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Article #43Re: ipod, itunes and external firewire drive problem.
From: moll
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 00:05
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 00:05
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On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 21:26:41 +0800, moll wrote: the problem (for anyone still interested) seems to be iTunes... thhis is what I reported to Apple: "I reported earlier problems getting iTunes to recognize an iPod as a valid source when it was daisychained through an external firewire hard-drive. I now have a firewire hub and have narrowed down the range of the problem. The iPod is always mounted in finder, and iPod software update 1.3 finds it without fail. iTunes only finds it intermittently however, even when plugged in to the hub. In order to get it recognized reliably I have to eject the firewire drive, unplug it and reboot with only the iPod connected. Once iTunes has found it I can then plug in the firewire drive and it gets mounted in the usual way. Then everything works fine UNTIL the hard-disks are put to sleep by Energy Saver... the the iPod is lost again. I am guessing that iTunes only has a limited time in which to recognize the iPod as an iPod when it is plugged in. If the system is busy mounting the external firewire drive because it and the iPod are plugged in together then that window of opportunity is lost. Pure speculation of course. What is certain is that it is an itunes bug, given that iPod Software updater can always find the iPod, even when iTunes can't. regards moll"
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