iPod touch To eject or not to eject... That is the question!

[jedisaga]

All,

In previous iterations of the ipod, you were required to eject the ipod first prior to disconnecting it from your computer/itunes. Now with the ipod touch, is this still a necessity?

jedisaga

 

[kornyboy]

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Not really. It allows you to just pull the cord now as long as the sync is complete.

On a personal note, I still eject just to make sure that the sync is finished and nothing is going to be corrupted when I unplug.

 

[jedisaga]

Yeah, most of the time, I eject first. However, when I'm running late for work, I don't have time to grab the mouse and click 'eject' so I simply unplug the device. As a rule, I try to avoid doing so, but it does happen...

 

[statik13]

As long as it says "Safe to eject" there should be no risk of damaged files. I hardly ever bother hitting the eject button.

 

[sandman42]

On other iPods you had to eject if you had 'enable disk use' selected, because then the iPod was mounted on your computer as a hard drive, not just an iTunes device. The 'disk use' option isn't available with the Touch, so you don't have to eject for that.