Updating Ipod 3rd gen nano without itunes

I am trying to update the nano to V1.0.1. I have seen a 57MB v.1.0.1 of the new nano in articles, but when I go to the apple site, all i see is a link to download itunes. I do not want to install itunes for the only purpose of updating the nano. is there way to download just the update: iPod Nano (3rd Generation) software updated to v1.0.1.

This is becoming a bigger and bigger deal as we get updates with NEW bugs. We need Apple to do one of two things:
1) Offer a LIST of updates (old/new) to restore in iTunes
2) Offer a standalone updater (preferable) like I used to use with my Mini

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Loading songs on ipod 3rd gen nano without itunes

is there a way to get songs onto the new Ipod 3rd gen nano 8GB without using Itunes? I have tried Xplay 2.3.5 and the playlist is all messed up. It would show all the songs in my hard drive on every single playlist created, even the On-the-Go list. I would hate to use Anapod because of they limited activation status. Itune is slow, and too restrictive for me. I hate itune with a passion. So does anyone know a way to get songs onto this ipod properly with Xplay or another good program? I have tried everything i know and I am able to throw this thing against the wall. thank you in advance!

I feel your pain. I have been fighting iTunes and QuickTime for 2 weeks trying to get it so that it does not interrupt my wireless USB connection when ejecting the Nano. A simple solution would be to use another program to manage the syncing of stuff to the iPod.

3rd gen Nano needs iTunes 7.6 or later... but can't use 8 on 10.4.11 osx

My son received a 3rd gen nano as a gift. When we connected it to our Mac (where we already support a couple ipods), it was not recognized as a source, although it does show up on the desktop and the iPod immediately said "Connected.". But, a message popped up that stated that "The ipod cannot be used without installing iTunes 7.6 or greater. Go to www.itunes.com" So we went to download iTunes - the only option is version 8. I installed it on the Mac - or tried to. Turns out you need a newer version of QuickTime to do so. But the newer version of QuickTime requires a newer OS than we have. So we ended up leaving the Mac with iTunes 7.5 on it. My dilemma - how can I get iTunes 7.5 version on the new iPod? Or what do I need to do to the iPod to get it to be recognized in iTunes. Sorry to be a dunce - I tried opening the iTunes 7.5 icon on my desktop and selecting the iPod as the installation place but it wouldn't let me. I really don't want to spend $130 upgrading the OS when everything else works just great. Any ideas?

http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/
Select the Radio button for Tiger (10.4 is Tiger), download and install.

Ipod 3rd Gen Nano Skipping?

So I have a 3rd Gen Ipod Nano. I only used it once for a couple weeks about two years ago, I erased all the music off of it and put it back in it's case never to see the light of day until a couple of days ago. I decided to bring it back out of it's factory case, and while it's an older model, it's still in pristine condition. I plugged it into the computer and had a couple of problems trying to install the most update ipod software onto the Nano, but evenually I got it on there. I uploaded about 60 songs and took it to the park the first song played fine then all of a sudden it begins to cut off in the middle of songs and skips completely over others. It does this for ALL songs, indescriminately it seems. I've tried quite a bit of different things...
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-Automatically allowing files over 128bps to convert to AAC
-Multiple Restores
-Ensuring I have the latest updated software
-Uploading songs and doing restores on itunes from different computers with different operating systems (I tried all of this on Windows 8 as well as Windows XP)
I don't know what the deal is? It's flash software so it shouldn't have hard disk-like problems. What gives?

I don't make duplicates when I have this problem. I uncheck the song in iTunes, connect the iPod. This takes the songs off of the iPod. Then I disconnect the iPod. Check the songs in iTunes, then reconnect the iPod. This put the songs back on the iPod.
It usually works, but my iPod has been messing up so much lately that I've had to do a factory restore and when the songs get put back on the iPod a ton of different songs are skipping. It's driving me crazy.

Ipod 3rd gen nano syncing problems.

My nano 3rd gen is fine, but when I plug it into Itunes, it says it's syncing, but on the ipod, it shows connected, but it was done syncing, and Itunes apparently can't finish syncing, even though the ipod shows completion. I can't add any songs either. Please assist me in this matter.

Try restoring your iPod. Restoring will erase the iPod's hard drive, reload the software and put it back to default settings. Once the restore is complete follow the on screen instructions to name the iPod and automatically sync your songs and videos onto the fresh installation. Press Done and the iPod will appear in iTunes and start to sync. If you want to sync using selected playlists uncheck the box beside the sync automatically instruction and press Done, it will default to manual mode and you can choose whatever setting you like: Restoring iPod to factory settings with iTunes

Help me please my new ipod 3rd gen. nano isnt workign correctly!

okay so i just bought the new Ipod nano 3rd gen. (green) and SOMETIMES when i turn my Ipod off and turn it on again.... but lately it is stuck like this! i cannot listen to the sound but ands the track isn't playing on the screen and i check the volume, earbud connections and nothing..... like my music or videos won't play... viedos are black screen with no sound. and songs i can browse and looks liek song it playing but screen isnt playing (numbers don't move) and no sound.....what can i do?
should i try to get a new ipod because mine is only 10 days old!?
help.. thanks.

Hi there,
I'd suggest first resetting the iPod (check the online manual for that) and then restoring the latest software using iTunes.
Good luck!

3rd Gen Nano / New iTunes

My 3rd generation nano is showing in iTunes but it doesnt show the playlists that are on it or let me put a new playlist on. My iPhone displays a "on this phone" in iTunes but the Nano doesn't. Is anyone else experiencing this or know any solotuions?
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Yes it is possible. Are you saying iTunes no longer recognizes your Nano after plugging your iPod Shuffle in?
Have you tried plugging the Nano into a different USB port of using a different USB Cable?
B-rock

Issues with New Ipod 3rd Gen Nano!! Please help!!

HELP!!!
I bought a new IPOD Nano for Xmas and it doesn't appear to be working.
It automatically syncs once then appears to completely disconnect, so when you then try to "apply" new settings or re-sync it fails.
I checked on "My Computer" and for the first few mins it appears as an external drive, then once again completely disappears.
This means I can't change any settings on how I want my IPOD to sync., for example adding new films that were previously unchecked...
Hope this makes sense!!
Has anyone else had any issues like this? Is there an easy way of solving this?
I've tried updating the software (which now says is uptodate) and resetting the factory settings.
I'd appreciate all the help I can get on this
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Thanks

Hi there,
I'd suggest first resetting the iPod (check the online manual for that) and then restoring the latest software using iTunes.
Good luck!

Problem with synching iPod 4th gen Nano to iTunes Vista 8.02

Not had a problem with this Nano - sometimes hangs on first play nothing a reset doesn't cure - til now.
For some reason iTunes decided a Smart playlist (To delete - if I rate one star it lists it there) was missing when it was there, just disappeared for a while. It eventually came back after I recreated it.
This meant the other playlists I synch from fell over and refused to synch to the iPod (having a massive collection and only a 8Gb Nano means I tend to have playlist for Recent stuff, and random shuffle type playlists).
So I deleted the condition in those Smart Playlists, and thought it was fine...nope, it now only synchs less that half of the iPod, even though the playlists have loads more tunes in them. Tried deleting the 'To Delete' playlist(s), restoring the iPod, upgrading from 8 to 8.0.2 - no dice. Even a restart and an iPod reset doesn't fix it.
It just says 'synch complete' when there are obviously many more files to download, it usually only does 300-600 then stops. Sometimes it tells me (wrongly) there is not enought space on the iPod by 0.2 of a Gb or something, and says it won't synch. When I reduce the size of one of the playlists, it then goes back to saying 'Synch complete'.
Don't know what's wrong with it - could it be the iTunes library - I moved it to an external USB drive, and switched from my XP machine to this one, but it seemed to be working fine? Hence the restart - I had switched off the drive when I put the laptop into suspend mode, so initially it wasn't there, so I thought iTunes might have gotten confused, and did a restart after upgrade. Still the same.
Any ideas?

Nope still doing it. Just got to 2-thirds full.
So what's happening now it says
'Ipod cannot be synched, playlists are 1.82Gb and there is 1.77Gb on the iPod'
Fine, you then reduce the size of one of the playlists by say 100-200Mb:
Then it doesn't sync those files - it doesn't sync anything and says 'Sync completed' and 'Ok to disconnect'
Argh.
BTW what's sentinel?

Ipod 3rd gen Nano.

Hi
My comp. crashed and all files lost in the rebuild. How do I get the songs off the Nano back into Itunes on the comp.
When I try it says the ipod will be erased and replaced with the library in the comp. There are no songs on the comp.
Thanks for anynhelp.
Gary

See this excellent user tip from another forum member turingtest2 outlining the different methods and software available to help you copy content from your iPod back to your PC and into iTunes.
Recovering your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device
B-rock

Problem connecting my 3rd gen Nano after iTunes 8.0 upgrade

Hi. I just downloaded iTunes 8.0 and now when I connect my iPod it gives me an error message that says, "the sofware you are installing for this ardward has not passed windows logo testing to verify its comapability. continuing your installation of this software may impair or destabilize the correct operation of your system either immediately or in the future. microsoft strongly recommends that you stop this installation now and contact the hardware vendor for software that has passed windows logo testing." HUH??? Does this make sense to anyone and why is this happening? And how do I fix it?

This bites... I thought I was fine, but i've fallen victim to this error... I'm getting Error -4280...
I upgraded yesterday... Purchased 3 albums and successfully burned them (not knowing of this problem)... Today, I purchased 3 more albums and started to burn them as well... It burned once, no problem... But when I started to burn the 2nd album I started getting the above error...
So, it decides to burn a total of 4 discs and then craps out on me all of a sudden?¿? It would be different if this happened the FIRST time, but after burning 4 discs; it makes this problem worst for me... If I knew this would happen, I probably would of waited before purchasing the 3 albums I got through iTunes...
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TS1538 I am using windows 7 and my 3rd gen nano is not recognized in itunes. I have followed all online troubleshooting to no avail. My ipod is recognized by windows but does not appear in itunes.

I am using windows 7 and my 3rd gen nano is not recognized in itunes. I have followed all online troubleshooting to no avail. My ipod is recognized by windows but does not appear in itunes.

not recognized by anything: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1369
recognized by windows, but not itunes: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1363
solving the problem if the above does not work:http://www.instructables.com/id/What-to-do-when-iTunes-does-not-recognize-your-i Po/step1
(make sure you go to the next slides.

IPOD 3rd Gen not recognized by itunes on firewire but it does on USB

Hi,
I have a 3rd gen Ipod (the one with the buttons) since its release date.
It worked perfectly with FIREWIRE.
Months ago i restore it and now it's a mess.
I have to connect it via USB to sync it with my itunes library, to
delete music, to add new one, or use it as a hard disk. But,
the battery doesn't charge (actually the battery now only lasts for 1 hour)
If i want to charge the battery i have to connect the ipod to the computer
via FIREWIRE, but it doesn't get recognized by itunes, so i cant update
it.
I wanted to restore the ipod but if i connect it via USB, itunes send me a message
that i have to connect it via firewire in order to restore it. But if I connect it
via FIREWIRE i can't restore it because ITUNES doesn't recognize it.
I hope someone can help me.
thanks a lot
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If I were you, I will solve from the root i.e. replace the battery, you can do it with quite reasonable price here
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Old iPod 3rd gen not showing up in iTunes

Hi, I realize this may be a futile effort but I thought I would give it a try.
I have an old ipod, 3rd gen 15GB that still works fine, stores a lot of music and plays fine. I would like to update and restore it. I have the old computer I used it with, an iBook G4 OSX 10.4.11 running iTunes 8.2.1, the most updated it can get for this computer I think.
Im just wondering how I can restore the ipod and put mp3s on it. It doesnt show up in itunes but appears to be charging when I plug it in with the old firewire cable. its working ok to the best of my knowledge and I would like to do a hard reset or something but I cant figure out how. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

Hey there Miles,
It sounds like your iPod isn't showing in iTunes when you connect it to your Mac. I would start with this bit from the following article:
iPod not appearing in iTunes
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3716
First, try the steps in the iPod Troubleshooting Assistant which applies to your iPod.
If you still cannot get the device to appear in iTunes, use the following link to help troubleshoot it:
iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for OS X
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1591?viewlocale=en_US
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Take care,
Sterling

HT1329 have music on an ipod 3rd gen with music from cds on it, cds now gone is it possible to move to a new device like iphone 5 or itunes on a new computer

Have music on an ipod 3rd gen from cds cds now gone and computer used to put them on also gone, have new computer and iphone 5 can the music be moved to itunes on new computer, if not can new music be added to the ipod without wiping old music(syncing)

They will as long as you have access to the songs or the Apple ID account used to purchased those songs.
B-rock

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