IPod and Mac OS9......Can It Work?

I've been trying that too. First, what model iPod do you have? Clickwheel? Mini? Video? Nano? (or older?)

Is your iMac running? If so, there are ways to copy the files.

I also have an iMac - the 400 mhz iMac DV SE from 2000, running 9.2.2, iTunes 2.0.4.

I've never had any luck with using the IPod as an external HDD for copying files (of any sort) to/from an OS 9 system. I don't know exactly what the issue is. I've formatted my old iPod Clickwheel (4G, 20gig) as a Mac iPod. No luck, via USB or FireWire. I tried Windows format. No luck either.

Note: This is after enabling iPod as a disk - via the iPod's preferences pane in iTunes.

The iPod shows the "Do not disconnect" symbol when attached to the iMac, and System Profiler notices it, and shows it as an "USB: Mass Storage (iPod)"

So, I bet Apple hid it from OS 9.

At least, that's all I can think of.


If you want to sync the songs to the iPod for listening, you'll need to buy an old (1st or 2nd gen) iPod.

However, since you're about to get a new computer, you should just move the songs outright. If your iMac has a CD burner, use that. (if so, iTunes can burn you a MP3 disc). You can also use a USB Flash drive, or external USB or FireWire Hard Drive to copy them to the new computer, then sync iPod to that.

Remember that if you did sync up your iPod to one machine, you can't copy it onto another directly. This goes for any iPod or computer. You can copy the files themselves however, just not via iPod.


Sorry not to be able to help more, but I don't think there's any way to sync a new iPod to an OS 9 system.

Good luck,

-Dan

15" 1.67 Powerbook G4 (non-HiRes), Slot loading iMac DV SE Mac OS X (10.4.7) 1G RAM on PB, 384 MB iMac.

Daniel's suggestion to transfer the files directly from the old computer to the new one and then sync the new one with the iPod is right on target. He omitted one additional transfer option: networking the two computers via Ethernet, which can be done for the cost of an ethernet cable.