Nothing really working?

I bought my iPod yesterday and tried to add songs on it today but when I plug in my iPod, it doesn't show up on the left hand column in iTunes. Also, when I goto file > sync iPod, sync iPod is grayed out. Can anyone help me?

no, its always greyed out so i cant click on it..and i haven't ever been able to put anything on my ipod nor has it even registered on itunes

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After upgrading to Windows 8.1 my screen becomes unstable and nothing really works.

I am "fortunate" that Windows upgrades itself automatically (I forgot to remove this feature) and when it does nothing works propeprly: teh screen blinks every now and then, the cursor doens't stop whiling...meaning its doing something (I can't figure out what!).
HOw do I do this darn upgrade without a hassle?
Thank you.

Hi @Krause59 ,
Thank you for visiting the HP Support Forums and Welcome. Here is a link to Microsoft to check your Notebook. Make sure your Windows updates have been done.
I would be happy to assist if needed as there are many models of HP Notebooks, I would need the model number.
How Do I Find My Model Number or Product Number?
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Please let me know.
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Help - nothing really working - need to de-code th...

I have got completely confused - can I tell you the story so far - perhaps you can help de-mystify me -
It started like this -
1. My Microsoft Outlook seemed to not be able to send/recieve so phoned BT.
2. At that time I could access BT-WiFi with Fon - no problems.
3. After Techs talked me through something I was up and running again.
4. Then I wanted to carry my laptop to another part of home - now it would not work Wireless as it used to.
5. Phoned BT again Technician asked me to hold and then said try it and I was able to connect wirelessly.
6. Few days later I tried to use BT WiFi with Fon - that wouldn't work then.
7. Phoned Techs again. She said she has 'done something and would I check it' I said all I can see is BT-WiFi not BT-WiFi with Fon and also BT WiFi-X. She said not to worry it will connect to whatever is the strongest signal.
Now - I seem to find I just don't know whether I am coming or going.
8. Sometimes I can go on BT-WiFi and I can't open my Hotmail or Microsoft Outlook.
9. I use to get up the BT WiFi page and was able to login with password and have my BT WiFi with Fon.
10. I also notice on my Outlook/Hotmail on the top left hand corner it will say - Certificate Error Navigation Blocked Outlook com my [email protected]
Soooooo
What started off as 'Please can you help my laptop will not contact Wirelessly i.e. pull out yellow internet plug has now made me completely baffled after the tech help.
I guess I am right in thinking -
11. BT WiFi with Fon - means i get it free for sharing a portion of Wi-Fi Bandwith, etc as they say on BT site.
12. BT WiFi - means I am still connected to my Hub, but I can carry my laptop around in house, and use still counts towards my Data limited each month.
Any thoughts would be really appreciated before I get back onto Tech Help. I just feel like I am now putty in their hands and would like to be able to sound more informed.

BT wifi fon is the same as BTWIFI - both are the from a bt hub and the data you use while connected does not count towards your data limit. you home network which will be the hub name will only work in your home and if conencted to that all data will count towards your data limit
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One of my ipod apps has frozen on waiting, I've tried everything. (Restarting it, plugging it into the computer, in setting etc...) and also I tried deleting it, but no "X" comes up. but nothing is working. Really annoyed. :( please help. ,

one of my ipod apps has frozen on waiting, I've tried everything. (Restarting it, plugging it into the computer, in setting etc...) and also I tried deleting it, but no "X" comes up. but nothing is working. Really annoyed. :( please help. ,

See:
Downloading apps stuck on waiting...: Apple Support Communities
\Waiting applications: Apple Support Communities

When I try to reset my iPad mini it keeps asking for a passcode! have tried restoring, connecting to iTunes and looked for the 'set up as new iPad' notification, but nothing is working? can anyone help please?

I know my passcode is correct but when I try to reset my iPad mini it keeps asking for a passcode! have tried restoring, connecting to iTunes and looked for the 'set up as new iPad' notification, but nothing is working? can anyone help please?

If the iPad was running iOS 7, iCloud: Find My iPhone Activation Lock in iOS 7
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5818
How can I unlock my iPad if I forgot the passcode?
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/ipad/ipad-troubleshooting-repair-faq/ipad- how-to-unlock-open-forgot-code-passcode-password-login.html
iOS: Device disabled after entering wrong passcode
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1212
How can I unlock my iPad if I forgot the passcode?
http://tinyurl.com/7ndy8tb
How to Reset a Forgotten Password for an iOS Device
http://www.wikihow.com/Reset-a-Forgotten-Password-for-an-iOS-Device
Using iPhone/iPad Recovery Mode
http://ipod.about.com/od/iphonetroubleshooting/a/Iphone-Recovery-Mode.htm
Saw this solution on another post about an iPad in a school environment. Might work on your iPad so you won't lose everything.
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‘iPad is disabled’ fix without resetting using iTunes
Today I met my match with an iPad that had a passcode entered too many times, resulting in it displaying the message ‘iPad is disabled – Connect to iTunes’. This was a student iPad and since they use Notability for most of their work there was a chance that her files were not all backed up to the cloud. I really wanted to just re-activate the iPad instead of totally resetting it back to our default image.
I reached out to my PLN on Twitter and had some help from a few people through retweets and a couple of clarification tweets. I love that so many are willing to help out so quickly. Through this I also learned that I look like Lt. Riker from Star Trek (thanks @FillineMachine).
Through some trial and error (and a little sheer luck), I was able to reactivate the iPad without loosing any data. Note, this will only work on the computer it last synced with. Here’s how:
1. Configurator is useless in reactivating a locked iPad. You will only be able to completely reformat the iPad using Configurator. If that’s ok with you, go for it – otherwise don’t waste your time trying to figure it out.
2. Open iTunes with the iPad disconnected.
3. Connect the iPad to the computer and wait for it to show up in the devices section in iTunes.
4. Click on the iPad name when it appears and you will be given the option to restore a backup or setup as a new iPad (since it is locked).
5. Click ‘Setup as new iPad’ and then click restore.
6. The iPad will start backing up before it does the full restore and sync. CANCEL THE BACKUP IMMEDIATELY. You do this by clicking the small x in the status window in iTunes.
7. When the backup cancels, it immediately starts syncing – cancel this as well using the same small x in the iTunes status window.
8. The first stage in the restore process unlocks the iPad, you are basically just cancelling out the restore process as soon as it reactivates the iPad.
If done correctly, you will experience no data loss and the result will be a reactivated iPad. I have now tried this with about 5 iPads that were locked identically by students and each time it worked like a charm.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Try it and good luck. You have nothing more to lose if it doesn't work for you.
 Cheers, Tom

HT204266 I have an iPhone 4s and I have been having troubles with the downloaded apps. I have tried everything from re installation to restarting and deleting but nothing is working. When I press the icon, there is a flash and I return to my home screen.

Exactly as I mentioned above, the app just gives a flasha nd returns to the home screen, I have tried everything and nothing has really worked. Any suggestions?

Basic troubleshooting steps straight out of the User Guide are restart, reset, restore from backup, restore as NEW. Have you been through ALL of these steps?

TIME MACHINE - How does it really work?

Dear Mac users and Apple;
I am new to Mac. For most of my life I used Windows OS. One of the cool features on my new iMac 24'' is TM. In the past I used to use Norton Ghost for creating back ups and safeguarding my data.
Though there is a lot of info on www.apple.com and in the forums I can not find any satisfactory information about the true way of how Time Machine (TM) works.
Below I describe all my concerns, but in order to put them into perspective here is what I was used to on PC while using Norton Ghost. I would run a one time back up of my whole system drive (C:) and other drive (D:) which had my documents on it and then schedule regular back ups (weekly in my case). These were incremental back ups which only " added" the files which changed in the mean time. Of course, this method also meant that anything done between the back ups was at risk of being lost until next back up took place.
When I stated using TM, I assumed a lot of how it works based on my experience described above. However, I ran across this forum http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6096304&#6096304 and got pretty confused as to how it really works. I searched for explanations but all I find is us users guessing. I believe Apple should provide its customers with clear explanation and documentation how TM works.
If you read the long formum thread you will understand what I am talking about. If not here is a rough summary.
A guy backed up his data using TM, then after checking it is there he deleted the originals from the source drive only to find out later that the back ups were deleted from TM as well.
The thread goes on and these are the questions I have as a result - I kindly beg you to answer them for me:
1. TM does 1st back up of the whole Mac, at first - correct? This data stays until TM runs out of space on the back up drive, correct?
2.)TM does hourly back ups which are kept for 24 hrs (one day), then only a daily back up stays - which one out of the 24 is considered the daly back up? Or is it a separate back up?
3.)TM does daily back ups which stay for a month then are deleted?
4.)TM does weekly back up and this back up stays until TM runs out of space on the back up destination drive, correct? If yes, when does it take place?( 7days from the initial back up and then again each 7 days?
5.) If I create a file and then delete it before hourly back up stores it, it is not backed up at all, correct?
6.) If I create a file and then delete it once it was backed up by the hourly back up is it stored for 24 hours (one day) and then deleted?
7.) If I create a file and delete it once it was backed up by the daily backup, it stays for a month in the back ups of TM but then is deleted?
8.) If I create a file and it is backed up by the weekly back up, then is deleted - it resides in the weekly back up until TM runs out of space on the destination back up drive and deletes the original weekly back up, correct?
From this, if my assumptions above are right, it means that only files backed up by the weekly back up are kept until back up destination drive has space left. Then it would mean that it is important for me to know when the weekly back up takes place, so that I know that "now is the time and the files I have on my source drive now will stay in the target back up drive as long as it has space".
Further, it would mean that the hourly and daily back ups are kind of temporary back ups which give me the chance to restore the file within 24 hrs if backed up in the hourly back up, or restore it within one month if backed up by the daily back up. If backed up by the weekly back up, then it can be restored any time as long as the back up drive is not full. Is that correct?
IF I do a forced back up (Ctrl click on TM in the dock and then order it " Back up now") is this a back up which stays until back up external disk is full or is it a temporary back up (like the hourly and/or daily)?
Another issue is as follows: If I delete an application from my hard drive BUT it was backed up in the past by TM - can that application be launched automatically without first asking for my (users) permission from the TM's back up on the eternal hard drive? E.g. I install Adobe reader - it is backed up by TM. Then I uninstall it. Then, I download a PDF document, click it to open - does Adobe reader open from the TM back up? If NOT - great, that is how I expect it to work. If YES, then does it warn me about being opened from TM back up? YES it does warn me - great work apple. NO it does not - why? If the later is the case then if you exchange Adobe reader for spyware or malware or a virus, you have a vulnerability how viruses etc. can be reintroduced to system from TM back ups even after cleaned from the original hard disk. Please let me know how it really works.

1. TM does 1st back up of the whole Mac, at first - correct? This data stays until TM runs out of space on the back up drive, correct?
Respectively right and wrong. Out of all the hourly backups it makes, TM keeps only the first of each day for longer than 24 hours and one (presumably the first) of each week longer than one month. Any data which is not part of one of the retained backups is lost. Clearly this may happen long before the drive runs out of space and TM begins deleting the retained backups (oldest first).
2.)TM does hourly back ups which are kept for 24 hrs (one day), then only a daily back up stays - which one out of the 24 is considered the daly back up? Or is it a separate back up?
TM keeps only the first backup of each day for longer than 24 hours. When you bring up a daily backup in TM's browser, you will see on the big shiny black bar along the bottom not only the date but the precise time of the backup you are looking at.
3.)TM does daily back ups which stay for a month then are deleted?
One per week is retained (presumably the first but Apple isn't saying and I haven't seen that confirmed by anyone yet). The others are deleted.
4.)TM does weekly back up and this back up stays until TM runs out of space on the back up destination drive, correct? If yes, when does it take place?( 7days from the initial back up and then again each 7 days?
Don't know about timing. By analogy with the daily backups I would guess first of the week. But remember this is not a separate backup, it is one of the original hourly backups which survives the progressive culling process.
5.) If I create a file and then delete it before hourly back up stores it, it is not backed up at all, correct?
Correct.
6.) If I create a file and then delete it once it was backed up by the hourly back up is it stored for 24 hours (one day) and then deleted?
It is stored for at least 24 hours. If it was never on the first backup of any day it will not survive longer. Otherwise it will.
7.) If I create a file and delete it once it was backed up by the daily backup, it stays for a month in the back ups of TM but then is deleted?
If it was in the first backup of any day then it will be in the backup with that date so long as that backup is retained (at least 30 days and until the drive is full if that day is retained as the weekly backup).
8.) If I create a file and it is backed up by the weekly back up, then is deleted - it resides in the weekly back up until TM runs out of space on the destination back up drive and deletes the original weekly back up, correct?
If it is in the backup chosen as the weekly backup it will be available until that backup is deleted by TM for lack of space.
From this, if my assumptions above are right, it means that only files backed up by the weekly back up are kept until back up destination drive has space left. Then it would mean that it is important for me to know when the weekly back up takes place, so that I know that "now is the time and the files I have on my source drive now will stay in the target back up drive as long as it has space".
I wouldn't advise thinking like this. If you wish to retain long term a particular file TM is not the answer. You should separately archive it outside TM. As has been pointed out elsewhere, you could just copy it to the drive TM is running on, but outside TM's backup folder (however note that this will reduce the space available for TM's backups).
Further, it would mean that the hourly and daily back ups are kind of temporary back ups which give me the chance to restore the file within 24 hrs if backed up in the hourly back up, or restore it within one month if backed up by the daily back up. If backed up by the weekly back up, then it can be restored any time as long as the back up drive is not full. Is that correct?
Correct.
IF I do a forced back up (Ctrl click on TM in the dock and then order it " Back up now") is this a back up which stays until back up external disk is full or is it a temporary back up (like the hourly and/or daily)?
Good question. I have no reason to think that forced backups are priviledged in any way, but who knows? Anyone got any comment?
I install Adobe reader - it is backed up by TM. Then I uninstall it. Then, I download a PDF document, click it to open - does Adobe reader open from the TM back up?
Nothing in the backups is available to you until you have restored it. Interesting question is: if an application is restored, are any other files its original installer would have placed in the system and are needed to run it restored as well? One would like to think so but maybe that's too hard for TM? I would recommend that any major application that has been disinstalled be reinstalled from the original disks rather than relying on TM. Of course, if you've just accidently trashed an application file you can restore it from TM no problem.
Only after restoring it from TM can you use it.
Hope these comments help and anyone with more info adds their piece. TM is proving more confusing than it looked at first glance!

Phone stuck in Recovery mode, nothing will work!

I recently lost my phone, so I used the find my Iphone app on icloud. I had locked my phone from there. Once I found my phone I unlocked it with my password then it immediatly went to the recovery screen where it tells you to plug into itunes. I thought that it was just because of the find my iphone app. But I have tried recovering it more than 10 times. I updated my itunes restarted my computer changed USB hubs and tried DFU mode. Nothing will work! I can get it to open up my actual phone but when it is in this mode the home button does not work, and if I hook it up to my computer it goes back to the recovery screen. I really need to fix this and would prefer that it didn't cost me any money.
What can I do????

Plug your iPhone into your computer and go to the iTunes window. You iPhone should appear immediately on the sidebar, press on it and you should be on your Summary page (where it has information on your iPhone's name, Serial Number/Code..etc), there should be a Restore button, press on the restore button and your iPhone should start restoring to where it was before (if you backed your iPhone up before, that is). Hope this helped and hope you get your iPhone back to normal

Missing sequences, nothing is working

Hi everybody,
I'm missing lot's of sequences in Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2014. I did all the 3 different options that are on the Adobe site, but nothing is working.
Is there a way I can fix this? I really need my custom settings back, or the Digital DSLR settings?!?!
(I'm working on a Macbook)
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Try:
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- Also try DFU mode after try recovery mode
How to put iPod touch / iPhone into DFU mode « Karthik's scribblings
- If not successful and you can't fully turn the iOS device fully off, let the battery fully drain. After charging for an least an hour try the above again.
- Try another cable
- Try on another computer
- If still not successful that usually indicates a hardware problem and an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store is in order.
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No Service 3GS with valid SIM card. NOTHING has worked. What now?

"No Service" when valid SIM card inserted in iPhone 3GS. iTunes occasionally reads valid SIM phone number while phone still says No Service. I have tried everything and NOTHING has worked. The phone had two bars of service once, while it was connected to iTunes, for about a minute then went back to No Service. I bought it used from Game Stop in really nice condition. I would like to get this problem fixed, as I need a better phone than what I had previously. Please help!

underwood3 wrote:
I bought it used from Game Stop in really nice condition.
There is a very high probability that the phone was hacked or jailbroken to unlock it, or was water damaged an/or repaired by a 3rd party.
Make an appointment at the genius bar and see what they have to say about it (be prepared to pay for an out of warranty replacement) or return it to game stop and get your money back.

Does this program really work?

I got this link for a convert program from this forum but I don't want to buy it unless I know its going to work. I already got QT pro just to find out that it didn't convert my files right and now i'm stuck with it.
http://www.divmm.com/
The program is called Video Vault, it clames to convert DVDs, VCDs, SVCDs, Analog/Digital Camcorder Tapes. Files types = AVI, Mpeg1, Mpeg2, Mpeg4, ASF, WMV, DVR-MS, TIVO, VOB
Most of the video formats I have are AVIs and MPEG1s and nothing else seems to do it right so if anyone has used this program can you please tell me if it really works?
thank you

"Most of the video formats I have are AVIs and MPEG1s"
Videora will work just fine for you. It's free, and most users here use it.
www.videora.com/en-us/Converter/iPod

Since updating to I.O.S7 on my ipad2 all i get when i turn it on is a loading screen with a picture of a charger going into an ITUNES sign? HELP nothing will work not interactive at all?

all i get when i turn it on is a loading screen with a picture of a charger going into an ITUNES sign? HELP nothing will work not interactive at all.aince updating to I.O.S7.0.2???
What should i do currently have it on charge for several hours not done a thing and have been locking and unlocking and resetting

Please see: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808 for further info. It sounds like you are already in Recovery mode so if the image in Step 4 is the one you see, skip to Step 5.
Regards,
Steve

When I go to plug in my iPhone 5 to my PC it will charge my phone but it doesn't show up that it's connected to my computer or in iTunes. I have tried just about everything that I can find on the internet but nothing is working. Any other suggestions?

When I go to plug in my iPhone 5 to my PC it will charge my phone but it doesn't show up that it's connected to my computer or in iTunes. I have tried just about everything that I can find in the support discussions but nothing has worked. Any other suggestions?

If you have carefully follow ALL of the steps in that article, you are using a USB port directly on your computer and not a USB hub (don't use a front port on a tower or desktop either, as they are an internal hub) and you installed iTunes correctly using an Administrator ID and you have tried disabling your antivirus and firewall then there is no hope of it ever working. Look at the tip again, and go through it carefully, not skipping any steps.
Note, BTW, that an iPhone will not show up on a computer, only in iTunes. If there are photos in the Camera Roll then it will appear in Windows as a digital camera only.

HT4623 I updated to 7.0 and now my ipod wont play in my car stero. I have reset, bought an itunes song and reset again but nothing is working. Pandora wont play. I can hear it on my phone when I unplug but not anything thru the stero except static. Help!

I updated to 7.0 and now my ipod wont play in my car stero. I have reset, bought an itunes song and reset again but nothing is working. Pandora wont play. I can hear it very slightly in my speakers if I turn up the speakers but it is so faint. It plays thru its own speakers and my radio plays thru my speakers in my car so my its not my speakers.Help! Thank you!

Hi Novagurl2369!
I have an article for you that can provide some helpful troubleshooting steps to address your issue:
No sound through stereo headset1
Inspect the headset jack for debris and clean if necessary.
Connect the headset and make sure the connector is pushed in all the way.
Check the volume setting. Adjust the volume by pressing the volume up and down button on the left side of the iPhone.
If you are trying to listen to music and cannot hear any audio, make sure that the music on iPhone is not paused. Try squeezing the headset microphone to resume playback. Additionally, from the Home screen you can choose iPod > Now Playing, then tap Play.
Make sure the latest version of iTunes is installed on the computer that you are syncing the iPhone with (songs purchased from the iTunes Store using earlier versions of iTunes won't play).
Try another Apple headset (some third-party headsets require an adapter to be used with original iPhone).
Try a different song or video.
Check to see if the iPhone alert sounds or other iPhone sound effects exhibit the same audio issues.
Disconnect the headset from the iPhone and see if sound comes from the built-in speaker.
iPhone: Hardware troubleshooting
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2802
Take care, and thanks for visiting the Apple Support Communities.
-Braden

I've tried everything to get my phone out of recovery mode but nothing is working.

Hi,
I recently started updating my phone to I.O.S 8.1.3, and it was downloading and updating fine, then it said it had an error updating. I turned it off and on again to see if that would work, and when I clicked install it showed up as if it was turning off. It then showed up that I needed to connect to iTunes. So I did, and it said it was in recovery mode, and that I needed to restore. So I tried that and it said multiple times, when I got part way through the restoration, that the network had timed out when it hadn't. So I researched ways to get it out of the recovery mode.
I've tried:
holding down home and lock button
holding down lock and volume button
downloading tinyumbrella, however it wouldn't let me open it
Putting it into DFU mode and restoring
Nothing is working! I don't know what to do, I need my phone for when I'm travelling and now I don't have one.
Anyone got any more ideas? I'll be incredibly grateful.
If I can't get this to work I've wasted £200 of money on a phone that decides it's logical to kill itself. I won't be doing that again.

I was trying to download TinyUmbrella because some people have said it basically kicks phones out of recovery mode, and I did try that but it hadn't worked, it kept loosing connection with the phone even though it was connected.
I took the phone to the O2 shop and they did something to restore it, so it's working fine finally thanks for replying!

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