A nice little iPod tip...
i'm sure this has been mentioned before, but i read this the other day, tried it, and it has helped. plug in your ipod, then open up disk utility (in panther). select your ipod, then verify and repair the disk. the hard drive seems much snappier now, and things like notes tend to load much faster. i have yet to experience any sort of delay when skipping tracks using the arrow button. like i said, this might be old, but it helped me, so i thought i'd share.
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Originally posted by ipodandimac
i'm sure this has been mentioned before, but i read this the other day, tried it, and it has helped. plug in your ipod, then open up disk utility (in panther). select your ipod, then verify and repair the disk. the hard drive seems much snappier now, and things like notes tend to load much faster. i have yet to experience any sort of delay when skipping tracks using the arrow button. like i said, this might be old, but it helped me, so i thought i'd share.
Thanks
Originally posted by Ebby
How are the two things (disk check & battery meter) even remotely connected? My iPod battery meter used to be on the fritz but seems started working last week for some reason.
i dunno... maybe theres something on the disk that helps regulate the battery meter... disk util. repaired something, and i have no idea what, but this is the first time my battery meter has shown 'full' in about 3 months.
So ummm what happens if you use Disk Utility to reformat an iPod? Can you do partitions? I'm not brave enough to try (not to mention I'd have to re-install a ton of music on it), just curious. I assume the iPod OS is in firmware.
Originally posted by dviant
I never thought of trying Disk Utility with my iPod either. Thanks for the tip! It fixed some file allocation errors!
So ummm what happens if you use Disk Utility to reformat an iPod? Can you do partitions? I'm not brave enough to try (not to mention I'd have to re-install a ton of music on it), just curious. I assume the iPod OS is in firmware.
well if it all goes to hell just do a software restore.
Originally posted by dviant
So ummm what happens if you use Disk Utility to reformat an iPod? Can you do partitions? I'm not brave enough to try (not to mention I'd have to re-install a ton of music on it), just curious. I assume the iPod OS is in firmware.
AFAIK, you'll irreparably damage your iPod so don't do it. If you want to "reformat" use the software restore utility.
And if it *does* mangle it beyond iPod Software Restore's ability to repair, use Disk Utility to repartition it into one partition, then run iPSR on it again.
I can't imagine that it would be 'irreparable'... it's just a hard drive, after all.
Originally posted by Messiahtosh
So is this something you would want to do with a brand new, hardly used iPod? Will it help it with functionality, right off the bat?
it doesnt matter if you do it to a new ipod or not. it's not gonna be a noticeable difference for a new one though. i used my ipod for about 7 months before doing this, and i transferred lots of video on the hard drive too. so, in short, if you wanna try it, go for it, but its not gonna do anything. wait a few months...