Help Me! Please!
[376 byte] By [coopsam] at [2007-11-9 13:01:34] 
Here's my problem: a fried of mine plugged my IPOD into his Mac and it erased everything on my IPOD. I run my IPOD on Windows, so I know that had something to do with it. I wasn't mad because it could have happend to anybody, but did it really mess anything up? Is there anything I need to do before I begin loading songs on it again? Thank you for all your help.
# 1 Re: Help Me! Please!
His computer must have run the updater and formatted your iPod for Mac use. You will have lost all of your songs, so I hope you have them backed up! If you run the Windows updater, everything should go back to normal.
caterinka at 2007-11-15 14:15:50 >
# 2 Re: Help Me! Please!
I must say that is very odd, I have a Windows iPod, but I plug my iPod into my iMac to listen to tunes off the iPod in iTunes and to transfer files, and it has never messed with the settings of it being a windows iPod or anything...you must have initiated the format accidentally.mongoos150 at 2007-11-15 14:16:49 >
# 3 Re: Help Me! Please!
No, it didn't format it. What happened was iTunes was set up to automatically sync. Since none on of your songs were on his/her PC, it deleted everything on the iPod.A restore is a good idea though. Just to clean out your iPod's database.
Adam
ashawley at 2007-11-15 14:17:47 >
# 4 Re: Help Me! Please!
If i didn't know better thats Apple being mean :pbsodmike at 2007-11-15 14:18:53 >
# 5 Re: Help Me! Please!
I suppose it's a good thing my Mac isn't set up to automatically sync!mongoos150 at 2007-11-15 14:19:52 >
# 6 Re: Help Me! Please!
That's happened to me twice. The first time was accidental. I plugged my 20Gb WiniPod into my new (at the time) iBook. Everything looked good and I was even able to add a new song to the iPod. Later, when I tried to play the rest of my music, nothing would play. All the tracks were still listed but they would just get skipped.I also bought the new 30Gb when it came out. I figured "what the hell" and tried it again. I figured that I was already prepared for the worst that could happen, and I'd just have to resync on my Windows system. Well, I had the exact same results.
I'm now wondering if iTunes is set to auto-sync. I think it's time for a third test in this matter. :D
Rich at 2007-11-15 14:20:51 >
# 7 Re: Help Me! Please!
Yes, by default, iTunes is set to auto-sync. It's caused many a freaked out windows (and iTunes) users.Adam
ashawley at 2007-11-15 14:21:48 >
# 8 Re: Help Me! Please!
When I first plugged my WinPod into my Mac, iTunes came up with a message asking me if I wanted to format. I clicked no, and have never had a problem. Maby you guys overlooked that...mongoos150 at 2007-11-15 14:22:51 >
# 9 Re: Help Me! Please!
It wasn't something I overlooked, it was something that never happened! :pI was never asked by iTunes if I wanted to format the iPod, and I know for a fact that it didn't do it on it's own. I checked! :D
In the long run, this wasn't an issue that I was concerned with. I don't expect everything to be entirely compatible between the two operating systems. This was just something that made me go "Hmmm, I wonder if I can..."Originally posted by mongoos150
Maby you guys overlooked that...
Rich at 2007-11-15 14:23:59 >
# 10 Re: Help Me! Please!
Well than I don't know what to say to you...I use both my Mac and my PC with my Windows-formatted iPod and it works flawlessly...mongoos150 at 2007-11-15 14:24:50 >
# 11 Re: Help Me! Please!
It did not format your iPod. It simply sync'd and deleted everyting on your iPod because your tunes where in your friend iTunes library.Adam
ashawley at 2007-11-15 14:25:59 >
# 12 Re: Help Me! Please!
How do you turn off Auto-sync in iTunes? I had the same problem where plugging into iTunes wiped my 'pod clean. All tracks were still listed, but when i put it onto my windows machine, all tracks were gone.Slider10 at 2007-11-15 14:26:57 >
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