iPod How can I update 2G Nano without the Internet?

You can just update it on the PC. You will still be able to use it with your Mac.

JDT said:

Oopsy, I didn't bring the cable.

Another weird thing, its an 8GB, however in the 'About' screen on the 'pod and in iTunes it says my capacity is 7.45GB with 7.6GB AVAILABLE?

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That's normal 8 hard drive GB=8 billion bytes, but 8 OS GB= 2^30 bytes=1 073 741 824 bytes. So it should have 7.45 OS GB capacity.

Eraserhead said:

That's normal 8 hard drive GB=8 billion bytes, but 8 OS GB= 2^30 bytes=1 073 741 824 bytes. So it should have 7.45 OS GB capacity.

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Not sure if that's the problem the OP is alluding to. Note that he has more free space then capacity... which seems a little strange to me. Is that not normal?

JDT said:

Won't I have to restore it on my Mac then, losing my music and the update?

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Nope... a windows formated iPod can be read by both windows and os x. A mac formated iPod can only be read by os x.

You won't be able to tell a difference on the mac, except when it comes time to do another update. You'll only be able to update the iPod on a PC if it is windows formatted.

panoz7 said:

Nope... a windows formated iPod can be read by both windows and os x. A mac formated iPod can only be read by os x.

You won't be able to tell a difference on the mac, except when it comes time to do another update. You'll only be able to update the iPod on a PC if it is windows formatted.

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I mostly use a mac and can't really see myself syncing it with a PC (but it may happen). Are there any advantages to leaving it as mac formatted other than that it would take time to convert it from Mac to Windows formatting?

jack

no, unless you want to update to new software on your Mac, in which can you'll have to re-restore the iPod and return it to Mac formatting.

sven945 said:

I mostly use a mac and can't really see myself syncing it with a PC (but it may happen). Are there any advantages to leaving it as mac formatted other than that it would take time to convert it from Mac to Windows formatting?

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The differences are most apparent in disk access mode.

FAT32/Windows: Can be used as a disk on any Windows PC or Mac
HFS+/Mac: You can install OS X to it and boot from it in a pinch

Each has its own limitations in terms of characters that are valid for the file system and file size etc...

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