IPod Doesn't Unmount
Hello,
I've had my new MacBook Pro for awhile now (I upgraded from my PB G4), and I have a consistant problem with my iPods not unmounting after they update. I have my iTunes set so that they automatically update when connected, and none of them are set into disk mode or anything like that. What happens is that, I would say 9 times out of 10, iTunes will display "iPod update is complete," but the blinking "no" symbol stays on my iPod, and it stays on my desktop. I can drag them to the trash and eject tehm, but that isn't what is supposed to happen! This happens if I have only one iPod connected, or all of them. Any help would be greatly apprectiated!
P.S. Permission have been repaired, cron scripts run, etc.
MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.6) 2.16 GHz, 100GB, 1GB RAM,
this is probably not going to be much consolation... but i'm experiencing exactly the same problem.
the difference for me is that i've had the ipod (80g) for 2 months now and until this week it worked fine.. no, it hasn't been dropped, or submerged in a pint of beer or anything like that.
i've tried numerous times to reset it and re-sync with itunes... but it seems to fail at random points throughout the process.. sometimes within the first 50 tracks, and then other times - the most gutting - around 90% done.
last night i did a surface scan of it.. no bad blocks found.. i formatted it with the zero blocks setting... and still it comes up with that error when syncing.
i'm basically running out of ideas... my next test will be to try it without the dock and using a different cable...
i purchased my ipod from an online retailer... as i say, it's been less than 3 months.. can i take it in to apple under warranty? what's the time limit? (it says 1 year for all apple hardware on the apple site - that must apply to ipods?)
powerbook g4 w/ ipod 80g Mac OS X (10.4.8)
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