This is really about the big advertisement or anything, but I really need this help... I sent my Ipod in to have it fixed by Apple, they sent it back, and said I should reinstall Itunes and Ipod Updater, I do that, but Itunes doesnt know that the Ipod is plugged in. Ipod Updater knows its there, but how do I get Itunes to see that it is there? I had Itunes before I sent the Ipod in, and I don't want to have to unistall Itunes, b/c I could lose all of my music.
If you uninstall iTunes and Reinstall iTunes you music should/will still be there! iTunes will reupload it because all the music is saved in My music in the iTunes folder and when you unistall iTunes it dosent delete the iTunes folder that is located in my music! I would do what Apple told you to do! ~Domreis PS. this is the iPod News thread. pleas post in the right thread or start a new thread! Thaxs WELCOME TO AFTERDAWN Mastelly Also try this... plug your iPod into your PC and about 30 seconds later open iTunes and see if it sees your iPod!
Like Nitrous3 said try puting it into disk Mode! To do this... Putting iPod into Disk Mode Learn how to manually put iPod into Disk Mode. When troubleshooting an issue with your iPod, it's sometimes helpful to manually put it into Disk Mode. If you're not sure which iPod model you have, click here. After manually placing an iPod into Disk Mode, you will have to reset iPod in order to return it to its normal operating state. If you have an iPod with a Click Wheel including: * Fifth Generation iPod * iPod mini * iPod (Click Wheel) * iPod with a color display * iPod photo * iPod nano 1. Before manually placing the iPod into Disk Mode you should verify that it has a charge, if not you need to either charge iPod before continuing or connect it to power. You can either connect it to a high-powered USB port, or plug the iPod Power Adapter into an electrical outlet and connect iPod to the power adapter. 2. Toggle the Hold switch on and off. (Set it to Hold, then turn it off again.) 3. Press and hold the Menu and Select buttons for at least 6 seconds until the Apple logo appears. 4. When the Apple logo appears, release the Menu and Select buttons and immediately press and hold the Select and the Play/Pause buttons until the Disk Mode screen appears. 5. 5. Disconnect iPod from the power adapter and connect it to your computer; the screen on the iPod will change and say "Do not disconnect" If you are having difficulty putting an iPod model with a Click Wheel into Disk Mode, set the iPod on a flat surface. Make sure that the finger pressing the Select button is not touching the Click Wheel. Also make sure that you are pressing the Play/Pause button toward the outside of the Click Wheel and not near the center. If you are still unable to put your iPod with a Click Wheel into Disk Mode, use one finger from one hand to press the Select button, and one finger from the other hand to press the Play/Pause button.
Mastelly-- Please Start a new thread for this topic, as this one is strictly for iPod related news ;-)
Griffin iTalkPro Stereo Microphone for iPod 5G Though we had some hands-on time with a prototype version of Belkin's TuneTalk Stereo at the January Macworld Expo in San Francisco, Griffin's iTalkPro is the first "finished except for the casing" stereo microphone for 5G iPods we've actually received for in-house testing. Other than its lack of an iTalk label and the fact that its shell was hand- rather than machine-glued together, the unit we received is supposedly identical to what iPod owners should be playing with in the near future. Updated with 60GB iPod results! As expected, iTalkPro is no larger than its predecessors (iLounge rating: A-) for 3G and 4G iPods, but it’s otherwise changed a bunch in both aesthetics and features. Most obviously, its front casing is jet black, and its rear is chrome, both plastics matching the look of new black full-sized iPods. Color aside, it’s also changed locations - now it sits on the 5G iPod’s bottom, using its Dock Connector, rather than attaching to its top. A microphone/auxiliary input port is found on its bottom; unlike the original iTalks, this is only for input, and doesn’t serve double duty as an audio output port. What’s most glaringly missing by comparison with its iTalk predecessors is an integrated speaker: iTalkPro has none. Instead, you’re meant to record with the unit’s two built-in microphones, found on its front left and right sides, and listen to your recorded audio through the iPod’s headphone port. Like Belkin’s TuneTalk Stereo, iTalkPro’s double-mic design is intended to record both left- and right-channel audio at the same time, taking advantage of the 5G iPod’s new “high” CD-quality stereo recording mode. For techies, the specs are these, and common to all 5G iPod recorders: 44.1kHz, 16-bit stereo at 1411kbps. This mode - also accessible via the microphone port on the bottom - is better-suited to recording music, while the iPod’s “low” lower-quality monaural mode (22.05kHz, 16-bit mono at 352kbps) is better for conversations, lectures, and other situations where high-quality stereo recording isn’t critical, or preserving storage space is. In monaural mode, audio from both microphones is merged together into a single channel recording, and though there was barely a distinction between the two channels in our brief stereo mode testing with the built-in mics, it was more evident in line-in recordings. Both types of audio are recorded as WAV files, an old, uncompressed audio format that uses up lots of hard disk space (around 600 Megabytes per hour at high quality, 125 Megs per hour at low), and keeps the iPod’s hard drive spinning during recording. As a consequence, Griffin estimated that a 30GB 5G iPod would record for 1.5 hours before its battery ran out, with the 60GB 5G iPod recording for 3.5 hours, assuming you have the hard disk space. The 30GB estimate turned out to be a little conservative - it recorded for 2 hours and 9 minutes in our first test, within 1 minute of that iPod’s previously tested on-iPod-screen video playback time, and an hour under the iPod’s on-TV video playback time. Considering the iPod’s screen wasn’t on during recording, we can only guess that the iPod’s recording mode consumes more power, or that recording uses the hard drive more aggressively than video playback. In a subsequent test with our 60GB 5G iPod, iTalkPro ran for 3 hours, 41 minutes before stopping, 11 minutes better than Griffin’s estimate, and 18 minutes better than the 60GB’s on-iPod-screen video playback time. On low quality, the 3:41 recording required 558 Megabytes of hard disk space. How does it work? As with past iTalks, and thanks in part to Apple’s easy recording interface, it’s simple. To activate recording, you quickly press the circle in iTalkPro’s center - it’s actually a button that takes you straight into recording mode and starts the clock running. Playback of recorded tracks, and everything else about the Voice Memo feature, works pretty much as it did in 3G and 4G iPods. You can select a recording from a list of time- and date-stamped tracks, press the Action button, and then choose to hear or delete the recording. Upon connection to your iTunes-readied computer, iTunes will recognize that there are new recordings on the iPod, and give you the option to transfer them to your iTunes library. There, you can listen to the WAV files, convert them into smaller MP3 or AAC tracks, or pull them out for editing in a separate program. Audio quality? As expected, recordings are decidedly cleaner than they sounded on earlier iPod voice recorders, but that’s more attributable to the artificial limitations of the old iPods’ recording than the quality of the microphones Griffin has picked for iTalkPro. Until Belkin, Griffin and XtremeMac (MicroMemo) all have their options in our hands, it will be hard to say which is the best-sounding of the bunch, but other differentiations are more obvious at this point: XtremeMac is including both an integrated speaker and removable microphone, Belkin plans to offer its product in white and black colors, and Griffin appears poised to compete most aggressively on pricing. We’ll have more to say when we have final versions of iTalkPro and its competitors, hopefully in the near future. From what we’ve heard, that could be a while: it’s unlikely that any of these recorders will ship before the second half of May. Credit to iLounge ~Domreis
With the revelation that the Mac can now run a clean copy of windows, the idea of purchasing one is much more appealing!
the thing is you can have mac and windows!!!!!!!! so whilst i can use all the graet features a mac has - i can still use all my windows apps in xp mode xD!!!!!!
I have a iBook G3... I am planing on geting a Mac Book Pro now just for that reason... great move on Apples part!
Yeah, a good move, I will probably just stick to Windows, though, as Mac needs alot of getting used to.
Dont know... Lets all E-Mail Bill Gates!!! (I have met him before; you wouldn’t even think he was a billionaire) Sorry about spelling quys I try me best but it's late! LOL ~Domreis
Because they chose not to. Windows is a very successful application, and Mac is losing business to them, so they chose to use both now.
Ya... but Windowes could steal some of Apples customers just like Apple stole some of theres. ~Domreis
