Ipod Nano question

richieboy · 3 Mar 2007 at 09:22

I recently sold my old Archos MP3/MP4 player as i wanted to get one of the new iPod Nano's which i intend to get today...

Possibly a stupid one, but my only question is - if i want to use it every so often to transfer files between PC's (just as a removeable disk) do i need to install iTunes or any drivers? Can i just connect it to any random machine and it will pick it up as a removeable disk for me to drag/drop files/folders onto?

Thanks

Heaven Can Wait · 3 Mar 2007 at 13:12

I think you may need to set it to manually manage files the first time, then its fine to just plug in as a hard drive.
You can plug it into any computer and it will act like this.

richieboy · 3 Mar 2007 at 15:32

So no need for iTunes whatsoever?

Fresh PC -> connect iPod -> Windows detects it as a removeable disk -> Copy/Paste > disconnect. Job done?

WotDa · 3 Mar 2007 at 16:26

richieboy said:
So no need for iTunes whatsoever?

Fresh PC -> connect iPod -> Windows detects it as a removeable disk -> Copy/Paste > disconnect. Job done?

Correct.

Make sure you have enable disk use on though.

richieboy · 3 Mar 2007 at 17:48

Isn't "Enable disk use" an option in iTunes? Wouldn't that imply i have iTunes installed?!

:confused:

WotDa · 3 Mar 2007 at 19:57

Oh... Yea.

Only on one PC though, and once its set it should stay set. :/