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Storing Files on iPodshuffle, Using iPodshuffle as an External Disk, Transferring Files Between

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Storing Files on iPod shuffle 3 3 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. Note: To load iPod shuffle with music and other audio that you want to listen to, you must use iTunes. You cannot play audio files that you copy to iPod shuffle using the Macintosh Finder or Windows Explorer. To enable iPod shuffle as an external disk: 1 Connect iPod shuffle to your computer. 2 In iTunes, select iPod shuffle in the Source pane. 3 Click the Settings tab. 4 In the Options section, select "Enable disk use." Note: You may need to scroll down to see the disk settings. 5 Adjust the slider to set how much space to reserve for songs versus data. 6 Click Apply. When you use iPod shuffle as an external disk, the iPod shuffle disk icon appears on the desktop on the Mac, or as the next available drive letter in Windows Explorer on a Windows PC. Transferring Files Between Computers When you enable disk use on iPod shuffle, you can transfer files from one computer to another. iPod shuffle is formatted as a FAT-32 volume, which is supported by both Macs and PCs. This allows you to use iPod shuffle to transfer files between computers with different operating systems. 19

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Storing Files on iPod shuffle
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.
Note:
To load iPod shuffle with music and other audio that you want to listen to, you
must use iTunes. You cannot play audio files that you copy to iPod shuffle using the
Macintosh Finder or Windows Explorer.
To enable iPod shuffle as an external disk:
1
Connect iPod shuffle to your computer.
2
In iTunes, select iPod shuffle in the Source pane.
3
Click the Settings tab.
4
In the Options section, select “Enable disk use.”
Note:
You may need to scroll down to see the disk settings.
5
Adjust the slider to set how much space to reserve for songs versus data.
6
Click Apply.
When you use iPod shuffle as an external disk, the iPod shuffle disk icon appears on the
desktop on the Mac, or as the next available drive letter in Windows Explorer on a
Windows PC.
Transferring Files Between Computers
When you enable disk use on iPod shuffle, you can transfer files from one computer to
another. iPod shuffle is formatted as a FAT-32 volume, which is supported by both Macs
and PCs. This allows you to use iPod shuffle to transfer files between computers with
different operating systems.