Ipod mini on both mac & PC

I want to use an iPod Mini on both my Mac and PC. Here's what Apple Support says in Article 61672:
"You cannot use an iPod whose disk is formatted for Macintosh on a Windows-compatible computer. However, you can reformat the iPod disk to use it with a Windows-compatible computer. To do this, see "How to Format iPod's Hard Disk." While a Windows formatted iPod may work on a Mac, Apple supports this configuration only with iPod shuffle.
Has anyone tried this with an iPod Mini and had reliable results?
Thanks

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Mac OS X (10.4.8) Mac OS X (10.4.8) brand new mac

there are plenty of post of the same subject, this one was posted today,
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=767874&tstart=0
troy

Computer crashed - how do I get my songs off my ipod mini back onto mac?

hi there - I have an ipod mini linked to a powerbook g4. Recently I had to do a clean reinstall of the operating system. Now when I connect my ipod, i get an error message saying that this ipod isn't linked to this computer.
If i interpret the message correctly, changing the link will link them, but as I understand it, it will also wipe all the songs on the ipod as there are currently no songs on the computer. But if I choose the 'no' option I can't access any of the songs from the laptop as they are all greyed out or sync the songs back to the computer.
Yikes!
Can anyone help out. Short of digging out all the CDs and digitizing again, is there a way around this problem?
Thanks, in anticipation.

Yeah, syncing them will wipe the iPod. You need an iPod Manager (other than iTunes) that'll move songs from the iPod to the Mac (which iTunes is design not to do).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparisonof_iPodManagers
I used iPodRip. It took a little finaggling (sp?) so next time I'll try something else. You might want to look up some reviews of the others and see what'll work for you. Some save the play count history & playlist, others don't.
Anyway, it's doable.

Ipod mini formatted for mac not recognized by PC

Hi,
Thanks in advance for help.
I have an ipod mini that was formatted on an ibook at work. i no longer have access to that computer and tried to connect the ipod to my PC. my pc does not see the ipod either under my computer or in itunes. i think it's a mac formatted ipod and i would like to restore it to windows, but it appears i need to have itunes find it in order to restore it. what do i do now?
thanks.

First, put the iPod into forced disk mode.
See: How to put the iPod into disk mode.
Now can iTunes see it?
If not, you could try a format of the iPod in Windows.
On your PC, go "my computer" and right click on the iPod, then choose "format". Ensure the settings are at "default" and choose "quick format".
When that's finished, restore the iPod using the updater in iTunes.
To exit forced disk mode, reset the iPod.

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In the last week or so I have not been able to update my iPod mini, as plugging it in to my Mac makes iTunes crashes. My Mac still recognises the iPod, as it shows up on the desktop. I have updated iTunes to 6.0.5 but this hasn't helped. I am having problems with some other software since I updated my operating system to 10.4.7 -don't know if this is related.
Any thoughts?

My guess is that those are unrelated problems, and about ur itunes crashing try pluggin in ipod withought itunes open then wait a few minutes before opening itunes this has worked for me in the past.
Good Luck

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I have a mac and a pc laptop from work. I installed iTunes and iPod software on the pc but am afraid to connect my iPod to the laptop for fear I will do something wrong. Any suggestions?
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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.

Can one ipod work with both mac and windows?

I have a 4th gen 20gb ipod with a mac system at home and a windows system at the office. Can this ipod sync to itunes on both computers?

I had a mini which i used on both my powerbook at home and my pc at work. now with my new 30gb ipod, when trying to use at work I only have the option to re-format thus loosing all my music?? could you explain linux? (if that's a way to do it)
thanks
In short, no, you can't. An iPod formatted for Mac
can't be read by Windows, and a Windows Pod can't be
used by iTunes in Mac. You have to choose, or use
Linux.

I have a Mac, my wife works on a PC - We have 1 iPod Mini

Is it possible to connect this iPod Mini on my Mac at home and on her PC at work? I mean, to update it in both places?
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JP

Yes. You'll need to format the iPod for her PC using the iPod Updater. That will ensure it can be read by both PC and Mac. After that, follow these instructions:
Using iPod with 2 Computers
JC

Mac formatted iPod mini to iTunes on PC

I have an iPod Mini that's mac formatted, and i do not have access to my mac at the moment. I am trying to upload all my songs on my ipod into this PC...by using MacDrive v.6.1.5. iTunes is detecting the ipod as it should, but i can't seem to drag and drop the songs on my iPod into the iTunes music library. Frustrated as ****...and after talking to a PC using friend of mine, he also has the same exact problem..but his iPod is PC formatted. So it's not because of the cross platform via MacDrive...Any idea on how to extract the songs out of my ipod into the PC? Please help.

Look at Sharepod
This is the site: http://www.getsharepod.com/download/

OS 10.4.11 won't open IPod Mini

I connected my IPod Mini to my Mac OS 10.4.11 Powerbook, and ITunes opened, and the IPod screen was in Do Not Disconnect mode, but there were no IPod icons in the source , and no downloading was taking place. I am running ITunes 9.0.2. Thanks for any help.

Ah, I saw this earlier and wondered if it might be SDHC.
Some SD readers can't read the silly new SDHC format...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SecureDigitalcard
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Ipod mini isn't recognized by itunes or computer

I have no idea what to do. I connect my ipod mini to my mac, the ipod recognizes that it's been connected but it doesn't show up within iTunes or in Finder.
I have iTunes 7.7, Macbook 10.5.4
Any ideas? I want to update my music and this is really frustrating me.
I read around and tried to re-install/downgrade to iTunes 7 but that didn't work or I did it wrong.
Any help would be amazing.

First thing to do is reset the FW chip set on the mother board (or USB chip set if that is what you are connecting your Mini to you Mac). Unfortunately, when you power down the computer there is always a bit of power still applied to the motherboard to keep things alive and this usually includes the ports to do stuff like detect when a device wants to wake up the computer. The downside of this is when a bus/port chipset goes into a weird state, locks up, etc., simply power cycling (shutdown & restart) the computer won't work.
So first thing to try is resetting the chipset and to do this you have to power down the computer and completely unplug the computer from the wall power (unplug the power cord to your Mac) and then remove the laptop's battery. Also unplug everything from the Mac's ports (USB, FW, Ethernet, etc.) to make sure no parasitic power is still there to keep the chipset alive.
Now let it sit for a minute (give those big power caps in there time to discharge). Now reattach the battery pack plug the power cord back in, & start up the Mac. Now plug in accessories/hard-drives and see if your FW (or USB) ports and the iPod work any better.
Best of luck!
Patrick
What to do if your computer won't recognize a FireWire or USB device
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1317?viewlocale=en_US

IPod Mini's select button only works to perform reset

I have a first generation iPod Mini which has an unresponsive select button. It will only function to reset the Mini (Menu + Select).
I have restored the iPod Mini with both the June 2006 iPod Updater and iTunes 7.0.2, and performed many a reset. Nothing appears to have helped.
Any ideas?

"i bought a broken mini"
You knew it was broken when you bought it - You really have no-one to blame but yourself.
At any rate... You might try a third party repair service. I see ipodresq recommended on these forums quite a bit.
Good luck.
Cheers!
-Bryan

Ipod mini use on both the PC and Mac

I just want to clarify this . . . I have a Mac at home that I formatted my Ipod on; however, I have a lot of music on my work PC (on ITunes) that I would love to put on the Ipod . . . so I have to restore/reinstall the settings on the Ipod for a PC? The PC can't read the Mac-formatted Ipod without a third-party system (which work won't allow me to install), but the PC-formatted Ipod can be read by the Mac, right? I will be able to transfer the stuff from the PC to my Ipod to my Mac? Or at least from the PC to the Ipod? Thanks in advance . . .

*I have a Mac at home that I formatted my Ipod on; however, I have a lot of music on my work PC (on ITunes) that I would love to put on the Ipod . . . so I have to restore/reinstall the settings on the Ipod for a PC?*
That is correct. 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). You would either need to restore the iPod in iTunes for Windows to reformat it or use a third party program such as XPlay or MacDrive that will allow you to use a Mac formatted iPod on Windows.
*but the PC-formatted Ipod can be read by the Mac, right?*
Macs can read Windows formatting so you should have no problem connecting your iPod to your Mac. I've no experience of the iPhone or iPod Touch but one proviso is that up until now Apple has only fully supported using the iPod shuffle in FAT32 format on Mac. What this means effectively is that if you need to apply a firmware update for your iPod and you wanted to maintain the Windows format you would have to do it on a PC. If you were to try and update a Windows based iPod on a Mac it would be restored and reformatted to the Mac file system and have the Mac firmware installed.
Another thing you need to remember is that if you want to connect and use an iPod on more than one computer you need to change the update preference in the iPod Summary tab to "Manually manage music and videos" and click Apply. In this mode you can directly access the content of the iPod and play it through iTunes and you can drag and drop whatever you want to the iPod from either library:
Using iPod with Multiple computers
Managing content manually on iPod
Syncing Music to iPod
Something else to be aware of when using an iPod in manual mode is that the "Do Not Disconnect" message will remain on the display until you physically eject the device: Safely Disconnect IPod
*I will be able to transfer the stuff from the PC to my Ipod to my Mac?*
Correct but not just by connecting the iPod to the Mac. The transfer of purchased content from the iPod to authorised computers was introduced with iTunes 7. You'll find details in this article: Copying iTunes Store purchases from your iPod to a computer
The transfer of content from other sources such as songs imported from CD is designed by default to be one way from iTunes to iPod. However there are a number of third party utilities that you can use to retrieve music files and playlists from your iPod. I use Senuti but have a look at the web pages and documentation for the others too, you'll find that they have varying degrees of functionality and some will transfer movies, videos, photos and games as well. This is just a small selection of what's available, you can read reviews and comparisons of some of them here:
Wired News - Rescue Your Stranded Tunes
Comparison of iPod managers
Senuti Mac Only
PodView Mac Only
PodWorks Mac Only
iPodDisk PPC Mac Only (experimental version available for Intel Macs)
TuneAid Mac only (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
iPodRip Mac & Windows
YamiPod Mac & Windows
Music Rescue Mac & Windows
iPodCopy Mac & Windows
iRepo Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
iPod Access Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
There's also a manual method of copying songs from your iPod to a Mac or PC. The procedure is a bit involved and won't recover playlists but if you're interested it's available on page 2 at this link: Copying Content from your iPod to your Computer - The Definitive Guide

Ipod mini - Mac - Windows - FILES

Hi,
Does anyone know if files duplicate when using the ipod mini as a hard-drive?
For example, when saving a file (eg. word file) on the ipod from a Mac computer, will the file appear as duplicated when connecting the ipod to a Windows computer? (It doesn't duplicate on Mac however.)
I have been using this USB hard drive recently and when I saved files on it from a Mac computer, the files appeared duplicated when I saw it in Windows explorer.
Unfortunately, I made the mistake of deleting all the duplicated files (when using the Windows computer) only to find out all remaining files could no longer open; and this was not my USB.
I am considering purchasing the ipod mini (or shuffle). Could you tell me if I would expect this duplication of files (seen when connceted to a Windows computer) to occur when using the ipod as a hard drive? And if it does occur, how may I get around this issue?
Thanks for your help.
Alan.

Are the 'duplicate' files the exact same size? I'm wondering if they're some sort of 'information' file put on it by the MAC that the MAC file explorer automatically hides, but Windows doesn't.
Having said that, you'll have to format your mini on a PC to make sure both types of computers 'see' it . . . but other than the hassle of carrying around the cord, I can't see any other issues.
Good luck!

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.

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