My iPod behaves erratically. It only mounts after a number of retries. I ran Disk Utility on it to see if the disk needed to be repaired. I got an error message saying "incorrect n…

Hi, Purchased a region 1 DVD and I bought my PowerMac in Europe so I have some problmes to play it. I tried the VLC player but it cannot play it unless I change my DVD region sett…

Just discovered this, must have been a hidden feature of the latest iPod shuffle "bug fix". If you look at the settings for the shuffle in iTunes, at the bottom there is an option …

Background Info: I tried to backup a bunch of files onto my iPod in disk mode. In the middle of the operation the transfer was stuck in a hung mode (the animated file folder was mo…

Use a Mac . . .

Thanks for the helpful answer. I'm really glad you took the time to spell that out for me. I plan on getting a Mac but for now I'm stuck with Windows. Tomorrow I'm going to plu…

Sorry I do not know too much about Windows. But does iTunes still run with explorer.exe hung? If it does you could use iTunes to eject the pod but leave it connected, some disk uti…

littlegreenspud, thanks for the suggestion but iTunes is also unresponsive when I try to hook up my iPod. I still can't figure out how to reformat the iPod's hard drive without usi…

If you quit explorer.exe and leave the ipod still connected can you run the iPod restorer/updater?

Nope, the iPod updater is able to run but the window is just blank with no buttons able to click. Basically unresponsive but in a weird way.

Hi there, I've been having a bit of trouble transferring photos from an ipod back onto my ibook g4. See, I've lost the photos that were originally on my hard drive and the full re…

I would suggest getting trying Anapod Explorer, just search google for it. IT kind of lets you get past all the mumbo jumbo that Apple impliments with iTunes. If that doesn't fix y…

If you actually have the full resolution pictures on your iPod, they will be in a folder called "Full Resolution" in your "Photos" folder. They are just stored as JPEGs.

Well I don't think I backed up the full resolution photos. Well, that's our arctic holiday photos gone! 'Cept the thumbnails! HEH. Ah well, thanks for your help. And gratisguy - M…

I am having issues resetting/reloading my iPod. It keeps telling me to goto apple.com/support/ipod with a ! folder. I can get it into disk mode by holding down the menu+select butt…

btw, it is version 3.1

Have you tried restoring (a.k.a. erasing) your iPod using the iPod updater?

thanks for replying ive downloaded both the pc and mac version of the updater (pc on pc, mac on mac). from my mac, i can "see" it in itunes, and i have dragged a few songs to it. …

right now as we speak, it is locked in the ! apple.com/support/ipod screen. or i can get it to disk mode where it locks up as well...

well, i think i got it. after trying multiple times, i got my ipod responding again. fwiw, the ipod is very tedious...the update step has to be done in a certain order, and a reboo…

The opening menu upon start, and everything else is in Japanese. Is there a setting to convert the menu language into English? thanks!

assuming the menu on yours is the same as my first-generation, from the main menu choose: 設定　＞　言語　＞　English -r.

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My sister had the same problem with her HP iPod... came out of the box in Chinese. After bouncing around to 3 different people at HP tech support one of them knew the menu order to…

Why can't I get my nano to update with the most recent podcasts? There is enough space available, and the podcasts are up to date in my iTunes library. Sometimes I have to sync i…