Re: iPod has gone corrupted
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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: iPod has gone corrupted
Good morning ester, Thank you for your advice thus far. I've currently got the Nano 4G. As for the settings, I really don't understand it. I've tried VO arrowing to the right of the vertical splitter and cannot see any area to interact with for settings, so I can't even access the restore button. I'll attempt to use the steps you mentioned for performing a reset to see if that works. Thus far, I've tried rebooting the device with no results. I really don't want to take this to the genius bar if I don't have to. Best Regards: Dave Wright Work Phone: 651-636-5184 X803 Email: dwri...@gmail.com Webpage: http://www.knfbreader.com - Original Message - From: Esther To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 11:25 AM Subject: Re: iPod has gone corrupted 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: iPod has gone corrupted
Thanks Ryan for the advice. I'm going to try this now. One thing I'm confused about and that is when I'm supposed to press the play/pause+select buttons? As for the apple store. I do in fact have one or 2 in Austin , Tx. I really don't want to have to take this issue to them though. Best Regards: Dave Wright Work Phone: 651-636-5184 X803 Email: dwri...@gmail.com Webpage: http://www.knfbreader.com - Original Message - From: Ryan Dour To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 12:40 PM Subject: Re: iPod has gone corrupted Oh, I have an idea of what may be happening. Do you have the nano? YOu can put it into a restore mode by doing the following. Without sighted assistance this may be a bit of a challenge. 1. Hold the select (center of the wheel) and the menu (top of the wheel) down together for about 10 seconds. Release and hold again if the iPod does nothing. You should hear a pop in your headphones, or the music your playing should suddenly cut off. While I'm writing this, that may be the best way to do it, play something so you know when you have a successful reboot. 2. Immediately release your command and press instead select and play/pause together. If you're successful, the resotre screen will show up. In your case, the best way to know if you've got it right is to wait and see after about two minutes if running your finger around the click wheel makes clicks. If it does, you need to start over again, it booted and missed the opportunity to get into restore mode. 3. Once in restore mode, connect your iPod to your computer. Now, your iPod should show up as normal. Restore it from the settings pane. If not, it for sure will show up in Disk Utility where a restore can be performed after formatting the internal disk. You didn't answer one of my questions, got an Apple Store near where you live? If you're not sure, visit http://www.apple.com/retail and run through the store listings. There is a quick pop-up where you choose your state and then choose a store. I don't know where you live, but I'm assuming the United States. If not, there is a full store listing that includes world wide locations as well. Ryan On Apr 9, 2009, at 11:04 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? Best Regards: Dave Wright Work Phone: 651-636-5184 X803 Email: dwri...@gmail.com Webpage: http://www.knfbreader.com - Original Message - From: Ryan Dour To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 10:38 AM Subject: Re: iPod has gone corrupted Hello, Got iTunes 8.1.1? Try that out. Also, you could reformat the iPod which will force it into recovery mode and really force a restore. I've done that one once, but it was a last resort thought right before running out to get a new one. Also, Genius bar could probably help if you bring the computer and the iPod. Got a Genius bar newar you? Ryan On Apr 9, 2009, at 10:00 AM, Dave Wright wrote: Good morning all, So last night I had this great idea that I would try syncing my iPod with iTunes, since I'd not done it in a while. The thought was a great one since I'd just purchased some new music that I wanted to take with me to New York. Everything was great until I plugged the device in to my Mac. It took a second and then I got a message that told me that my iPod was corrupted and that I could either try reconnecting the device, or try restoring it. I of course tried ejecting the device and reconnecting with no result. My next choice was to restore the device, however, I can't seem to see the area for the iPod settings in order to perform the restore. Any ideas would really be appreciated. I really don't want to purchase another iPod just quite yet. Best Regards: Dave Wright Work Phone: 651-636-5184 X803 Email: dwri...@gmail.com WebPage: http://www.knfbreader.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: iPod has gone corrupted
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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: iPod has gone corrupted
Hi Peggy, It's actually the top and center of the wheel that you need to press simultaneously. This is somewhat unintuitive, so I had to check the manual again: To reset iPod nano: 1 Toggle the Hold switch on and off (slide it to HOLD and then back again). 2 Press and hold the Menu and Center buttons for at least 6 seconds, until the Apple logo appears. The menu button is at the top of the wheel. I'm glad you got things working. Did the instructions I sent off list of using VO-Up arrow twice to get to the sync field information work for you? Cheers, Esther On Apr 9, 2009, at 9:32 AM, 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: iPod has gone corrupted
Resolved. Ryan On Apr 9, 2009, at 1:23 PM, Dave Wright wrote: Sure, my skype is: dynasty86 Thanks Best Regards: Dave Wright Work Phone: 651-636-5184 X803 Email: dwri...@gmail.com WebPage: http://www.knfbreader.com - Original Message - From: Ryan Dour To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 1:10 PM Subject: Re: iPod has gone corrupted Hello, Skype? Ryan On Apr 9, 2009, at 1:03 PM, Dave Wright wrote: Thanks Ryan for the advice. I'm going to try this now. One thing I'm confused about and that is when I'm supposed to press the play/ pause+select buttons? As for the apple store. I do in fact have one or 2 in Austin , Tx. I really don't want to have to take this issue to them though. Best Regards: Dave Wright Work Phone: 651-636-5184 X803 Email: dwri...@gmail.com Webpage: http://www.knfbreader.com - Original Message - From: Ryan Dour To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 12:40 PM Subject: Re: iPod has gone corrupted Oh, I have an idea of what may be happening. Do you have the nano? YOu can put it into a restore mode by doing the following. Without sighted assistance this may be a bit of a challenge. 1. Hold the select (center of the wheel) and the menu (top of the wheel) down together for about 10 seconds. Release and hold again if the iPod does nothing. You should hear a pop in your headphones, or the music your playing should suddenly cut off. While I'm writing this, that may be the best way to do it, play something so you know when you have a successful reboot. 2. Immediately release your command and press instead select and play/pause together. If you're successful, the resotre screen will show up. In your case, the best way to know if you've got it right is to wait and see after about two minutes if running your finger around the click wheel makes clicks. If it does, you need to start over again, it booted and missed the opportunity to get into restore mode. 3. Once in restore mode, connect your iPod to your computer. Now, your iPod should show up as normal. Restore it from the settings pane. If not, it for sure will show up in Disk Utility where a restore can be performed after formatting the internal disk. You didn't answer one of my questions, got an Apple Store near where you live? If you're not sure, visit http://www.apple.com/ retail and run through the store listings. There is a quick pop-up where you choose your state and then choose a store. I don't know where you live, but I'm assuming the United States. If not, there is a full store listing that includes world wide locations as well. Ryan On Apr 9, 2009, at 11:04 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? Best Regards: Dave Wright Work Phone: 651-636-5184 X803 Email: dwri...@gmail.com Webpage: http://www.knfbreader.com - Original Message - From: Ryan Dour To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 10:38 AM Subject: Re: iPod has gone corrupted Hello, Got iTunes 8.1.1? Try that out. Also, you could reformat the iPod which will force it into recovery mode and really force a restore. I've done that one once, but it was a last resort thought right before running out to get a new one. Also, Genius bar could probably help if you bring the computer and the iPod. Got a Genius bar newar you? Ryan On Apr 9, 2009, at 10:00 AM, Dave Wright wrote: Good morning all, So last night I had this great idea that I would try syncing my iPod with iTunes, since I'd not done it in a while. The thought was a great one since I'd just purchased some new music that I wanted to take with me to New York. Everything was great until I plugged the device in to my Mac. It took a second and then I got a message that told me that my iPod was corrupted and that I could either try reconnecting the device, or try restoring it. I of course tried ejecting the device and reconnecting with no result. My next choice was to restore the device, however, I can't seem to see the area for the iPod settings in order to perform the restore. Any ideas would really be appreciated. I really don't want to purchase another iPod just quite yet. Best Regards: Dave Wright Work Phone: 651-636-5184 X803 Email: dwri...@gmail.com WebPage: http://www.knfbreader.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries
Re: iPod has gone corrupted
Yes definitely resolved successfully. Thanks Ryan. Best Regards: Dave Wright Work Phone: 651-636-5184 X803 Email: dwri...@gmail.com WebPage: http://www.knfbreader.com - Original Message - From: Ryan Dour To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 2:51 PM Subject: Re: iPod has gone corrupted Resolved. Ryan On Apr 9, 2009, at 1:23 PM, Dave Wright wrote: Sure, my skype is: dynasty86 Thanks Best Regards: Dave Wright Work Phone: 651-636-5184 X803 Email: dwri...@gmail.com WebPage: http://www.knfbreader.com - Original Message - From: Ryan Dour To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 1:10 PM Subject: Re: iPod has gone corrupted Hello, Skype? Ryan On Apr 9, 2009, at 1:03 PM, Dave Wright wrote: Thanks Ryan for the advice. I'm going to try this now. One thing I'm confused about and that is when I'm supposed to press the play/pause+select buttons? As for the apple store. I do in fact have one or 2 in Austin , Tx. I really don't want to have to take this issue to them though. Best Regards: Dave Wright Work Phone: 651-636-5184 X803 Email: dwri...@gmail.com Webpage: http://www.knfbreader.com - Original Message - From: Ryan Dour To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 12:40 PM Subject: Re: iPod has gone corrupted Oh, I have an idea of what may be happening. Do you have the nano? YOu can put it into a restore mode by doing the following. Without sighted assistance this may be a bit of a challenge. 1. Hold the select (center of the wheel) and the menu (top of the wheel) down together for about 10 seconds. Release and hold again if the iPod does nothing. You should hear a pop in your headphones, or the music your playing should suddenly cut off. While I'm writing this, that may be the best way to do it, play something so you know when you have a successful reboot. 2. Immediately release your command and press instead select and play/pause together. If you're successful, the resotre screen will show up. In your case, the best way to know if you've got it right is to wait and see after about two minutes if running your finger around the click wheel makes clicks. If it does, you need to start over again, it booted and missed the opportunity to get into restore mode. 3. Once in restore mode, connect your iPod to your computer. Now, your iPod should show up as normal. Restore it from the settings pane. If not, it for sure will show up in Disk Utility where a restore can be performed after formatting the internal disk. You didn't answer one of my questions, got an Apple Store near where you live? If you're not sure, visit http://www.apple.com/retail and run through the store listings. There is a quick pop-up where you choose your state and then choose a store. I don't know where you live, but I'm assuming the United States. If not, there is a full store listing that includes world wide locations as well. Ryan On Apr 9, 2009, at 11:04 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? Best Regards: Dave Wright Work Phone: 651-636-5184 X803 Email: dwri...@gmail.com Webpage: http://www.knfbreader.com - Original Message - From: Ryan Dour To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 10:38 AM Subject: Re: iPod has gone corrupted Hello, Got iTunes 8.1.1? Try that out. Also, you could reformat the iPod which will force it into recovery mode and really force a restore. I've done that one once, but it was a last resort thought right before running out to get a new one. Also, Genius bar could probably help if you bring the computer and the iPod. Got a Genius bar newar you? Ryan On Apr 9, 2009, at 10:00 AM, Dave Wright wrote: Good morning all, So last night I had this great idea that I would try syncing my iPod with iTunes, since I'd not done it in a while. The thought was a great one since I'd just purchased some new music that I wanted to take with me to New York. Everything was great until I plugged the device in to my Mac. It took a second
Re: iPod has gone corrupted
Hi Guys, Did you only need a reset? See my post; I ended up having to restore while I was testing. Cheers, Esther On Apr 9, 2009, at 10:04 AM, Dave Wright wrote: Yes definitely resolved successfully. Thanks Ryan. Best Regards: Dave Wright Work Phone: 651-636-5184 X803 Email: dwri...@gmail.com WebPage: http://www.knfbreader.com - Original Message - From: Ryan Dour To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 2:51 PM Subject: Re: iPod has gone corrupted Resolved. Ryan On Apr 9, 2009, at 1:23 PM, Dave Wright wrote: Sure, my skype is: dynasty86 Thanks Best Regards: Dave Wright Work Phone: 651-636-5184 X803 Email: dwri...@gmail.com WebPage: http://www.knfbreader.com - Original Message - From: Ryan Dour To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 1:10 PM Subject: Re: iPod has gone corrupted Hello, Skype? Ryan On Apr 9, 2009, at 1:03 PM, Dave Wright wrote: Thanks Ryan for the advice. I'm going to try this now. One thing I'm confused about and that is when I'm supposed to press the play/ pause+select buttons? As for the apple store. I do in fact have one or 2 in Austin , Tx. I really don't want to have to take this issue to them though. Best Regards: Dave Wright Work Phone: 651-636-5184 X803 Email: dwri...@gmail.com Webpage: http://www.knfbreader.com - Original Message - From: Ryan Dour To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 12:40 PM Subject: Re: iPod has gone corrupted Oh, I have an idea of what may be happening. Do you have the nano? YOu can put it into a restore mode by doing the following. Without sighted assistance this may be a bit of a challenge. 1. Hold the select (center of the wheel) and the menu (top of the wheel) down together for about 10 seconds. Release and hold again if the iPod does nothing. You should hear a pop in your headphones, or the music your playing should suddenly cut off. While I'm writing this, that may be the best way to do it, play something so you know when you have a successful reboot. 2. Immediately release your command and press instead select and play/pause together. If you're successful, the resotre screen will show up. In your case, the best way to know if you've got it right is to wait and see after about two minutes if running your finger around the click wheel makes clicks. If it does, you need to start over again, it booted and missed the opportunity to get into restore mode. 3. Once in restore mode, connect your iPod to your computer. Now, your iPod should show up as normal. Restore it from the settings pane. If not, it for sure will show up in Disk Utility where a restore can be performed after formatting the internal disk. You didn't answer one of my questions, got an Apple Store near where you live? If you're not sure, visit http://www.apple.com/retail and run through the store listings. There is a quick pop-up where you choose your state and then choose a store. I don't know where you live, but I'm assuming the United States. If not, there is a full store listing that includes world wide locations as well. Ryan On Apr 9, 2009, at 11:04 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? Best Regards: Dave Wright Work Phone: 651-636-5184 X803 Email: dwri...@gmail.com Webpage: http://www.knfbreader.com - Original Message - From: Ryan Dour To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 10:38 AM Subject: Re: iPod has gone corrupted Hello, Got iTunes 8.1.1? Try that out. Also, you could reformat the iPod which will force it into recovery mode and really force a restore. I've done that one once, but it was a last resort thought right before running out to get a new one. Also, Genius bar could probably help if you bring the computer and the iPod. Got a Genius bar newar you? Ryan On Apr 9, 2009, at 10:00 AM, Dave Wright wrote: Good morning all, So last night I had this great idea that I would try syncing my iPod with iTunes, since I'd not done it in a while. The thought was a great one since I'd just purchased some new music that I wanted to take with me to New York. Everything was great until I plugged the device in to my Mac. It took a second and then I got a message that told me that my iPod was corrupted and that I could either try reconnecting the device, or try restoring it. I of course tried ejecting the device and reconnecting with no result. My next choice was to restore the device, however, I can't
Re: iPod has gone corrupted
Unfortunately, a reset did not do the job. I would try to reboot the device and then go in to the restore setting on the iPod with no luck. When I plugged in the device, I still got the same thing. I could see the device with iTunes, however, I couldn't readily access the settings area. Best Regards: Dave Wright Work Phone: 651-636-5184 X803 Email: dwri...@gmail.com WebPage: http://www.knfbreader.com - Original Message - From: Esther To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 3:25 PM Subject: Re: iPod has gone corrupted Hi Guys, Did you only need a reset? See my post; I ended up having to restore while I was testing. Cheers, Esther On Apr 9, 2009, at 10:04 AM, Dave Wright wrote: Yes definitely resolved successfully. Thanks Ryan. Best Regards: Dave Wright Work Phone: 651-636-5184 X803 Email: dwri...@gmail.com WebPage: http://www.knfbreader.com - Original Message - From: Ryan Dour To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 2:51 PM Subject: Re: iPod has gone corrupted Resolved. Ryan On Apr 9, 2009, at 1:23 PM, Dave Wright wrote: Sure, my skype is: dynasty86 Thanks Best Regards: Dave Wright Work Phone: 651-636-5184 X803 Email: dwri...@gmail.com WebPage: http://www.knfbreader.com - Original Message - From: Ryan Dour To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 1:10 PM Subject: Re: iPod has gone corrupted Hello, Skype? Ryan On Apr 9, 2009, at 1:03 PM, Dave Wright wrote: Thanks Ryan for the advice. I'm going to try this now. One thing I'm confused about and that is when I'm supposed to press the play/pause+select buttons? As for the apple store. I do in fact have one or 2 in Austin , Tx. I really don't want to have to take this issue to them though. Best Regards: Dave Wright Work Phone: 651-636-5184 X803 Email: dwri...@gmail.com Webpage: http://www.knfbreader.com - Original Message - From: Ryan Dour To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 12:40 PM Subject: Re: iPod has gone corrupted Oh, I have an idea of what may be happening. Do you have the nano? YOu can put it into a restore mode by doing the following. Without sighted assistance this may be a bit of a challenge. 1. Hold the select (center of the wheel) and the menu (top of the wheel) down together for about 10 seconds. Release and hold again if the iPod does nothing. You should hear a pop in your headphones, or the music your playing should suddenly cut off. While I'm writing this, that may be the best way to do it, play something so you know when you have a successful reboot. 2. Immediately release your command and press instead select and play/pause together. If you're successful, the resotre screen will show up. In your case, the best way to know if you've got it right is to wait and see after about two minutes if running your finger around the click wheel makes clicks. If it does, you need to start over again, it booted and missed the opportunity to get into restore mode. 3. Once in restore mode, connect your iPod to your computer. Now, your iPod should show up as normal. Restore it from the settings pane. If not, it for sure will show up in Disk Utility where a restore can be performed after formatting the internal disk. You didn't answer one of my questions, got an Apple Store near where you live? If you're not sure, visit http://www.apple.com/retail and run through the store listings. There is a quick pop-up where you choose your state and then choose a store. I don't know where you live, but I'm assuming the United States. If not, there is a full store listing that includes world wide locations as well. Ryan On Apr 9, 2009, at 11:04 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? Best Regards: Dave Wright Work Phone: 651-636-5184 X803 Email: dwri...@gmail.com Webpage: http://www.knfbreader.com - Original Message
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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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
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Hi, Reset it as I explained in another post and then it will show up. Then do a restore. Thanks, Aex, On 9-Apr-09, at 9:45 AM, Dave Wright wrote: Good morning ester, Thank you for your advice thus far. I've currently got the Nano 4G. As for the settings, I really don't understand it. I've tried VO arrowing to the right of the vertical splitter and cannot see any area to interact with for settings, so I can't even access the restore button. I'll attempt to use the steps you mentioned for performing a reset to see if that works. Thus far, I've tried rebooting the device with no results. I really don't want to take this to the genius bar if I don't have to. Best Regards: Dave Wright Work Phone: 651-636-5184 X803 Email: dwri...@gmail.com Webpage: http://www.knfbreader.com - Original Message - From: Esther To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 11:25 AM Subject: Re: iPod has gone corrupted 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 pointand 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
