Migrating iPod-iTunes from Windows to a Mac

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Juan I. Cahis - 01 Feb 2008 13:28 GMT

Dear friends:

I have an 80 GB iPod with a lot of music and videos that I normally
sync with an old Windows PC I have at home. The iTunes database is in
an external USB hard disk, so if I plug that disk in my new Mac, I can
see it without any problem.

If I link this iTunes database with the installed iTunes program in my
new Mac, and I try to sync my iPod with the Mac's iTunes, will my iPod
be reformatted to a Mac file system? That is not a possibility I like
very much, because I also use my iPod to store files, and I prefer
that its format should be compatible between both platforms.

Any hint?

Thanks
Juan I. Cahis
Santiago de Chile (South America)
Note: Please forgive me for my bad English, I am trying to improve it!

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Frédérique & Her vé Sainct - 02 Feb 2008 09:36 GMT

> If I link this iTunes database with the installed iTunes program in my
> new Mac, and I try to sync my iPod with the Mac's iTunes, will my iPod
> be reformatted to a Mac file system?

I cannot tel you for sure unfortunately, but I can tell you I have an
ipod nano which is PC-formatted and that I regularly use on both a PC
and a mac without anyone reformating it.
(to share the same music between the two machines I use Floola on the PC
side)

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Adrian - 03 Feb 2008 02:15 GMT

> I have an 80 GB iPod with a lot of music and videos that I normally
> sync with an old Windows PC I have at home. The iTunes database is in
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> Any hint?

The format won't be changed but if you sync with any other computer (Mac
or PC) you will lose what is already on the iPod. Synching means the
iPod gets the same content as is on the current computer's library, and
nothing more. To avoid this you just make sure that you set the iPod for
manual updating after you connect it to the Mac... then you can add
tracks from any Mc or PC you ever come across ... including iTunes Store
protected tracks from those machines. (Be sure to set your iPod for
manual updating on the PC as well so that you don't lose the Mac files
you just copied when it performs a sync.

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Howard Brazee - 03 Feb 2008 15:52 GMT

>I have an 80 GB iPod with a lot of music and videos that I normally
>sync with an old Windows PC I have at home. The iTunes database is in
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>very much, because I also use my iPod to store files, and I prefer
>that its format should be compatible between both platforms.

My iPod wasn't re-formatted. I had iTunes set to copy all of my
songs where it wanted them. When I got my Mac, I set its iTunes the
same way, burned one CD, and then closed iTunes. I then copied all
of my iTunes directories from my Windows machine to my Mac in the
location I discovered by burning my CD.

I plugged in my iPod, and my songs & settings were there.

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Migrating iPod-iTunes from Windows to a Mac