Ipod no longer recognized by itunes

I have gone through the process of resetting the ipod as per the apple help website. "Toggle hold switch, hold menu and select button till apple logo appears, then try and put it into disk mode.. it pops up on my desktop in diskmode but it still wont get recognized by iTunes. And when I tried to just drag a folder of music to the ipod in disk mode, the space gets taken up but there is no sign of it on the actual ipod.
I am not sure what else to do to get this ipod restored and dump new songs on it. If possible I would like to bypass using iTunes to load songs. any help is appreciated. THNAKS!
NOTE: it charges while its plugged in, it just has no recognition by iTunes.  I am using OS Mavericks as well. 
It also seems as though the space is all occupied on the ipod but nothing new has shown up.  Can I just erase this ipod and start fresh?  I am all updated on iTunes as well..
TL;DR:  Ipod charges/shows up in disk mode; not recognized in iTunes on Mavericks or 10.6

Hi pockets42009,
If you are having issues with an iPod classic that isn't being recognized by iTunes on your Mac, you may find the troubleshooting steps outlined in the following article helpful:
iTunes: iPod not recognized in iTunes and Mac desktop
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1410
Regards,
- Brenden

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