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Mac Forum / General / Portable Macs / August 2006Using two iPods on my Macbook
I apologise if this question is a basic one but I have only been a Mac user (Macbook) for three days.. I have a 60GB iPod photo and at the same time as buying my Macbook bought a 60GB iPod video. I would like to use the iPod photo as an external hard drive/image tank (I have the iPod digital camera attachment) to store images from my 20D. I would also like to use it as a general purpose external drive. Is it possible to use two ipods on the same machine in this way? Many thanks Gary > I apologise if this question is a basic one but I have only been a Mac > user (Macbook) for three days.. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Gary Sure can - you can have as many ipods as you associated with one computer. If you don't want to have music on them set that ipods preference in itunes to manually update (as well as enabling disk use). For hard drive use the pod will just appear as a HD in the finder on your mac. Nigel > > I apologise if this question is a basic one but I have only been a Mac > > user (Macbook) for three days.. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Nigel Hi Nigel Thank you for your reply, I'll give it a go when I get home. I was contemplating buying a 2.5" external hard drive but i guess this will save me some money. Are there any pitfalls using an iPod in this way (i.e. speed?). Can I, for example, install applications to the ipod when it is mounted in this way? Thanks again, Gary > Thank you for your reply, I'll give it a go when I get home. I was > contemplating buying a 2.5" external hard drive but i guess this will > save me some money. Are there any pitfalls using an iPod in this way > (i.e. speed?). Can I, for example, install applications to the ipod > when it is mounted in this way? you can use the ipod as a regular hard drive, however, it is slower than a 2.5" drive and *much* slower than a 3.5" drive. the ipod is also more expensive for the same amount of disk space compared to a 2.5" or 3.5" drive. > > Thank you for your reply, I'll give it a go when I get home. I was > > contemplating buying a 2.5" external hard drive but i guess this will [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > also more expensive for the same amount of disk space compared to a > 2.5" or 3.5" drive. So, would you say that the iPod would be OK for storing images in the field, but for desktop applications I would be better off with a 2.5" or 3.5" drive? >>> Thank you for your reply, I'll give it a go when I get home. I was >>> contemplating buying a 2.5" external hard drive but i guess this will [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > field, but for desktop applications I would be better off with a 2.5" > or 3.5" drive? Yes I would agree - if your intention is to run applications off the external HD. Haven't tried it myself but its great for storage. I back up my data every day on my 40G ipod using silverkeeper - works like a charm. Nigel You may download 'iPod 2 iPod' for a trial. It can convert video files between two iPods. Here is the download link http://www.dvd-ripper-copy.com/other-dvd-product/ipod-to-ipod.html I hope it helps > I apologise if this question is a basic one but I have only been a Mac > user (Macbook) for three days.. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Gary http://www.convert-soft.com/article/iPod-More-Computer.html The article can help you! |
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