can I reformat my 1G nano for use with Mac?

padilla79padilla79
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in Genius Bar edited January 2014
I have a 1G 4GB nano that is formatted for Windows, but I recently purchased a MacBook and it obviously doesn't collaborate. is there any way that I can reformat my nano to use Mac OS X's file system?

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  • Reply 1 of 4
    kishankishan Posts: 732member
    Actually, I think you can use a Windows formatted iPod with the Mac OS. You would want to do this if you intend to enable disk-use across both platforms. To reformat, just connected the iPod to your Macbook, launch iTunes and click the "restore" button in the main pane while you have your nano selected under "devices" in the sources column.
  • Reply 2 of 4
    karl kuehnkarl kuehn Posts: 756member
    The mac should work just fine, but if you really want to reset it, you can use iTunes to restore it. Apple has a page on this:



    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60983
  • Reply 3 of 4
    padilla79padilla79 Posts: 85member
    will I be able to write to the ipod? that's my only concern.
  • Reply 4 of 4
    padilla79padilla79 Posts: 85member
    alright, I just restored it. thanks for the help, guys.
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