No more "songs cut short"...

Thanks Apple! I hooked up my iPod to "restore" it this morning. I was still trying to resolve the songs being cut off before the end. When I clicked on "Restore", another window popped up that said something about "bug fixes". Clicked on that, it did it's thing. I reloaded a few albums that had the cut off problem, and surprise!... no more problem. A very quiet fix from Apple evidently... nothing posted regarding it on Apple's web site, or on any of the Mac web sites. So, thanks again, Apple!

I'm pretty sure it's not the iPod's software, and I'm really sure iTunes is culpable. It injects missing data into the data stream as it transfers songs to the iPod. Besides quitting processes outside of iTunes during transfers, it seems best to sync just a few songs at a time. Whenever I identify about 20 songs that end early and remove them from the iPod and put them back on, afterward they all play fine.
I hope to refrain from restoring or letting iTunes transfer my music all at once at nearly every cost until Apple releases a fixed version.

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