Hey. I just got an 80gb Ipod and an external memory drive so I can back it up but don't know how to back it up? Any clues? Thanks in advance.....

pkidwell said:

The Ipod should not be your primary storage. Put your music on the hard drive and sync it via Itunes. The primary place for the music is the hard drive. If you want a backup other than the external use another external.

pkidwell said:

1 Edit - Preferences
2 Advanced - General
3 Check "Keep iTunes Music folder organized"
4 OK
5 Click the Change button
6 Select your new external drive (D: or E: or whatever)( create an iTunes folder if you're gonna have something else on that drive)
7 OK
8 Advanced - Consolidate library - OK

they make 80gb iPods??? i thought they only went up to 40gb. shows what i know! do they offer this normally, or do you have to go for a souped up model on eBay or something?

thanks.....but it still didn't work.....maybe i need to take back my Simpletech external harddrive.....can you recommend a good harddrive for a mac? external? thanks a lot

It HAS to work.
Did you take all the steps.

Macs, you say?
I think in macs you don't have an edit menu. You have a direct iTunes menu and from there you can follow the rest of the process.

I take it the external drive is already formatted. You can see a drive letter it in the explorer, can't you?

PANDURITO said:

And I guess you already have an iTunes library in your mac.

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Anx said:

They make them normally now. Plus the newer models are uber-gorgeous. I want the 80.

pkidwell said:

The hard drive shouldn't be a problem. Can you see the external from the finder when it's plugged in and turned on?

HereToRockYourWorld said:

as much as i love creative labs zen players, i might have to check this out. i'm sure it costs a gazillion dollars and it'll break down after a month, but 80gb??? and pretty!

Anx said:

It's like half a gazillion.

I think you only hear so many problems with iPods because there are so freakin' many of them. They're cool, but they don't suspend the laws of physics.

HereToRockYourWorld said:

that's gotta really piss them off over at apple.

Anx said:

They're working on it. I've heard rumors about Macworld 08. . .

the 80 gb is nice.....so far 4000 songs loaded and about a thousand to go

how much was your external memory drive?