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georgetx06 · Jul 17, 2003, 10:19 AM

Hello all,

I have an new Ipod 30g. It work excellent in my Ibook. Now that I am at work, I plug the new Ipod to USB in PC and it keeps asking me to reformat the removable drive. It also cannot recognize my new Ipod. I try several way with USB and it just need me to reformat my new Ipod. Can someone please help me with this? I thought the new Ipod should be working with both PC and MAC (Just like Archos), what is going on here? Please help !!!

Georgetx06.

Powaqqatsi · Jul 17, 2003, 10:30 AM

That's because the iPod you have is formatted as HFS+, the Mac filesystem. And the PC can not read HFS+ so it want's te roformat it to NTFS or FAT.

georgetx06 · Jul 17, 2003, 10:41 AM

I know that... I just thought the new Ipod will be like the Archos that I have which is able to plug and play between Mac and PC. Yes Archos interface is suc. I know that. If I reformat my new Ipod 30G will I be able to use it in Mac then ? This is the NEW IPOD, I know the old one need to be reformat too... Please help.. Anyone who got a new Ipod ?

George.

jdhindes · Jul 17, 2003, 10:54 AM

My understanding (I have a 15gb Ipod) that you either use the Ipod with Windows or Mac, but not both.

Jim

RevEvs · Jul 17, 2003, 11:01 AM

If you format it for use on the PC then it will work on both the mac and the PC. Its just that Windows cannot read HFS+, but Macs can reat a Win formatted driv ok, so if you want to use it on both format it for the PC.

revs

georgetx06 · Jul 17, 2003, 11:03 AM

So I wonder about this.
http://www.apple.com/ipod/autosync.html

I hope that is not the case. That will mean that I can use my ipod either on Mac or PC only, instead of both like my old big giant ugly design Archos. I guess I just need to return the following item then
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPL...nMore=M9126G/A

The fire wire that come with it is not standard for Laptop PC. I so hope it will work on both when I bought this 30G Ipod.

So have anyone got the connector and try it before ?

George.

georgetx06 · Jul 17, 2003, 11:05 AM

Thanks RevEvs, That kind of make sense now. My understanding is that the New Ipod can do both but not in the old one.

George.

MaxPower2k3 · Jul 17, 2003, 11:41 AM

With the old model iPods, there were 2 separate models available for each size: Windows and Mac. Once you bought them, it wasn't easy (nor supported by Apple) to convert to the other system. With the new iPods, there is only one model to buy. When you plug it in the first time, it formats for the system it's plugged into. I believe that if you format it for PC, it will still be read by the Mac, but Macs write to the Windows file systems much slower. I think that you should just sync with your Mac at home and use the AC adapter to charge it at work, rather than connecting it to your Windows computer.

Mastrap · Jul 17, 2003, 11:44 AM

The iPod is designed to be synched with one computer at any given time. While it is correct that your Mac will read a Windows file system,
you will not be able to use it with your iBook and XP box simultaneously without the help of third party software. Even then you won't be able to synch to both your computers like you can in iTunes.

Why do you want to synch it to your XP box anyway? You've got all your music with you on your iPod as it is, no?

georgetx06 · Jul 17, 2003, 01:23 PM

Well I have PC at work and Mac at home. I wish I can burn cd at work then I can transfer song to my Ipod. Or using Ipod as my file keeper for photo and such when I am at work. I am not trying to connect both of them in the same time, I just try to be able to connect my Ipod at work that is PC and go home put it in my dock that is connected to Mac.

Is that making sense ?

George.

ebolla · Jul 17, 2003, 01:55 PM

try macdrive - it may allow your windows machine to read the files on the ipod

http://www.mediafour.com/products/macdrive/

even better XplayXplay