Must be something in the air. Mine's doing the same danged thing and I just had the harddrive replaced a month ago. I think I'll be sending it back when I get back form Dallas.
I wanna chat with you sometime about your iPod experience. I might need to be sending mine off for repair, I guess. Maybe after Thanksgiving, when I have have time again, I'll stop by and pester you about the process.
2. Before connecting to the computer manually set to disk mode. Then after it's connected to the computer, use Disk Utility to _verify_ the iPod. If errors are found back up your iPod (see #3). Also use the terminal to explore the iPod to see if your music files are there. Repair using Disk Utility after backing up the iPod (see #3).
3. Use iPodViewer to copy your music to your hard disk. You could probably use the terminal to do the same thing maybe cp /Volumes/ipod_name/iPod_Control/Music/* /ipod_backup/ (my *nix fu is not strong so don't take my word for it.) Also you can clone your iPod using iPod.iTunes (I've not used it.) Repair w/Disk Utility or restore. Return your music to the iPod via disk mode as it's faster than using iTunes but I don't know how iTunes will react if you're managing the iPod automatically.
As I recall, reset worked once, repair using Disk Utility worked once and had to restore once (which I think was meep's not mine.) FYI - I manually manage my 20G iPod as I don't want iTunes to do it, plus I like to keep the G5's drive as free as possible. I do have 2 backups of my iPod on 2 different drives.
I don't care so much about copying my music to the hard disk -- I use iTunes to manage all my music anyway, so it's already there. In fact, the music is on the iPod -- I'm listening to it now. But none of my playlists are on there. Weird. When I plugged the iPod into the computer this morning, it wanted to restore it. I tried to let it, but it wouldn't. I think the Verify/Repair with Disk Utility will be a good next step.
I don't care if it takes iTunes a long time to re-synch the music -- I can let it do that while I sleep.
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I wanna chat with you sometime about your iPod experience. I might need to be sending mine off for repair, I guess. Maybe after Thanksgiving, when I have have time again, I'll stop by and pester you about the process.
1. Reset it.
2. Before connecting to the computer manually set to disk mode. Then after it's connected to the computer, use Disk Utility to _verify_ the iPod. If errors are found back up your iPod (see #3). Also use the terminal to explore the iPod to see if your music files are there. Repair using Disk Utility after backing up the iPod (see #3).
3. Use iPodViewer to copy your music to your hard disk. You could probably use the terminal to do the same thing maybe cp /Volumes/ipod_name/iPod_Control/Music/* /ipod_backup/ (my *nix fu is not strong so don't take my word for it.) Also you can clone your iPod using iPod.iTunes (I've not used it.) Repair w/Disk Utility or restore. Return your music to the iPod via disk mode as it's faster than using iTunes but I don't know how iTunes will react if you're managing the iPod automatically.
As I recall, reset worked once, repair using Disk Utility worked once and had to restore once (which I think was
I don't care if it takes iTunes a long time to re-synch the music -- I can let it do that while I sleep.