Hi again Adrian, > cd /Volumes/Michele lucerne's iPod > rm iPod_Control/iPodPrefs > rm -rf iPod_Control/Devices
I had not noticed this before I sent my reply. Try not having any spaces in cd/Volumes/Michelelucerne'siPod You might still find the ' (') causes this command to fail Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad On 02/09/2012, at 1:52 PM, iCloud <adrianske...@me.com> wrote: > Good afternoon all, > > My grand daughter has managed to lock her iPod screen and does not know the > password. A search of the net suggests the following should fix the problem > but I can't get it to work. > > Solution to reset screenlock without a format :) > > Hi, After a few minutes of looking through my iPod i have discovered a way to > reset the screen lock. Below is some instructions, Please note that you must > enable disk mode on the iPod, Enabling it after the screen lock as been > enabled will still work. > > 1. Plug in your ipod to your dock/cable? > 2. Open up the terminal? > 3. type: cd /Volumes/NameOfYouriPod? (in this case it is "Michele lucerne's > iPod") > 4. type: rm iPod_Control/iPodPrefs > 5. type: rm -rf iPod_Control/Devices > 6. Hold the menu button and centre button so it restarts while its connected > to your mac then remove the cable/dock while its restarting. > > Your screenlock should now be reset. It works everytime for me. > > > > I have pasted the following into Terminal and pressed Return but nothing > happens > > cd /Volumes/Michele lucerne's iPod > rm iPod_Control/iPodPrefs > rm -rf iPod_Control/Devices > > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. > > Regards, > > > Adrian > > adrianske...@me.com > http://www.skehan.id.au/ > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://lists.wamug.org.au/pipermail/wamug.org.au-wamug/attachments/20120902/2aeb023e/attachment.htm > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>