iPod as Hard drive?

cleo

macrumors 65816

Original poster

• Aug 19, 2002

• #1

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

macrumors 68030

• Aug 19, 2002

• #2

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

macrumors 65816

Original poster

• Aug 19, 2002

• #3

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... 😀

 

Rajj

macrumors 6502a

• Aug 19, 2002

• #4

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

 

mmmdreg

macrumors 65816

• Sep 20, 2002

• #5

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

macrumors 65816

• Sep 20, 2002

• #6

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

 

K

King Cobra

macrumors 603

• Sep 21, 2002

• #7

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

or be on the net until then. 😀


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

But...

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

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