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Article #40Re: ipod, itunes and external firewire drive problem.
From: Matthew Kirkcaldie
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 01:02
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 01:02
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In article <3f93b5f7$1_1@news.iprimus.com.au>,
Robert Atkins <ratkins_usenet@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> Last night, even though the iPod was connected and iTunes could see the
> it, I couldn't select and drag new songs onto the iPod. I rebooted and
> it was all fine. But this morning when I went to play some music, the
> iPod claimed it had no songs on it! I plugged the bugger in to the iBook
> when I got home, and of course all the data was there. But now when I
> plug it in again, it won't even mount on the Finder!
>
> If anyone suggests "back up the songs on your iPod and restore it with
> the firmware updater" I'll slap them, as I have a 40Gb iPod and a half-full
> 20Gb drive on my iBook :-).
Reset the iPod - switch the Hold switch on then off, then hold down the
Menu and Play buttons for as long as it takes for the screen to blank
then show the Apple logo (about 5-10 seconds). Your music is stored on
the hard disk, so blitzing the player's operating memory won't erase it.
Matthew.
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