winPod on G5 HELP!?

powermacg5 · powermacg5 #1 (**permalink**)

03-11-2004, 01:56 PM

I got my G5 yesterday and transferred all my music from my laptop to my Mac, and now I'm trying to format my Windows iPod to make it a Mac iPod. I tried using the iPod Updater program but it freezes up on me, and never began to format the iPod.

Any suggestions?

trpnmonkey41 · trpnmonkey41 #2 (**permalink**)

03-11-2004, 04:39 PM

there is no need to format it to a Mac. Macs can read both windows and mac formatted iPods so you can use it right away

powermacg5 · powermacg5 #3 (**permalink**)

03-11-2004, 05:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by trpnmonkey41

there is no need to format it to a Mac. Macs can read both windows and mac formatted iPods so you can use it right away

OK good. Boy do I feel like a newbie. So there's no benefit at all to using the HSF file system with an iPod and a Mac?

trpnmonkey41 · trpnmonkey41 #4 (**permalink**)

03-11-2004, 05:29 PM

Nope its actually better to be using it formatted for windows so you can plug into PCs as well

With mac format if you want to listen to your iPod through a PC you can't because it can't read it

trpnmonkey41 #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 22, 2003 Location: Hamilton College Posts: 6,999 Mac Specs: 20" iMac C2D 2.16ghz, 13" MacBook 2.0ghz, 60gb iPod vid, 1gb nano	03-11-2004, 04:39 PM there is no need to format it to a Mac. Macs can read both windows and mac formatted iPods so you can use it right away Don't forget to use the new User Reputation System
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trpnmonkey41 #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 22, 2003 Location: Hamilton College Posts: 6,999 Mac Specs: 20" iMac C2D 2.16ghz, 13" MacBook 2.0ghz, 60gb iPod vid, 1gb nano	03-11-2004, 05:29 PM Nope its actually better to be using it formatted for windows so you can plug into PCs as well With mac format if you want to listen to your iPod through a PC you can't because it can't read it Don't forget to use the new User Reputation System
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Guest Posts: n/a	03-11-2004, 01:56 PM I got my G5 yesterday and transferred all my music from my laptop to my Mac, and now I'm trying to format my Windows iPod to make it a Mac iPod. I tried using the iPod Updater program but it freezes up on me, and never began to format the iPod. Any suggestions?
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