Personal Settings Gone; Connecting iPod Will Erase It?
I had to have the logic board replaced in my iMac G5 and then the Mac OS 10.4.2 had to be reinstalled in order for me to sign in (some glitch they were unclear on what happened to the log in). So the Genius Bar did an Archive and Install but unchecked the save personal settings box to set up the account fresh. So now I want to know, before I go willy-nilly plugging my iPod in, if I will indeed erase my iPod with this supposed new user, or at least, what the iPod sees as a new user. I remember there being a key stroke I could use to not have the auto syncing occur, but I don't remember what that is. My iTunes program is fine, I have all my music, all the right data, no issues.
I did have as part of my .Mac backup (with the Backup 3 software) my Personal Settings saved. If I restore from them will I be able to deal with the iPod (and all the other stuff) just fine or will I likely have the same login issue that I did before the Genius Bar did the Archive and Install? Maybe that is more of a question for the OS 10.4 board, but I thought I'd put it here anyway.
Thanks in advance for your help!
iMac G5, 80GB 1.8Ghz, SuperDrive Mac OS X (10.4.2) Gen4 iPod 20GB
You said you've re-created your iTunes library. If you were syncing automaticly with your iPod, does it matter if it erases it? It will then sync back the same data it just deleted.
Now, if you were managing your iPod manually, iTunes shouldn't attempt to sync it.
I thought that iTunes would put up a window saying that the iPod had been synced with a different library and asking if you wanted to erase it and sync it with the new library.
Have you actually tried connecting the iPod, or are you afraid to at this point?
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