![]() ![]() If you were to try and update a Windows based iPod on a Mac it would be restored and reformatted to the Mac file system and have the Mac firmware installed. What this means effectively is that if you need to apply a firmware update for your iPod and you wanted to maintain the Windows format you would have to do it on a PC. One proviso is that up until now Apple has only fully supported using the iPod shuffle in FAT32 format on Mac (unless the range has been expanded to include the iPhone and the iPod Touch which I've no experience of). Macs however can read Windows formatting so no additional software is required consequently if you have a Windows formatted iPod you should have no problem connecting it to a Mac. Hi guys I managed to install Macdrive 7 in my Windows 7 build 7000 partition. Mac formatted iPods can only be used on a PC that has a third party helper program such as XPlay or MacDrive installed. Posts : 2 Windows Seven buld 6801 / Mac Os X Leopard 10.5.5. Windows operating systems don't recognize Mac OS-formatted disks (HFS or HFS Plus formats). MacDrive is one of the utilities used to allow you to connect Mac Formatted devices such as an iPod on Windows without having to reformat them. ![]() ![]() ![]() As noted above your post is a tad confusing, MacDrive isn't a utility for reformatting iPods. ![]()
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