iPod touch as a flash drive?

linden · Nov 14, 2008, 10:06 PM

It says on Apple.com that the touch is a flash drive... So how do I store files on it?

Thanks.

--Linden.

Eraserhead · Nov 14, 2008, 10:17 PM

With a program like FileManager, I believe there is a better version made by someone else too...

Telp · Nov 14, 2008, 10:19 PM

If Apple says it can be used as one, you probably have to check it off in iTunes. It will say something like "use as drive" or something like that. I could be wrong though, I don't know how it works for the iPod Touch.

Ivan P · Nov 14, 2008, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by linden

It says on Apple.com that the touch is a flash drive... So how do I store files on it?

Thanks.

--Linden.

No, on the Apple website "flash drive" refers to the fact that it uses flash memory to store all the data, it does not necessarily mean it can be used as a portable drive to transfer data between computers. In fact, natively, the iPod touch does not support disk mode, so on an un-jailbroken touch you cannot 'drag and drop' items onto the iPod via Finder/Windows Explorer to store them.

What this happens to be is a misinterpretation of what "flash drive" means.

teflon · Nov 14, 2008, 11:38 PM

The older iPods can be used as flash drives, but none of the iPod touch ever had that capability. 1G iPod Touch was the first iPod that didn't have disk mode. So no, you can't use iPod touch as a flash drive, unless there's some hack around it.

SnowLeopard2008 · Nov 14, 2008, 11:50 PM

Not by USB connection. But by WiFi, yes. Air Sharing, Files, Briefcase, etc. All these apps let you mount the iPod on the desktop (PC or Mac) and you drag/drop files into it. Takes a little longer than USB speed but it's fine. All the apps also can view the files. Office documents, PDFs, movies, jpegs, png, bmp, etc.

Tragedies · Nov 15, 2008, 05:45 AM

Yeah by Wi-Fi it can easily be done (I reccomend Air Sharing, as it does the job well) but not by USB, to my knowledge anyway. Which kind of sucks, because there are still schools that don't have/use WiFI, so you're very limited.

mackmgg · Nov 15, 2008, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Tragedies

Yeah by Wi-Fi it can easily be done (I reccomend Air Sharing, as it does the job well) but not by USB, to my knowledge anyway. Which kind of sucks, because there are still schools that don't have/use WiFI, so you're very limited.

even if there is no wifi around, most computers can start a wifi network for file sharing. in osx u click the airport icon then create network, idk about win.

Xavier · Nov 15, 2008, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by SnowLeopard2008

Not by USB connection. But by WiFi, yes. Air Sharing, Files, Briefcase, etc. All these apps let you mount the iPod on the desktop (PC or Mac) and you drag/drop files into it. Takes a little longer than USB speed but it's fine. All the apps also can view the files. Office documents, PDFs, movies, jpegs, png, bmp, etc.

Yup, I have done this a few times. Its nice because it doesn't need to be connected

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SnowLeopard2008 macrumors 603 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: California	Not by USB connection. But by WiFi, yes. Air Sharing, Files, Briefcase, etc. All these apps let you mount the iPod on the desktop (PC or Mac) and you drag/drop files into it. Takes a little longer than USB speed but it's fine. All the apps also can view the files. Office documents, PDFs, movies, jpegs, png, bmp, etc. __________________ YouTube \| Twitter MacBook Air \| iPhone 5 \| iPad mini \| iPad signed by Steve Wozniak
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Tragedies macrumors 6502 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia	Yeah by Wi-Fi it can easily be done (I reccomend Air Sharing, as it does the job well) but not by USB, to my knowledge anyway. Which kind of sucks, because there are still schools that don't have/use WiFI, so you're very limited.
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