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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: > [email protected] > Webpage: > http://www.knfbreader.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ryan Dour > To: [email protected] > 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: >> [email protected] >> Webpage: >> http://www.knfbreader.com >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Ryan Dour >> To: [email protected] >> 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: >>> [email protected] >>> 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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
