How do you enable disk use?

cant find that option in itunes..thansk

With the iPod docked, select it on the sidebar in iTunes. Click on the "Settings" tab, and click on the "Enable disk use" check box. (I'm assuming that works on Windows the same as for me on my Mac.)
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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.
So - now it works as an iPod but no longer works as a disk. What is going on here? How can I enable disk use?

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.

Enabling Disk Use is Flawed?

When you enable 'Disk Use' on your ipod to use as a disk drive to store files, iTunes warns when turning on this feature 'You must manually disconnect your iPod- even after ipod update is complete'.
So after i transfered files to 'I:\' on my ipod and the update was completed, i clicked the 'Eject' button on iTunes to manually disconnect my iPod.
I connected my iPod to another computer, and tranfered the files from 'I:\' to the 2nd computer. But how should i disconnect/Manually Eject it now? I can't open the copy of iTunes on the 2nd computer otherwise it will sync my ipod to the playlists and music stored in that copy of iTunes. And also my iPod says 'Do Not Disconnect'- surely i should follow this and avoid pulling the USB cable out without manually ejecting (i have done this previously and the data on my ipod was wiped).
Does anyone else use 'Disk Mode' and have ran into this problem?

Open Windows Explorer and find the drive letter that represents the iPod and right click on the drive letter (in the left hand pane of Windows Explorer) and select EJECT from the context menu that appears after you right click.
Another way to accomplish the same task is to look down in the System Tray where the clock is located and locate the tiny icon that says "Safely Remove Hardware" when you hover over it. Double click this icon to opena dialog where the iPod will also be listed as a USB mass storage device. Click on it to highlight it in list and then click STOP. Another small window (dialog) should appear with Apple iPod USB Device listed. Click on that item in the list and click OK.
I find the Windows Explorer method easier.
Best Regards-
Randy
P.S. I believe you could actually open iTunes on the second computer becuase iTunes will see that it is associated with another install of iTunes and warn you before overwriting or taking over the contents of the iPod. I believe if you say not to take control you can then use iTunes to disconnect the iPod. This however is from memory so the other methods are better options =)

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.
But nothing I've tried so far has successfully ungrayed the "Enable disk use" box. Help!
Question: How can I ungrey the "Enable disk use" option in my iPod's Summary panel in iTunes, allowing me to uncheck it?
Alternately, is there any other way to turn off "Enable disk use," using some esoteric workaround? Thanks!

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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Does anyone know how to "Enable Disk Use" on the iTouch?
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As Jolly said, you can't.
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TS1930 Hi All, I'm using iTunes 10.6.3.25 and i don't see the option of "Enable disk use" here so can someone kindly help me in copying the videos from my iPod Touch to my PC, Thank you.

Hi All, I'm using iTunes 10.6.3.25 and i don't see the option of "Enable disk use" here so can someone kindly help me in copying the videos from my iPod Touch to my PC, Thank you.

There is no enable disk use option for iOS Devices. See this article for instructions on copying videos and photos from your iOS device to your PC.
iOS: Importing personal photos and videos from iOS devices to your computer
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... is "iPod recovery mode" and underneath a "Restore iPod button". Is the "enable disk use" option not available because it is in recovery mode...
AFAIK this is the case...
You may want to check here...
http://www.apple.com/support/ipodclassic/

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Sorry but iPod Touches never had a disk mode. There are app like USB Disk that allow loading files on the iPod Touch.

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I am facing 'How do you want to use this disc' whenever I read/open any lightscribe discs having data.

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out to really reply my questions and solve my problems?
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My HP Pavilion Laptop is about 3 years old.
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IDE , and let HDD connected to the same primary master IDE.
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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.
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Hi,
I just got my new iPod 30 GB video today! I've been reading these discussions, but haven't found an answer for this tiny problem of mine.
"Do Not Disconnect" constantly shows on the iPod screen when it's connected on the computer. Many have suggested ticking off "Enable Disk Use", but here's the problem: it's grayed out, and I can't change it, no matter what. I've gone through iTunes prefs, by right-clicking on the iPod in iTunes and selecting "iPod Options". My system seems to show iPod as a movable disk, but iTunes recognises it and I can easily put music into it, so I guess that isn't a problem (or is it?).
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" http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61135
For Info:
The iPod offers three ways to transfer music from your computer. You can select one of the following update modes from the iPod Preferences menu in iTunes (Edit=>Preferences=>'iPod' tab):
1) Automatically update all songs and playlists. This is the default mode, in which your entire music library, including playlists, is automatically synced to your iPod. If the music library on your computer exceeds the iPod storage capacity, you are prompted to select a different update method.
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[] Enable Disk Use won't work

I have tried changing my iPod options to Enable Disk Use, but whenever I go back to see the options it remains unchecked and my ipod drive won't show up in windows explorer.
Do I have a faulty iPod?. Also I have noticed that if I disable Art Work it still keeps showing album covers when I play music on my ipod, and when I go back to the options again it keeps the Art Work checkbox checked.
I have even restored my iPod see if that would do the trick but it's helpless. Can someone please help me out?

hi y'all
(sorry pac and CoJeff ... i'm jumping on the pile)
One more thing, when I check the "Enable Disk Use" checkbox and then I right click on my ipod and click on Update, I get this error saying: "The ipod 'iPod' can't be updated. The Disk can not be Read from or Written to"
that may well be relevant. the ipod itunes preferences are mostly stored on the ipod (which is how an ipod in manual mode on one PC can stay in manual mode when it is connected to a different one). so if you're getting a connection problem like that, it could cause problems getting the ipod preference changes to stick.
so as well as pac's suggestion (which is a known cause of your message), try checking on the other possibilities in this document:
"Disk cannot be read from or written to" when syncing iPod or "Firmware update failure" error when updating or restoring iPod
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if you mean "your brother's ipod is associated with the library on the old PC", then that wouldn't affect the transfer of the song files at all. all that means is that that library on that PC is the only one that his ipod will automatically update from.
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Windows 7 shows my Touch as a camera and does not display any files except a picture that is not able to view, even with display all files checked in folder properties. I have installed a few different programs, but they do not "see" the Touch. It does see my iPod video using the same wire to the computer. What can I do, or am I hosed?

If you do a search here others have given links to people in this situation to third party programs that can take info from an ipod touch and place it onto a PC.
I don't have any experience of any of them to know how reliable they are .. which is why people say that backing up is best .. but, some people have posted saying that they have had success with returning information from their ipods to their PC's using them

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