ITunes 10.5 an iPod Touch OS 3.1.3??

Question

I am running iTunes 10.3.1 and have the past few months been able to continue to have my iPod Touch (Dec 2007 - 1st generation) running iOS 3.1.3 do full syncs of my calendars (iCal), Address Book and all MobileMe eMails etc.   There was a bit of a special way to set this up earlier this year, but it works perfectly.
Now I did NOT upgrade to iTunes 10.4 when it came out; and I now see that iTunes is 10.5.  The reason I'm waiting is that I don't want to suddenly find my iPod Touch won't sync.  Can anyone tell me if you are running iTunes 10.5 and using an iPod Touch 1st Gen running iOS 3.1.3 and able to sync contacts, addresses, get eMail etc.?  My Mac is a Mid-2010 MacBook Pro-13" running Snow Leopard 10.6.8---
Thanks very much!
Best regards,
Steve Schulte
Wednesday 12 October 2011

Answer 1

Stephen Schulte2 wrote:Can anyone tell me if you are running iTunes 10.5 and using an iPod Touch 1st Gen running iOS 3.1.3 and able to sync contacts, addresses, get eMail etc.?  My Mac is a Mid-2010 MacBook Pro-13" running Snow Leopard 10.6.8---
I have a similar setup and after some initial problems, I can tell you that syncing now works for me.
1st-gen iPod touch iOS 3.1.3
iTunes 10.5
Mac OS X 10.6.8
When I first upgraded to iTunes 10.5 and connected my iPod, iTunes didn't even recognize it in the sidebar and it didn't show that I had any backups for any devices. The iPod was recognized by iPhoto, so I knew it wasn't a problem with the cable or something like that.
So I took the advice in the other thread and downloaded the full iTunes installer. I deleted four com.apple.iTunes[xxx].plist files from ~/Library/Preferences/, ran the installer, repaired permissions, and rebooted. To my amazement, when I launched iTunes and plugged in my iPod, it and its previous backups were recognized, and a fresh backup and sync ran without any problems.