On a Mac 1st time, formatted as windows

Ok, so i just upgraded from a 4th generation ipod to one of the new ones with a color screen. I plugged it in and immediately it went into disk mode without the check in the box. Also it is formatted for windows. How do i format it for a mac?

Same boat here (except for the disk mode thing) and found help in another thread about reformatting (restoring) the iPod from Windows to Mac. Follow these instructions:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60983
Worked for me...no longer formatted for Windows. Hurray!

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I pulled a mac hard disk from a friends broken Powerbook G4 - formatted with OS 10.x - with the intention of pulling all the info off the drive so my friend could save his files. After putting the drive in a USB2 enclosure, I could see the files fine, and was about to transfer them to my HD, when my braniac son who builds PCs for fun asked what I was doing. I expalined that my friend had purchased a windows PC and would not likely be able to view the files on his PC, so I was going to transfer them to my machine, reformat the disk to work with windows, and transfer the files back. Maybe there was an easier way, but I am not aware what it would be.
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Have your son cough up the $100. You broke it. You fix it!
Try:
"TestDisk is a free data recovery utility. It was primarily designed to help recover lost data storage partitions and/or make non-booting disks bootable again when these symptoms are caused by faulty software, certain types of viruses or human error (such as accidentally erasing a partition table)."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TestDisk
The more you mess with the disk, the greater the chance of trashing the disk. I'd say TestDisk is too risky.
Mess with a virtual hd.
Use disk utility to create. Not shown in the example.
I think if you rename the created file to .dmg, it will just work.
Do a bit-by-bit copy
In Mac OS 10.4, you can use the following command to display all the partitions:
Macintosh-HD -> Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal
# This is a little deep.
#It is best to do the pdisk command before you eject the external hard drive. Now, eject the external hard drive. Do another pdisk command to see what drive name has disappeared. The disappearing name is the name of your external hard drive.
sudo pdisk -l
#for details...
man pdisk
#The syntax is different for Mac OS 10.2. I do not know about 10.3.
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Macintosh-HD -> Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal
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# Here is how to restore the partition.
dd if=~/disk0-s10 bs=4096 | gunzip | dd of=/dev/disk0s10 bs=4096
Remember to erase the large zero data file before backing up.
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Ensure that you have an active Internet connection as new versions of iTunes and iPod Software may need to be downloaded to your computer.
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Restore Option 2: Use Same Version - Restores with same iPod Software version already on iPod even though a newer version is available.
Restore Option 3: Use Newest Version - Restores with the latest iPod Software available.
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Hello Christine, welcome to discussions.
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Yes, when connecting your iPod to a different type of computer (a Mac), you will need to format it for Windows (by restoring your iPod through the Updater).
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I have an iPod video, 30GB. I formatted it for use with my windows laptop.
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Through a series of unfortunate events, much of my music is not on hard drives aside from my iPod, so any help resolving this issue without restoring the iPod would be greatly appreciated.

Mac Os X will read Fat 16, Fat32(the windows default for iPod) .
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Right. If you restored it in Windows the iPod will still be formatted for Windows.
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