Quote: Originally Posted by Randman If your music library is larger than 4GB, you can. Err, how do I go about doing that? Thanks.

ya an autofill option would be great right now i have multiple random playlists that i sync, but i have to "re-random" each ramdom play list, and picking by least played or other …

Hey everyone, it's my first post and I come in times of distress lol Anyhow, I dropped my 3rd gen iPod from the top of my 6 foot locker. I did the HDD test and it turned in negati…

Sorry to hear you come our way having problems but let's see what we can do to help you out of your predicament. So, your 3rd gen. iPod fell about 6ft. What HD test? You mean you…

oh wow I forgot to tell you guys what kind of iPod I had! it's a 3rd gen 15GB. i used the rewind+forward+select combination to get the iPod to the disgnostic state... then I ran …

When you reboot it, and put it up to your ear, does it click?... if so, that's not good. Do you get a folder with an exclamation mark? Bad Hard Drive.

You should be able to find an iPod hard drive someone's salvaged for sale somewhere. I have a 2nd gen 20G iPod that's seen better days but is not ready to part out just yet.

ya there's that forsaken folder with exclamation mark. almost sure its the hard drive that's dead. after browsing through that website and a few others... 150$ USD to repair my iP…

well on eBay they go for 15$ each... but it's AS IS. apparently, after checking out the feedback there were A LOT of positive feedback (or neutral) citing "didn't work but fast shi…

Yes, you can go the other way and salvage what's good out of your iPod and make some money back. Apple also has a 'recycle' program where they'll give you a 10% trade-in discount …

I am in a similar situation, as my 3G 10GB iPod bit the dust yesterday after it fell on a hard floor from off the counter. Folder with exclamation point, and click-click-click sou…

http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/ipod/...-service/#1424 its intended for battery replacement but the videos might help you guys crack them open and see whats there. hope it helps.

Quote: Originally Posted by dpfenninger I am in a similar situation, as my 3G 10GB iPod bit the dust yesterday after it fell on a hard floor from off the counter. Folder with e…

Hi all, I tried using the search function in this forum but apparently it doesn't seem to be working. Anyways, I want my Mac formatted iPod mini to be viewable as a drive in Windo…

Use MacDrive from Mediafour. http://mediafour.com/

It would be slower for your Mac to update songs because OS X has to read a non-native disk format. I've tried it. Copying between two Mac formatted hard drives is faster than copyi…

My mouse and keyboard froze while I was using iTunes, and I had to hit the restart button on my G4...when everything started back up, I had a quick message that said something abou…

Nope. This really sucks when it happens. Always make a backup of your iTunes Music Library file.

nope. this happened to me once but i back up each morning and found the file on my backup drive and replace it and it worked. sorry.

Ok, how do I back it up?

Quote: Originally Posted by eerie eric Ok, how do I back it up? You make copies of the iTunes Library and XML files (which are by default in your User folder under Music/iT…

eerie. you need to think about buying a external HD and a backup app or if burning your most important files to cd or dvd every week or more. backing up will save you pain later o…

Yeah, losing the Library file sucks. Once it has happened a few times you learn to make backup copies. I do it at least once a week myself. Been running iTunes without having to …

i wonder if the new backup tool (apple) will automagically back that up to your idisk. be kinda cool if it did.

iTunes 4 music library (damaged)" This link helped me... http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301895