Can't seem to figure out a fix for this problem:
I have a 20GB dock connector style iPod (the kind with 4 buttons across the top). I generally connect it to 2 different computers, a G4 MDD (my home computer) and a G4 Mac Mini (my work computer). Both computers are running 10.4.8 and iTunes 7.0.1
Basically, every day I disconnect the iPod from my home computer, listen to it as I walk to work, plug it into my work computer, and then disconnect it and listen to it when I walk home, and plug it back into my home computer. Repeat daily.
All of the sudden as of a few days ago, when I connect to either computer, iTunes says:
"iTunes cannot read the contents of the iPod "XXX iPod". Go to the Summary tab in iPod preferences and click Restore to restore this iPod to factory settings."
But here's the interesting thing - the iPod shows up in the desktop as a hard drive, and all the files I keep on it are there, completely usable. And when I disconnect from the computer, all my songs are intact, and I can still listen to the iPod normally.
The bottom line is, the Ipod seems fine, except that it's not recognized by iTunes, so I can't add or subtract anything from my iPod. I should also note that I have my iPod set to manually add music, and not to Sync.
I have no problem restoring the iPod if that's what it takes for iTunes to recognize it - but I haven't done it because I'm worried that even after restore that it still won't be recognized, and I won't be able to use it to listen to music. At least now, I can still listen to music and use the iPod as a hard drive.
Posts on Apple's discussion page refer to this problem, but more for 5th generation iPods, an in almost all cases, the music has been wiped from the affected iPods, so it seems to be a different issue. Any advice anyone can give would be great, even if it's just to confirm that restoring my iPod will or won't fix the iTunes problem.
thanks!
I have a 20GB dock connector style iPod (the kind with 4 buttons across the top). I generally connect it to 2 different computers, a G4 MDD (my home computer) and a G4 Mac Mini (my work computer). Both computers are running 10.4.8 and iTunes 7.0.1
Basically, every day I disconnect the iPod from my home computer, listen to it as I walk to work, plug it into my work computer, and then disconnect it and listen to it when I walk home, and plug it back into my home computer. Repeat daily.
All of the sudden as of a few days ago, when I connect to either computer, iTunes says:
"iTunes cannot read the contents of the iPod "XXX iPod". Go to the Summary tab in iPod preferences and click Restore to restore this iPod to factory settings."
But here's the interesting thing - the iPod shows up in the desktop as a hard drive, and all the files I keep on it are there, completely usable. And when I disconnect from the computer, all my songs are intact, and I can still listen to the iPod normally.
The bottom line is, the Ipod seems fine, except that it's not recognized by iTunes, so I can't add or subtract anything from my iPod. I should also note that I have my iPod set to manually add music, and not to Sync.
I have no problem restoring the iPod if that's what it takes for iTunes to recognize it - but I haven't done it because I'm worried that even after restore that it still won't be recognized, and I won't be able to use it to listen to music. At least now, I can still listen to music and use the iPod as a hard drive.
Posts on Apple's discussion page refer to this problem, but more for 5th generation iPods, an in almost all cases, the music has been wiped from the affected iPods, so it seems to be a different issue. Any advice anyone can give would be great, even if it's just to confirm that restoring my iPod will or won't fix the iTunes problem.
thanks!