Nano Clone, Music Folders, Mac OS X

[johntims]

JWGDesign - Sorry about the trouble you are having. I've been having the exact same problem.

My whole MP3 library is on my Mac and in order to get my new ChiPod to play the files when I browse to the directory is to create the folders from my XP machine and then write the files to the folders that I've made.

I can see how this could happen since OS X and Windows have different structures to how their directories embed the info about structure and rights but disappointing nonetheless.

I have not found a workaround as of yet but if I do I will post it. Good luck!

I do need to say that I am really impressed with the player, its construction and its sound quality for the price. I plugged in my nice Sony headphones last night and I was really blown away by how good the music sounds. You really can't complain for this price!

[Euthyphro]

What works for me is to first format the player in Windows as FAT32, and to store all the music on the root folder (this allows you to store more than 99 files in a player folder - the root). The mac will put hidden files in there with .fname.mp3 and .trash (which you can delete from Windows), but otherwise file transfer from OS X seems to work to the root directory.

If you want to use folders/sub-folders, I think they have to be created in windows first (as someone else posted), otherwise, it doesn't seem to want to play the songs located inside.

Browsing songs w/o any organization is probably the biggest downside to these devices, and where the real ipod excels. oh well, pretty good value for the money anyway