ITunes no longer sees my ipod at all...constantly slowly flashes orange

Quite odd this...ipod shows up under 'about this mac' as being plugged into a usb plug, but iTunes 8.02 just won't see it. Also the ipod constantly flashes a slow orange.
The ipod actually plays the songs that are on it...I just cant get itunes to edit them.
Strangely if I boot up in windows under bootcamp itunes asks if I want to sync my ipod to the itunes
I have there. which would be fine but all my music is in the mac section as this is what I use most of the time.
I have deleted iTunes and re-installed....5 Rs are no help as I cant get itunes to see it for a reset
Any ideas would be most appreciated.
Message was edited by: benjsimpson

Hi bessam
I have tried installing VMWare on a 60 day free trial....but I just seem to be getting access to .exe files. They don't seem to have a Mac client. How are you managing to use this on your mac?
I had pretty much given up on getting my OSX partition to see my ipod, but I saw your reply and thought I'd give it a try.
I have also downloaded the ipod reset utility...but as per normal, it can't see anything plugged in. It seems aware that something is there, but always displays the message: Waiting for the ipod to become ready. If i unplug it it tells me to plug in my ipod. oh well.

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