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Re: ipod, itunes and external firewire drive problem.

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From: Keith Pritchard
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 12:16
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Jason <matreya_nospam@currawong.net> wrote:
> > 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.

Can't suggest much but just to say, it's not an iTunes bug because I
have EXACTLY that setup here and it's working just fine.

In fact, the ipod has been chained through the external drive from day
one, it's never been connected directly.

Keith
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Subject: Re: ipod, itunes and external firewire drive problem.
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