My iPod won't Disconnect automatically.

My iPod used to automatically disconnect after it updated. I transfered a file from my MacBook, which I manually added to my iPod. The manual update to the iPod on the MacBook requires that I manually disconnect the iPod from the MacBook. Fine. On my main Mac, the iPod should sync when connected and disconnect when finished. When I synced the iPod with my main Mac, it no longer disconnects automatically. Any thoughts?

I'm not quite clear on what you were doing, setting the iPod to manual or enabling it for disk use. Anyway, here's what happens in either situation. Setting your iPod to manual update automatically defaults the "enable disk use" option. Changing it back to auto-sync does not remove it, you have to remove it manually. If on the other hand you simply enabled disk use to move a file then that's why your iPod is not automatically disconnecting. While this option is enabled you have to manually disconnect.

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