notes

ok so i got the 3rd generation too but when i open itunes there isnt even a notes section! I have no clue what to do. Can someone like tell me where the thing is? I tried restoring it and everything.

OMG!! i am soooo proud of myself i totally got it.

Hi - where do you find the max file size for txt files? I would like to put something like War and Peace on the ipod nano, but in small pieces. So far, the pieces have not been small enough. I'd like to know so I can make them the right size. Thanks.

right, but I'm looking for the _exact spec_ on max file size that can be read (text) on the ipod (nano, 3g).

The size of any single note is truncated to 4,096 bytes of text (about 1,000 words).

From the iPod Notes Features Guide

Hi,

I have attempted only one short note; about three paragraphs. When viewing the note on the screen of the Nano the actual note is buried under a bunch of facts about the text and I don't know what else.

e.g., {\rtf1\mac\ansicpg100\cocoartf824\cocoasubrtf440

as Ule Brinner said in The King and I " etc., etc., etc.," line after line of this drivel.

Is all this really necessary?

Let me guess . . . a few months from now Apple is going to attempt to sell me a textedit for my Nano. And then fonts I suppose.

When I click on the Nano in the finder and open the file on my iMac there is the note as I intended it and nothing more, complete with bold type where I left it.

So the only way to read our notes, without a yard rake, is to put it on a computer when you get to where you are going. Or so it seems.

so it goes

Notes must be plain text and 4kB max size.

It looks as if you're saving the file as Rich Text Format (the rtf in the line you quoted). Rich Text Formating is sort of like a text file on steroids. It has some "extras" like bold, italics, etc. iPods can only display text, not the formating.

If you look on your computer, is the file extension .rtf? You should try resaving it as a text file (extension .txt). A text file shouldn't show the other stuff when you view it on your iPod.

Weelllll . . . I did see the bit in the instructions about putting it in .txt format and I attempted to do that. I found no such option in the choices. Upon searching further I read that the files are saved in .txt automatically. Sooooo I thought I was ok. However I did initially save it in rtf because that seemed as close to .txt as was offered up as a choice. I think I tried it a few times and it seemed to make no difference.

A bold text word hear and there does help me remember/ find the key points of a note. It would be hard to give that up.

On the Nano the file name is Lisa.txt

When I select the icon in finder on my iMac and get info it shows:

Kind: Plain text document
and under Name & Extension it shows in the cell: Lisa.txt

In the Preview: it has a bunch of the {\rtf1\mac\ etc.

Thanks for responding.

What are you using to create the note?
Open it in text edit.
Go to menu Format-> Make plain text.

Chris CA,

Yes text edit.

I did as you suggest and that took care of it.

Thank you

I sure will miss my bold type but we must all make sacrifices

Message was edited by: barkingmad

I am trying to figure out how to find the Notes on my Itunes and get my notes feature on my nano to work....Can you help me?