New user installation help!!! (1st time user)

[mike1978]

I recently found out that in order to use my iPod without it crashing, I would need to use Rockbox to get it to work properly. I downloaded Utility 1.4.0 and tried to do the installation. I click on the install button and everything goes along just fine with no issues. I eject the iPod and try to restart it but it always goes to the original firmware. I can't get Rockbox to boot up.  I have looked and tried to find out how to get RockBox to boot up but the information is either wrong or just not helpful. I apologize in advance if this sounds like I'm being dumb about this but I honestly have no idea what I'm doing wrong. The bootloader selection is grayed out and says the selected player doesn't need a boot loader. I am currently using an iPod Classic (7th Gen). I am also running macOS Mojave version 10.14.6


Please help me


Thanks mike1978

[Frankenpod]

I don't really know anything about installing RB with a Mac, but using RB Utility 1.4.0 doesn't sound right.  Current RBU release is 1.5.1, I thought?  Not sure earlier releases even support the 7th gen (do you mean 7.0 gen 120GB model or 7.5 gen 160GB slim model, btw?)

[mike1978]

1.5.1 requires macOS 10.15 or later, my current computer only goes 10.14.6. So the only one that I am able to get to work is 1.4.0. It's definitely a 7th Gen iPod Classic.

[philden]

I too have a Mac running 10.14.6. I set up a Bootcamp installation of Windows 10 to install Rockbox on a 7th Gen iPod. The free Windows install was good enough for this.

[mike1978]

I too have a Mac running 10.14.6. I set up a Bootcamp installation of Windows 10 to install Rockbox on a 7th Gen iPod. The free Windows install was good enough for this.

I have never used BootCamp before, so is there a webpage that shows how to do this? Also, is the free Windows install the same one that is on this page: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10ISO

thanks

mike1978

[philden]

There are guides on line, but you can also just follow the instructions in Bootcamp Assistant. You can use the Windows iTunes if you need to reformat your iPod to Windows, before installing Rockbox

It doesn't take long, so if you have a friend with a Windows computer, that could be an option.

The only inconvenience I had is that the computer was slow to reboot, using Option to select the boot disk, unless I disconnected all of my external drives first.