iPod Nano formatation... which is the best?

Hello, you guys.

I live in Brazil and we don't get to see too many Macs around here, but I have one (and really love it). I have an iPod (4th gen 20GB) and it works very well, I've got it formated in FAT32. I use it in that fashion because I have PC's at home and often use it as an external HD for data transport. In order to do that, I had to format it in a PC and I really don't get what apple has against FAT32 in mobile devices.

I'm buying myself a new iPod nano 2nd gen, it should arrive this next weekend. I've been wondering how should I format it. I know this baby should be able to sync a lotta more stuff than the older 20GB model, like photos (from iPhoto), calendars, contacts, everything from my Macbook Pro... but I would very much like to use it for data transport and to do THAT I would need it to talk to PCs.

Here's my question. If I choose FAT32, am I able to sync everything with my Mac? Do I loose something? I want it working 100%, you see...

Thank you very much, and sorry, english isn't my native language.
- Boca.

MacBook Pro Core2Duo 2G RAM Mac OS X (10.4.9)

MacBook Pro Core2Duo 2G RAM Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Posted on Mar 28, 2007 6:47 AM

18 replies

Mar 29, 2007 10:42 AM in response to 0Ari0

Sorry that I wasn't clear when I answered your question before. I meant that everything will function normally in terms of syncing music or other information to the iPod. And as far "Support" in this context is concerned, I believe it means that if you call Apple requesting help with setting this up, they will not provide you with that assistance, or if your iPod is already set like this and you are experiencing issues, they may require that the iPod be put into the Mac format before they continue with the support.

deggie

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Mar 29, 2007 3:28 PM in response to MACrosoftXP

So people with PCs can't get any support? This doesn't make sense.

BocaDoBlues Author

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Mar 30, 2007 4:33 AM in response to deggie

So people with PCs can't get any support? This
doesn't make sense.

That´s not what he said, Deg. He said apple doesn´t support users wanting FAT32 formatted iPods with Macs. If you´re using it to sync with windows, then you HAVE to use FAT32 and apple will support it. Got it?

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