iPod as Hard drive? [Archive]

cleo

Aug 19, 2002, 10:45 AM

My 10gb iPod arrived this morning - yay! However, being a moron, I can't figure out the most basic of questions.

How do I use my iPod as a portable hard drive? I know it's got to be simple, but like I said, I can be a moron at times. :)

mnkeybsness

Aug 19, 2002, 10:53 AM

in itunes there is a preference setting somewhere...i don't know off-hand since i don't have my own ipod...but from what i remember using one before it was in itunes that i had to change that setting.

cleo

Aug 19, 2002, 11:03 AM

Ah. OK. For the benefit of anyone who searches for this in the future:

Select iPod in iTunes source list
Click the little iPod button down by the equalizer
Select "Use as hard drive"

Kind of roundabout, but I guess it works... :D

Rajj

Aug 19, 2002, 06:42 PM

Once you set it up as a Hard Drive, you can just drag and drop items onto your iPod's icon:D

mmmdreg

Sep 20, 2002, 07:58 PM

can you drag songs onto it and back off? or do you need one of those programs..if so, which program is good?...I plan on doing a clean install and it would be great to back everything to the pod instead of burning cd's...

mmmdreg

Sep 21, 2002, 01:51 AM

cummon people...I would if possible like to do it today before I go away tomorrow...pleeeze?

King Cobra

Sep 21, 2002, 08:03 AM

This is one of those times I would have wanted to stay up until midnight...

or be on the net until then. :D

Yes, you can transfer your songs straight from iTunes to your iPod and back.

http://forums.macrumors.com/images/icons/icon2.gif But...

To transfer songs from your iPod to your computer, download this program:

http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=15951&db=mac