Grocery lists, to-do items, driving directions, a cheat sheet that details your blind date's interests—if you can type (or copy) a note, you can take it with you on your iPod
and refer to it as often as needed. Just remember to keep your notes fairly brief—you can cram in up to 4096 characters (4 KB total) per note. Here's how.

In your word-processing application or program of choice, either type a new note for yourself (such as a shopping list, to-do list, or other notes), or copy text from a
source (a recipe, email message, song lyrics, or the like) and paste it into your document.
Save your document as a plain text (.txt) file.
Connect your iPod to your computer.
If you haven't already set your iPod for disk use (skip this step if you have), enable this feature by doing the following:
Open iTunes, then open iTunes preferences (Mac users, choose Preferences from the iTunes menu; Windows users, on the Edit menu, click Preferences).
Click the iPod tab, then click the Music tab in the iPod pane.
Select the "Enable disk use" checkbox, then click OK.
Open your iPod volume that appears on your desktop (Mac) or in My Computer (Windows) to display three folders: Calendars, Contacts, and Notes.
Drag your text file to the Notes folder on your iPod to add it.
Viewing Notes


When you're done copying over your notes, click the eject button next to your iPod icon in the iTunes Source list, then disconnect your iPod from your computer.
To view your notes, just select Extras > Notes to view a list of all notes on your iPod. To read one, scroll the Click Wheel to highlight its name and press the
Center button (use the Click Wheel to scroll down the document too).

If you haven't already figured it out by now, you can use any iPod model as an external hard drive, allowing you to copy files onto it and shuttle items from one computer to another. This comes in handy if you need to work on projects at the office or school and at home, or you want to transfer your digital music collection from your old computer to a new one. Here's how to enable this feature.

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Connect your iPod to your computer.
Open iTunes (if it isn't open already), then open iTunes preferences (Mac users, choose Preferences from the iTunes menu; Windows users, on the Edit menu, click Preferences).
Click the iPod tab, then click the Music tab in the iPod pane.
Select the "Enable disk use" checkbox, then click OK.
Your iPod should now appear as a mounted volume on your desktop (Mac) or in My Computer (Windows). To copy files for transport, simply drag any file onto the iPod volume icon, or double-click the volume, create a new folder (or folders), and copy items to it.