User Guide

Going back to Apple's firmware

You can always return. There are three ways, from gentlest to most complete. Read this page before you install, so you know your way out.

1. Just for now (nothing is erased)#

1. Restart the player: hold Menu and Select together for about 8 seconds.
2. As soon as the screen goes dark, hold Menu.
3. Apple’s own software starts for this session.

Restart again without holding anything to come back to ProkBox. Your music is untouched.

2. Remove ProkBox for good, keep your music#

This puts the original start-up files back. It needs the ProkBox-backup.bin file you saved when you installed.

1. Connect the player.
2. In a terminal, run ipodpatcher -w ProkBox-backup.bin.
3. Eject and restart the player.

Apple’s software then runs again with your files still on the drive, but its library looks empty until you sync with Apple’s own tools. You can delete the ProkBox files from the drive afterwards (turn on “show hidden files” to see them).

3. Full restore (erases everything)#

Use this if the player won’t start at all.

1. Restart: hold Menu and Select for about 8 seconds.
2. Right away, hold Select and Play until Disk Mode appears.
3. Connect to a computer and use Apple’s own restore tool:
   • Mac: Finder (macOS 10.15 or later).
   • Windows: iTunes, or the Apple Devices app.
4. Choose Restore. This erases the player and puts back Apple’s software, formatted for that computer.

Then what?#

After a restore the player is stock. You can install ProkBox again whenever you like by following Getting started.