Cannot get my 30G classic to sync to my windows laptop. Suggestions?
Bought a used 30g IPOD classic on e-bay (I know, what could go wrong?). Attempts to edit the 5000+ songs left me with the 40 songs I wanted and over 5000 "footprints" or titles of songs where there's no music. You go to play the thing and it has to thumb thru hundreds of blanks to get to the actual music. Also it won't sync with the computer (using windows). The sync function shows up in grey so you can't do it. The manual offers no help. Any suggestions?
Stan
Hi, Stan.
The best way to resolve this issue would be to restore the device to factory settings and sync your iTunes music library to your device. Below, I have included the articles that walk you through the process.
Restoring iPod to factory settings
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1339
iTunes 11 for Windows: Set up syncing for iPod, iPhone, or iPad
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12313
Cheers,
Jason H.
Similar Messages
-
I cannot get my iphone 4s to sync with my new laptop. It has Windows 8, does this make it a problem?
I just bought a new computer and it has Windows 8. I can't get my iPhone 4S to sync, or even be recognized. Is there something I need to do?
If your iPhone is still not appearing, here's a troubleshooting assistant:
iPhone not appearing in iTunes -
This is the third time of writing this on your Apple Support Communities! My Ipod Classic will not sync. I have had it checked over at an Apple Genius Bar and also its lead - they say it is OK. I have had my computer checked at the place that built it for me (Windows 7 desktop when I found Windows 8 childish and irritating). After collecting it, I again had the Ipod symbol back on my library page, which was a step forward. However, the Ipod still won't sync.
I have tried other USB ports. I have tried removing Itunes from computer and downloading it again - with the latest version of course. I have tried authorising my computer. I have tried resetting the Ipod. I have tried ringing the Apple helpline at vast expense - the first assistant was helpful and went through a number of procedures before suggesting I removed and replaced Itunes and then rang back after doing this. I was given a reference number to quote so that I wouldn't need to go through the whole rigmarole again with another assistant. But, unfortunately, I got an extremely offensive young man who more or less called me a liar when I quoted the job number I had been given. He flatly refused to accept that I had already spent ages on the phone that afternoon and said that my last call to Apple, to which the reference number referred, had been in November 2011. When I asked to speak to a manager, he put the phone down for ages and left me paying for minutes, just waiting. I put the phone down eventually and rang back, got this person again, and again asked to speak to a manager, whereupon the phone was put down on me. Needless to say, I am not keen to try this phone service again in a hurry. But I do desperately want to be able to download my Economist in audio podcasts, which I have been without for a whole month now. Please can someone knowledgeable take pity and help me? By the way, what does IOS mean? (I thought IO stood for operating system, but am flummoxed by the S on the end. I have a newly built computer using Windows 7, the latest updated version.chicx wrote:
This is the third time of writing this on your Apple Support Communities!
Not with your current user id.
Far too much uneccesary information in your post, which only confuses things, a vast amount!
Let's start with iTunes.
Have you updated iTunes to 11.1.5, because the previous version did appear to have an issue about seeing iPods?
With iTunes 11.1.5 installed, look in Edit/Preferences/Devices, (or use the ALT key, followed by the E key and then the F key) and make sure that the box named Prevent iPods, iPhones and iPads from syncing automatically does not have a tick in the box.
Once you have doen those two things, check to see if the iPod is seen by iTunes.
chicx wrote:
By the way, what does IOS mean? (I thought IO stood for operating system, but am flummoxed by the S on the end.
Really?
OS stands for Operating System. (In computer speak, IO means Input/Output.)
iOS originally stood for iPhone Operating System, but it now refers to the iPod Touch and iPhone. The iPod Classic, which you have listed in your profile as your iPod, does not use iOS.
I assume that you have been listening to the Podcast in your iTunes on the computer as you cannot transfer it to your iPod. It's what I'd do. -
restored iphone from icloud so I could have all my old photos but now I cannot get it to restore or sync with itunes either by cable or by wifi. I have tried with automatic download off/on, I have had red circles, hours of syncing, nothing, help!!
Seems to be a common issue in discussions. Try this:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1538
And let me know if it helps, -
I cannot get my itunes library to sync on to my ipod. Every time I click sync, it does not.
I cannot get my itunes library to sync on to my ipod. Every time I click sync, it does not.
What exactly happens when you try to sync?
Was the iPod previous synced to another iTunes library/computer?
Have you successfully synced from this iTunes library/computer before?
Do the songs play in iTunes?
Do you have the right boxes checked to sync?
iTunes: Syncing media content to iOS devices and iPod
Try syncing using the manual method -
I cannot get iTunes to automatically launch at startup in Windows 7. I need it to do this so my Apple TV 'finds' my Music Library, which is stored on an external hard-drive, connected to my Windows 7 PC. Anyone know how I do this? I cannot seem to find anything on Google, which is surprising.
iTunes helper launches OK, but not iTunes itself. Am I being dim?
ThanksThe iTunes application should be installed on the system drive. You may need to repair iTunes to fix that error regarding a missing .exe.
To organize your library properly see Make a split library portable.
If you don't have a working version of the library that can be transformed into a portable shape I have tools and techniques that can repair the broken links.
tt2 -
ipod touch for Christmas, but cannot get started: after installing itunes, when connecting to my laptop I get no instruactions, just the error message "This iPod cannot be used because the Aplle Mobile Device service is not started". Any suggestions???
Jennifer...
Follow the instructions here > iPod touch: How to restart the Apple Mobile Device Service (AMDS) on Windows -
I have an iPhone 5 unlocked but cannot get a payg nano sim for Vodafone uk. Any suggestions ?
I have an iPhone 5 unlocked but cannot get a payg nano sim for Vodafone uk. Any suggestions ?
If Vodafone does not provide a nano-SIM card, there are no suggestions. Not only is the nano-SIM card smaller, it is also thinner, so cutting a micro-SIM card down to size wouldn't be enough to fit.
-
While syncing between my window laptop and my iPad, the following occurs "iTune has stopped working" message came on just yesterday, 19 May 2012.
Wonder what went wrong?
can anyone offer a tip or two?
ThanksTry this, it worked for me when nothing else did:
Perform a SoundLink® speaker reset, following these steps:
On the speaker, press and hold Mute for 10 seconds, the LEDs will flash briefly
Press Power to turn the SoundLink® speaker back on
Reconnect the device, if necessary. -
I cannot eject my new ipod classic after sync with i-tunes on my pc due, it states, to open files being used by another application. What does this mean? How can I get my ipod to eject?
If it's a one-time "glitch," you can try restarting your computer with the iPod still connected. Try ejecting again after the restart.
If the problem recurs, you may have a process running (other than iTunes) that is accessing the iPod's storage. When connected, the iPod's "disk" is like other mounted volumes. This process may be some type of utility that continously monitors your mounted volumes for security reasons, such as to prevent access by malware.
If you know of such a program that you have running in the background, there may be a setting to exclude your iPod's disk. -
I have an ipod classic with 4,500 plus songs....I cannot get my recent purchases to dowload to my ipod...it goes through the sync stage but never actually gets to my ipod....I am about ready to drop kick it all.....so fustrating....
Are you saying that iTunes isnt recognizing your phone?
-
I cannot get my Iphone 4S to sync with my new Audi A7 bluetooth - other phones all sync, any advice
I cannot get my new Iphone 4S to sync with my audi A7 bluetooth system in the car. Older iphones and blackberries successfully synced with the car - does anyone know if there is somethign I need to do with the phone to get this to successfully sync?
have you unpaired your previous phone from your A7 bluetooth? have you placed the A7 in discovery mode?
-
Can someone help me? I cannot get the calendar on my iphone to sync to my macbook's iCal. It also is not showing up on iCloud. What is the problem?
I don't use iCal, but I think they both must be logged in to the same account and it is not always your iTunes account.
I have see a few iCloud sync issues at it has been usually related to the accounts themselves.
My understanding is you can have and iTunes account, and each of your devices can get free 5GB on the cloud.
The catch is each device needs a iCloud account. If you want the sync to happen between two devices then those two devices need to share the iCloud account and not the itunes account.
Not sure if this is the cause of the problem your having. -
I have a new laptop and I cannot get my iPhone to sync to it?
I have managed to copy my library to the new laptop.Are you saying that iTunes isnt recognizing your phone?
-
Cannot get My google calendar to sync with iPad calendar
Cannot get my ipad2 to sync with google calendar
Any help on this topic? I have had this question for weeks now? My google claendar will not sync with the ipad. The account receives emails and my notes are linked, etc, but I cannot get my google calendar to show up on the calendars on the ipad. My phone works fine.
Maybe you are looking for
-
G5 No power, only 1st LED on at test
hi, I have read many of the posts here relating to Imac g5 not starting up. I have the same problem. I have a g5 ALS. I did the LED test. The first LED comes on but the second LED would not flicker or come on. So, I concluded (from the apple support
-
My desktop (hp Pavilion) is not reading anything from my cd/dvd drive
I was having problem with my desktop (no hardware issue. So I decided to wipe it clean by re-installing the Windows vista. I had my DVD' s so I went ahead and redid the installing, At the end of the installation I got an error message saying there wa
-
How load different types of file in SSIS
could you please suggest how can we load different types of file in SSIS. The file metadata is not defined . So the SSIS package will read the files palced in a defined shared location or folder where based on the column value will determine the data
-
Use a Mid 2007 Mac Mini hooked to a Sony home theater receiver, Sony HDTV and a logitech HD webcam. When the Mini was running snow leopard no echo, updated hard drive, ram and installed Lion, echo is so bad it is un-usable. I have searched google and
-
Help understanding use of OS_ROLES!
Hello, I'm attempting to undestand how the OS_ROLES flag works. I'm running Oracle 10g XE on OpenSuSE 10.2, and I thought that I had it cracked. However, I've discovered that the mapping of groups-to-roles appears to be based on the group ownership o