MacBook Air and older iPods?

My MacBook Air did not seem to take a liking to my original U2 Special Edition iPod when I grabbed it this morning, stuck a USB connector cable onto it and plugged into the Air, intending to use it as a disk drive and drag some tracks onto it to stick onto my Powerbook's iTunes library later on.
I use this older iPod in my car fairly often with an FM transmitter. I usually refresh its music content from a powerbook that is currently, like the Air, running 10.5.2. I am not particular about whether I use a firewire or USB cable with this iPod since it works fine with either on the powerbook. Of course on the Air I used a USB connection.
Anyway the original U2 Special Edition iPod would not mount in the iTunes device list nor on the MacBook Air's desktop this morning, although it did show up in Disk Utility as volume labelled "18.6Gb Ipod Media". Also it put iTunes into spindump mode... i forwarded the dump to Apple with some notes. I am not sure I can replicate the experience but will try it tonight when I have a little more time... meanwhile Disk Utility would not even dismount the thing.
I finally force-quit iTunes and eventually just unplugged the iPod, which acts no worse for "no-fly" experience on the Air. I then plugged in my 5th gen U2 Special Edition iPod into the Air and dragged the music I wanted onto that, it worked fine.
So I dunno, I dunno... I guess my Macbook Air is not an antique-lover?!

Hi
I just came back from the Apple Store, and the Genius couldn't find why the iPod didn't work. Apple Genius claimed that this iPod is a 4th Generation iPod (classic) He said that Apple has not have any statement saying that this iPod doesn't work with MacBook air. The person suggested that I buy a new iPod. I told him that is not a fair option. I told him that I want an answer from Apple Headquarters if that's the case. He filed a request and gave me a case number and he told me that Apple will call back on this.
Wait and see. Because if that's the case Apple should at least inform consumers on their web page that 4th Generation iPods don't work with MacBook Air. The Genius supervisor told me that Apple can't guarantee compatibility with future devices. But at least If feel they could state that this Apple device doesn't work with this generation of an Apple iPod. Especially if they build both devices.
I will keep you guys updated,
marc

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