Spinning disk icon
everytime i plug the ipod the spinning disk appears again. I read here in a discussion someone says it is a scanning type of precedure. But how do i get the ipod to function normally and avaid it to perform that task everytime i plug it in. Once it did let me access, mean i saw it in my desktop and itunes. the music had been ereased but the datas (i use it as a hard disk) was still all there.
I was happy because i thaught i had lost everything but the next time i plugged it in, it did show up as planned but started scanning the disk again. Someone knows how to solve the problem. Let me know i am stuck.
thanks
In itunes go to
Preferences-->Ipod
check if it is set for Automatic or manual - it sounds like it is set for Auto - change it to manual
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