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gbgoodies
09-27-15, 09:38 PM
Does anyone know how to delete songs and videos off of an iPod Nano 5th Generation without using iTunes?
gbgoodies
09-28-15, 07:30 PM
Nobody knows how to use an iPod Nano? :(
seanc
09-28-15, 07:37 PM
Nobody knows how to use an iPod Nano? :(

It's Apple, they keep you locked in to their stuff.
gbgoodies
09-28-15, 07:39 PM
I know nothing about iTunes. Is it a free download?
Gatsby
09-28-15, 07:42 PM
You can remove songs and videos from a certain playlist but there is no way you can permanently delete them. Once you buy one it's stuck with you, as Sean said it's an Apple thing. Why do you want to delete them anyways?
Yoda
09-28-15, 07:46 PM
Yes, iTunes is free.
gbgoodies
09-28-15, 07:47 PM
You can remove songs and videos from a certain playlist but there is no way you can permanently delete them. Once you buy one it's stuck with you, as Sean said it's an Apple thing. Why do you want to delete them anyways?


I was at a garage sale this weekend late in the day, and the guy was just giving stuff away for free. I got an iPod Nano 5th Generation, and it's got about 2000 songs on it. Some of the songs are great, but there are a bunch that I want to remove so I can put better stuff on it. There are also a bunch of TV shows on it that I want to remove.

I've never been much of an Apple person, so I'm not too familiar with their stuff.
gbgoodies
09-28-15, 07:49 PM
Yes, iTunes is free.


After I download iTunes, do I have to synch it with the iPod to remove the songs, or can iTunes just access the iPod as a device and delete the songs?
seanc
09-28-15, 07:55 PM
After I download iTunes, do I have to synch it with the iPod to remove the songs, or can iTunes just access the iPod as a device and delete the songs?

Itunes will wipe it clean because your a new user. If their are songs you want to keep rip them to your computer first.
gbgoodies
09-28-15, 07:56 PM
Itunes will wipe it clean because your a new user. If their are songs you want to keep rip them to your computer first.


How do I rip the songs off the iPod first? I thought I needed iTunes to do that.
Gatsby
09-28-15, 07:59 PM
How do I rip the songs off the iPod first? I thought I needed iTunes to do that.
You need to sync it with ITunes, but you can only remove them from your iPod.
gbgoodies
09-28-15, 08:04 PM
You need to sync it with ITunes, but you can only remove them from your iPod.


I have no idea what that means.

If I synch it with iTunes, will iTunes delete the songs from the iPod, or not?

I want to save some of the songs, but not all of them. Is there a way to download all the songs to my computer, reset the iPod, and then reload just the songs that I want to keep?

Also, there are a few games on the iPod. Is there any way to save some of the games?
Gatsby
09-28-15, 08:13 PM
It will remove the songs from the iPod (but as I said not delete them forever) I think.... honestly I'm not really sure. I've never come across a used free iPod before. There's probably a few guides on how to do it so why don't you check them out? One Google search should do the trick.
gbgoodies
09-28-15, 08:16 PM
It will remove the songs from the iPod (but as I said not delete them forever) I think.... honestly I'm not really sure. I've never come across a used free iPod before. There's probably a few guides on how to do it so why don't you check them out? One Google search should do the trick.


I've been searching Google for how to use the iPod without iTunes, but I can only find a way to put songs on. I can't find anything about how to take them off.
seanc
09-28-15, 08:25 PM
I've been searching Google for how to use the iPod without iTunes, but I can only find a way to put songs on. I can't find anything about how to take them off.

When you hook you ipod up to itunes it will ask if it is new device. At that point it will wipe you clean. Honestly now that you say it I don't know if you can pull files beforehand. It has been a few years since I used an ipod. Apple is super strict about that stuff. That want you hooked up and buying stuff through them.
gbgoodies
09-28-15, 08:31 PM
When you hook you ipod up to itunes it will ask if it is new device. At that point it will wipe you clean. Honestly now that you say it I don't know if you can pull files beforehand. It has been a few years since I used an ipod. Apple is super strict about that stuff. That want you hooked up and buying stuff through them.


That's why I've never bought an Apple product. I don't like being locked into anyone's software.

I have a Sansa Fuze mp3 player, and I love it. I can just drag and drop files in Windows.
seanc
09-28-15, 08:38 PM
That's why I've never bought an Apple product. I don't like being locked into anyone's software.

I have a Sansa Fuze mp3 player, and I love it. I can just drag and drop files in Windows.

Yeah they are fascists but Itunes is free and ipod is a great product. I just use my phone now or I would still use mine.
gbgoodies
09-28-15, 08:44 PM
Yeah they are fascists but Itunes is free and ipod is a great product. I just use my phone now or I would still use mine.


Yeah, I've been using my phone a lot recently since I got a bluetooth headset for it, but my phone only has about 100 songs, and my Sansa has over 2000 songs and a bunch of videos.