Hi, Here is the official Apple way on at least the Nano 3rd and 4th Generation.
1. Hold down the centre button and the "Menu" button which is on the top for twenty-five seconds and wait 30 Seconds. This will not loose any songs. Thanks, Alex, On 9-Apr-09, at 12:32 PM, Peggy Fleischer wrote: > In the nano fourth gen. you press down on the top and the bottom of > the wheel simultaniously for six seconds then wait about ten seconds > counting slowly and press the middle of the wheel. There is no audio > feedback for this. My husband did it last night when my Ipod crashed > and it turned back on just fine but my songs were lost and I had to > resync. > On Apr 9, 2009, at 12:25 PM, Esther wrote: > >> Hi Dave, >> >> Reformatting is done in iTunes. I've never had my iPod settings >> window completely disappear, but I'd guess this is like setting up >> the new Nano 4G from scratch -- the area is reached by doing a VO- >> Right arrow from the sources table past the splitter to an area >> that originally shows up as "unknown", and you have to interact >> with it in order to see things. When the settings menu doesn't >> disappear there is a button to restore or reformat the iPod that >> you press (VO-Space). What model iPod do you have? The other >> thing that I've done (with my Nano 4G) was look at it when >> connected in Finder. The files are normally hidden, but I had >> changed this with one of my maintenance facility tools. (I wanted >> to see where the spoken menu snippets were stored, and found I >> could QuickLook them). You could also try resetting your iPod >> before reconnecting. Exactly how you do this will depend on your >> iPod model, but it usually involves toggling the hold switch on and >> off (on the Nano this means you push it to the right, away from the >> left edge of the iPod to the locked position, and then back to the >> left to the unlocked position), and then pressing the menu (12- >> o'clock position on the wheel) and select (center of the wheel) >> buttons simultaneously. This is hard to do with your fingers on >> something as small as the Nano; I had to put it on a flat surface >> and use either a small screwdriver or a pen or pencil to press down >> on each point and hold it down for several seconds to reset. >> There's nothing audible about this. (I had to do this on the older >> 1G model Nano; I've never had to reset my 4G Nano.) >> >> Once again, the reformatting is handled in iTunes, not in Disk >> Utility. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Esther >> >> >> >> On Apr 9, 2009, at 6:04 AM, Dave Wright wrote: >> >>> I've upgraded to the latest version of iTunes and still cannot see >>> the settings area. How would I go about getting my iPod to show up >>> in disc utilities in order to perform a reformat? I'm guessing >>> that when you performed a reformat, everything worked out ok? Did >>> you just do a quick erase, or did you zero out the drive? >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
