IPOD as a stalking tool?
My ex has my old ipod touch, and last night (2 years since we separated) I got a message on my iphone that ipod touch is now synced to my gmail account. I deleted the gmail account from my iphone and changed the gmail password on my PC. I feel very uneasy about this. Should I be? and have I done enough to protect my privacy?
It appears that your ex is using your Apple ID. Change the password for that Apple ID>
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Can't get the music on my Ipod touch to play on Apple TV.
what can i do?To stream music fom an iPod to an Apple TV requires a 2G or later iPod and either iOS 4.2 or 4.3 depending upon the music source and a second gneration Apple TV.
The following contains troubleshooting.
Using AirPlay
Ricardo Please be more careful. It does not require iOS 5. -
Music files still on Ipod... But Music does not show up
Here's my problem:
I plugged my Ipod (30gb 5g) into the computer the other day and put a few songs on it with iTunes. After I disconnected it, I went into my Music menu on the actual Ipod, and there was no music showing! All my Playlists, Music, and Video were gone. (But not any other information, photos, ect.)
Anyway, I plugged the iPod back in to the comp and opened it up in My Computer. The Music files and everything are still in the Ipod_Control folder. All the space is still taken up on the iPod by the music files, but Itunes doesn't seem to read it. When I plug the iPod in, iTunes tells me that it can't read the information from my ipod, and to Restore it to Factory Settings. Now, as I don't have all of my 1000 songs in iTunes anymore (actually very little of them, my comp only has 30 gigs) I really don't want to do that.
I'm figuring this has something to do with the itunes database file... but it's size is about 2 mb, which i think is about normal for a music library my size.
So I'm very confused. Thanks to anyone who took the time to read that. Even greater thanks to anyone who might be able to help.
bro2I had this problem some time ago...it's easy to sort out just as long as your itunes content matches that of your ipod. You need to follow this:
The so-called 5-R's will cure 90% of iPod users problems. They're really easy to do so give them a try and if they fail to solve your issue post back in this forum - there are many willing helpers who I'm sure will be able to offer further assistance. Click this LINK.
MB67
Once you've completed this just resync your ipood with itunes.
Alternativley you could try this:
As well as being a great backup tool Tune Tools has loads of other handy and useful utilities:
http://www.valusoft.com
Tune Tools for iPod (PC/Mac)
Tune Tools for iPod: Easily perform back-ups, transfer songs, videos and podcasts, instantly recover lost songs and files, clean-up and sync your iPod library, detect and fix problems, back-up and restore media and view and edit song information with this robust software.
System requirements:
PC
Windows® 2000/XP
500MHz processor
128MB RAM
100MB free hard drive space
CD-ROM drive
Working USB 2.0 or FireWire connection to iPod®
Mac
OS X (10.1.5) or higher
G3 400MHz processor
128MB RAM
100MB free hard drive space
CD-ROM drive
16-bit color, 800x600 screen resolution
Mouse, keyboard -
Windows doesn't recognize ipod nano, neither does itunes
Okay, just received my ipod nano 8gb in the mail, was very excited. Now I'm just tired of it.
I am running windows xp on an athlon 2400, connecting my ipod via usb 2.0. I have four usb ports, and have tried them all. I have itunes 7 etc installed.
Upon plugging in my ipod, the windows add new hardware dialog appears. I can ignore it, or attempt to run it automatically, and it fails either way. My ipod is installed as an "other device" named "ipod" as a yellow question mark. effectively, it isn't installed.
My ipod doesnt appear in My Computer as an external storage drive or anything else for that matter. I have no network drive to conflict with the naming standard, although I do have a CD and DVD drive labeled E and D, respectively. I attempted to rename those drives in case of conflict, and nothing happened.
When I run itunes, no ipod installer or updater appears. No device is detected. I cannot Sync my ipod. The diagnostic tool simply says that the ipod connection failed, and after visiting the accompanying Help link and attempting -every- solution, nothing has changed.
In fact, I have reviewed and attempted every single solution to every similar or somewhat-related problem that apple has posted at their site, as well as some from these discussion forums and others around the web. My point is, please hesitate before you link me to one of apple's support manuals--I've read them all, extensively.
I have a fair knowledge of computers, but this problem is simply beyond me. I have established that my ipod can connect to another computer (running windows ME) and appear at least in My Computer as a drive. I believe the problem is related to my USB ports, their drivers, or perhaps (god forbid) my OS.
ANY help or suggestions would be appreciated, even if they are redundant. I am at an utter loss.Hi there
You're pretty much describing a problem I had yesterday.
I've got the 2gb model and initially it was working fine. I run off a 4 port usb hub with other equipment running as well.
Everything was okay but I kept getting a balloon telling me that usb 2.0 would be faster, so I routed my extension cable directly to a usb 2.0 port on my computer and all of what you describe started.
The PC showed my nano as a removeable drive but could not be acesssed. If I managed to get it recognised in itunes (took forever) then it just said it was corrupted and was unable to restore.
After much cursing and trawling the internet for answers, I gave up and put the cable back to the hub.
And.....everything worked again !!
I can only conclude that my hub (quite old) does not work on usb 2.0, or putting the extension cable (5m) straight into my PC causes a power drop / signal loss ??
Are you using an extension cable or a hub? something to try.
Good luck anyway
Regards
Windows XP Pro -
How do I move music from iPod back to my computer w/reformatted hard drive?
My computer was malfunctioning and required a reinstallation of the OS. Doing so overwrote my iTunes library. Now the only place the library exists is on my iPod. Is there any way for me to transfer the library back to my computer? Thanks.
P.C. Instructions
Plug your iPod into your computer. Make sure that disk use is enabled. (enable it in iTunes on the main iPod screen; if you manually manage your music, then it is already enabled.) Go to my computer. First, right-click your iPod. Then, select Tools ® Folder Options. This takes you to Control Panel ® Folder Options. Select the View tab. Under "Hidden files and folders," change "Do not show hidden files and folders" to "Show hidden files and folders." Click Apply to All Folders, and now all the invisible files on your iPod will be visible.
To get to your music files, navigate to iPod_Control\Music (meaning click on the iPod drive in My Computer). There you will find a series of folders starting with a letter and ending with a number. Congratulations! You are now looking at your iPod database, where all your music files are kept. As with any other file, you can now copy your music to anywhere on your computer.
On a MAC
Launch the Terminal.application and type:
find /Volumes/[iPod'sNAME]/iPod_Control/Music -print | awk '¬ { gsub(/ /, "\ "); print }'
Substitute the name of your iPod for [iPod'sNAME]. Any spaces should be replaced with underscores (_). This will print a list of all the songs inside the Music folder with \ in place of spaces. Then, simply copy the location to the song you want and type open followed by that location to begin playing that song. You can then use a standard copy command such as cp to copy any file you select to its new location. This is tedious though. To copy your entire iPod's entire Music folder to your local computer, simply open the Terminal and write:
%ditto /Volumes/[iPod'sNAME]/iPod_Control/Music/ ~/Music/iPodTunes/
Again, substitute your iPod's name for [iPod'sNAME], using an underscore for any spaces in the name. This will copy the entire contents of your iPod's Music folder into a new folder inside your home directory's Music folder called iPodTunes. -
Ipod 160g does not appear on itunes but it appears on windows when in disk mode
my ipod 160 g does not appear in itune (disk mode or not) but it appears in windows as IPOD (F:) only when it's in disk mode. I tried reseting it by holding the menu and center button it stop but then it goes back to the apple logo screen and stay on untill the battery dies and nothing else happens how can I reset it to is factory settings?
When you connect it in Disk Mode, leave it charging the iPod Battery till Full Charge.
In the meantime, 30 minutes or so into the charging, ( I just want the Ipod to have sufficient power for any harddisk Operation)
go to Window Explorer (or My Computer),
Select the Ipod, right click properties, ->tools->error checking->Check Now->fix error
After the error fixing (may take a while but then you still have to wait till the battery charging is complete.)
Disconnect the iPod from the PC.
Antivirus has a tendency to freeze Itunes sync Operation with Ipod Classic, causing a timeout, which corrupt your Ipod filesystem, so when iTunes cant read the iPod, it is pointing to this problem. Other causes is when your iPod hardisk is dying, or your battery is dying causing hardisk crashes.
My suggestion.
Connect your Ipod to the PC and run chkdsk, to fix any iPod diskerror, then disconnect it, after chkdsk complete. - Done above
Disconnect your PC from Internet. (just to make sure no nasties creep into your system while you syncing.
Stop the Antivirus program
Connect your Ipod to the PC
When Itunes Open up, Restore your iPod please, this is for iTunes to map correctly, to fix the corrupted filesystem.
When Restore complete, eject the iPod and reconnect again.
Sync your ipod, preferably manually Manage in small batches and disconnect after every batch, to check that all is well, since you got such a huge library.
When all sync is complete, and iPod disconnected, start back your Antivirus and connect back the Internet.
Good Luck! and have a Nice Day! -
Ipod Classic 160gb keeps getting asked to scan and fix, then freezes
Ipod 160gb classic says that there's an error and would I like to scan and fix it. Either response freezes the message and Itunes, and when reopened won't show my ipod. I've gone into Computer, then right clicked my ipod, choosing properties, then tools, then checked the drive for errors. I've then clicked "automaticlly fix file system errors", and "scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors" to see it freeze again with either selected. My ipod shows no music, but the memory is still used up. I can't get it on itunes to delte or add any songs. What do I do?
Your iPod filesystem is corrupted, so all your music is in the Others segment, but most of the time, Windows, can't successfully move/ remap the bad cluster. (timeouts?)
Do the iPod disk diagnostic on your iPod, as in this excellent earlier post by tt2.
It wont fix your problem, but help us in troubleshooting. -
How to restore your Library when the Music is on the iPod
Assuming you all have good intentions, sometimes we all have the problem of losing our entire Library. Luckily, the iPod is a hard drive, so recovery of music can be easy if you really know how to do it. I decided to present this information to you since this information isn't shared that often, if ever on Apple Discussions.
To start, Plug in the ipod.
Right before it starts updating in iTunes, click the eject button in the Source navigation bar.
Then go into My Computer.
Double click on your iPod. Click the Tools tab, and then Folder Options.
In Folder options, click "view all hidden files".
Click OK.
There should be an iPod Control hidden folder that now appears.
Theres also a music folder in there.
Double click on it and there shall be folders labeled "F" with a random number next to each of them.
Inside those F# files, all your music is there.
Go back to the Ipod Control folder.
Drag the entire music folder into your desktop.
It shall copy, and then you have all the files on your computer.
Mass drag all the music files into a visible folder.
Take the physical folder, and drag it into My Music.
Then, open iTunes and go to the File tab.
Click Add Folder, and then add your music folder.
All your music should be in your library.
Following that, deauthorize your computer, and then re-authorize any Music Store files you might have.
I hope that helps you!!
You also could just backup all your music on blank DVDs too, if you have the right burner. That would eliminate the use of an iPod in the above process and save you some money. The third option is to buy a seperate hard drive, but why do that anyways if you can now rip the songs off your iPod?Katie,
While your intentions are admirable, you present opinions that are contradictory to the facts:
-- iPod recovery methods have been available on these Discussions fro quite some time. See:
Don King Resurrected, "Deleted files from hard drive" #1, 01:49am May 30, 2005 CDT
MacMuse, "Computer Crashed" #3, 11:48pm Feb 7, 2005 CDT
-- These links, among others, are referenced by many of us here to help others several times a day,
i if not more.
Sometimes directly, but usually by links or references to other posts.
See this as an example: Buegie, "Transferring music to new computer" #1, 10:56am Oct 25, 2005 CDT
Both MacMuse and Don King have been, and continue to assist folks who need to recover songs from their iPod onto iTunes. Both with very good step-by-step cost-free instructions. There are also many posts that direct individuals to third-party software that can do the same thing. Again - frequently posted here.
More importantly:
i "The third option is to buy a seperate hard drive, but why do that anyways if you can now rip the songs off your iPod?"
Advocating the above is very risky. Using the iPod for your music 'backup' is very dangerous. Especially if it it your sole music repository in addition to iTunes. A true backup is one that it stored away from the primary uses of your music (this means somewhere other than the iPod or in iTunes). Many careful folks here have multiple backup files; both on DVD and external HD.
In fact, the ExHD (or second internal HD) is one of the easiest and quickest means to make a complete backup of your music files. They are extremely cheap these days and should be used by anyone who has a large Library they wish to keep safe.
Expecting the iPod to be a source of backup music is just asking for trouble:
Buegie, "Library and Ipod Question?" #1, 03:07pm Oct 9, 2005 CDT
In a perfect world, we would not need to assist folks in recovering songs from their iPod -- if they had made proper backups in the first place.
Please continue to help folks as you have. Just don't ignore or diminish the work already done by those ahead of you. A reasonable exploration of these Discussions by you would have turned up the above information and its importance. -
Ipod mini wont sync with podcatsing
everytime I hook my ipod up it says that ipod cannot be updated because the selected podcasts dont exist. I used to be getting podcasts but when they turned out to be bad i deleted them and frogot to unsuscribe to them. What should I do?
Hello sportyjenny19,
So your iPod never appears in the Devices section of your iTunes library correct? Have you tried resetting the iPod with it still connected to your PC?
What happens when you try manually putting it into *Disk Mode* ?
[Putting iPod into Disk Mode|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1363?viewlocale=en_US]
You may also want to have a look at this article describing different ways to troubleshooting this situation.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1369?viewlocale=en_us
If still no luck, many users experiencing the same issue were able to resolve it by reformatting their iPod Mini using the tools provided by Windows. Here are instructions on how to do this.
http://www.methodshop.com/gadgets/ipodsupport/erase/
B-rock -
Updated iPod software & all songs disappeared
I plugged my iPod 40G into my father's computer and he updated the software on my iPod. Now, none of the songs I had on my iPod show up either in iTunes or on the iPod itself. The memory shows that there is only 34.87 gigs remaining (the same amount as before the software upload). Does anyone know if my songs are still available on my iPod and if so, how can I access them now? Thanks
something similar happened to me, where my ipod still shows the same amount of storage but i cant access any music thru the ipod.
try plugging the ipod into the usb, then through "my computer" pull up the ipod, then go to "tools" and "folder options" and then click "show hidden files". then inside the ipod control there is a music folder with subfiles labeled F00 - F49. your music should be in there. now, how to get it back onto your ipod, i'm not sure. you may just need to re-load it into your ipod thru itunes (it takes a while). the problem is that you will then double the storage amount, cause it will be storing the old data and the new data.
i'm trying to figure that out right now too, if anyone knows - help us! -
Concerns about getting music off iPod!! Help!
Ok, I don't want to download any program to take songs off my iPod classic 160GB.
I am following this guideline taking the music from the 'hidden folder':
http://www.metaphoriclabs.com/articles/5-ways-to-copy-music-off-your-ipod-window s-mac-os-x/
TWO questions:
*1.) When I go in to click for the folder to be "unhidden" and 49 folders show up, are the songs that I have PURCHASED on itunes included in these songs?*
*2.) I am reading that when saving songs and putting them on iTunes, I am supposed to "Keep iTunes Music Folder Organized." When I do this and go back into iTunes to see my music, EACH song is in a different folder.*
Why would people keep the music in folders instead just list the songs (or their code name) in a folder? It would be insane if I had to buy a new iPod and would have to click on each folder to add the song in it.
Please help!1.) When I go in to click for the folder to be "unhidden" and 49 folders show up, are the songs that I have PURCHASED on itunes included in these songs?
Yes - they will be randomly scattered among the 50 folders. Each media file has a randomised 4 letter filename but retains it's original filetype. Put Windows Explorer into Details view. Your older DRM'd iTunes store purchases will have a file type described something like *AAC Audio (Protecteed)*. Other purchases will be mixed with any other files you've imported in AAC format.
2.) I am reading that when saving songs and putting them on iTunes, I am supposed to "Keep iTunes Music Folder Organized." When I do this and go back into iTunes to see my music, EACH song is in a different folder.
Why would people keep the music in folders instead just list the songs (or their code name) in a folder? It would be insane if I had to buy a new iPod and would have to click on each folder to add the song in it.
If your files are fully tagged, then when iTunes organises the files it will put each track in the form *iTunes Music\Album Artist\Album\## Track Name*. If you have a number of complete albums by different artists this is a logical structure, keeping tracks from the same album in a folder and albums by the same album artist together in a parent folder. If you have lots of single tracks from disparate artists & albums this might seem like a lot of folders but adding them to the library is a simple as adding the one top most folder so there is no need to click each individual folder to add songs. If, as I think you imply, the folder names consist of the random 4 character names then I take it that the bulk of your library was in WAV or another format that does not support tags. When iTunes tries to import the only information it has is the meaningless filename. Using one of the many availble iPod to PC transfer tools might enable these files to be imported back into iTunes along with some of their metadata, track name, artist, album etc.
tt2 -
I am trying to get some advice as to why my Ipod will not completely sync since I updated Itunes. Itunes keeps telling me it can not sync my Ipod due to a duplicate file name? It will sync some of my songs but not all of them. Any thoughts?
Most likely the iPod filesystem is corrupted, during a partial sync, that freeze due to a timeout.
In My Computer, select the iPod, right click Properties->Tools->Check Now
tick both Fix filesystem and scan.for bad sectors.
This will fix the duplicate name error.
Good Luck! -
I am traveling across Europe and the IPod is one of my best friends until last night when I got back to the hotel and tried to turn it on and I was greeted with a screen whcih flashed different colours (in what I think is a random order). The Ipod wasn't connected to a power source or a computer so I wouldn't think that there would be any reason for it to fail like this.
I am still able to turn the backlight on and off - but it won't play any sounds at all.
Thanks for any help.
p.s. I have all of my Europe photos stored on my Ipod and I am really worried about losing all of them so if there is any option other than restoring the Ipod that would be preferable.
FraserIf you can't conduct all the 5R's I suggest you have a look at "Tune Tools" I have used it on occasions with some success:
As well as being a great backup tool Tune Tools has loads of other handy and useful utilities:
http://www.valusoft.com
Tune Tools for iPod (PC/Mac)
Tune Tools for iPod: Easily perform back-ups, transfer songs, videos and podcasts, instantly recover lost songs and files, clean-up and sync your iPod library, detect and fix problems, back-up and restore media and view and edit song information with this robust software.
System requirements:
PC
Windows® 2000/XP
500MHz processor
128MB RAM
100MB free hard drive space
CD-ROM drive
Working USB 2.0 or FireWire connection to iPod®
Mac
OS X (10.1.5) or higher
G3 400MHz processor
128MB RAM
100MB free hard drive space
CD-ROM drive
16-bit color, 800x600 screen resolution
Mouse, keyboard -
How to transfer Music from iPod to Computer/Windows/Mac
I want to transfer iPod music to my mac,because iPod memory is not enought to use,whether I need a tool to help me to transfer music from iPod to my mac, because apple devices is not allowed to direct transfer music from ipod to mac,whether you have some good idea?Please help me!!!thanks!
1.The first thing you want to do is connect your iPod to your computer via the white USB cable.
2.After your iPod is connected, open My Computer, or just Computer from the start menu and look for the iPod drive. It should be in the (F:drive. You will see the iPod logo in the listing of disk drives.
3.If you are using Windows 7: Open the iPod drive and click on ORGANIZE. Then folder and search options tab. Then View and Show hidden files and folders.
If you are using Windows XP, open the iPod drive and click tools then Folder options then View tab then click show hidden files and folder. Finally click Apply.
4.Now you should have a new folder called ipod_control. Open that folder up and you should see the following: Calendar, Contacts, ipod_control, notes, photos, ect. If you are trying to save all of your music then the ipod_control folder is the only one you need to worry about.
5.Open the ipod_control folder then open the music folder. Copy each one of those folders (should look similar to these: F00, F01 ...) onto your computer. You can do this by creating a new folder on your desktop and dragging the files into the folder.
6.Open iTunes and insert the new folder you created on your computer's desktop into: library ---> Music
You can now transfer music from your iPod to this new computer with out losing all of your music.
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I have an old iPod touch that I recently turned on again. I forgot the password so I ended up in Disabled mode connect to iTunes. I connected it but iTunes did not recognize or show the device as connected at all. I placed the iPod in recovery mode and it is still not recognized in iTunes. I have also followed instruction on other similar case like disabling Apple mobile and iPod in the admin tools... updating iTunes and updating my computer itself and still nothing. What can I do to use it again!
Hello Cwlittle,
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
For more information, take a look at:
iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Windows
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1538
iOS: Troubleshooting USB-related alerts when syncing
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS5254?viewlocale=en_US
Have a nice day,
Mario
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