Using Nano as flash drive...

I used my 2nd gen nano as a flash drive to transfer music from my PC to my new mac. I deleted the files once they were transfered but when my ipod is connected all the empty space still shows up full as "other". What is the deal with that? Is there any way to fix this without reformatting?

Delete items from the iPod "drive" then empty the Mac system trash to really erase them from the drives, of which your iPod is one of.
Patrick

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Generally, it's not the flash drive that makes it compatible, but the formatting used on it. In Disk Utility on a Mac, the format is called MS-DOS (FAT). In Windows, I believe it is called FAT32.
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Even though I searched beforehand, I was redirected to this link <https://discussions.apple.com/message/3490336#3490336> AFTER I posted it. So problem solved! Hurrah!

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You can transfer photos outside of iTunes. I do it all the time. THat said, i have a 50/50 success rate with them. I'd avoid sandisk and kingston, their bundled software triggers the 'too much power' warning.
I've had mixed luck with lexar, some work, some don't.
I did have good luck with an older 4 gig geek squad one.
Look for drives without software on them, without bright LED lights and I haven't gotten any larger than 4 gig to work, but that may just be me.
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I understand that I need to backup. I want to backup with Time Machine before I upgrade the OS, but I don't have $75+ right now to purchase an external hard drive for this purpose only.
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If you only need to make a full backup prior to upgrading, I would suggest using SuperDuper, which for creating a full, bootable clone is free. (It is not free when you start needing to make incremental backups, but you won't be doing that, at least not right now.) For a bootable clone, you only need a Flash drive (or external drive) as big as the total size of the utilized space on your hard drive right now, not as big as whatever the entire drive size is.
In the past, I would have recommended Carbon Copy Cloner for this, but it's no longer free or donation-ware and you don't have the budget for both that and some kind of external or Flash drive.
http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html
You might also want to look around newegg.com for inexpensive USB external drives, or even large enough Flash drives. You'll probably find a much less expensive external hard drive than a Flash drive for this purpose.
You do not need to use Time Machine, but even if you did you could just make one full backup to a Flash or external drive and then unmount and disconnect it. An external for TM only needs to be so large because it's constantly taking snapshots of your drive and those add up. But you won't be using it that way.
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Don't worry about having 2 cores; that's nothing to do with backing up.

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Hi,
have a look/read here http://www.intowindows.com/how-to-create-bootable-windows-7-usb-to-install-windo ws-7-from-usb-flash-drive-using-windows-7-dvdusb-tool/
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http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee374/Diavonex/e8058ab4.jpg
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC531ZM/A/ipad-camera-connection-kit

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I'm very new to Mac. Can I use a usb flash drive?

Yes.
USB Flash
SD Card Flash.
http://www.tuaw.com/2011/09/19/mac-101-format-choices-for-usb-flash-drives/
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3553
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No.
iOS does not have scanner drivers nor does the connector supply enough power.
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Then again this exists, uses wifi:
http://i.tuaw.com/2011/05/16/goflex-satellite-is-your-ipads-portable-wireless-ha rd-drive/

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Thanks!

jonescm128 wrote:
... am I able to use a USB flash drive
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There is no support for mirroring or syncing iPhoto libraries or Aperture libraries. You can however export partial Aperture libraries on one mac and merge them into other libraries on a second Mac.
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Microsoft Support - A computer that is running Windows XP cannot detect a USB thumb drive, an Apple iPod, or an external hard disk drive

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JerseyDevil8 wrote:
Never said Apple made the claim. It was a salesperson selling Apple products. So they lied to make the sale. Any advise on how you can transfer files from/to ipad 2 short of emailing them to yourself?
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