IPod Touch is no longer under the devices list in 'My Computer' in a PC
I've read many discussions here and all the replies say that you can't use the iPod touch as a disk to store other files but I was using it like that before. Now it is no longer appearing under the removable devices under 'my computer' and I really don't know why!
I need to download all the photos that I've saved from the internet but I can't because of that. Idon't need any other software, I just need to make my iPod touch recognizable as a removable device again. Please help!!
A little info about my iPod: using the latest software update (3.1), using iTunes 9, and not jailbroken.
Hopefully you have an answer to my question. thanks!
sorry - but it's never been possible to have the touch as a hard drive - if you want to copy photos just do it through the syncing process
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