Using your iPod as a content storage & transfer device

Classroom applications

At the heart of the iPod is a hard drive that can be used to store any type of file that you might use on your computer - Powerpoint presentations, Word documents, or data sets - as long as you have enough storage space.  The iPod can be used for making quick backups of important files as you work or to easily transport materials from your computer to another.  During an office visit, students can plug their iPod into the instructor's computer so that you might examine a work in progress that is stored on the device. You can also transfer copies of multimedia presentations to the iPod, which can then be connected to a classroom computer for playback via the classroom projection system.

Note: If you originally set your iPod up on Windows, you will be able to access its file storage capability on either Windows or Mac; however if you formatted it on a Mac, it will only show its files to other Macs

How to use the iPod as a content storage & transfer device (iTunes 7)

  1. Plug in your iPod and open iTunes.
  2. In iTunes, click on the iPod icon in the left menu under DEVICES.

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  1. In the iPod Summary screen, near the bottom, make sure the checkbox that says "Enable Disk Use" is checked. If it is unchecked, click it to check it. This will allow you to use your iPod as you would any other portable storage device, whether or not the computer it's connected to has iTunes installed.

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  1. Look for your iPod to display as an external drive in your "My Computer" display on a Windows machine or in the Finder window on a Mac.

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How to use the iPod as a content storage & transfer device (pre-iTunes 7)

  1. In iTunes, locate the iPod-shaped icon in the lower-left corner (shown at right).

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  1. In the resulting menu, make sure "Enable disk use" is checked.
  2. This will allow you to use your iPod as you would any other portable storage device, whether or not the computer it's connected to has iTunes installed.
  3. Look for your iPod to display as an external drive in your "My Computer" display on a Windows machine or in the Finder window on a Mac.

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