Renaming iPod Nano

I bought an iPod Nano at Best Buy that had been previously opened. The previous person who owned the iPod named it with her first name, how do I change the name of the iPod to my name? Thanks.

You can also highlight its name in iTunes and click F2. Retype the name.
This sums everything up as well (It is similar to what Niel said)...
How to rename your iPod
btabz

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I got an ipod nono from a friend and want to get his name off of it. Does that happen when I snyc it to my library?

Select it in the iTunes sidebar, click on its name, and type a new name.
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Okay, just received my ipod nano 8gb in the mail, was very excited. Now I'm just tired of it.
I am running windows xp on an athlon 2400, connecting my ipod via usb 2.0. I have four usb ports, and have tried them all. I have itunes 7 etc installed.
Upon plugging in my ipod, the windows add new hardware dialog appears. I can ignore it, or attempt to run it automatically, and it fails either way. My ipod is installed as an "other device" named "ipod" as a yellow question mark. effectively, it isn't installed.
My ipod doesnt appear in My Computer as an external storage drive or anything else for that matter. I have no network drive to conflict with the naming standard, although I do have a CD and DVD drive labeled E and D, respectively. I attempted to rename those drives in case of conflict, and nothing happened.
When I run itunes, no ipod installer or updater appears. No device is detected. I cannot Sync my ipod. The diagnostic tool simply says that the ipod connection failed, and after visiting the accompanying Help link and attempting -every- solution, nothing has changed.
In fact, I have reviewed and attempted every single solution to every similar or somewhat-related problem that apple has posted at their site, as well as some from these discussion forums and others around the web. My point is, please hesitate before you link me to one of apple's support manuals--I've read them all, extensively.
I have a fair knowledge of computers, but this problem is simply beyond me. I have established that my ipod can connect to another computer (running windows ME) and appear at least in My Computer as a drive. I believe the problem is related to my USB ports, their drivers, or perhaps (god forbid) my OS.
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Hi there
You're pretty much describing a problem I had yesterday.
I've got the 2gb model and initially it was working fine. I run off a 4 port usb hub with other equipment running as well.
Everything was okay but I kept getting a balloon telling me that usb 2.0 would be faster, so I routed my extension cable directly to a usb 2.0 port on my computer and all of what you describe started.
The PC showed my nano as a removeable drive but could not be acesssed. If I managed to get it recognised in itunes (took forever) then it just said it was corrupted and was unable to restore.
After much cursing and trawling the internet for answers, I gave up and put the cable back to the hub.
And.....everything worked again !!
I can only conclude that my hub (quite old) does not work on usb 2.0, or putting the extension cable (5m) straight into my PC causes a power drop / signal loss ??
Are you using an extension cable or a hub? something to try.
Good luck anyway
Regards
Windows XP Pro

I own 2 ipods an ipod nano series 4 and ipod series 6 I want to store different tunmes on each ipod, but when I try to sync the series 4 with I tunes I get a message that says there is not enough space on my device. How do I achieve what I want?

O wn 2 iPod nanos series 4 and series 6 I want to sync different music on each iPod but I get the message when trying to sync the series 4 that there is too much data for the sync to take place. It seems both iPods have the same name, so I guess I have to rename one, how do I do this?
Or is there another solution
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It would be useful to you if they had a different name, but the computer knows they are different. Create separate sync playlists for each device and go to the Music tab when it is connected and specify which playlist should be used for the sync.

How can I change the 'Name' associated to my iPod Nano?

I received an iPod Nano for my birthday and installed it on my girlfriends computer. She already owns an iPod, so when it asked the name of my iPod it defaulted to hers. So now my iPod is identified as "karenj's" iPod. I would prefer a my name, but am having a hard time figuring out how to change it.
Can someone please help this iPod newbie who made a stupid mistake???
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Have you seen this Apple article on renaming?
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60952

IPod Nano 6g not syncing - Apple Mobile Device Support can't install

i recently got iTunes working again on my computer. my grandfather wanted me to sync his old iPod Nano, so i did that and it worked fine. i then tried to sync my own iPod Nano 6g, and it gave me the error:
"An iPod has been detected, but it could not be identified properly. Please disconnect and reconnect the iPod, then try again.
If the problem persists, uninstall iTunes, then install iTunes again."
i tried reconnecting the iPod, of course, and then tried reinstalling iTunes, but the same error kept coming up. if i closed iTunes, then connected the iPod, i could find it in My Computer, but after opening iTunes it would give me the error and eject itself. i then tried all the stuff outlined here:
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/ituneshelp/?kbase=TS1363&viewlocale=en_US
but that didn't help. i tried plugging the iPod into the USB ports at the back of the computer, but nope.
i soon discovered that Apple Mobile Device Support wasn't running or installed on the computer, and that that may be the source of the problem. however, i looked in my C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple folder and there was a Apple Mobile Device folder. it didn't appear complete, though, as there wasn't the 'bin' folder needed to run AMDS properly. i renamed this Apple Mobile Device folder, adding an 'OLD' at the end, so as to not interrupt any times i would try to install AMDS in this folder properly.
i first tried a simple complete uninstall then reinstall of iTunes, but i noticed during the install that when the installer got to the stage of installing Apple Mobile Device Support, it would stop and then say 'rolling back action' and the loading bar would move backwards, before installing the rest of iTunes as normal. hence, AMDS was still uninstalled and my iPod still wasn't being recognized by iTunes.
i tried extracting the iTunesSetup.exe file, and then running the AppleMobileDeviceSupport.msi file separately, but it would give me the same rolling back action thing and it would end in 'installation interrupted, system was not modified, please try again later'. tried disabling my anti-virus then installing iTunes, then disabling my anti-virus and running the AppleMobileDeviceSupport.msi separately but nothing was different.
please help. why is Apple Mobile Device Support not installing? and is this actually the reason why my iPod is not syncing with iTunes? any insight would be appreciated. thanks.

i first tried a simple complete uninstall then reinstall of iTunes, but i noticed during the install that when the installer got to the stage of installing Apple Mobile Device Support, it would stop and then say 'rolling back action' and the loading bar would move backwards, before installing the rest of iTunes as normal. hence, AMDS was still uninstalled and my iPod still wasn't being recognized by iTunes.
On rare occasions on Windows XP systems, I've seen that effect produced when there are old files/folders for the netaapl.sys and usbaapl.sys drivers stuck down in your Windows Operating system folders. If that's afoot, the following (somewhat involved) procedure may be of some assistance:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=11493765&#11493765

IPod Nano 2nd Gen. resets (Windows + Winamp)

Hello,
I have got a iPod Nano and I have the problem that it reboots when it tries to play certain files. I'm using Windows and Winamp. This has been annoying over a long time. Now I found out that the reboots happen if the file name ends with .MP3 (instead of .mp3).
How can this happen? I wonder why I couldn't find any topics about this using Yahoo.
If someone knows how to fix this without renaming all those files after reloading the iPod please tell me.
Thank you in advance!
Regards,
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Hello,
I have got a iPod Nano and I have the problem that it reboots when it tries to play certain files. I'm using Windows and Winamp. This has been annoying over a long time. Now I found out that the reboots happen if the file name ends with .MP3 (instead of .mp3).
How can this happen? I wonder why I couldn't find any topics about this using Yahoo.
If someone knows how to fix this without renaming all those files after reloading the iPod please tell me.
Thank you in advance!
Regards,
Stef

Synchronisation is moving my music (7th gen iPod Nano)

I’m having a problem synchronising my 7th gen iPod Nano with iTunes.
When I sync, it comes up with a message saying that a whole list of songs couldn’t be copied to the iPod because they couldn’t be found. This is because when I sync, songs that I’ve listened to (i.e. ones that have been modified and need to be synced) will sometimes get moved into an entirely new folder.
For example, I’ll have this folder:
\Music\The Smith Street Band\The Smith Street Band – Sunshine & Technology
Then when I sync, the songs in that folder get shifted from there to a new folder:
\Music\The Smith Street Band\Sunshine & Technology
And my iTunes can’t locate them anymore because they’ve been moved.
I think I also have some songs that got renamed as well.
I have iTunes 11.0.3.42 and my iPod version is 1.0.2 PC. I’m using Windows 7 32-bit.

Hi 00macarone,
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
If your iPod is not showing in iTunes, please use the information and troubleshooting steps provided in the attached article to help you resolve the issue.
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The solution is to rename the iPod by double-clickung on his name in iTunes.

Is there anything I need to do to my iPod Nano (2nd Gen) prior to selling it? reset anything? clear anything?

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Restore the iPod to factory settings. This procedure wipes all content from the device and resets all of its settings back to their defaults. The new user will be able to plug in the iPod, rename it, and sync it with her or her own library.
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Am trying to sync my ipod nano 7th gen. i get this message: not enough access privileges."

i am trying to sync my ipod nano 7th gen with my music on the cloud, via a desktop PC.
I have successfully done this in the past.
now I am getting a series of messages: "not enough access privileges"
have reset the nano and also downloaded latest iTunes software.
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Hi,
I'm having a very similar problem, so I was excited to see the link above. But when I click on it, it redirects me to the nike.com main website (I'm assuming Nike redid their website since the above link was posted). Could you please point me to that article somewhere else or tell me how you fixed your problem?
My exact problem is this: I was running until recently with my iPod Nano 6th gen and the Nike+ sensor kit (sensor that goes in the Nike+ shoe plus receiver that goes in the iPod Nano). When I would sync my Nano with iTunes (I would have the "Automatically send workout data to nikeplus.com" option checked), all was well with this set-up as far as syncing my stuff to the Nike+ website goes.
I recently realized that for the iPod Nano 6th generation, the sensor/receiver combo is not required anymore. So I ran two runs without the receiver. I kept the sensor in the shoe though as nowadays I mostly run with my recently purchased Nike+ Sport GPS watch and I like to have the sensor in the shoe in case the GPS signal gets lost at some point during a run. Anyway, those two runs that I ran without the receiver won't sync to my nikeplus account. I can see them in my iPod Nano's history and I can see one of them (the latest one) on the Nike + iPod tab of iTunes when I sync my Nano. The difference though is that on iTunes this latest run appears under a "Sensor 1" selection, whereas all my previous runs with both the sensor and receiver would be under "Nike + Sensor" selection. Within the "Nike + Sensor" selection, under nikeplus.com, there's the "Automatically send workout data to nikeplus.com" option and below it a Login ID that shows my Nike+ website log-in info. Within the "Sensor 1" selection, the Login ID is missing. I've tried renaming "Sensor 1" to something else but it didn't make the Login ID appear.
Thank you for reading this and any help would be greatly appreciated.
Best,
Dimitris.

Ipod nano not recognized

I just bought my kid a new nano. The finder recognizes it, but iTunes doesn't. Neither does the iPod updater. Everything seems to say I need to update it, but since the updater won't recognize the iPod, I can't. We have an iPod mini that works fine. I've done the various things suggested in discussions, including reinstalling iTunes, trashing the iPod driver, and upgrading to 10.3.9, and reseting the nano.
Apparently my kid did rename the nano, and I wonder if she did something wrong there. Any help appreciated.
powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

First try the following
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61937
If still cant solve, open the disk utility, and hope
you can see your iPod there. Then go to Tab "ERASE"
and do a Erase". Eject your iPod, open the iPod
updater and plug your iPod with your Mac, and hope
that this time it will get recognized
The disk utility erase function did the trick. Thanks!
powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Need help re-arranging tracks in iTunes Library and on iPod nano

Hi. I'm currenty ripping my father-in-laws 60 disc set of the complete audio Bible onto to his iPod nano for him. All was going well for discs 1 through 22. All the CD info (track names, album title, etc) had been found for all discs, and as I ripped the CD's in the proper order, the tracks were holding they're proper order in my iTunes Library and on the ipod nano as I updated it occasionally. When I ripped disc 23 (I Chronicles 19 through II Chronicles 10) onto my computer, I didnt notice that iTunes was unable to retrieve the CD info for that disc, so it ripped all the tracks as "Track 1," "Track 2," etc. It wasnt untill after I finished ripping discs 24 through 29 that I noticed the error. I re-named all the tracks following the proper spelling, capatalization, etc as all the other discs had used, and updated the artist, album, and genre fields exactly as the other discs, assuming that as soon as I did that iTunes would properly arrange the tracks between I Chronicles 18 and II Chronicles 11 in my iTunes Library. Instead it stuck all my newly renamed tracks before Genesis 1, the first track. I updated the nano hoping they would arrange properly on it, but it didnt. I Chronicles 19 through II Chronicles 10 come before Genesis 1. I've been playing around in iTunes trying to figure out how to rearrange tracks in my Library, but havent been able to figure out how. Any help would be appreciated.

Welcome to Apple Discussions!
You may need to set the track number, and sort by that, since these are not in alphabetical order.
Right click where it says Name in iTunes (on top of the song list). Put a check mark next to/click Track Number. See if the other songs have track numbers. They may be sorted by that. If so, you'd have to add track numbers to all those other tracks, and then sort by that (right click a song, go to get info, click the info tab, and add the track number).
If it's not track number, try and find out what they are being sorted by.
btabz

Identifying multi-disc albums on iPod nano?

Multi-disc albums on iPod nano (5th gen) appear grouped, but they're all mixed together and there's no way of identifying if a song belongs to disc 1, 2 or 3... nor to know when Disc 1 ends and Disc 2 begins. iTunes 11.0.3 does it great. Is there a way to fix this issue on the iPod? I wouldn't like to have to rename all my album titles and add disc info to the title. It creates duplicates and it's ugly.
Thank you for you support.

That is the default behavior of iTunes and iPod. If you want to have the albums listed separately on your iPod, you will need to change the Album tags for disc 1 and disc 2, something like "Hundred Year Hall (Disc One)" and "Hundred Year Hall (Disc Two)," for example.

1 ipod nano + 2 ipod shuffles = confusion

i purchased 2 ipod shuffles for my sons at Christmas. I want to add them to my account and set up separate libraries for them. I have an ipod nano (3rd generation). Can I add them to my account and set up different libraries for all of us?

It's not an "account" (like the Apple ID you use with the iTunes Store). iPods sync to your iTunes library. You can sync as many iPods (and other Apple devices like iPhone and iPad) as you want to one iTunes library. You can set up each device to sync separately to the songs in your ONE iTunes library.
This is how I would do it... Create two playlists in your iTunes library, one each for your sons. Name them appropriately. Add the songs you want on each son's shuffle to their respective playlists. (If you want the same songs on both shuffle, you can just create one playlist.)
You can connect both shuffles at the same time (or one at a time). If the iTunes sidebar (along left side of window) is not visible, from the menu bar, under View, select Show Sidebar. Each shuffle appears in the sidebar, under DEVICES. If both are connected, they are both listed there, and if you connect your nano, it is listed there as well. If you have not already, you should name the shuffles so ownership is clear. (You can rename an iPod by selecting it in the sidebar and clicking on its name a second time.)
Select one of the shuffles in the sidebar. To the right, the shuffle's Summary screen is shown. Toward the top, where it says Summary, click on Music to the right of Summary. This Music screen is where you tell iTunes how to sync songs to that iPod.
Check the box to Sync Music. Choose the option to sync Selected playlists, artists, albums, and genres. Below that, look under Playlists to find that new playlist you created for that son. Select (checkmark) it. You don't have to select anything else. When you click Apply, the songs from that playlist sync to the shuffle.
Repeat for the other shuffle, selecting the other son's playlist on its Music screen.
Going forward, to update each son's shuffle, just update their playlists in your iTunes library (add/remove songs). The shuffles do not need to be connected, so your sons can be using them. The next time you connect the shuffles (or when you click Sync if already connected), iTunes automatically updates each shuffle with the same changes.
You can keep using your iPod nano as you have been. The setup for two shuffle's does not affect the existing setup for your nano. And you can update the settings on your nano without affecting the shuffles. iTunes treats each device separately.

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