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Storing Files on iPod shuffle, Using iPod shuffle as an External Disk

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Storing Files on iPod shuffle 5 Use iPod shuffle to carry your data as well as your music. Read this chapter to find out how to use iPod shuffle as an external disk. Using iPod shuffle as an External Disk You can use iPod shuffle as an external disk to store data files. To sync iPod shuffle with music and other audio that you want to listen to, you must use iTunes. You can't play audio files that you copy to iPod shuffle using the Macintosh Finder or Windows Explorer. To use iPod shuffle as an external disk: 1 Connect iPod shuffle to your computer. 2 In iTunes, select iPod shuffle in the list of devices, and then click the Summary tab. 3 In the Options section, select "Enable disk use." You may need to scroll down to see the disk settings. 4 Click Apply. When you use iPod shuffle as an external disk, the iPod shuffle disk icon appears on the desktop on a Mac, or as the next available drive letter in Windows Explorer on a Windows PC. When iPod shuffle is enabled as a hard disk and you connect it to your computer, the status light blinks orange continuously. Be sure to eject iPod shuffle in iTunes before you disconnect it from your computer. 28

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Storing Files on iPod shuffle
5
Use iPod shuffle to carry your data as well as your music.
Read this chapter to find out how to use iPod shuffle as an external disk.
Using iPod shuffle as an External Disk
You can use iPod shuffle as an external disk to store data files.
To sync iPod shuffle with music and other audio that you want to listen to, you
must use iTunes. You can’t play audio files that you copy to iPod shuffle using the
Macintosh Finder or Windows Explorer.
To use iPod shuffle as an external disk:
1
Connect iPod shuffle to your computer.
2
In iTunes, select iPod shuffle in the list of devices, and then click the Summary tab.
3
In the Options section, select “Enable disk use.”
You may need to scroll down to see the disk settings.
4
Click Apply.
When you use iPod shuffle as an external disk, the iPod shuffle disk icon appears on
the desktop on a Mac, or as the next available drive letter in Windows Explorer on a
Windows PC.
When iPod shuffle is enabled as a hard disk and you connect it to your computer, the
status light blinks orange continuously. Be sure to eject iPod shuffle in iTunes before
you disconnect it from your computer.
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