I accidentally reformatted my iPod Classic on my new Surface. The new format of ExFAT appears and the iPod will no longer sync on my iMac. How can I reformat my device to be recognized on my iMac where all my music is stored. Can I reset my iPod to factory? If so, how do I do this?
iPod classic, Mac OS X (10.7.5)
Does iTunes at least recognize your iPod? Then you could select to reset to factory settings.
Does Settings>Reset Settings do anything? I have never had this problem with my iPod Classic, even after I switched over to Mac from PC, but I am on a newer version of macOS than you are.
Restore it in iTunes. iTunes will reformat the drive if required.
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You should do a Restore using iTunes
but if that's not possible with the iPod in its current condition (because it does not appear in iTunes), when you run Disk Utility on the Mac, does the iPod appear in the Disk Utility sidebar? If it does (and you cannot do a Restore using iTunes), you can try doing an Erase using Disk Utility to reformat it. But it needs to be done in a particular way. It says in your profile info that you use Mac OS X 10.7.5 (Lion). Is that still current info? I ask, because the current OS X (El Capitan) has a re-designed Disk Utility that works differently.
iPod Classic Disk Format
