Set up a minicloud on your linux, windows, or macos system. How do i connect an apple ipod to an ubuntu linux pc. How do a i reformat my hard drive and b properly install ubuntu once xp is gone. How do i change my ipod from windows to mac format. Boot from the windows xp cd and let it reformat the drive. So if you have an appleformatted ipod, save all your music, reformat your ipod in windows format, and load all your music back on to it. Ive spent days trying to get my ipod to connect to my new windows 10 dell desktop. I found this page while searching for the same answer on what to do with a macformatted ipod on my windows vista pc. However when i plugged it into my windows pc it said it couldnt read it as it was formatted on a mac but did give us the option to reformat it for pc but obviously we would lose all the songs and structure on it. Partitioning, formatting, and mounting a hard drive in. Format windows ntfs hard drive on ubuntu using command line. Lts stands for longterm support which means five years, until april 2023, of free security and maintenance updates, guaranteed. I can charge the ipod by plugging in the usb to my computer, however it periodically tries to restart and makes horrible and annoying drive noises.
With aomei partition assistant, you can reformat to fat32 or reformat to ntfs file system as well. How to reformat to use with windows not itunes please ipod. Newer ipods may behave differently with ubuntu than older ipods do, so depending on your combination of ipod model and ubuntu version, you may have to do some technical fiddling to get the player communicating with. First you have to connect the ipod with your pc through a usb cable and synchronize it with itunes. When launched for the first time, ubuntu will inform you that its installing and youll need to wait a few moments. In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to totally erase ipod and then reinstall the ipod s software from scratch.
I dont see an ipod disk in windows explorer either. Aug 10, 2009 just as the topic says, i want to transfer my music from my mac formatted ipod to my windows computer so i can reformat and then upload songs again. Format usb drive to ntfs so it is usable under windows. However, you can restore the ipod disk to use it with a windowscompatible computer. Aug 30, 2006 once the process is done, you will have a properly configured, fat32formatted, and all but empty ipod that is ready for use in linux, windows, and mac os. To use it on a pc vs mac, you will have to restore it. May 03, 2010 i ended up using ubuntu to format the drive to fat32, and then used my windows 7 cd to format to ntfs. Ubuntu can now be launched in the same way as any other windows 10 application, such as searching for and selecting ubuntu in the start menu. If your computer doesnt recognize your iphone, ipad, or ipod.
This problem has caused immense difficulties for users who had switched from mac to pc computers, but wish to transfer all the music and songs from a mac formatted ipod to a windows. So if you have an appleformatted ipod, save all your music, reformat your ipod in windows format, and load all. Boot from the ubuntu live cddvd or usb flash drive. It didnt take long for me to learn that folks have been putting linux on ipods for a couple of years now, courtesy of the ipodlinux project. How to reformat to use with windows not itunes please.
How to install ubuntu studio in windows using virtualbox a complete walkthrough december 12, 2019 by ross mckillop this tutorial will take you every single step of the way through installing ubuntu studio using virtualbox for windows. What i want to be able to do is go back to windows later and reinstall some things that i put on it. To do this, you can click the ubuntu button at the upperleft corner, type in gparted, then click on the gparted icon when it comes up. Sep 14, 2015 itunes is not currently available on linux, although the windows version can be used in ubuntu using the proprietary crossover office for a small fee. Install windows subsystem for linux wsl on windows 10. If you need to sell it or use it with windows instead of a mac, reformat your ipod classic, nano, or shuffle to factory settings to erase all data. The installer sees the ipod and installs the system to it. I have a support call tomorrow with apple but i believe there must be a resolution on the microsoft side as well. I want to reformat my laptop that is currently running windows xp and switch os to run ubuntu linux. Hd but it is formatted for windows and i cant figure out how to re format so i can use it for ubuntu. If you have the same issue on another computer, contact apple support. All your data will be lost so do remember to take backup. Reformat the ipod in windows format and then load all your music files back on it. Its always a nice thing to have ubuntu on a cd just in case of things like this.
Go to tab erase, choose volume format as mac os extended journaled, and click. Normally, apples itunes software is needed to manage an ipod, but itunes is not available for linux. Newer ipods that support video also work under ubuntu. Then press the erase button to erase ipods hard drive and select extended journaled as the format type. Restore your iphone, ipad, or ipod to factory settings a factory restore erases the information and settings on your iphone, ipad, or ipod and installs the latest version of ios, ipados, or ipod software. Restore your iphone, ipad, or ipod to factory settings. Soultion my last be all and end all try was to try and reformat the ipod through windows, by rightclicking the ipod drive and selecting format. To properly remedy this problem, youll need to use the restore feature within itunes on your windows. Erase ipod windows xp open my computer on your desktop.
I personally love rythombox when i want to sync, because it doesnt lock me down and demand to reformat. Here there maybe some problem, if your ipod hardisk is not in tiptop condition when restore is complete, eject the ipod. There you can select the volume ipod right click and format it. Reformat pc running windows xp to use linux ubuntu.
To transfer the music from a mac to a pc, best bet is to format the ipod to windows and use the ipod as an external hdd, or just use a memory stick. Jun 08, 2006 a windows formatted ipod will work with both macs and pcs, but you will have to use the pc to update firmware. Windows and ubuntu uses different file formats, so if you want to remove ubuntu and install windows, get a usb drive, make it bootable and install windows from scratch, it will format the previous file format and install ntfs. Then, put your ipod on recovery mode turn off your ipod first, then press and hold the home button before plugging in the usb connected to your computer. Apr 06, 2006 i recently received an ipod nano as a gift.
How to manage an ipod from a linux desktop with gtkpod. Removing ubuntu and installing windows 10 on dell inspiron 15 355. First, install windows7 32bit under virtualbox and install itunes and launch it. Restoring will erase and reformat the ipod s hard drive, reload the software with the windows version and put it back to default settings, so if you have songs on your ipod that arent on itunes you will lose them if you have no back up. These applications work on every version of ubuntu from 6. I have suse 10 on my pc and installed ubuntu which has partitioned my hard drive. Select your bootable usb flash drive and press enter.
Oct 17, 2007 dear dave, we were given an ipod formatted on a mac so i thought no probs as we also have a mac. At one step, it will ask you that in which drive do you want t. You can even use your ipod now on all three systems interchangeably, though i would only do so if the autoupdate function is disabled. Jan 15, 2016 ultimately, though, the fix is within the windows system, so once youve copied off anything you want to keep from the ipod nano, unplug it from the mac, plug it back into your pc and use the restore feature on the windows version of itunes to wipe and reformat the unit, ready to use just as if youd bought it from apple directly. Open the microsoft store and choose your favorite linux distribution. There are a number of things that can be wrong with it, but this super fix solution will cure most problems. The following links will open the microsoft store page for each distribution. If you want to use the ipod in windows as an external hd, you have to set it in disk mode. I have had awesome success installing it under virtualbox and windows xp. If youre not intimidated by the process, and can afford the extra expense. Fortunately, there are linux alternatives such as gtkpod. Can i reformat a dell laptop wvista and install linux.
Do i need to format my ipod on windows to apple community. A popup will appear warning you that all the songs on your ipod will be erased. Boot into ubuntu on a borrowed machine or from an internet cafe use tools installed by default on the usb stick to repair or fix a broken configuration creating a bootable ubuntu usb stick from microsoft windows is very simple and were going to cover the process in the next few steps. If the ipod still appears in itunes when connected, the restore is done from the ipod s summary screen in itunes. Easy and fast, the question, how to reformat a hard drive, has been solved completely. Jan 14, 2015 yes, you can dual boot both the operating system without any data loss. Ubuntu linux for the girlfriend, windows xp at work. The official ubuntu documentation site recommends formatting the new ipod to use the windows format when you set it up in itunes. May 16, 2011 once you have connected the new ipod to itunes and clicked through the setup process, ubuntu should recognize the ipod when you plug it into the linux computer. Is there some other way to reformat the disk so that it works again.
To fix the problem you might be tempted to format disk from the first dialog box, but thats not quite right, that will reformat the shared drive space on the ipod, not the ipod itself. Download the latest lts version of ubuntu, for desktop pcs and laptops. How to erase your ipod the super fix for most ipod problems. Just start the windows installer and when asked select use entire disk. How to install ubuntu studio in windows using virtualbox. You cannot use an ipod whose disk is configured for macintosh on a windowscompatible computer.
Create a bootable usb flash drive which contains window 7 iso. Windows xp cannot use the native ubuntu filesystem, so youll need to reformat the drive anyway and you might as well do it using the xp install disc. Jun 03, 2008 how do i connect an apple ipod to an ubuntu linux pc. While i do not believe there is an option to format or fdisk your ipod so to speak you can. How to format ps4 hard drive for pc in windows 1087. My nano is amazingly small, contains a gigabyte of storage, and sounds very good through its ear buds. For more help, follow the steps below for your mac or windows pc. In fact, aomei partition assistant has more powerful features, such as migrate os to ssd, resizemove partition, command line partition etc. But dont worry, formatting will not stop functioning the device anyway as you may be thinking. Using your ipod on linux at cpayscom2 online casino on 02 jan 2007 at 8.
I have tried a couple programs including touchcopy. Before we look into their suggestion for this, ill note that the way you see if an ipod is mac or windowsready is to go to settings about and scroll to the bottom of the screen. Well, this is a welcome surprise for those of us waiting for ubuntu 10. To transfer the music from a mac to a pc, best bet is to format the ipod to windows and use the ipod. The problem is that if your ipod is mac formatted, then you cant access your ipod on a pc without having to reformat your ipod first. The ipod touch has a restore function in the settings menu and i think my ipod classic had one of those too.
Format hard drive in windows 10 with easeus management software easeus partition software is a popular disk partition management tool that is available for all hard disk related jobs such as format disk partition, extend system partition, settle low disk space problem, convert mbr. When itunes detects your ipod, it will offer to reformat it for you. How can i format partitions to ntfs in ubuntu so i can. Windows 10 wants to format my ipod microsoft community. Is there a way to transfer my songs to my ipod without losing them first from the reformat. When i format a drive to ntfs under windows and plug it into the ubuntu machine it is perfectly usable, but when i format it under ubuntu using disks delete all partitions and create one single partition with ntfs it does not show up when plugged into windows machine. After installing the rockbox which is a very satisfactory setup, i can only transfer one file, album at atime. Is there a way to restoreformat an ipod under linux.
Aug 27, 2009 reformat pc running windows xp to use linux ubuntu. Mac os x lion, mac os x snow leopard, mac os x tiger, mac os 9. If your ipod has a software problem, this will probably fix it. While banshee and amarok offer the possibilty to load songs onto the ipod there is, as far as i know, no option to restore or format these things. The easiest way to convert your ipod to fat32 is to attach it to a windows computer which has itunes installed. This is pretty much like dual booting, but instead of rebooting you just fire up a virtbox and away you go.
How to format my ubuntu hard disk so that i can install. Nov 17, 2010 hi, i wiped vista on my dell inspiron 1525 and it works great with ubuntu 10. How to connect old ipod to windows 10 when nothing else works discus and support how to connect old ipod to windows 10 when nothing else works in windows 10 drivers and hardware to solve the problem. I think you can just format to ntfs directly using ubuntu, but for whatever reason it just working for me. Windows xp cannot use the native ubuntu filesystem, so youll need to reformat the drive anyway and you might as well do it using the xp. But if id had second thoughts, i could always have taken the ubuntu drive out and put the windows hard disk back in. Select your ipod in the disk utility window and press the repair button. Dec 09, 2008 howto reformat my external hard disk to install ubuntu posted on december 9, 2008 by 4 comments i am trying to use my ext.
If you have a pc running microsoft windows, then read the next paragraph. How to manage an ipod from a linux desktop with rhythmbox. Without losing songs, format ipod from mac to windows. I cant check anymore though, since its been broken for some time. To set up your ipod, install itunes on a windows or mac computer and plug it in. How to install linux ubuntu without formatting my computer. Optionally you could install itunes using playonlinux its in the software center. Transfer music from mac formatted ipod to windows pc dr. This process is the same for ipod classic, shuffle, nano, and touch. I have a brand new 4tb harddisk to add to my computer recently. With multipass you can download, configure, and control ubuntu server virtual machines with latest updates preinstalled.
Here are some more interesting points that you should be aware about. How can i wipe my ipod classic and fix any bad sectors on the hard. The ipod nano always comes preformatted with windows, so if you connect it to a mac for the first time, it will automatically reformat itself before syncing. This is pretty much like dual booting, but instead of rebooting you just fire up a virtbox and. Avi file to apple ipod iphone mp4 m4v format linux. If you wish to keep the songs you have on the ipod. I want to reformat the hard drive to allow a clean reinstall of ubuntu 7. Actually, in the short term, it doesnt matter which filesystem. How to formatdelete ubuntu and install windows 7 quora. I have also used rhythmbox with it and whats great is that unlike windows where if you hook up your ipod to a new computer it erases the old music, you can hook up your ipod to as many computers running ubuntu and you can just click and drag to add music without affecting the music already on it. I have read countless times that macs can read reformat a windows ipod which is currently what i have but i was was wondering if i could use disk utility to reformat an ipod back to the fat32 to be read on windows if i wanted to. Once the process is done, you will have a properly configured, fat32formatted, and all but empty ipod that is ready for use in linux, windows, and mac os.
I checked many forums for reformatting the ipod without itunes and even called apple support, yet no one seems to be able to find a solution. On the contrary, you can use your ipod in linux easily and without fear of screwing anything up. If you first used it on your windows machine, it will be in microsofts fat32 format. Howto reformat my external hard disk to install ubuntu. Using an ipod with a linux system the new york times. How to restore ipod classic without windows ubuntu forums. How to reformat a windows formatted ipod iclarified. I have tried other usb drives and now apple is suggesting i find a windows 7 computer that will allow the restore to run successfully. Install ubuntu on ipod i dont feel like wiping my ibooks internal drive since ive got tiger pretty much set how i like it but id like to be able to run a ppc linux when i get the urge.
That gives me a fat32 ipod that is paired with my mac and can also be used as a. If your ipod is showing some uncanny errors and is somehow damaged, you can think to format it. Select your ipod in the disk utility window and press the repair button then press the erase button to erase ipod s hard drive and select extended journaled as the format type. Linux software for itunes ipod classic ipod touch iphone. Instead, your ipod will become a brand new one with the factory settings reinstalled.
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