HELP! MY IPOD CLASSIC WILL ONLY COME UP AS A HARD DRIVE

Hi
I connect my iPod classic (2007) to my Macbook pro and it shoes as a hard drive and doesn't connect to itunes.
I have tried all sorts of things as I'm normally not stuck when it comes to Mac...however I'm stuck!
I just want music on the iPod whether it's with iTunes or not.
Help
Dave

You should read the posts. I would never post without trying the typical troubleshooting. Of course if the troubleshooting steps are IMPOSSIBLE because the ipod is not recognized by itunes, but you have to use itunes to do the troubleshooting... Is that clear... Apple troubleshooting suggested that if I could not locate my ipod in itunes, I locate my ipod in itunes to fix it. In any case, it was apparently a problem on Apple's end. I took the ipod in to the local apple store to be looked at, and of course they couldn't get it to work either. (I think I understand the internals better than anyone who worked there anyway). The newest itunes update came out, and suddenly my ipod started working. Very suspicious. I wish apple would just tell us they screwed up, instead of the disingenuous. "just works"

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