There's a lock next to my iPod? Help me?
I have no idea what happened, but I need serious help...please.
Last night a friend of mine decided to just plug her iPod into my computer and I have no idea what she did and everything has been horribly messed up since.
I resent my ipod, and I uninstalled iTunes and reinstalled it. Now, when I plug in my iPod, it shows up in iTunes but there's a a picture of a lock next to it (where it tells you how much space is has) and I have no idea how to add music to it. It wont let me drag and drop.
What do I do?
It sounds like your iPod has been changed to automatic update. To get it back to the manual, drag and drop way of updating your iPod's songs do this:
Right click on the iPod in the source under iTunes, select iPod Options. Under the iPod tab, select manuall manage songs and playlists.
Now it should be back to the way it was.
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