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thejazzman10
Mar 23, 2004, 05:26 PM
I was wondering if i could use my iPod for music with my mac for primary use, and then transfer files from my mac to a windows machine??


Jo-Kun
Mar 23, 2004, 05:49 PM
I was wondering if i could use my iPod for music with my mac for primary use, and then transfer files from my mac to a windows machine??

I don't have a pc to test it, but since the iPod is made for both, and you don't need to format it when you start using it, I guess it schould be possible...

my advice: hook it up to a PC and try it :-D
MatMistake
Mar 23, 2004, 06:03 PM
it'll need to be formatted for a pc (FAT32) rather than a mac (HFS+), but apart from that it'll work fine. I regualrly use mine to transfer stuff from my pc at home to the macs at collage

if yours is formated for a mac, you'll need to run the updater software on a pc to format it for pc. and you'll need your music backed up, as it'll all get wiped
Grimace
Mar 23, 2004, 06:09 PM
what if you want to wipe your hard drive clean, and you have all of you music stored on your iPod - how do you get it back on the computer??
themadchemist
Mar 23, 2004, 10:15 PM
what if you want to wipe your hard drive clean, and you have all of you music stored on your iPod - how do you get it back on the computer??

PodUtil 2.0 (http://www.kennettnet.co.uk/software/podutil.php)

That should do the trick.
Grimace
Mar 23, 2004, 11:29 PM
I found iPodRip on versiontracker. It did an AMAZING job. Free too!!
themadchemist
Mar 24, 2004, 08:43 AM
I found iPodRip on versiontracker. It did an AMAZING job. Free too!!

Yeah, it seems that there is a whole host of iPod-related software out there developed by small companies and individuals...It's just a testament to the iPod's loyal fan base (as if such a testament were even necessary).
zach
Mar 24, 2004, 02:28 PM
it'll need to be formatted for a pc (FAT32) rather than a mac (HFS+), but apart from that it'll work fine. I regualrly use mine to transfer stuff from my pc at home to the macs at collage

if yours is formated for a mac, you'll need to run the updater software on a pc to format it for pc. and you'll need your music backed up, as it'll all get wiped

Actually, that's not true.

The new generation of iPods can be used on both Macs and PCs without formatting. It's some sort of hybrid filesystem, or so I have read.

The older iPods do need to be formatted, as you have said, however.