Make iPod a Hard Drive

by Mitch

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Make the iPod act as a hard drive with these steps.

1. Connect your iPod to your computer.

2. Open iTunes.

3. Click once on your iPod on the left pane.

Select iPod

4. Select the Settings button toward the top of the window.

Select iPod Settings

5. Check the Enable disk use checkbox. Click OK on the warning about manually ejecting the iPod. Now you can select how much space on the iPod you would like to use for songs and data by dragging the meter to the desired setting.

Enable disk use

7. Click Apply on the bottom portion of the screen.

Your iPod should now appear as a drive under My Computer. You can now copy files onto it like you would any other drive. When you are finished copying the files, you must eject the iPod.

Last modified February 1, 2012



{ 5 comments… read them below or add one }

Stephanie May 15, 2009 at 5:45 am

My problem is the same as Lexy’s. Mine just says summary, music, movie, tv shows,etc. Do we need to upgrade our I Tunes or what is the problem? PLEASE HELP

Stephanie May 15, 2009 at 5:44 am

My problem is the same as Lexy’s. Mine just says summary, music, movie, tv shows,etc. Do we need to upgrade our I Tunes or what is the problem?

lexy April 6, 2009 at 9:31 pm

my ipod nano doesnt say settings when i go to it it just says summary, music, movie, tv shows, podcasts, photos, contacts, and games

chris December 23, 2008 at 12:33 am

i have got up to the stage of ticking the box to enable disk use, but for some reason the box cannot be changed, nor the sync only checked songs and videos
please help!

jason January 23, 2008 at 11:13 pm

nice…can u drag like programs and stuff like that onto it to transfer data?

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