Nomad Jukebox 6GB will not w

My jukebox will not work on my Mac. I originally used it on PC and recently found it in my unpacking but the Mac will not recognize it. I've reformatted using the EAX-middle soft-done key method and nothing. Anyone got any ideas?
Thanks
Darren

Hmmm. The Nomad Jukebox () used to work with iTunes. Since the iPod came along I'm not sure what Apple have done and maybe they removed the functionality. There are some programs that add Mac support for some of the players (see "Can a Creative player work on an Apple Mac?" in the FAQ post) but I'm not sure if these work with the NJB.

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I stuck in a working 20GB hard dri've, but am now stuck at "Critical Error - Could Not Load OS". Really wish I imaged this thing before the HD went.
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.Re: Nomad Jukebox 6GB - Original OS image file{ I already tried both 2.98 and 4.0 downloads. The problem is that unless I'm doing something wrong, these 2 updates do NOT work on a brand new HDD that is plugged into the Jukebox. It just says "Update Failed" when I try. I've used these updates before in the past (when the unit worked) and my understanding is that it only UPGRADES an EXISTING OS. Unless there's a way to physically extract the binary files from the Creative executable and somehow load them into the unit directly.
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I just recently found my Nomad Jukebox that was in storage. I upgraded it to the newest firmware 4.0. In the firmware readme file it says that I can switch to the 2.08 firmware by going to Lib -- Jukebox Settings -- Personalization -- and then select Restart OS Version 2.98
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Hi,
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