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I'm posting this in both the iPod community and in the iMac community. My appologies to any who are bother by this...
I just bought a 2011 iMac (21.5 w/ 2.5GHz i5) and it came w/ Mac OS X Lion (currently at 10.7.2). I have a WD MyBook Studio connected to the single FireWire 800 port w/ an appropriate cable. The MyBook works just fine all the time. I have an old 3rd generation iPod (3G, 10GB) that I have been using for years via FireWire 400 on various PowerMacs, older iMacs, a couple of eMacs and even a Dell running XP Pro. I just picked up a FireWire 800 to 400 adapter that I plugged into the second FireWire 800 port on the back of the MyBook external HD. My iPod started charging as soon as I plugged in my genuine Apple iPod-FireWire cable that came w/ the iPod. To my dismay, the iPod makes no indication that it is connected to a computer and the computer makes no indication that it is connected to and iPod. I unmounted my MyBook drive and disconnected the cable from the back of the iMac. I then plugged the FW800-400 adapter directly into the back of the iMac and plugged in my iPod. No change. The iPod charges just fine but won't connect in any way. To be certain that my iPod and cable are OK, I fired up my old eMac (I'm glad I haven't put it on eBay yet) and the iPod works great. I can sync w/ iTunes and use disk access to move files on and off the iPod from the Finder. My eMac is running 10.4.11.
My next attempt was to check if the iPod is compatible w/ Lion and the latest iTunes (10.5.3) so I used a USB cable that came w/ my much newer iPod Classic 120GB. The old iPod 3G connected right away, synced and everything is fine. I tried turning off disk use as a post online mentioned this as a possible solution. I ejected the iPod and moved over to the FireWire cable. No change, charges fine but no connection. I tried the cable yet again w/ the eMac and everything is fine. I even tried my iPod Mini. That too works great via the FireWire cable on the eMac but only charges via FireWire on the iMac. The iPod Mini works fine via USB as well. I also tried both the iPod 3G and Mini w/ the FireWire cable on my Dell w/ an off-brand FireWire PCI card. Works perfectly. Both iPods are up to date according to iTunes. Even iTunes 10.5.2 on the Dell under Win XP Pro says it's all up to date. Yes, they are "Windows" iPods so I can connect them to any computer in a pinch.
If I can use USB for all of my iPods, then why am I worrying about FireWire? It's all about convenience. The battery in my iPod 3G doesn't last all that long. When connecting via USB, it communicates but doesn't charge (it needs the 12V of FireWire to charge even though it has USB capability). Bad things can happen if the iPod's battery dies during syncing. Connecting via FireWire not only takes care of the battery issue but it is also noticeably and measurably faster syncing files over FireWire than USB (I've done an apples to apples comparison of this in the past). I also paid $1200 for this iMac and another $10+ for the FW800-400 adapter. It should work. Apple has a number of articles that say FW800 is 100% backwards compatible w/ FW400. I can't find anything out there that tells me it shouldn't work and lots of things telling me it should work fine.
Can anyone shed light on why my iPod won't connect via FireWire to my new iMac.

It sounds like your talking about iPod (dock connector) from 2003, And a Mini from 2004?

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