Hi Everyone
Upon further investigation of not being able to get to my iPod
options, I discovered that my iPod was not registered. I was informed
that I'd have to get sighted assistance to do this, but I've actually
just figured out a way to do it without sighted assistance. Here's how
(note: this does involve the use of iTunes for windows to get the
first part done):
• Hook up your iPod to windows, and launch iTunes.
• Use whatever mouse navigation your screen reader provides to
navigate to your iPod in the source tree, and click it. I'm not sure
if you'll be able to do this with NVDA or not, as its mouse navigation
seems to be limited at the moment.
• Now, what happens next depends on how your iPod is configured. If it
asks you to sync, choose either yes or no (it won't matter in the
end). Otherwise, the iPod registration options should appear on the
right hand side of the window. Simply click done, these settings won't
matter in the end.
• Now, navigate to the restore button and click it. Follow the dialogs
to restore and/or update your iPod. NOTE: this will erase all data
currently on your iPod, as well as updating the iPod software, if
applicable.
Once that is done, the registration pain should appear again. Click
done.
You now have two options. If you want your iPod to remain formatted
for Windows, you can simply plug it into the Mac and use it. However,
this means that OS X will not be able to update your iPod software,
and you'll have to connect it to windows to do that. It will retain
compatibility with Windows PCs, though.
On the other hand, you can get it formatted for the Mac (this is what
I did) which will render it incompatible with Windows, but give iTunes
full functionality. Here's how:
• Connect your iPod up to your mac and locate it in the sources table.
Navigate to the iPod options and click restore. Follow the prompts
(looks familiar, doesn't it)?
• Now, the handy little trick. Following this, your iPod will be at
factory defaults and you'll appear to be back where you were before...
but locate your iPod in the sources pain again and press return twice.
This should register your iPod. If you want to change the name of your
iPod you can do so, after the first press of return you should be in
an edit field with the current name prepopulated. Change it before
pressing return the second time. Alternatively, of course, you could
set the name on the Windows PC before you restore it the first time.
The other options that the registration window asks pertain to
synching, and as these can be changed later you don't need to bother
with them here.
Hope this helps, fellow iPod users let me know if this works for you
