Sorry, but you're out of luck with the 4G iPod: http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/mac911/2004/10/ipodos9/index.php Laurie -- Founder, Editor, FAQ-checker http://cubeowner.com Home of The Mac Cube FAQ! AOL IM/iChat: cubeownernyc On 10/27/04 5:49 AM, "Luis Meleiro" <luis_meleiro at cilsp.com> wrote: > Andrew: Thanks for your input. > > FW drive mode is enabled under OS X, and the iPod's icon appears on the X > desktop (as iTunes opens up too). My problem is under OS 9, as I was told that > iTunes would not recognize the 4G iPod, nevertheless I would be able to use it > as an external hdd. I need to transfer huge files from my work PowerMac > G3/266MHz (beige with FW and USB PCI cards) to my Cube and the iPod is not > showing up in my G3 running OS 9.2.2. > > LM > >>>> "Andrew Kiang" <akiang at mac.com> - 2004/10/26 18:42 PM >>> > can you mount the iPod w/o going through itunes? itunes in os9 doesn't > recognize the new iPods. what if you enable firewire drive mode in itunes > osX. does that carry through in 9? > > > Luis Meleiro <luis_meleiro at cilsp.com> wrote: > __________ >> Dear Listers, >> >> I recently bought a precious 4th Gen iPod to use with my Cube as a hard disk, >> rather than just 'another' mp3 player. >> Connecting it to my Cube when in Mac OS 10.3.5 is not a problem... iTunes >> v4.6 recognize it and the iPod icon appears on the desktop. Unfortunately, >> when in Mac OS 9.2.2, iTunes v2.0.4 doesn't even know anymore what an iPod >> is. This is not a problem, but I really want/need to use it as an external >> hdd. >> >> Any good soul knows of a cure or trick!? >> >> TIA, >> LM > _______________________________________________ > Cube mailing list > Cube at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/cube > >