IPod syncs with iTunes, does not show up on desktop

I have an iPod with the click wheel and when I plug my iPod in to my iMac it syncs and shows up in iTunes but not on the desktop. I've done the 5 R's, but that didn't work. The music transfers fine, but I was going to use my iPod to transfer files, but it is not on the desktop. Any ideas?

Hi ranko65!
I think it's possible that your iPod is not appearing on the desktop/in the Finder because you are automatically syncing your iPod with iTunes, but Disk Use is not enabled.
See this aricle for details:
Enabling Disk Use for iPod
-Kylene

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I think it's possible that your iPod is not appearing on the desktop/in the Finder because you are automatically syncing your iPod with iTunes, but Disk Use is not enabled.
See this aricle for details:
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I reinstalled latest Itunes completly but still sync with outlook 2007 does not work.
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[3068 @ Wed Jun 09 10:45:52 2010] [ASL ASL] ===================
[3068 @ Wed Jun 09 10:45:52 2010] [ASL ASL] iTunes.exe begins
[3068 @ Wed Jun 09 10:45:52 2010] [ASL ASL] ===================
[3068 @ Wed Jun 09 10:45:52 2010] [ASL ASL] "C:\Programme\iTunes\iTunes.exe"
[3068 @ Wed Jun 09 10:45:52 2010] [ASL ASL] ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\All Users
[3068 @ Wed Jun 09 10:45:52 2010] [ASL ASL] APPDATA=C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\mispde\Anwendungsdaten
[3068 @ Wed Jun 09 10:45:52 2010] [ASL ASL] asl.log=Destination=file;OnFirstLog=command,environment
[3068 @ Wed Jun 09 10:45:52 2010] [ASL ASL] CIHOLOSCLI=C:\Programme\Seagate Software\Open Olap\
[3068 @ Wed Jun 09 10:45:52 2010] [ASL ASL] CLASSPATH=.;C:\Programme\Java\jre6\lib\ext\QTJava.zip
[3068 @ Wed Jun 09 10:45:52 2010] [ASL ASL] CommonProgramFiles=C:\Programme\Gemeinsame Dateien
[3068 @ Wed Jun 09 10:45:52 2010] [ASL ASL] COMPUTERNAME=MISPDE0
[3068 @ Wed Jun 09 10:45:52 2010] [ASL ASL] ComSpec=C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe
[3068 @ Wed Jun 09 10:45:52 2010] [ASL ASL] FPNO_HOSTCHECK=NO
[3068 @ Wed Jun 09 10:45:52 2010] [ASL ASL] HARVESTHOME=C:\Programme\CA\AllFusion Harvest Change Manager
[3068 @ Wed Jun 09 10:45:52 2010] [ASL ASL] HOME=C:\Programme\Computer Associates International, inc.\CCC Harvest
[3068 @ Wed Jun 09 10:45:52 2010] [ASL ASL] HOMEDRIVE=C:
[3068 @ Wed Jun 09 10:45:52 2010] [ASL ASL] HOMEPATH=\Dokumente und Einstellungen\mispde
[3068 @ Wed Jun 09 10:45:52 2010] [ASL ASL] LOCALHARVESTHOME=C:\Programme\CA\AllFusion Harvest Change Manager
[3068 @ Wed Jun 09 10:45:52 2010] [ASL ASL] LOGONSERVER=\\ERLCNDC1
[3068 @ Wed Jun 09 10:45:52 2010] [ASL ASL] NewEnvironment1=C:\Programme\Vodafone\Vodafone Mobile Connect\"Optimization Client"
[3068 @ Wed Jun 09 10:45:52 2010] [ASL ASL] NUMBEROFPROCESSORS=2
[3068 @ Wed Jun 09 10:45:52 2010] [ASL ASL] OS=Windows_NT
[3068 @ Wed Jun 09 10:45:52 2010] [ASL ASL] Path=C:\Programme\Gemeinsame Dateien\Apple\Apple Application Support\;C:\Programme\Gemeinsame Dateien\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live;C:\Programme\CA\SharedComponents\PEC\bin;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C: \WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\Programme\Microsoft SQL Server\80\Tools\Binn\;C:\oracle\ora102\bin;L:\deployment files\runtime;L:\development\client;D:\FOUNDA~1\fnd301\deployment files\runtime;D:\FOUNDA~1\fnd301\development\client;C:\Programme\Samsung\Samsun g PC Studio 3\;C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;C:\Programme\CA\AllFusion Harvest Change Manager;C:\Programme\QuickTime\QTSystem\;C:\Programme\Gemeinsame Dateien\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live
[3068 @ Wed Jun 09 10:45:52 2010] [ASL ASL] PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.PSC1
[3068 @ Wed Jun 09 10:45:52 2010] [ASL ASL] PERL5LIB=C:\oracle\ora102\perl\lib\5.8.3\MSWin32-x86;C:\oracle\ora102\perl\lib\ 5.8.3;C:\oracle\ora102\perl\5.8.3\lib\MSWin32-x86-multi-thread;C:\oracle\ora102\ perl\site\5.8.3;C:\oracle\ora102\perl\site\5.8.3\lib;C:\oracle\ora102\sysman\adm in\scripts
[3068 @ Wed Jun 09 10:45:52 2010] [ASL ASL] PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=x86
[3068 @ Wed Jun 09 10:45:52 2010] [ASL ASL] PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 11, GenuineIntel
[3068 @ Wed Jun 09 10:45:52 2010] [ASL ASL] PROCESSOR_LEVEL=6
[3068 @ Wed Jun 09 10:45:52 2010] [ASL ASL] PROCESSOR_REVISION=0f0b
[3068 @ Wed Jun 09 10:45:52 2010] [ASL ASL] ProgramFiles=C:\Programme
[3068 @ Wed Jun 09 10:45:52 2010] [ASL ASL] QTJAVA=C:\Programme\Java\jre6\lib\ext\QTJava.zip
[3068 @ Wed Jun 09 10:45:52 2010] [ASL ASL] RTARCH=i86_w32
[3068 @ Wed Jun 09 10:45:52 2010] [ASL ASL] RTHOME=C:\Programme\CA\SharedComponents\PEC
[3068 @ Wed Jun 09 10:45:52 2010] [ASL ASL] SESSIONNAME=Console
[3068 @ Wed Jun 09 10:45:52 2010] [ASL ASL] SQLBASE=C:\Oracle\ora102\NETWORK\ADMIN
[3068 @ Wed Jun 09 10:45:52 2010] [ASL ASL] SystemDrive=C:
[3068 @ Wed Jun 09 10:45:52 2010] [ASL ASL] SystemRoot=C:\WINDOWS
[3068 @ Wed Jun 09 10:45:52 2010] [ASL ASL] TEMP=C:\DOKUME~1\mispde\LOKALE~1\Temp
[3068 @ Wed Jun 09 10:45:52 2010] [ASL ASL] TMP=C:\DOKUME~1\mispde\LOKALE~1\Temp
[3068 @ Wed Jun 09 10:45:52 2010] [ASL ASL] TNS_ADMIN=C:\Oracle\ora102\NETWORK\ADMIN
[3068 @ Wed Jun 09 10:45:52 2010] [ASL ASL] USERDNSDOMAIN=CORPNET.IFSWORLD.COM
[3068 @ Wed Jun 09 10:45:52 2010] [ASL ASL] USERDOMAIN=CORPNET
[3068 @ Wed Jun 09 10:45:52 2010] [ASL ASL] USERNAME=mispde
[3068 @ Wed Jun 09 10:45:52 2010] [ASL ASL] USERPROFILE=C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\mispde
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[3068 @ Wed Jun 09 10:45:52 2010] [ASL ASL] windir=C:\WINDOWS
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[3068 @ Wed Jun 09 10:45:52 2010] [(unknown facility) iTunes.exe] readthread: Could not receive message
[7028 @ Wed Jun 09 10:47:00 2010] [_ISDVLog SyncServer.exe] Cancelling all sync plans.
[7028 @ Wed Jun 09 10:47:00 2010] [_ISDVLog SyncServer.exe] Goodnight, Gracie.
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*I just spoke with two different senior advisors from Apple one whose name was Matt and the other whose name was Zachary. They both were extremely rude and were not helpful at all. I explained the same exact scenario to them about how I just updated to iTunes 9.1.1 and that now my iPhone will not sync.*
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