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Jon B. - Nov 03, 2007 12:07:27 pm PDT #3353 of 25497
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Jon B. - Nov 03, 2007 12:23:47 pm PDT #3354 of 25497
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Not wanting to take any chances, I plugged in another external HD I have that's formatted with Windows NTFS. It is recognized as read only. Any way to make it writable without reformatting it?
Tom Scola - Nov 03, 2007 12:51:00 pm PDT #3355 of 25497
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Any way to make it writable without reformatting it?
No.
Jon B. - Nov 03, 2007 2:06:01 pm PDT #3356 of 25497
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Yeah. I figured. I found another old drive laying around, stuck it in an enclosure, and am using it for a temporary backup.
Sean K - Nov 03, 2007 5:39:31 pm PDT #3357 of 25497
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
So, I originally set up my iPod nano on my PC, and then switched it over to my Mac. Now iTunes won't update firmware for it, as it's originally formatted as a PC iPod. If I restore it, will that allow it to reset to a Mac iPod, and become update-able?
Zenkitty - Nov 03, 2007 7:46:49 pm PDT #3358 of 25497
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Another iTunes question: I bought a new computer. How do I get iTunes from my old computer to my new one, with all my music and videos?
Theodosia - Nov 04, 2007 1:49:44 am PST #3359 of 25497
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Zen, it should be as simple as picking up the iTunes folder, assuming you've kept all the song files organized within. If not, moving the exact folder structure of all the song files is very important for iTunes being able to locate all the music in its library.
Also: backup thoroughly. I didn't, much to my grief.
Jessica - Nov 04, 2007 2:51:37 am PST #3360 of 25497
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
If I restore it, will that allow it to reset to a Mac iPod, and become update-able?
Yes - I had to do that to our office iPod after the VP took it home and synched it to her laptop.
Zenkitty - Nov 04, 2007 4:07:31 am PST #3361 of 25497
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Sorry, Theodosia, but what does that mean, "picking up the folder"? I can't just click and drag; it's two different computers.
Just assume I'm completely ignorant. Not far from truth.
tommyrot - Nov 04, 2007 4:47:03 am PST #3362 of 25497
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Zenkitty, is this Mac or Windows?
Anyway, you'll need to either network the two computers together to do this (just temporarily, to copy the files over) or else take the drive from the old computer and put it in an external USB enclosure or mount it in the new computer. Probably you have too much music to make backing it all up to CD or DVD an easy option.
Oh, if either computer is a Mac you can boot that computer into target mode (hold down Apple-T during boot) - the computer in target mode will now only function as an external USB or Firewire drive, allowing you to use the other computer to copy the files.