PC to MAC reformatting 1st Gen ipod?

I want to reformat my 1st generation PC ipod to MAC.
Is this possible?
My PC laptop has all but died, so would i need to connect my ipod back to the PC first, or can I use ipod updater connecting it directly into my G5?
Obviously I would like to keep my music if possible.
I know it's about time I upgraded, but this little fella has been with me for years.

Can the reverse be done?
Yes, you can. For formatting, connect your iPod with
a PC, and a window will pop up, and asking whether
you want to do a format, click "yes",then open iTunes
7, click Restore.
For 3rd party software to copy your music on your
iPod to the iTunes on your PC, download and install
"YamiPod" (please do a search on Google".
So it this true even for hte very first iPod?? The iPod that is NOT click wheel and does not have the dock connector? I mean it's really that OLD of an iPod.

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This error typically occur when security software interferes with the restore and update process. FollowTroubleshooting security software issues to resolve this issue. In rare cases, this error may be a hardware issue. If the errors persist on another computer, the device may need service.

I have mac os x 10.4.11& 1st gen ipod touch 2.2.1, so what itunes version do I need to use?

I have mac os x 10.4.11& 1st gen ipod touch 2.2.1, so what itunes version do I need to use?

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TS1410 My Mac recognises all devices apart from 1st gen ipod touch

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All this talk about shiny new iPods has got me all nostalgic over my lovely old 1st gen scroll wheel model (M8541). Alas the hard disk died on that a year ago and it's been gathering dust ever since.
I've been Googling trying to find others in the same predicament, and hopefully some details on how to obtain a new/refurbed hard disk and bring the old timer back to life. Alas, I've not got very far as yet, which either means my searching skills aren't up to much, or it's just way too difficult so no-one's succeeded.
What I'd really like is to find some kind of flash memory with the same ATA-5 interface used by the original disk, so I can have something a bit more durable in there. I'm sure this must be possible and am hoping there might be someone out there who's tried the same or knows enough to convince me I'm wasting my time.
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http://www.evertek.com/viewpart.asp?auto=14710
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I have this model too. Is yours a 5 or 10 GB? Also, I you using it on Win or Mac? Mine is Mac but want to use it on Win.....is it possible to reformat it to work? I;ll see if my search skills can help ya find a new HD for yours.
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I have a 1st gen iPod that has been tied to my machine at home. I have a machine at work with the same iTunes login. I bought a bunch of music at work and some at home. Am I reading this right that I should now be able to put my purchased music on my iPod regardless of the machine it was purchased on? (as long as the computer is logged in as the same)
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Can someone tell me how to go back to a previous version of the OS/Firmwere.
Sorry I do not know - but I suggest you try the following first
A. Diagnostic mode solution
If you have tried trouble shooting your iPod to no avail after all the steps above, chances are your iPod has a hardware problem. The iPod's built-in Diagnostic Mode is a quick and easy way to determine if you have a "bad" iPod.
You need to restart your iPod before putting it into Diagnostic Mode. Check that your hold switch is off by sliding the switch away from the headphone jack. Toggle it on and off to be safe.
Press and hold the following combination of buttons simultaneously for approximately 10 seconds to reset the iPod.
iPod 1G to 3G: "Menu" and "Play/Pause"
iPod 4G+ (includes Photo, Nano, Video, and Mini): "Menu" and "Select"
The Apple logo will appear and you should feel the hard drive spinning up. Press and hold the following sequence of buttons:
iPod 1G to 3G: "REW", "FFW" and "Select"
iPod 4G+ (includes Photo, Nano, Video, and Mini): "Back" and "Select"
You will hear an audible chirp sound (3G models and higher) and the Apple logo should appear backwards. You are now in Diagnostic Mode. Navigate the list of tests using "REW" and "FFW". The scroll wheel will not function while in diagnostic mode. For further details on Diagnostic mode can be found at http://www.methodshop.com/mp3/ipodsupport/diagnosticmode/
Try to do the 5in1, HDD R/W and HDD scan tests. Some successful cases have been reported after the running the few tests under the Diagnostic mode. In case it does not work in your case, and the scan tests reports show some errors then it proves your iPod has a hardware problem and it needs a repairing service.
Then
For Mac computer
1. Open the disk utility, hope your iPod appears there (left hand side), highlight it
2. Go to Tab “Partition”, click either “Delete” or “Partition”, if fails, skip this step and go to 3
3. Go to Tab “Erase” , choose Volume Format as “MAC OS Extended (Journaled), and click Erase, again if fails, skip it and go to 4
4. Same as step 3, but open the “Security Options....” and choose “Zero Out Data” before click Erase. It will take 1 to 2 hours to complete.
5. Eject your iPod and do a Reset
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Hi there. I've just upgraded my MacBook hdd and OS X. Now when I plug my 1st gen iPod touch in to sync, it says that there's an iOS 3 available and that 2-4 gen iPods get it for free, but 1st gen have to purchase it.
Unfortunately, my iPod doesn't seem to be syncing without this upgrade. So, either there's something wrong or else they're trying to force me to buy it (though it doesn't ay so). I'm not against purchasing an upgrade if I see the advantages. But as it stands, I'm quite happy with my iPod the way it is. I've looked and looked, but I can't find anything that tells my WHY I would want to purchase an upgrade. Mac support pages are completely vague, just explaining that 1st gen must pay for it.
Any insight into the sitch?

Hi Jolly Giant,
Thanks, but I was hoping for a more subjective, feedback sort of answer.
I did see that Wiki, but it doesn't answer me really. It gives me technical stuff, but nothing that seems to make it stand out from the former iOS's that explains why a user would find it advantageous to purchase it. It includes a little bug fix for this, a little bug fix for that, security upgrades...all stuff standard to regular OS updates that no one should have to pay for. Not why apple would require one to BUY it. (e.g. upgrading from one OS X to a newer one includes pretty obvious new features.) No outstanding new features jump out at me when staring at that dry dry listing of whatnot.
Looking at it again, it seems that it might be useful for an iPhone as an upgrade. But for the iPod touch it seems absurd to force us to buy it.
I've upgraded my iTunes, and NOW it says that my iPod IS up-to-date. Still, it won't sync (although it recognizes my iPod just find.) What is the deal?!

Swapping drives in 1st gen iPod.

It's not clear whether I should be posting here or in the "iPod Classic" forum. I thought all of the first 5 or 6 generations if iPod were now classified as "Classic."
Oh, well. I have a 5GB 1st gen. iPod (white, click wheel) that has died. An iPod service specialist examined it and said the logic board is bad. I'd like to recover the music on my iPod, so I went on eBay & purchased a working 5GB 1st gen. iPod.
I got my non-working iPod back from the repair service, pulled the drive, & put my drive in the 5GB 1st gen. iPod I purchased on eBay. But none of the contents appear—it's as if the drive were empty.
Am I missing something here? Is there some "trick" to swapping hard drives between identical model iPods? My iPod was formatted for Mac, but the iPod I got from eBay also appears to be formatted for Mac. I can't come up with a hypothesis whereby my drive got wiped, so I think the contents have to still be there.

hi. i am not following a lot of this since it seems very technical and is too abbreviated a presentation for me to understand.
that said, i have /one/ WD 1 TB blue drives that have Lion installed on it with the Windows 7 Boot Camp workaround described by that url i got from you which failed in the last two or three months and i just now had a SECOND drive (it was simply a daily Carbon Copy Clone of the original drive described above) which failed within the last two weeks.
i am pretty sure i had one other new WD drive (a 2 TB black caviar one) fail in this machine within the last year and this seems like a tone of drives failing.
not sure i have anything special going on and the method of failure detection is simply Tech Tools reporting bad sectors which i am told is in fact indicating failure...
am i missing something?
also on this:
"No to DU to zero a drive, better than nothing but you have Windows, you can run WD's own utility which is much better (works on non-WD also)"
you are saying that downloading WD software is going to let me zero out my drives better than Disk Utility does? if so, how do i use this? i have mac OS and boot camp on my OS drive and MAC OS on my data drive and then i have two clones (one clone of each of these). you want me to d/l WD software while booted into Windows somehow before partitioning the drive or using DU to format it for Mac? i don't understand this very well apparently...
THANKS

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Error 2000-2009 (2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2009, and so on)
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I have a 1st gen iPod Touch (2.2.1), a Mac Pro (OS X 10.5.6) with iTunes 8.1.
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OK, I took my formatted Windows iPod to my friends Mac, and got songs off of it.
Then I took it over to another friends house and got songs off his Windows computer.
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Then I took it over to another friends house and got songs off his Windows computer.
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