Always Have to Force Mount My iPod
I bought a 30gb video iPod about 2 weeks ago. From day one I've had to force mount (hold down menu and select) the iPod every time I connect it to my Mac. Here's my daily procedure for connecting my iPod:
1) Plug it into the Mac via the USB cable
2) iPod shows the "Do Not Disconnect" message but the red symbol doesn't blink and the iPod doesn't show up in the finder or in iTunes.
3) While still connected to the Mac, I reboot the iPod by holding down the Menu and Select buttons.
4) After the iPod reboots, it mounts on the Mac and shows up in the Finder and in iTunes. And, the red symbol on the iPod starts blinking with the "Do Not Disconnect" message.
I have to do this every time I plug it in. I've restored the iPod twice. Tried 3 different USB cables. And, tried it on 3 different Macs.
Is there anything else I can do to get this thing working normally?
I have the same problem though I can see ipod briefly show up in finder, but it doesn't show up in itunes and ipod get stuck with "do not disconnect" message.
Usually I can wait 10 seconds or so for the "do not disconnect" message to go away on the ipod, then I pull out the usb cable, plug it back in again and it shows up ok in itunes.
Sometimes I have to do the ipod reboot to get it to show up.
After going through this procedure though, I can eject the ipod and plug it back in and everything works ok. I suspect it may be my car hookup leaving ipod in confused state so I need to reset ipod first time I plug in to my MBP.
...Ted
mbp Mac OS X (10.4.8)
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