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iPod FAT32 connection speed?
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Join Date: May 2001
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I recently reformatted my iPod on a PC to gain the cross-platform harddrive ability.
But after the reupdate, the iPod is several minutes about being recoignised on the Mac when I plug it in. It used to be a few seconds when it was HFS+ formatted.
Anyone else seeing this behavior?
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Join Date: Sep 2005
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I have an external 200gb hd with 2 hfs volumes and a fat32 volume. the fat32 volume doesnt show up on the desktop for about a minute after the 2 HFS volumes appear. probably a similar situation with your ipod. I don't know why it happens, but it does...
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Strange, but it is definately the same issue. I've talked to some other persons, and they've told me that FAT32 is as quick for them, as HFS+ is (iPod mind you - not that it makes a big difference though).
Could anyone else with FAT32 HDD please tell us how fast they are to show up on the desktop?
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In my experience all FAT32 drives take longer to show up when connected, as well as longer to read and write.
I started off with my nano formatted as FAT32 but the greatly increased transfer time wasn't worth the occasional access from a PC.
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Interesting.. How much speed loss are we talking about? I haven't tried copying anything on the mac yet.
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Join Date: Jan 2006
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After I format mine to my school's HPs, it takes about 30 sec. for it to show up on my iMac. Not too long, IMHO.
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Strange.. Im talking several minutes for mine to show up...
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Join Date: Jul 2003
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how are you connecting it? USB1 or USB2 or Firewire?
I've never had a problem when connecting via Firewire with a FAT32'd iPod to my Mac
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Originally Posted by Nivag
how are you connecting it? USB1 or USB2 or Firewire?
I've never had a problem when connecting via Firewire with a FAT32'd iPod to my Mac
Only USB1.
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