Can I use an IPod to back up the by Itunes, TV shows, and pics?Can I do a resotore off an IPOD? OS/X user...?

Question

I have about 50GB or so of stuff I have purchased from Itunes and have not back it up yet. I looked into using DVD's and NAS devices, but I think I can also just get a new 80GB Ipod and use it as both a portable device and my main back up for my purchased stuff. Other files, like word and excel I back up using my .MAC I-disk, but the music and video files required much more space and bandwidth, so I have to back up localy.

If I have to do a restore, will I be able to restore off of an IPOD?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Yes you can do all of that ONLY if you use your iPod as a hard drive. DO NOT USE ITUNES TO UPLOAD TO THE IPOD THAT IS NOT A BACKUP.

Treat your iPod as an external hard drive for you backups. Then you can copy/move the files later to other PCs without any problems.

Answer 3

drag and drop the report(s) onto your ipod icon in iTunes. next, circulate to the "video clips" tab on your ipod in itunes, precise click on the report and click on "get information" and you're then waiting to edit all infomation for the clip.