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 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
