IPOD mini is locked

Hello,
I am trying to connect my IPOD mini with my itunes and when I try to create a new playlist it doesn't allow me. When I look at the bottom of my itunes page, where it says how much used space I have there is a small lock on the right of the free space MB. Does anyone know what I need to do to unlock my IPOD mini so I can add music? Thanks.

hi Gi Gi!
Now when I click on my actual Ipod mini icon in itunes all my music that is listed is in grey and I can't click on any of them.
that's normal behavior when you have one of the automatic syncing/updating options engaged. for a little more information on the various options, see this user tip:
hudgie: iPod syncing options, OR, My iPod is locked in iTunes!
love, b

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First thing to do is reset the FW chip set on the mother board (or USB chip set if that is what you are connecting your Mini to you Mac). Unfortunately, when you power down the computer there is always a bit of power still applied to the motherboard to keep things alive and this usually includes the ports to do stuff like detect when a device wants to wake up the computer. The downside of this is when a bus/port chipset goes into a weird state, locks up, etc., simply power cycling (shutdown & restart) the computer won't work.
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