80GB classic not linking up with iTunes

My classic froze and after trying to re-set, it just keeps "clicking" but doesn't show anything on the screen. I tried to connect it to my pc - it recognizes the iPod and even shows that 30Gb are used but I can't get iTunes to link up with it. Any suggestions out there??

Well start with these articles and see if that gets you anywhere...
iPod is not recognized properly by computer when USB drivers are not installed properly or are out of date
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305136
iTunes for Windows: iTunes 7 doesn't recognize iPod
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304434
iPod missing in "My Computer" or in iTunes for Windows
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61711
Also you might try forcing the iPod into disk mode first, then connecting it to your computer and see if that makes it show up in iTunes...
Putting iPod into Disk Mode
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93651
Patrick

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80GB (Classic) Crash to do with iTunes...

I've had my 80GB iPod Classic for 2 days. I connect it to my computer this morning and when I open iTunes it detects it as the wrong iPod (looking on the internet, I think iTunes detected it as the first or second generation iPod). It says I need to download iPod software 1.5, I press okay and then it screws up on me (closes). I open it up again and just close the message, the iPod tries to sync but says some songs cant be played. I then eject the iPod and look at it to see it has just deleted everything on my iPod. I connect it up AGAIN and it detects it as the right iPod, but says it cant read it or something so I have to restore it to factory settings. I press the restore button and then iTunes screws up again and closes. What can I do???

Well start with these articles and see if that gets you anywhere...
iPod is not recognized properly by computer when USB drivers are not installed properly or are out of date
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305136
iTunes for Windows: iTunes 7 doesn't recognize iPod
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304434
iPod missing in "My Computer" or in iTunes for Windows
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61711
Also you might try forcing the iPod into disk mode first, then connecting it to your computer and see if that makes it show up in iTunes...
Putting iPod into Disk Mode
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93651
Patrick

HT201263 Can a disabled ipod be restarted when the original computer has crashed that it was linked to with itunes?

My child has an ipod touch that has now been disabled due to too many wrong passcodes from younger siblings. But the problem of restoring it is that the computer it was linked to with itunes has crashed. So what do we do now? Please help. Thanks for all suggestions in advance!

Disabled
Place the iOS device in Recovery Mode and then connect to your computer and restore via iTunes. The iPod will be erased.
iOS: Forgot passcode or device disabled
If recovery mode does not work try DFU mode.
How to put iPod touch / iPhone into DFU mode « Karthik's scribblings
For how to restore:
iTunes: Restoring iOS software
To restore from backup see:
iOS: Back up and restore your iOS device with iCloud or iTunes
If you restore from iCloud backup the apps will be automatically downloaded. If you restore from iTunes backup the apps and music have to be in the iTunes library since synced media like apps and music are not included in the backup of the iOS device that iTunes makes.
You can redownload most iTunes purchases by:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
If problem what happens or does not happen and when in the instructions? When you successfully get the iPod in recovery mode and connect to computer iTunes should say it found an iPod in recovery mode.

My iPhone 5S suddenly will not sync calendars with iTunes on my iMAC. I recently upgraded the iMAC to version 10.8.5. Am I missing a setting somewhere?

My iPhone 5S suddenly will not sync calendars with iTunes on my iMAC. I recently upgraded the iMAC to version 10.8.5. Am I missing a setting somewhere?

Hey Oynkus,
Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.
You state you updated your iMac to OS X 10.8.5. Did you update iTunes as well?
If so, you may find the calendar sync options under Info.
Sync contacts, calendars, and other info with iPod, iPhone, or iPad - iTunes Help
Sync contacts and other info with iPod touch, iPhone, or iPad
Connect your device to your computer.
Click the device button, then click Info.
Select the items you want to sync.
Click Apply.
Take care,
Nubz

Iphone does not sync ringtone with itunes

My iphone 4 does not sync ringtone with itunes. I created a new ringtone in itunes ( file.m4r) , tagged it and started syncing with my iphone, but the new ringtone does not show among the ringtones in my iphone

Now it works, don't know how, but iot works, since I changed into sync manually started a sync process unsuccessfully and get back to re-sync automatically.
Used sync all ring tones instead of sync selected ones, but I tried this before and it did not work.
Very strange, should have been this change, otherwise I really dont't know why it works now and not before

My ipone 4 will not finish syncing with itunes running win 7

my ipone 4 will not finish syncing with itunes running win 7

Try deleting the iPod photo cache, as described here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1314

My iPod Classic sync keeps failing with iTunes 11.4

My 80GB iPod Classic stopped syncing with iTunes once it'd updated to iTunes 11.4 and then the memory failed (at least I think so as it no longer seems to have any, even though it has no music on it). Assuming this was an issue related to my dying iPod, I purchased a second hand 160GB iPod Classic that has been tested and should be working fine yet when I tried to sync it with my iTunes yesterday it would copy about 8 tracks and then freeze, giving me the spinning beach ball of doom before eventually telling me the sync had failed and giving me the error message -1401 (which I can't find anywhere online). According to iTunes some of the memory has been used up and the iPod says that there is now 7gb less free memory than when I got it but there's still nothing on my iPod. When the iPod is plugged in it says it has zero capacity according to iTunes yet the bar along the bottom shows it has plenty of free space. I've tried restoring it, restarting it, etc but to no avail. Please help!
I currently have iTunes 11.4 and use Mac OS X Mavericks (not quite sure which release currently as I'm at work but it was updated recently) on an iMac from 2009/2010 trying to sync with a 160GB iPod Classic (which currently claims to have 141GB of free memory even though it has no content on it).

You might want to read through this post I recently wrote summarizing what can lead to synchronization problems. My first suggestion would be to determine whether the problem lies with iTunes/your computer or the iPod itself. To that end, if you have a friend with a working iTunes setup (or at the Apple store), I'd see if you can get that machine to at least connect to your iPod and restore it with something... anything. If that works, you know the iPod itself is OK and not corrupted, and you can look at disk diagnostics and such. If that doesn't work, then contact a Genius bar for service.
If the problem is on the iTunes/your computer side, my post cited above should help. I'd suspect the problem is in the underlying Apple media drivers, and I'd move back through the iTunes versions until I find one that works. Note that, at some point, you may no longer be able to read the backed Itunes library (and do back up your libraries). If that happens, you should be able to reimport your music from where it is on disk, but you may lose metadata such as ratings, play counts, and playlists.

80gb classic...transferring to itune

I am new to the whole ipod thing and I love having one! I have an 80gb ipod and have set up itunes on my computer with windows xp. Recently we had to do a complete reboot on our computer because of a virus...which wiped out my itunes and my library. I do however have all my songs from itunes library on my ipod. How do I get the songs from my ipod back onto itunes? As far as I know if I try to synch my ipod now, it will just wipe out everything on my ipod because there is nothing in my itunes. Please help.

Connect your iPod to your computer. If it is set to update automatically you'll get a message that it is linked to a different library and asking if you want to link to this one and replace all your songs etc, press "Cancel". Pressing "Erase and Sync" will irretrievably remove all the songs from your iPod. When your iPod appears in the iTunes source list change the update setting to manual, that will let you use our iPod without the risk of accidentally erasing it. Check the "manually manage music and videos" box in Summary then press the Apply button. Also when using most of the utilities listed below your iPod needs to be enabled for disc use, changing to manual update will do this by default: Managing content manually on iPod
Once you are safely connected there are a few things you can do to restore your iTunes from the iPod. If you have any iTunes Music Store purchases the transfer of purchased content from the iPod to authorised computers was introduced with iTunes 7. You'll find details in this article: Copying iTunes Store purchases from your iPod or iPhone to a computer
The transfer of content from sources such as songs imported from CD is designed by default to be one way from iTunes to iPod. However there are a number of third party utilities that you can use to retrieve the music files and playlists from your iPod. You'll find that they have varying degrees of functionality and some will transfer movies, videos, photos, podcasts and games as well. Have a look at the web pages and documentation, this is just a small selection of what's available, they are generally quite straightforward. You can read reviews and comparisons of some of them here:
Wired News - Rescue Your Stranded Tunes
Comparison of iPod managers
TuneJack Windows Only (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
iPod2PC Windows Only
iDump Windows Only
SharePod Windows Only
iPodRip Mac & Windows
YamiPod Mac and Windows
Music Rescue Mac & Windows
Floola Mac & Windows
iGadget Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
iRepo Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
iPod Access Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
TouchCopy Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible - Windows version only)
There's also a manual method of copying songs from your iPod to a Mac or PC. The procedure is a bit involved and won't recover playlists but if you're interested it's available on page 2 at this link: Copying Content from your iPod to your Computer - The Definitive Guide
Whichever of these retrieval methods you choose, keep your iPod in manual mode until you have reloaded your iTunes and you are happy with your playlists etc then it will be safe to return it auto-sync. I would also advise that you get yourself an external hard drive and back your stuff up, relying on an iPod as your sole backup is not a good idea and external drives are comparatively inexpensive these days, you can get loads of storage for a reasonable outlay.

Ipod classic won't sync with itunes 10.6.3

My new iPod Classic 7th Gen (2.0.5 mac) is not syncing with iTunes 10.6.3. I get an error message telling me to update iTunes to a version above 10.7.
This is not possible on a Powermac G5 (10.5.8) since it has no Intel Core.
Is there any way to restore the the iPod Classic to an earlier firmware version (before 2.0.5), that can communicate with iTunes 10.6.3?
Cheers, Joern.

Then I guess this iPod is going back to the store. I have a PPC G5, and everything was working fine. But, I just lost my iPod classic from two years ago, and just bought a replacement... now I cannot use iTunes 10.6.3 to synch with it. I am *not* buying a new computer *just* to sync my iPod. I will try linux synch software and if that doesn't work then it's going back to the store.

Ipod classic won't sync with Itunes

Help! Since the time change, neither my Iphone 3G nor Ipod classic will sync with Itunes.
I unplugged Iphone after receiving can not sync messages. Plugged back in & Itunes did a restore. However, upon starting to sync, message re-appeared that it could not sync. I unplugged Iphone and it is still functional.
However, when tried to sync Ipod, syncing continued overnight (about 12 hours). When I awoke this morning, PC was frozen and had to hard boot it. I then went back into Itunes and Itunes did not recognize that my Ipod was connected. I ran diagnostics and it failed at recognizing Ipod. Ipod is frozen with message "Connected, Eject before disconnecting' and is not functional. I have sent diagnostics to Apple and am waiting to here from them. However, thought I'd check here to see if anyone else had encountered this issue. I am totally lost without my Ipod and can not run or workout until repaired. That may sound silly. But it really helps me mentally through workouts.

Update: OK! I am not sure what happened because I have tried this all morning. I held down the menu key on Ipod for about the 12th time. This time it rebooted. Ipod is functioning and appears that it did sync. However, I am not yet confident about connecting it to Itunes. I may wait until I am ready to purchase more tunes in a few weeks. LOL.

Ipod classic won't sync with itunes 11 anymore

My ipod 160gb classic died from a low battery, so i connect it to my computer, and then a strange white screen with a exclamation mark pop up saying 'do not disconnect', and then itunes suggested me to restore it, taking precaution, i went ahead and did that, but now itunes won't sync music to my ipod anymore, i think it has something to do with enable disk use being checked, but it won't let me uncheck it, i don't know what to do, someone please help!

Unclick Manually Manage Music and Videos, which is right above Enable Disk Use. You can then click on Enable Disk Use. I had the same problem as you and that fixed it.

IPod Classic will only sync with iTunes 11.0.2.26 in disk mode - can you help?

Hello, I am running Windows 8 64 bit with iTunes 11.0.2.26. This is a new PC and this is the first time I have tried to use it with my iPod. My iPod classic does not show up in Windows or in iTunes. The only way I have been able to sync anything is in disk mode. When syncing in disk mode the iPod appears in Windows and then disappears again when it ihas finished.
I have tried removing and reinstalling iTunes, but this has not sorted out the problem. The iPod device troubleshooter can not see the device. I have tried several different usb slots and two different sync cables. I can not see the iPod in device manager.
My iPod model is MB565 version 2.0.1 PC.
I would like to be able to sync my device as normal and to see if there are any updates available for my iPod classic, which as iTunes currently can't see the device, is not possible.
Can anyone help please?
Many thanks!

Well I finally figured out the problem, not thanks to anyone from Apple for that matter. You would asume this problem has happened before and is still happening. The problem was I couldn't copy certain songs anymore from iTunes to my iPod Classic. When trying to copy certain songs I got an error.
If you have this problem it means your song file is corrupted. You can simply check this by trying to copy it from your hard drive to an external hard drive. Here you will also get an error message.
This means you need to replace all the corrupted files by a back up on your hard drive or download it again. I did this and now everything works fine.
Hope this will solve a lot of problems.

A solution for idevice not detected/synced with itunes (11.3 ios 7.1.2 also here)

hello !
-the problem i had :
all perfect, but since last itunes my iphone 5s was not detected anymore by itunes 11.3 or 2 (who cares... but me)
updated my ios to 7.1.2 then tryied again to sync WIFI-USB to iTunes... => fail !
(i thinked about wiaitng for a next itunes and/or ios from apple to fix that... but i wanted to fix fastler.)
(Probelms some have : they reboot their iphone with "connect to itunes" coz their iphone want to be "RESTOREd" on tiunes when plugged... => THERe NO MIRACLES for that... wait ios update n/or itunes update so..)
ALWAYS SAVE YOUR idevice USING ICLOUD !!!! IT SAVES ... ALL !! (includings apps data, but the apps themselves ! USE IT ! i done this...)
-a Fix i have done that worked perfect for me :
my iphone so was working perfect after ios 7.1.2 update but could not sync...
so i activated icloud sync on it .... used the "sync to icloud - SAVe NOW" ....
and...
(crossing fingers..)
i restored my idevice !
(/!\ SINCE my iPhone 3G 16 Mb i never had any problems... or just a bit but always tried to solve by using google or YAHOO..)
so i restored ALL my iphone LIKE AS LAST STATE ! (i had just to DL all apps, but it's automatik....)
games saves, apps saves ? (probly too... will test...), all photos docs etc.... where on icloud it was just 1,2 Gb data (not including apps again.)
-iTunes was not detecting my iDevice (iphone 5s) :
for this i searched (hadly) on this forum... and found this solution that worked for me :
(Itunes can't recognize my IPhone ) <- click topik link
if i remember well ... (i am on PC win 8.1 x64 bits) ...
you must desinstalle :
"APPLE SOFTWARE UPDATE", "iTUNES" and "APPLE MOBILE DEVICE SUPPORT" and (.... 30 sec plz...) .. and " APPPLE application support" also...
(not sure but check this link just up here ^ ....)
voilà...
->
THINK ALSO, YOUR iDEVICE USB CABLE MUST BE "CERTIFIED FOR APPLE" .... i bought a chineze cable for 5 € did not worked...
i bought a "BELKIN" on Amazon it works flawless... (coz it's certified apple, even it's not an apple... but solid one)
->
don't forget to reboot your system before relaunching the itunes if u need reboot...
i hope i helped somes here...
iDevice are REALLY NICE i love them but sometyimes they caprices.... (sciences is unperfect)...
-> dont let it down (this topik) this can serves... well !
peace...

ALWAYS SAVE YOUR idevice USING ICLOUD !!!! IT SAVES ... ALL !! (includings apps data, but the apps themselves ! USE IT ! i done this...)

My download of itunes is not linking to the itunes store online

I have tried downloading itunes several times because it is not linking with the online itunes store. Are there reasons for and answers to this?

Many thanks.
With those symptoms, I'd try the following document:
Apple software on Windows: May see performance issues and blank iTunes Store
(If there's a SpeedBit LSP showing up in Autoruns, it's usually best to just uninstall your SpeedBit Video Accelerator.)

Restoring autorachived outlook notes breaks sync with itunes

Using most up to date itunes and OS for 3GS.
Using MS exchange on desktop to sync mail, contacts and calendar, on Windows.
Using Outlook 2010 on windows desktop.
Outlook notes were syncing well with itunes without a problem until I turned autoarchive on in outlook.
Outlook autoarchived some of my notes. When iphone synced, these notes disappeard from iphone.
So, I disabled autorachive and restroed the notes from the archive folder to the active Outlook folder (which also syncs with MS exchange).
This did not help, itunes was not recognizing the returned notes AND stopped sycing any new notes?
iMExchange app can see the notes and syncs wirelessly with them.
Any solution to restore syncing ability?
Tried changing itunes settings under info-other-syncnoteswithoutlook and info-advanced-notes: deactivating, reactivating, overwriting all notes.. no success

I'm having the same problem. the link above pertains only to contacts and calendar, which are already syncing fine. it's the notes that are not syncing for some reason.

80GB classic not linking up with iTunes

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