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Article #48Re: ipod, itunes and external firewire drive problem.
From: Jason
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 07:47
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 07:47
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In article <pan.2003.10.10.07.36.27.810139@hotmail.com>, moll <max@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hello all, > > Problem: itunes doesn't recognize an iPod daisychained to an external > firewire drive. > > I've got a biggish music collection housed on an external firewire drive > (Lacie 200gb). My powerbook sees it no problem. > I also have a 20gb iPod. > My powerbook sees that no problem, IF it is plugged directly into the > Mac's firewire port. > > The problem of course is I need to access both at the same time. > Theoretically I should be able to plug the drive into the Mac and the iPod > into the drive - daisychaining. The trouble is that although both get > mounted on the desktop,and botha re accessible to the finder, iTunes > doesn't recognize that an iPod is attached, so it remains inaccessible. > > It's not a power problem because a) the Lacie drive is powered and b) both > drives ARE readable and writeable via finder. > > So it must be a bug in iTUnes. > > Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to fix it? Sounds like a reasonable deduction, given you can mount the iPod when it's daisy-chained... > I've tried reinstalilng iPod software ... no joy. You don't mention what version of MacOS you're using?
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