Every now and again someone posts here asking what to do when something goes wrong with their iPod.
The first step is usually to reset the iPod, a bit like restarting a computer. The buttons you need to hold down to do this are different on each model of iPod. Resetting usually sorts you out.
The second step for more serious problems is to take your iPod in to an Apple Store (if you live near one) or an independent Apple specialist shop, like Just Mac in Glasgow.
If you’re fairly technically literate though, you can try a couple of other things for yourself. Firstly, restarting the iPod in Diagnostic Mode. You can’t fix anything in Diagnostic Mode, but you can figure out what’s wrong. Again, the combination of buttons to do that varies from one iPod model to the next.
The third thing you can try is restarting the iPod in Disk Mode, which bypasses the iPod operating system and makes it act just as a hard drive for connecting to your computer. From there, you can then run the latest iPod Updater from Apple and use it to wipe you iPod clean and start from scratch.
To find out quickly what button combinations you need for each of those three restart modes, check
here.
For instructions on restarting an iPod in Disk Mode, to then reinstall the iPod operating system with Apple’s latest iPod Updater, check
here.
For a
really hardcore techy way of testing/repairing an iPod’s hard drive, check
here for a guide to cracking open the iPod and which adaptors you will need to hook the tiny drive up to a PC for running more serious drive repair utilities.
For Apple’s help pages, which deal with less technically-desperate troubleshooting and instructions, go
here.
***Largest of Gregs adds:
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