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April 29, 2003
iPod help
I'm occasionally having a strange problem with my iPod. I use it with as many as five different Macs. Two have 10.2.5, three have 9.2.2. Four have built-in FireWire, one (the Lombard PowerBook) has a PC Card that doesn't charge the iPod, but does read it.
When I hook the iPod up with either OS 9 Mac at home, I get prompted that the drive could not be recognized (Do you want to initialize it?). On the OS X machines, everything is fine, but here's the strange thing: On the OS 9 machine at work (a 400-mHz iMac DV like the one at home except for color), the drive mounts exactly as expected.
Strangest of all, it sometimes works with the TiBook, and sometimes doesn't.
Thoughts?
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Thoughts?
I've got a thought: I wish I had an iPod! :-)
Oh, and I wish I could be of some help.
Posted by: john m at Apr 30, 2003 8:11:12 AM
When I got to work, it wouldn't mount on the OS 9 box there, either. I did a full restore, which wiped all the music, and I can now see it on OS 9 and OS X boxes at work.
Posted by: Frank at Apr 30, 2003 12:54:04 PM
Glad you solved it.
I just read a bit on the new iPod, and I see that one version supports Macs and Windows, which rights a wrong. Since I have both platforms, I like this feature; now I don't have to get a new Mac before getting a 'Pod. The new dock will make it easy to play tunes at the office. I like it!
Posted by: john m at May 1, 2003 2:52:43 PM
i have a new ipod (15gb) and it froze. does anyone have any ideas what this may be a cause of? i have never heard of an ipod freezing before. also i left it sitting on the table frozen and when i came back it had turned off and would not turn on. it does not charge and no visuals of any kind appear on the screen. if anyone has any ideas please email me.
Posted by: roger at May 29, 2003 2:21:48 PM
my email is hayedus@aol.com
Posted by: roger at May 29, 2003 2:22:43 PM
I just got an ipod, I have windows, I sure could use some help setting this up, any takers ?
thank you
Posted by: Joan at Jul 26, 2003 2:12:15 AM
Need Help! My 20gig hard drive will not mount. I have tried it on different computers (all mac) and I can't get it to mount.
Posted by: michael bnkole at Aug 22, 2003 1:46:55 PM
i got the music on my pod but when i go to play it it turns off and then turns back on. i dont know what to do, i have deleted all the songs on it and put them back on but that did no good. please someone tell me how to fix it. i have an emachine comp with windows so it should work but i just need some help.
Posted by: allen at Sep 8, 2003 12:16:48 AM
Hi i use my ipod all the time and i went to plug it into my computer(windows xp) and the little ipod icon never came up and i can't transfer files onto my ipod. CAN ANYONE TELL ME HOW TO FIX THIS PROBLE??? thanks
Posted by: cory at Sep 11, 2003 7:40:40 PM
My ipod has it's commands in German. How do I change them back to English?
Posted by: Karen at Sep 11, 2003 11:00:35 PM
I just bought a 15 gb ipod. Now I have a problem because my computer does not support it. The computer has resetted all the info on it but you can get it back. If any of you are interested in buying it I live in New York. E-mail me if you are interested.
Posted by: Jay at Sep 13, 2003 4:49:10 PM
I just bought a 15 gb ipod, and it worked for a little while but now it says windows doesnt recognize it...help?
Posted by: clem at Sep 16, 2003 2:38:44 PM
a friend has bought a 10GB ipod and cannot get it to work, are there specific drivers for her OS?!?!?! would really appreciate ur help :-D
Posted by: dominic at Sep 23, 2003 2:49:58 PM
HELP!! how do i download songs onto my iPod, i just got the new 20gb touchpad one and i can't find out how to download songs onto my iPod, i would really appreciate the help! it lets me play cd's and get clips of music, but it wont download them into the 'pod. i dont understand any of it, and neither do my friends.
Posted by: Elise at Oct 10, 2003 5:11:41 PM
My pod is locking up when I connect to a win xp home laptop. I have had 100s of tracks from the same LT for the past 6 months. Hardware wizard does not install i pod. I still get the "Do not disconnect" icon on the ipod when in the docking stn and connected to LT. Then I cant turn the bugger off. Oh and the i pods screen is knackered. Come on you ram heads................help please or im going to cry some what. Thanks.
Posted by: qwerty at Oct 15, 2003 7:41:37 PM
please help me i have an "unhappy" IPOd everytime i try to reset it by pressing the menu and play buttons there is this little picture of a folder and an exclamation point , what do i do is it broken for good?
Posted by: Danna at Oct 16, 2003 8:59:24 PM
I went to intsall my ipod and when it was loading the firmware it crashed and now it will not boot up, any one know any way to help me. I have reset it. Please help.
Posted by: mackam at Oct 26, 2003 8:35:47 AM
looking for a bit of help, using PC and itunes, is there any way to force ipod to take it's file names from the actual filename of the song rather then the tag the MP3 has associated with it?? i've got a beautiful hard drive of well organised songs but when i move anything to the iPod it gets very messy :( ... any help or ideas would be much appreciated. i don't mind switching programs if that will help but i've tryed anapod explorer, musicmatch and now itunes ... i prefer itunes out of all of those but still have my issue with filenames :(
Posted by: James at Oct 26, 2003 10:29:56 PM
Im having trouble transefering read only files to my ipod. These files are my own cds that I ripped onto my computer. even after clicking the little non read only box they still stay read only? I was wondering if there were any programs that I could download to change this, or is my computer just messed up. Any help would be awesome. Thanks!
Posted by: Cory at Oct 27, 2003 8:04:35 PM
my 10 g Ipod was fine until today when i turned it on it just showed the apple sign..so i charged it for about an hour but it just keeps showing the apple sign and i cant turn it off....what should i do??? email me the answer (maxoreilly@att.net)
Posted by: max at Oct 28, 2003 6:30:33 PM
i need help setting up my ipod please help
Posted by: robin at Nov 6, 2003 5:59:44 PM
I've just got an ipod an i have a windows pc, i'm havin trouble settin it up,any help?
Posted by: Dylan at Nov 25, 2003 9:23:26 AM
I've had my 10gb i pod for about a year no, it dropped and the lcd screen cracked, the music still played though, i brought it to the mac store and i asked how to get my cds on my ipod, cause i use jukebox with my downloads, and he suggested itunes, though when i plugged my i pod in it erased all my tunes and now jukebox isn't reading it.... how can i get both itunes and jukebox to load onto it?
Posted by: abbey at Nov 27, 2003 7:07:33 PM
Does anyone know how to get around the synching limitations with an ipod. I'm trying to get music off my ipod onto my computer, after someone else put music on my ipod. Is there any way to get that music onto my home computer?
Ed Redlich
Posted by: edmets at Nov 28, 2003 2:45:19 AM
Stupid Question: The reason I bought this iPod was so that I could put the music on IT instead of my computer, 'cause I don't want the music taking up all that space! Do I need to convert the filews to AAC to make them smaller? Is there a way I can remove them from my computer without it affecting what I've got on my iPod? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
Posted by: Caro at Dec 6, 2003 8:10:36 PM
