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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?
Any way to make it writable without reformatting it?
No.
Yeah. I figured. I found another old drive laying around, stuck it in an enclosure, and am using it for a temporary backup.
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?
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.