My iPod freezes everytime I plug it in to my macbook

How do I fix this (in layman's terms, please)???

The only suggestion I have is to try and rename your device in iTunes to something else by clicking it's current name from under the Devices section in the left hand pane of iTunes and typing in a new one.
B-rock

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My 1st gen ipod shuffle, since the last update is seen as my ipod touch everytime I plug it in... any suggestions?
I have tried to clear temp folder, uninstalled, and reinstalled itunes version 10.5.1.42... ipod touch 4th gen is seen fine. But when I eject this and plug in my old shuffle... itunes still reports it as ipod touch.

The only suggestion I have is to try and rename your device in iTunes to something else by clicking it's current name from under the Devices section in the left hand pane of iTunes and typing in a new one.
B-rock

Why does my iPod freeze when I plug it in?

Everytime I plug my iPod classic into my computer, it freezes. It turns on, so it knows something has happened, but it freezes and doesn't get recognised by the computer, and the charging symbol doesn't appear on the battery. Then I unplug it, reset it, and plug it back in, and the computer reads it. This happens every single time I plug it in. Does anyone know how to fix it?

The cause of all this problem, is the iTunes having timeouts accessing the iPod, so to prevent it happening I would suggest the following, when you want to plug in the iPod.
Disconnect all other USB devices, except keyboard and mouse
Use the USB2.0 port (at the back of the desktop, if you are not using a notebook)
Do not use any USB Hub.
Antivirus or other plugins conflict with iTunes - Stop the Antivirus and plugins,
Disconnect from Internet, as malware and other broswer plugins interferes with the Sync.
But do the iPod Disk Diagnostic as posted earlier by tt2, it wont fix your problem, but let you know if your Hardisk need replacing.
Have a nice day!

Ipod freezes everytime I use it

My Ipod freeze up upon unlocking and entering password.
Goes black screen.
Plug in for charging.
Battery is draining with in an hour.
When plugged into computer is locked on chargining screen.
Have reset with no success.
when it reboots on occasion sets day and time to January 1, 1970.
Been going on for two weeks. Super frustrated for yet another apple product that fails within 4 months of purcharsing.
Any help?

It does matter where you purchased the iPod. You can check your warranty coverage by entering the SN here
Apple - Support - Check Your Service and Support Coverage

IPod freezes when I plug it into iTunes

Everytime I try and update my iPod with iTunes, not only does it not appear on my computer, my iPod itself freezes. I've tried rebooting my computer, uninstalling and reinstalling iTunes and holding Menu and Select on my iPod. My iPod unfreezes when I unplug it from my computer, so it can't be the iPod itself.

In what way do you mean 'freezes'? Do you mean that it freezes on the menu screen, or simply puts up the 'do not disconnect' sign and is not recognised by the computer?
I had a problem with mine doing this at first too. Try not opening iTunes, but allow your computer to recognise your iPod and open it automatically. Leave them together for a while, dont just expect them to connect instantly.
Also, check that your pod is connected to the USB 2.0 port, not that 1.0 port. The 2.0 port is normally found at the back of your computer, whereas the 1.0 is often at the front.
I'm not a technician and I don't have any specialist knowledge. If that hasn't helped, try contacting Apple helpdesk. Be sure to stress that this does come within their jurisdiction, as the fault is with your iPod connecting, not just iTunes recognising it!

IPod freezes wtartup when plugged in

So,
I recently started having the problem of the iMac freezing on startup when my 30gig iPod is plugged in; well it freezes every other time it boots. The Mac stays at the grey screen before the apple logo and the spinning gear. I know it's the iPod b/c when I disconnect it, the computer resumes startup.
We have another iMac with the same setup and the same iPod was plugged into it and it started up fine. I know the solution i to not plugin the iPod, but why is it that the other iMac is fine and mine not?
I have run hardware tests, FSCK, Pram rests and even disconnected everything plugged into the iMac and waited 15sec before plugging it all back in and booting up. Same thing.
Any thoughts? Thanks a lot

Hi Joe and kcdude
Your iMac is not sure where to boot from with the iPod connected. Go to: "System Preferences / Startup Disk" and be sure the "Mac OS X 10.5.. on Macintosh HD" is selected, then lock the preference to prevent further changes. Some say that didn't solve there booting issue with the iPod connected, but it won't hurt to check.
There are a slug of threads in a narrowed down search link below:
[Discussions Search: booting with ipod connected|http://discussions.apple.com/search.jspa?threadID=&q=bootingwith+ipodconnected&objID=c189&dateRange=thisyear&userID=&numResults=15]
A couple of other options:
1. only sleep the iMac when the iPod is charging!
2. pick-up a wall charger for the iPod.
Dennis

Songs gone from iPod, freezes computer when plugged in

Yesterday, I plugged my 5th gen 30 gig iPod into my computer to charge. The battery had drained completely, so it came up with that "Very Low Battery" warning and didn't connect to the computer right away. This has happened before, and I was running late for work, so I just left it plugged into my computer to charge.
When I got home, the iPod was charged and connected, allowing me to access my full library. I transferred 2 albums to the ipod and ejected like you're supposed to. When I tried to pick music to listen to, the iPod was empty. I've heard of this happening before, and after a few minutes of frustration and hoping that the music would just magically reappear, I plugged the iPod back into the computer and prepared to do a full restore.
When I plugged it in, the iPod went into its "Do Not Disconnect" mode and charged as usual. HOWEVER, both iTunes and Firefox froze. The computer itself did not lock up, and when I did ctrl-alt-del hoping it was just an iTunes issue, neither iTunes nor Firefox were coming up as Not Responding. Tried closing anyway using Task Manager, and they wouldn't close. Tried 'X'ing out, and it wouldn't close. Everything was unclickable and unresponsive, but Windows was working fine. I unplugged the ipod, and everything went back to normal.
I restarted my computer, and restored the settings on the iPod (although I think these are just volume, click wheel, etc. settings that have nothing to do with the hard drive), and plugged the iPod back in. Same thing. I can't even access the iPod to do a full system restore. When I plugged it in this second time, Vista came up with a message saying the drive that I have plugged in is corrupt, and do you want to format it now? I clicked yes, and it said it was unable to format a drive that was in use.
Summary:
iPod is showing zero songs.
Causes both iTunes and Firefox to become unresponsive upon connection to computer.
Cannot be reformatted by Windows because drive is in use.
Can't use the drive while it's connected because everything is frozen.
So I'm sitting here with an iPod that has no music and cannot be connected to my computer. Has it reached its end?

Did you get any resolve on this because my ipod seems to be suffering the same fate?

My Ipod Freezes Whenever i Plug into Itunes.

What do i do. MY ipod keeps freezing and i have to wait for the batt to run down before i can get it to work again. Then it happens after a few times later.
What do i do?

Think I may have just solved it!!
Everything seemed to work instantly as soon as i unplugged my ipod so i tried putting it in disk mode(hold menu and centre until apple icon shows, then press menu and play/pause), then restoring it. Didn't work (unknown error 1415)
After, i right clicked my computer. Click manage. Click disk magage (page froze), put it into disk mode again (unfroze). Found my ipod. Right clicked (all quickly before it could freeze) on the name (just under volume) Click Format, make sure its "quick format" and formatting at "NTFS". Should work. If it doesn't, Try it again, faster.
Then open iTunes and click Restore.
AND IT WORKED!!!
NB. I havent tried using it yet but right now im just putting all my movies back on it and it seems to be working fine. I'll report back if it doesn't work but if i don't, it did!

My ipod freezes everytime being touched

My iPod has been freezing and the screen changes colors I have the 5th generation and I can't even use for over a minute please help? I even tried resetting it

If it has NEVER been jailbroke, here are some standard repair procedures:
First, try a system reset. It cures many ills and it's quick, easy and harmless...
Hold down the on/off switch and the Home button simultaneously until you see the Apple logo. Ignore the "Slide to power off" text if it appears. You will not lose any apps, data, music, movies, settings, etc.
If the Reset doesn't work, try a Restore. Note that it's nowhere near as quick as a Reset. It could take well over an hour! Connect via cable to the computer that you use for sync. From iTunes, select the iPad/iPod and then select the Summary tab. Follow the on-screen directions for Restore and be sure to say "yes" to the backup. You will be warned that all data (apps, music, movies, etc.) will be erased but, as the Restore finishes, you will be asked if you wish the contents of the backup to be copied to the iPad/iPod. Again, say "yes."
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Ipod freezes everytime I try to sync it to my computer?

I have both an iphone and ipod in my itunes. After the last big update, my iphone works fine. When I try and sync up my ipod it freezes and it tells me that it can't read the usb device in my computer.
When I run the diagnostics it tells me that there isn't an ipod connected.
When I reboot it, then it works ok.
I always have to restore my ipod.
Has anyone experience this problem? What can I do?
Thanks
Maggie

I'm having the same problem too... just started happening out of nowhere. After having this happen, I tried to enter the iPod into disk mode manually, which worked, and allowed me to use the iPod updater to restore the iPod.
I uploaded all my songs to it, but now a new problem has arised: whenever disconnect it, not only does it stay frozen, but when I try to restart it, it enters some kind of endless loop where the startup screen will show, then after a couple minutes, the backlight will go off and the iPod will reset itself.
So, valfish, don't do what I did, and to everyone else, how do we fix this???

Creative Zen M 30GB Freezes Everytime I plug into the computer

Every Time I plug my Zen into to the computer via USB the player freezes and I have to reset.
I have reinstalled the firmware several times, cleanup, and format in the recovery section but still nothing.
If I start the player up with no usb it scrolls through everything just fine.
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Matt526 wrote:
If I am able to record onto the hard dri've and play it back could the hard dri've still be bad?
Or could it be the mother board? I notice the Solder connection of the battery connection is loose on the mother board.
If I unplug the battery and plug in the power I get it to power on but as soon as I plug in the usb cable it freezes.
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http://cgi.ebay.com/Creative-ZEN-Vis...item53d952aca0

IPod freezing everytime connected to power and playing

Whenever my iPod is playing, and it's recharging, the iPod will skip that song and the next time i turn it on, it will have a folder or the sad iPod face. Any help on how to prevent that from happening other than not charging and not playing at the same time?

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btabz

ITunes Freezes everytime iPod plug

Good day. My iTunes freezes everytime I plug my iPod classic into the pc. Can anyone help me with this problem? Thanks

I am having the same problem so I am going to bump your message...
iTunes freezes when I update my iPod and I get no error messages. It becomes unresponsive and I end up having to use Task Manager to close the program. When I reopen iTunes and try updating again it usually will but then I cannot disconnect the iPod because it says it is "being used by another application". I have to go into My Computer to eject the iPod. Also, after updating is complete the "Do Not Disconnect" continues to flash until the iPod is ejected. I have reinstalled iTunes, iPod updater, the whole bit and nothing has helped. I'm on Win XP.
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My computer does not recognize ipod and ipod freezes computer

This is how it stated:
Today, I charged my ipod on another computer, like I always do, the itunes is to early (like 4.0) to even recognize my ipod, so on the computer it is only hard drive. So, I used the little green arrow icon in the right bottom corner of the screen, as in ejecting a jump drive.
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Have you checked
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=461952&tstart=15
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