How To Use Your iPod as a Drive

Your iPod can act as a storage device for backing up files or transporting them. To enable this, follow the steps in this Tech-Recipe.

1. Connect your iPod to your computer.

2. Open iTunes.

3. Click Edit and select Preferences.

4. Select the iPod tab.

5. Select the Music tab.

6. Check the Enable disk us checkbox.

7. Click OK.

Your iPod should now appear as a drive under My Computer. You can now copy files onto it like you would any other drive. When you are finished copying the files, you must eject the iPod before you disconnect it. To do this:

1. Select the iPod from the Source pane in iTunes.

2. Click the Eject iPod button in the lower right corner.

3. Wait for the confirmation message to unplug your iPod from the computer.