TROUBLE DOWNLOADING 4G 2ND GEN

Am trying to download music for a friends ipod they got for x mas .......... just plugged it into my powerbook ,,, named it and chose a few playlists etc etc .... downlaoded 300 tunes ok ...... went to do some more and i am now getting an unknown error message number 48 ... any ideas out there ??
power book g4 Mac OS X (10.4.2)

apple could make the nanos work with older versions, they could release a fix to itunes that we could download for free...
but it's far more lucrative for them to try to force people into upgrades they don't want or need.
if you got it from apple, you can exchange for an older generation ipod (if there is one available, all the other g4 users who got nanos for christmas are snapping them up) If you got it from a 3rd party you can return it for a regular Mp3 player from a more dependable company (rio).

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This is starting to agitate me but being comfy with unix I survive, every day I hate plugging in the Drobo because I won't have that GUI-ease any more. Months pass and having contacted Drobo, Apple, tech-savy friends I get nowhere.
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I talk to one of my great friends who has the in with all issues with the 'good' companies. He mentions a possible bad Symlink and that gives me fuel to start my hunt for a resolution. Months go by and I get no where.
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SimonBrown1992 wrote:
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