Installing Sherpa

What is Sherpa?

If you are unfamiliar with what Sherpa is or does, please read this page from our Guided Tour.

Supported Devices

Currently, Sherpa supports the following devices:

• iPod Nano
• iPod Mini
• "Classic-style" iPod, all generations (including iPod Photo)
• Now known as "iPod Classic"
• Previously called "iPod 20GB", "iPod 80GB" etc

Sherpa does not currently support iPod Shuffle, iPod Touch or iPhone. If you have one of these unsupported devices, please do not install or run Sherpa.

Playtripper cannot be held responsible for any damage that may occur as a result of using Sherpa with an unsupported device.

Is it safe to use Sherpa?

For peace of mind, Sherpa takes a backup of all the "special" files it changes, so you can always reset your iPod back to its original state at any time.

Installing Sherpa

Sherpa comes in "zip" file format. Download and install it as detailed in the steps below.

1. Open Windows Explorer (if there is a "Windows" key, just press "Windows-E")
2. Select "My Computer"
3. Connect your MP3 player to the USB port. After a short pause, you should see your player appear as a drive under My Computer. If the drive does not appear, press F5.
4. Note the "drive letter" for your player e.g. "E:".
5. Click the "Download Sherpa" button below. This should start a download of "sherpa.zip"



6. Extract the contents of sherpa.zip to the root directory of your player (e.g. "E:\")
7. In Windows Explorer, right-click on the windows drive that is your player (e.g. "E:") and click "Eject".
8. Disconnect your player from the USB cable.
9. Installation is complete

Click for instructions on how to run your new Sherpa installation.