.

  • Transferring songs from a Windows-formatted iPod classic to iTunes on Mac

    Hi everybody, I'm curious to see if this is even possible. My husband's Windows laptop died for the second time in three years, so he decided to switch to a Mac after seeing my MacBook last longer than both of his Windows laptops. :o) Anyway, now that the Windows hard drive is dead-and no, he didn't back up his songs to CD-he wants to transfer the songs on his Windows-formatted iPod Classic to iTunes on his Mac. I tried Yamipod, but it said "firmware unsupported" and quit-I suspect the Windows format had something to do with it. He has a lot of songs ripped from CDs and he doesn't want to lose them or have to spend time re-ripping them. Any ideas?
    Thanks for your help!

    same thing happened to me. I purchased iPod Access from the internet (for about $15). This program will let you transfer your music and playlists from your iPod to your library

  • How can I add music to an Apple-formatted iPod from a Windows-PC?

    without losing the music that I already downloaded from an iMac?
    When I try connecting the iPod to my Windows PC, it prompts me to restore, which would eliminate all the music that's already on the iPod.
    Any way around that?

    If your iPod is formatted for Mac it won't run natively on a PC because Windows operating systems don't recognize Mac OS-formatted disks (HFS or HFS Plus formats). However there are third party programs that will allow you to use a Mac formatted iPod on Windows. XPlay and MacDrive for instance get good reviews. XPlay is an iPod specific program and can be used as an iTunes alternative, MacDrive is more general and lets you access various types of Mac formatted drives on Windows such as CDs, DVDs, hard drives etc:
    XPlay 2
    MacDriveiPod on Mac and Windows

  • Using a mac formatted ipod on a PC iTunes

    My iPod is synchronised to my Mac at home but I want to be able to use it at work (PC environment) on iTunes on my PC. However, when I plug it in using a USB connector, it does not show on iTunes at all.
    Is this possible or is there a problem crossing between Mac formatted iPods and PC iTunes?
    any pointers are welcome - thanks.
    jamie

    Probably the easiest way to use an iPod on both Mac and Windows computers is to format the iPod (using iPod Updater) using the PC. This will force your iPod to use the Windows file system (FAT32) which both the Mac and PC can read from and write to without the help of additional software. Of course then all your software updates for the iPod will have to be done on Windows.

If you need to use a Mac (HFS+) formatted iPod on a Windows PC, you'll need to install some 3rd party software such as XPlay 2.0 (which you can get from MediaFour Software). This will enable your Windows PC to read a Mac-formatted iPod.

  • How to use Windows formatted iPod nano to move music to a new Mac?

    Hi all,
    I need to transfer my iPhone's musics, songs, apps and photo, etc to the Mac and I came across this http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1329" guide at Apple Support site since I owned a iPod nano.
    My questions is since my iPod nano is configured for Windows will the Mac be able to read it since it's stated clearly in the guide "While a Windows formatted iPod may work on a Mac, Apple supports this configuration only with iPod shuffle."
    If I follow through the guide, 1. Switch the iPod to manual update and enable disk use, 2. Locating and consolidating the iTunes Media folder, 3. Copy iTunes folder to iPod. I will still need to restore the iPod to work in Mac and end up nothing left inside meaning songs, photo all erased.
    Also, anyone using third party software like http://www.fadingred.com/senuti/ Can advise if it's good to use this? And if iPod nano configured for Windows can works with this?
    Need other more solution other this to transfer the mentioned data to Mac.
    Thanks.

    darrengbl wrote:
    I need to transfer my iPhone's musics, songs, apps and photo, etc to the Mac […] since I owned a iPod nano.
    iPhone… iPod… iPod Nano… which one it is? You are trying to transfer music from what source, using what medium, and to what target?
    I came across this http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1329"
    it's stated clearly in the guide "While a Windows formatted iPod may work on a Mac, Apple supports this configuration only with iPod shuffle."
    Where exactly is this stated? I am unable to find this statement in the KB article you mentioned. And are you talking iPhone or iPod? This KB article applies only to iPod.

  • Using a Windows formatted iPod Nano (4th Gen) with Bootcamp on a Mac(Win XP

    Hey I was wondering if anyone knows if you can use a previously formatted iPod Nano (4th Gen) with a Mac that has XP Bootcamped on to it. If the Nano is placed in manually manage music with the original computer it was formatted with, will it be able to accept music, movies, podcasts, etc from the windows on the Mac or will they still be incompatible?

    Well, I have 4 internal drive bays filled already, is there room somewhere for 5th one in the box? I wasn't aware of it if there is?? My mac is MacPro3,1, early 2008.
    That macsales.com link is interesting but I'm not in the US (I'm in Croatia), and all those brands are supidly expensive here, that $80 esata docking station is almost $200 here... bahh. For that price I may as well buy a whole new 3TB external disk, I want to dock the old one to save money.
    I've browsed around and I've found Icy Box docks, which have much more reasonable prices:
    BOX IB-110StUS2-B
    ICY BOX IB-111StUS2-Wh
    ICY BOX IB-115StUS2HC
    They all claim to have OSX support... anyone have any experience with them?

  • Reconfigure a mac formatted ipod to allow use on pc.

    my laptop won't recognise my hand me down ipod. it is formatted for a mac and i have a pc. i have the xplay3 softwhare that i was told will allow the use of the ipod. i have tried everything in the manual and then some. any help?

    Run the xplay software. This will allow Windows to read the Mac formatted iPod.
    Or else you can Restore the iPod in iTunes for Windows and it will work with iTunes on Windows and Mac.

  • Mac formatted iPod to my PC

    So, here's the story: I got an video ipod for x-mas, and at home we have a eMac, so I set it up on there, got all my music on it, downloaded Tetris, got that on there and all was good, at least until I got back to school. At school I have a PC, so you can probably guess what happened when I hooked my ipod up to my PC, it said you must restore this ipod in order to use it on this PC, but I don't want to restore it, because it has **** near 10G on it already, including my game, and since I'm not even close to home I can't get it from the mac. Is there ANYWAY I can import/save what's currently on my ipod? Please help!

    sounds good and everyone keeps saying it, but it doesn't for me. opened mac formatted ipod w/ macdrive and none of the files contained anything..no photos in the photo file, no music file anywhere in site...any ideas?? (if not, we should probably stop telling everyone that it is "seemless" as i saw in a former discussion thread)
    thx
    tom

  • Mac formatted iPod connected to Windows

    I have a 60gig iPod which is formatted to my iMac. I would like to use my iPod to move files from one machine to another. However when I connect it to a pc it asks me to reformat it everytime. Is there any way to connect to both mac and pc while having my iPod formatted for a mac?

    Well, your other option is MacDrive... you can get a free trial(thats if you dont feel like formatting your ipod right yet) and use the ipod as a hard disk to transfer your music to a new computer. It will also enable itunes to write data to a mac formatted ipod. If you want to use it for long term use, you will have to pay for the program. I know i plugged in my mac formatted 4gen ipod and it popped up a messagein itunes asking if I wanted to enable itunes for use with a mac formatted ipod. I was only using mac drive as a temp solution to get music to another computer.
    Mac drive is just one of the options, there are a few other programs that can enable mac formatted disks to be written too.

  • PC FORMATTED iPod read by MAC & PC?  MAC formatted iPod read only by MAC?

    Is this how the formatting issue works? I'm looking to buy an iPod for a friend who (I think) has PC.....
    Since I'm a mac person, I want to buy the gift, load some music on, and ship it off to the lucky recipient....but if they have a PC , will it be recongnized once it's plugged in?
    Any info would be helpful.
    Thanks.

    PC FORMATTED iPod read by MAC & PC? MAC formatted iPod read only by MAC? Is this how the formatting issue works?
    Yes, that is how it works.
    Since I'm a mac person, I want to buy the gift, load some music on, and ship it off to the lucky recipient....but if they have a PC , will it be recongnized once it's plugged in?
    Okay, unless you restore your iPod while you're on the Mac, I believe it will still be formatted for a PC.
    (You will not need to restore the iPod for transferring music to it on a Mac unless you want to upgrade the iPod's firmware on a Mac computer, then it will have to be Mac-formatted).
    You see, when you recieve an iPod, it is shipped to you as a Windows-formatted iPod, probably since the majority of the population has PCs, and also, PC-formatted iPods are compatible for music transfer for a Mac also.
    Does that make sense?
    EDIT: Zevoneer has already answered your question, so you can ignore all of my post if you wish.
    -Kylene

  • Mac formatted iPOD to windows

    My ipod is formatted for my powerbook itunes the trouble is i have itunes also on a pc that has a different music library and iwant to be able to add the pc library to my ipod without having to re-format it to windows and loose all my data.I do not have access to my mac so iwill not be able to back my data up to the mac. Thanks

    If your iPod is formatted for Mac it won't run natively on a PC because Windows operating systems don't recognize Mac OS-formatted disks (HFS or HFS Plus formats). There are third party programs that will allow you to use a Mac formatted iPod on Windows. XPlay for instance gets good reviews and has the added functionality to let you copy your songs back to iTunes. Once you have your songs saved to the PC you can go ahead and restore the iPod for Windows. You can purchase XPlay at this link: XPlay 3

  • Mac Formatted Ipod on Windows XP, Possible?

    Well i have a dilemma, well actaully 2 dilemmas but we'll take one step at a time here. Is there any way to get the songs on my Mac formatted iPod onto my PC, also, can i transfer songs from my PC to my Mac formatted ipod. If so, how? My reason for wanting to do this is that i had my ipod formatted for a Mac on my mac mini, but now the mac mini when i try to power it up hangs at the grey apple screen and does not boot(second dilemma). So id like to backup my songs on my PC at the very least so i dont lose any of my purchased music. So even if i can't transfer songs to my ipod from my PC its ok, so long as i can backup the songs. Thanks for your help.
    -Ryan S.

    From the iPod FAQ:
    Question: Can I use an iPod formatted for Mac on a PC, or an iPod formatted for Windows on a Mac?
    Answer: It is not possible to use an iPod formatted for Mac with Windows. This is because Windows does not support the HFS Plus file system and therefore will not see the drive.

  • Mac formatted iPod (DRM free content) - convert to play on Windows Media Pl

    I have converted all of my iTunes songs to m4a RDRM free formats. Now I want to connect my Mac-formatted iPod to my work Windows PC and transfer the music files so Windows Media Player can play them. I have seen several cumbersome solutions and I do not want to install iTunes on my Windows box. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
    Thanks in advance.
    Bob Ess

    If your iPod is formatted for Mac it won't run natively on a PC because Windows operating systems don't recognize Mac OS-formatted disks (HFS or HFS Plus formats). Mac formatted iPods can only be used on a PC that has a third party helper program such as XPlay or MacDrive installed

  • Mac formatted iPod to pC

    Hello there!
    I have a Mac formatted iPod and I want to transfer my songs to a PC. It this possible with the software iPodrip?
    Many thanks!
    Pete

    Hello Jenner,you have 2 ways to doing the transfer from Mac to your PC, as your iPod is formatted in PC therefore Mac should able to read. You plug your iPod with Mac and do an update which will transfer the music from Mac to your iPod. Then using a 3rd party software to tansfer your music from your iPod to your Pc.
    http://www.versiontracker.com/php/search.php?PHPSESSID=44df0dabc65809e52e12d28e3 f1c52a5&mode=basic&action=search&str=iPod&plt%5B%5D=windows&x=0&y=0
    Simple way is to do a link between your Mac and PC (via wireless or lan) then copy your iTunes files from Mac to your PC

  • Mac Formatted Ipod but want to listen through Itunes at work (PC)

    Hi,
    I have a mac formatted ipod that I sync up with my powerbook at home. However, my new job is PC based, and I want to listen to my ipod through my computer speakers so I can keep it plugged in to charge if needed.
    I first tried to actually connect the ipod through itunes, but it won't read it since it's mac formatted.
    So I thought, no worries, I don't need it to go through itunes, I can just plug in from the headphone jack to the microphone on the computer and manipulate through the buttons on the ipod. But when I did that, I got no sound in my headphones (which are connected to the output jack of my computer and do work, as I've been streaming radio for the past few weeks).
    I know I had done this at a previous job years ago, but I can't remember how I connected (although I was pretty sure it was the ipod to power in the wall, headphone jack to computer microphone, earphones from computer speakers)
    Any thoughts onto why the headphone/speaker jack connection would not work? Or any ideas of how to connect the ipod through itunes so I might have better luck? Thanks!

    There are couples way to do it :-
    1. Install xplay with your PC, then your iTunes will read your iPod
    2. You can buy a headphone mini jack splinter, and have it between the computer audio out and the speakers i.e. the computer speakers picking two different inputs one from the computer and the other from iPod
    3. Is there a selection of an audio input with your PC? I am not sure about it, but I can do it with my Mac

Maybe you are looking for