Ipod not showing in Itunes or My PC

My ipod wont show on My COmputer or I tunes. I recently connected it to a MAC and disconnected it wrong. I have tried everything on the support section but nothing seems to work. Do you have any ideas????

I had this happen once when I got impatient for it to show up and used the Windows "Safely Eject Hardware" wizard to get it disconnected. I had to reboot the PC in order to see it again. Have you rebooted the PC?

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The Fix
I uninstalled everything that was Apple related and reinstalled Itunes with no loss to my data.
Once reinstalled, both the ipod is now showing in itunes and everything is working fine now.
I hope this helps anyone else out with the same problem of an ipod not charging, not showing in Windows 7 and not showing in itunes.

Glad that it works but if you read the threads, usually that is tried and suggested/recommended, of course, but fails to solve the problems.
Also, Devices and Printers is a good place to start and look there to even see if Widnows detects iPod but also has an error exclamation and "error."
I'll say this, Apple Safari and iTunes and iPod support software, can be the most buggy sofware I use on Windows with more problems and issues. Shame.
Tried to or accidently pluged iPod Touch 4G into one of my other PCs and had issue when I brought it back over. Use of inferior quality 3rd party cable might also be blamed.
iTunes video playback, movies and music video, would hang, freeze, go into a "wait chain" (better with Windows 8 Dev Preview, but that is PRE-BETA!).
Apple Common Support Software issues, which 2.0 version can be a problem. Used by iTunes and Safari. Seems like iTunes was better before installing Safari. Two PCs and they are almost 200% identical as can be, but Safari would hang.
May need to remove Apple folders in AppData (move to safe place) if there is a problem there.

Please help! all albums on ipod not showing in itunes library

Hi,
I 'd be very grateful if someone could help me please. I have an old ipod nano 4 or 5th gen, sorry not sure which. My problem is that only a few of my albums are showing in itunes although they are all on my ipod. I have tried syncing my ipod many times but it hasn't worked. I have also tried i the summary tab, unticking 'manually manage music and videos', but then get a message 'are you sure you want to manually manage music and videos on your ipod? All existing content on your ipod will be replaced with the contents of your itunes library'. Which I don't want, because only a few of my albums are on my itunes library! I want all the music stored on my ipod to go on to itunes, and I don't know why it dissapeared from itunes in the first place...Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Mari.

Hi!
If iTunes is recognizing that there is music on the device that isn't automatically syncing, do this:
1: Go into the iPod area of iTunes.
2: Find the Music tab.
3: Select the unsynced music.
4: Drag the music into the Music part of the iTunes library (should be on the left hand side).
It is probably just not syncing automatically because you haven't told it that you want it to sync. This will fix it.

Ipod not showing in itunes or windows/my computer

I have a brand new 80 GB ipod classic and have the latest version of itunes but cannot get it to work.
It does not show up in itunes or my computer. I have tried everything in this list:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61711
But nothing has worked. My partners ipod works fine on this computer.
Does anybody have any suggestions

I had 80 GB ipod before and it used to work fine , then last week I upgraded from 80GB to 160GB video classic and also i updated itunes to 7.4.1 , the first 2 days it was working excellent and on sunday morning my laptop did not recognise it , neither did itunes. It was unable to detect it . I was frustrated , so on monday i thought lets try on my office pc , also office pc did not detect. Then I did a hard boot of my ipod by pressing center button and Menu button simultaneously for few seconds and the apple logo comes and after that the menu comes , then i plugged in the ipod to my pc and now it detects as a drive. My office pc doesnot have itunes so i could not check wether Itunes detect it or not. I will check today evening that. but atleast now its detecting as a drive . I guess there is a serious problem in Ipod classic , also I found one other intresting problem. My previous 80 gig ipod was to work as a charm on my laptop external 2.0 USB device , but this 160GB classic doesnt work on external 2.0 USB device , I have to plug to my 1.1 USB port on my laptop which is very disappointing. My external 2.0 USB device shows error saying APPLE USB DRIVER NOT Found. I seriously know this is problem from ipod classic. Since my preious 80GB use to work like charm. I guess I have to update my laptop now.

5th gen Ipod not showing in Itunes

Just got a Imac and am trying to connect my 30 gig Ipod video, which I have been using with my sony VAIO. I have read several postings about converting the Ipod over to a mac format. However, the problem I am having is that my Ipod shows up in the finder but does not show up in Itunes or the updater. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I've tried resetting the Ipod while connected, restarting Itunes and the Imac.

Updater? Which version of iTunes are you using, and are you connecting it to one of the USB ports on the back of the screen?

DESPERATE! IPOD NOT SHOWING IN ITUNES WITH WINDOWS VISTA.

I recently bought a new Dell Dimension E520 which came with windows vista pre installed. I seem to be one of many people having problems with it!
Newest version of Itunes (7.1) is installed and working fine. When I plug my IPOD nano in however nothing happens. It is visible in the device manager on my PC but doesn't show in itunes.
I've been to the apple store and they said that the new itunes should fix the problem but it hasn't. they've checked my nano and it is fully up to date.
I know it is a driver problem but i have absolutely no idea what i'm looking for when i go to the support section on this website!
the reason I bought a new PC was that my old computer wouldn't download the new itunes and therefore i couldn't access the store or any songs bought from the store on my nano (plus it was 14 years old). it did however actually recognise my IPOD!
It's been nearly 6 months since i've been able to update my ipod with songs and i'm getting desperate!!!! please can anyone help??

iTunes does not yet support Windows Vista. There are numerous problems running iTunes on it. The latest release of iTuens 7.1 fixed some of them but not all.

Ipod not showing in itunes or finder

I have a 5th Gen iPod and currently using itunes 7.1.1 with the latest ipod software. When i plug my ipod in to my mac it doesn't show up in itunes or in the finder so will not sync and I cannot restore it.
The ipod works fine to listen to music and I can charge it with firewire to ac adapter and through usb mac. Also It doesn't recognise in the System profiler under USB.
The only thing I can think that might of effected the ipod, is that I listened to music last week and entirely ran the battery down. When I plugged it in it to the usb it had the animated 'very low battery icon', so I charged via firewire ac adaptor and it recharged fine.
I've been using Apples support and discussions pages for about a week now trying to resolve this problem so I'll list what I've done that doesn't fix it.
Firstly I have done the 5R's with the exception of restore (because the ipod doesn't show in itunes)
I have forced disk usage (restart and hold centre down) but it will still not recognise, even restarted whilst plugged in.
I have ran a diagnostic on ipod.
I have checked all usb ports(all ok)
I have also tried on another mac and usb cable and it does the same thing.
The ipod connector is fine, no damage or obstruction.
Sorry this is long winded, any help would be greatly appreciated.
Many Thanks in advance

Aye - tried all the steps and suggestions listed in the document but no luck.
Could this be an issue with the iPods battery?
Otherwise I might have to get the nearest apple shop to look at it but i'd like to try all other possible avenues first.
Many thanks,
Swift101.

Ipod not showing in itunes

This is for OS Leopard using Powermac G5. I attached my classic ipod via usb, but showed no signs of it being there. Maybe may Ipod is too new for this version of iTunes. I just wondered if anyone else has tried this.

Hey Mortikai,
So the computer the iPod is not showing up on, is it running Vista? Vista is currently not supported by iTunes. You can get more information about iTunes and Vista compatability here: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305042
This article: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93716 may help if the iPod is recognized by Windows XP but not showing up in iTunes.
Jason

Ipod not showing in itunes or computer

What can I do to get my ipod shuffle to be recognized...Re-installing works when I first do it and then when I go into my library to check off some songs and back to look for my ipod--it is gone again!!

I had 80 GB ipod before and it used to work fine , then last week I upgraded from 80GB to 160GB video classic and also i updated itunes to 7.4.1 , the first 2 days it was working excellent and on sunday morning my laptop did not recognise it , neither did itunes. It was unable to detect it . I was frustrated , so on monday i thought lets try on my office pc , also office pc did not detect. Then I did a hard boot of my ipod by pressing center button and Menu button simultaneously for few seconds and the apple logo comes and after that the menu comes , then i plugged in the ipod to my pc and now it detects as a drive. My office pc doesnot have itunes so i could not check wether Itunes detect it or not. I will check today evening that. but atleast now its detecting as a drive . I guess there is a serious problem in Ipod classic , also I found one other intresting problem. My previous 80 gig ipod was to work as a charm on my laptop external 2.0 USB device , but this 160GB classic doesnt work on external 2.0 USB device , I have to plug to my 1.1 USB port on my laptop which is very disappointing. My external 2.0 USB device shows error saying APPLE USB DRIVER NOT Found. I seriously know this is problem from ipod classic. Since my preious 80GB use to work like charm. I guess I have to update my laptop now.

IPod Not Showing in iTunes - Already Tried FAQ and Restoration

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I'm having trouble updating my iPod mini. When connected to the computer, the "Do not connect" screen still flashes, and ipod shows up in the "Safely Remore Hardware" screen. It just doesn't show up in iTunes.
I already went online to the support pages and have found the article on this, but everything there didn't work (including reistalling iTunes, deleting the bin folder, the stuff with ipodservice.exe, etc.) I also have just come back from the Apple store that just tried to restore the iPod. The ipod DID show up in the assistant's laptop's itunes. Why isn't it showing up in my itunes at home?
This only started happening about a week ago. It worked fine before that, and I didn't make any noticable changes since then.
If you have any ides, I'd appreciate it.
Thanks.
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OK, here's an update. I got it to work, sort of. Firstly i completely uninstalled both ipod updater and itunes and resarted the computer then i reinstalled them and restarted the computer. Then I restored my ipod again for the umpteenth time. I had done all of these things multiple times, but here's the catch, When i plugged it back into the wall after the restore i left it there until it was fully charged and I mean fully. Then i plugged it into the computer.
The computer immediately recognized, itunes took some finagling, i had to end ipodservice.exe in task manager, did run ipodservice.exe, the instructions are on this site under itunes doesn't recognize ipod but windows does. SO i got it to work i was jumping for joy as itunes was copying all my songs back on to my ipod, then it suddenly stopped. Said update complete even though it had only copied about 25% of my songs. and i couldn't get the ipod to respond. I had to finally after ejecting it in itunes and trying to manually stop it and neither getting rid of the do no disconnect on my ipod, i had to "gasp" just pull it out. But the songs were on there and i plugged it back into the wall.
This morning i plugged it in again and it worked again, but the moment it became halfway discharged it would freeze and my computer won't charge it.
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TS1363 ipod not showing on itunes

i try everything itunes tells me i even unstall and restall old versons to new on but my ipods nano 2nd ged and classic does not show on my itumes but my computer it shows it how can i fix this problem.

Even if you somehow lost the iTunes app and your OS, unless you reformatted the hard drive to restore, your song files (the iTunes data) may still be there. Look in your user home folder Music folder, for a folder called iTunes, and then iTunes Media. If you see that folder, your song files may be in there. If the hard drive was reformatted, obviously, nothing from before will be there.
For your question, iTunes syncing is generally one way, from the computer's iTunes library to the iPod, by design. You cannot use iTunes to transfer song files from iPod to computer, except for songs purchased from the iTunes Store. However, there are third-party methods and utilities that can transfer from iPod to computer. If you do an Internet search on something like "ipod transfer," you should get some links. (The CNET article seems to be popular.)
Once your iPod's song files are on the computer's drive, you can add them to your current empty iTunes library.

Please Help-- 1st Gen iPod not showing in iTunes or desktop :(

My 20g iPod doesn't show up anymore in iTunes or on the desktop, but the iPod itself does say "do not disconnect" when it's connected to the USB port. It's plugged directly into my computer and I've tried switching ports, so it's not that. I was able to connect my friend's nano, so the problem can't be the port.
I've done the 5 Rs without success. I only have OS X 10.2.8, so can't upgrade to iTunes 7. I had iTunes 6.0.5 but changed back to 6.0.4 after hearing that it might help with the iPod problem. Nothing seems to have changed, though, the iPod is still unrecognized by iTunes and the desktop.
I've read a bunch of posts saying to repair disk permissions, but when I open Disk Utility(which does show the iPod) my only options are Verify Disk and Repair Disk. Verify and Repair Disk Permissions are there but are in grey (can't click on them.)...
And my warranty ran out ages ago, so the Apple people won't help me. Great for them, but I'm screwed.
So I know very little about how these things work, and everything I've tried has failed thus far. Any advice you have would be wonderful!
EMac Mac OS X (10.2.x) Mac OS X 10.2.8

Update: I get this message when the iPod is plugged into the computer:
"You have inserted a disk containing no volumes that Mac OS X can read. To use the unreadable volumes, click Initialize. To continue with the disk inserted, click Ignore."
There are three options: Initialize, Ignore, and Eject, but none of them do anything. ??? I'm clueless as to what to do here.

Ipod not showing in itunes on mac or pc

Hello,
I have a powerbook G4 and a pc, as well as an ipod nano and regular 15g ipod.
My problem is that with my ipod nano, it charges on my mac, but it doesn't come up in my itunes or on my desktop and i can't add or removs songs as i can't find it. It used to come up, but no longer does. The light on the ipod nano comes on when i plug it in, and it charges but thats it. Any ideas.
As well, my regular ipod used to come up on my mac and itunes, but it doesn't have any battery power and it won't charge on my mac for some reason. Now it will not charge on the mac, nor am i able to update songs on it. Anyw suggestions.
Finally, neither the ipod nor the ipod nano appears in my itunes on my computer. Does anyone have any idea why that might be?
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IPod not showing on ITunes.

This may well be a common problem, but...
Just bought a new laptop today. I'm trying to add my music onto it and whatnot but when I open up the newly-installed iTunes, my iPod doesn't appear to come up nor does it give me the opportunity to add or register it.
It's registered elsewhere on my parent's computer if that makes a difference.
Anybody had a similar problem and if so how did you solve it?

Thanks for the tip.
I tried my girlfriend's ipod on my new laptop and it was recognised with no problems, offering to erase her ipod tracks and replace them with content on my itunes.
Is it possible to lock your ipod on one computer temporarily? My old computer is with my parents so I'll be going down there tomorrow to see if I can sort it out.

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Hi everyone. I have a quick question I'm hoping someone can answer. I have a new ipod nano and am having some probelms with it. When I connected it to my laptop using the USB connector, it will not reconignize the ipod in i-tunes. It will charge the ipod, but it will not pull up in i-tunes, which means I cannot download music on it. I have restarted the computer, and have plugged in a flash drive, which did work and the computer did recongize, so im not sure what else to try.
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