New Ipod freezing itunes.

I just got an ipod 80gb classic. I already have a 5th generation 30gb on file in itunes. I'm trying to sync my new 80gig and itunes freezes up. As soon as i disconnect the ipod everything unfreezes. It's downloaded like 9 songs then stops. I also got an error 48, whatever that is. Can anyone help? Would it be better to re-download an older version of itunes? Thanks.

Now the ipod is saying that there is 0 gigs available. Please help me!

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I need to add my new ipod to itunes. it will only show the old dead ipod. i want to keep the music, but get rid of the info of the old dead ipod and add my new one and its info. please help.

Hello,
I need to add my new ipod to itunes.
itunes will only show the old, dead ipod that my niece had given me secondhand.
I just got a new one and want to put in it's serial number, etc. but keep the music.
Please help, I've been going around in circles online for hours. I don't want to merely change the name of the old ipod, which is the only info I can find.
Thanks.

"In addition, I would like to get all of the music files that are already on my ipod on to my new computer"
Open iTunes and select edit/preferences/advanced/general. Put a check mark in the box marked "copy files to iTunes music folder when adding to library" and also "keep iTunes music folder organized", then click 'ok'.
Connect the iPod whilst holding down the shift/ctrl keys to prevent any auto sync, and if you see the dialogue window asking if you want to sync to this itunes library, click 'no'.
Then go to file/add folder, open 'my computer', select your iPod and click 'ok'.
The music files should transfer to your iTunes.
However it appears that no playlists or any other info such as ratings/last played etc will transfer.
If this is important to you, you may want to use other options.
There's Yamipod. This is a free program that transfers music and playlists etc from iPod to iTunes.
Once the music from your iPod is in your new iTunes library, you can go about adding new music as you did previously.

Brand New 30 gb iPod freezes itunes

My 5th generation video iPod will immediately freeze iTunes. The iPod will charge and display "Do Not Disconnect" but it will not transfer songs because iTunes (the newest version) has been frozen. So now I have this fully charged, empty iPod.
Why is this happening to me? The family has a new shuffle, a nano, and an older generation iPod that all work fine.

The newest software for ipod video has many glitches in it that apple is hopefully trying to fix. In the meantime, I would suggest giving them a call:
1.800.275.2273
Keep in mind that this is the US number only. If you need an apple number if your out of the US, post back and I can provide it for you.
kEat0n

Ipod freezing itunes when being plugged in and not recognised

hi,
can anyone help me... i have an 30gb ipod and have tried everything to get it working with itunes. It works fine with others computers but with mine it just freezes itunes. As soon as i plug my pod in it freezes itunes. Sometimes if i'm lucky it starts to update it but then after 5 minutes it freezes itunes again. I have tried the 5 r's. I have installed the latest SMTP driver for xp. I have tried everything that apple have suggested on there sopport pages and nothing has helped. I have even reformatted my laptop just to get it to work but no luck.
If someone could please help me it would be much appreiated. It was a christmas present from someone close to me and don't wanna give up on it because have all ready spent many late nights on it.
Thanks

I get exactly what your describing and I noticed we are using the same laptop!!
I did not notice originally as I've got an old 40gb click wheel, about 3/4 years old. The battery is not great so assumed it may have been that but even fully charged I'm getting no luck.
I also followed the 5 r's and all the other suggestions for Ipod in My compute but not in itunes but nothing has worked. I cannot get my laptop to recognised my ipod via Itunes but it see's it fine via My Computer.
Both the Ipod and Itunes work fine without each other, Ipod plays songs fine etc and Itunes downloads music from cd etc and still performs all the usual functions but nothing else works.
I'm desperate for help as I run every day and buy a new cd each week and at this rate I'm going to have to dig out my old CD player!
Also just a point of note I looked the price to get my Ipod serviced as I figured this may help but the price quoted from apple was £160+...you can get a new 30gb for less...talk about customer explotation!!

Ipod freezing itunes, the last problem in a long list

So ill start from the beginning with the problems ive had with my ipod...
The first problem i had started maybe 6 months ago. My ipod would just stop playing when it played certain songs. Everything else worked fine, it would just stop sometimes. Then in the last few months it stopped being able to connected to a computer. Whenever i would hook it up it would just automatically eject itself. I tried hooking it up to a freinds computer and for some reason when it was hooked up to his computer it worked fine. I decided to just do a restore at the point hoping to end all my problems. The restore went fine. I started putting music back on it and i started getting error messages. The computer said that my ipod was missing the file that would allow me to sync with the computer or something like that. I tried to restore it again and it didnt change anything. In the last couple days i tried to put music on the ipod again and now it wont show at all in itunes. The ipod says its connected but when plugged in itunes just freezes.
I dont know if it makes any difference but my computer is a mac, and the computer i was able to do the restore on runs vista.
Im totally out of ideas and im not sure what my options are from here. Any and all help would be awesome.
Thanks in advance everybody!

I get exactly what your describing and I noticed we are using the same laptop!!
I did not notice originally as I've got an old 40gb click wheel, about 3/4 years old. The battery is not great so assumed it may have been that but even fully charged I'm getting no luck.
I also followed the 5 r's and all the other suggestions for Ipod in My compute but not in itunes but nothing has worked. I cannot get my laptop to recognised my ipod via Itunes but it see's it fine via My Computer.
Both the Ipod and Itunes work fine without each other, Ipod plays songs fine etc and Itunes downloads music from cd etc and still performs all the usual functions but nothing else works.
I'm desperate for help as I run every day and buy a new cd each week and at this rate I'm going to have to dig out my old CD player!
Also just a point of note I looked the price to get my Ipod serviced as I figured this may help but the price quoted from apple was £160+...you can get a new 30gb for less...talk about customer explotation!!

Ejecting iPod freezes iTunes

I have a 30 gb iPod and I'm using the latest version of iTunes (7.1.1?). My problem is that whenever I try to eject my iPod, iTunes freezes. I've searched on the forums, but its different from most of the ejecting-problem posts I have read. I get no "its used by another application" message. The hard drive on the iPod doesnt seem to be spinning anymore so I dont think it is just taking a long time to eject. I have tried ejecting the iPod from My Computer and that works, but afterwards, when I plug iPod back in, iTunes detects it as a new iPod and proceeds with deleting everything on it and resyncing.
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I have the same thing. It started this week. I have the most recent version of iTunes. My ipod Touch and iPad Air 2 work fine. When I eject my (brand new) Nano, the nano ejects, but iTunes freezes. I have to go and force it to close.
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Plugging in iPod freezes iTunes

When I plug in my 2nd Gen iPod to my iMac I get what my family calls the "spinning wheel of death." If iTunes has not been started it will begin start-up then stall with the spinning wheel.
Force quit will not work. When I try first force quit, nothing happens. If I try again, it freezes everything and I have restart the Mac.
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Connecting iPod freezes iTunes + Firefox

Problem started this morning. every time i connect my ipod, my itunes freezes immediately as does my firefox. if i leave my ipod plugged in for more than a minute, my computer crashes and restarts.
I've tried reformatting my ipod, uninstalling itunes, reinstalling itunes, restarting my ipod; just about everything i can think of. i plugged in my newer ipod shuffle and my computer recognizes it immediately and i'm able to sync music.
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Welcome to the discussions,
see this article about how to disable the camera notification: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1857
and make sure Apple Mobile Device Service is still installed and active to help iTunes recognize your ipod: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1567

Corrupt iPod freezes iTunes/computer so I can't restore it

I used the restore option a few months ago to get my iPod working again (normal, stuck-on-stupid issues) and it's been fine. Until yesterday - I was listening to some music and it suddenly started skipping through all the songs and then refused to play anything at all.
I plugged it into my computer and I got the whole ..."iPod is corrupted... you may need to restore..." message. When I tried to restore, it said resource could not be found.
SINCE THEN... my computer has stopped even recognizing the device. It freezes iTunes (and any other programs that may be running) every time I plug in my iPod.
I've spent all last evening and all day today trying the Apple support suggestions step-by-step - including uninstalling iTunes and reinstalling it & forcing the iPod into Disk Mode - and combing the discussion lists, but none of the suggestions I've found have helped b/c I can't actually get it connected to the computer without freezing everything up.
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Found a website that suggests opening up the iPod and putting a shim inside to force the hard drive to "read"... but I'm afraid to kill it completely. Can't afford to buy a new one (or spend a lot getting it repaired either).
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First let me say I am NOT a pro but it sounds to me like your iPod's hard disk is ka-put. May I suggest next time you connect your ipod to your pc you let it sit like that for a while. I have found that if iTunes don't find what it expects to find it can spaz out for a while, so sometimes if you wait long enough (half an hour?) with it just sitting there you may get a more helpfull responce from iTunes. Also there is a key press combination on the iPod that will put your IPod into a diagnostic mode and offer a menu with a few options.
Sorry but I don't recall the keys and they differ from pod to pod.
Anyways good luck, I feel for ya...

Clicked restore instead new ipod in itunes

I purchased a new ipod touch and while setting it up in Itunes clicked restore instead of new. Now its not transferring the files onto the new ipod properly. and just stalls. I also had to update the Itunes in order for it recognize the new device.

And whasy is your question?
Try closing iTunes, force close if necessary, disconnect the iPod, and rebppt the co puter.
Then try again. If necessary to allow the restore,
- Reset the iPod.
Reset iPod touch: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Plave the iPod in Recovery Mode
At what step (Description) did it freeze?

I tried to update iTunes but then it won't recongnize my itouch.. Then my itouch had to be restored it said... Now it is a new iPod and iTunes won't work with it anymore.. P.lease help!

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Multiple issues with new IPod Nano+ ITunes 7

I am a formerly happy and loyal Apple user, but have recently become disenchanted due to what I see as bad faith actions.
I bought a new Ipod nano for my wife and brought it home to set up. When I plugged it in, it told me that I needed ITunes 7. Fair enough, I go up to download ITunes 7, only to be told that it won't work with OS 10.2.8 and that I need 10.3.9. There is nothing on the IPod packaging that indicates that I can only use ITunes 7. So as far as I can tell, Apple wants me to pay another $129 to buy a new OS, so that I can use my new ipod. It doesn't give me the option to use it with my existing setup. Is there a workaround so that I can use my ipod with my existing OS?
I started transferring my music collection to a PC to see if I could make it work there, since ITunes 7 works with Windows XP, which I have. This creates a new problem, since I can't seem to get the DRM protected music I bought on my Mac through ITunes to work on the PC. Can't get it to load onto the IPod, which is my whole intent in transferring it. My solution now is to not buy anything more from Itunes, since it will be a pain to transfer it when I change computers. I am not going to burn CDs for 400 songs, just to load them onto another computer. It seems like there are solutions on the web that can help you strip the DRM protection from songs, so I plan on using those to be able to listen to the music that I paid for.
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IPod freezes iTunes, content on ipod disappeared, how to restore?

I synced my 120gb ipod classic today (newest itunes, windows 7) and i might have pulled out the cable too quickly or something, because now my itunes says "no music" and "no movies", even though it only has 389mb free, so all my data is on there but it wont recognize it. So i tried syncing it again, but when i plugged it in itunes froze and the ipod did not appear in itunes. It does recognize it, but freezes. I tried going to my computer and it shows up. when trying to access it, explorer freezes too. i disconnected and tried explorer one more time and was able to access the folder, but it was very slow.
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