Itunes won't work when Ipod is plugged in

everytime the i plug my ipod into my laptop itunes freezes and its shown in task manager that itunes isnt responding. it won't update my ipod either. ive tried restoring and resetting

also, if by chance the ipod is recognized and starts updating itunes will freeze up again in the same way and i wont be able to access the program. i just got a message that says "attempting to copy to disk "ipod" failed. an unknown error occurred (-36)"

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okay, that doesn't sound usual. Sounds to me like the usb port is drawing too much power. Try doing a repair permission or SMC reset. If you are using it with a USB hub, maybe that needs plugging in to the wall, or maybe it has gone bad. I can't help you a lot, but just a little bit. repairing permissions is through Disk Utility. SMC goes like this: shut down the Mac pro, unplug the power cord, wait 15-20 seconds. reattach power cord, wait about 15 seconds, then press power button. you can maybe try resetting the PRAM-shut down Mac, turn on computer, hold down Command, Option,P and R keys before grey screen appears. Hold down until computer restarts again and you hear the 2nd startup sound. Let go of the keys. You can also check in "About this mac" (more info) to see if there's something wrong with the USB ports themselves.
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HT201263 When I plug my ipod into my computer (since i've downloaded itunes 11) itunes won't acknowledge my ipod is plugged in

It makes an odd sound and then just doesn't acknowledge that my ipod is plugged in!

If you have iTunes 11 turn on the Sidebar. Go to iTunes>View and click on Show Sidebar. You can also do a Crtl+S to show the sidebar. The sidebar is where Devices appears. and Control+B to show the Menu bar
Then try:
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ITunes won't open when iPod is connected

Hello,
I tried syncing my 3rd Generation Ipod Nano like I always do, via a dock connector and my laptop. But when I plugged it in it at first wasn't being recognized by iTunes (10), so I closed the program to see if a reboot of the program would solve the problem, and now iTunes just won't open while my iPod is plugged in to my laptop! Once I unplug though, iTunes pops back up!!
More information: It looks like my laptop may not be recognizing the USB Port that I plugged my dock connector in to. I don't get that symbol in the Notification Area that something is plugged in to a USB Port. I've tried other ones though, same problem.
I've also had to unplug my iPod from the connector without ejecting it (as iTunes wasn't recognizing the device, so I couldn't) will this damage my iPod?

Hello,
Please have a read
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93716

ITunes Won't Open When Ipod Touch is Connected

This issue randomly started happening with iTunes 8 about a week ago. If I connect my iTouch to my computer, iTunes will load in the task manager, but not on my desktop. This also happens if I check "automatically open iTunes when iPod is connected"'
The strange thing is- if I open iTunes BEFORE connecting my ipod, and then connecting it after, everything works fine.
I've confirmed that all the additional programs are running in the task manager (iTuneshelper,exe, etc) when I connected the ipod before opening itunes. I've also tried reinstalling all Apple programs (iTunes, Quicktime, etc), and resetting the settings on my iTouch, but nothing works.
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FWIW i get this now and then on my winblows 'puter and just chalk it up to that. I've flushed caches and queues and rebooted and all that who-ha and quite frankly when it locks up it ticks me off to no end ('cuz it SHOULDNT do that) but i have a cold one and figure they have kindergartners doing the system programming nowadays and go from there.
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Is the conmpouter authoris for the iTuens account?
Did you sync with this computer the last time?

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Any input is most appreciated.
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I'm having major problems with Itunes. As I stated in my title, I can't open Itunes on the desktop. I get this error message when I try. "This action only valid with products installed." However, it will open up when I connect my IPOD or click on something for it to play. I cannot also go to my files manually on my ipod. It will just sync them up with whatever is new.
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I have a tricky problem with iTunes. I have used it and iPod nano for couple of years flawlessy, but now iTunes 8.2.1 throws a following error message (when connecting iPod to usb-port):
"The software required for communicating with the ipod is not installed correctly."
"Please reinstall iTunes."
Then I surfed to Apple-homesite and did as two support article said:
http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/five_rs/nano/
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1363
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The iPod is out of warranty (due to it age), so I quess Apple won't care about problems anymore.

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Hello carolinous,
Welcome to Apple Discussions.
There may be something in this article that may help:
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I have spent the last 2 days trying to update my "new" nano. The first few times I synced it up no problem. Now that I've spent a small fortune on new music, the nano and iTunes won't work together at all.
First, I have the most up-to-date version of iTunes. Next, I had the software update 1.1.3 for the nano all ready to go when I plugged it in. I hit the install new software button and dear god, if the nano didn't crap out and iTunes lost it and gave me a 1436 error. I had to disconnect the nano and reconnect. I tried several times, but finally gave up on updating the software.
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Itunes won't work when Ipod is plugged in

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