Updating 5G iPod in iTunes problems!

I want to change my iPod settings in iTunes 7.0 so that it will only sync unwatched movies, however when I click the "apply" button, I just get a "Waiting for iPod" dialog box and then after about 30 secs I get an error saying "iPod could not be updated because those settings could not be found" Whats wrong? My iPod has the latest firmware verson (1.2)

Oh, if I try to update my iPod using the work computer, it recognizes the fact that it was updated on a different machine and wants to wipe it out and start over.
I can't solve your other problems but for this one i would advise you to set your ipod to manually update songs. that way your other computer won't bother you with messages to wipe clean your ipod and you can update it with new content on both computers. Hope this helps.

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So I went to update my ipod on itunes....and a box appeared saying to make sure my network settings are correct and active, but the internet is working fine. Every device in my house has great internet connection. What do I do?

So I went ot update my ipod on itunes....and a box appeared saying to make sure the internet setting are correct and active, but my internet is working fine. What do I do?

Sounds like this:
Update Server
Try:
- Powering off and then back on your router.
- iTunes for Windows: iTunes cannot contact the iPhone, iPad, or iPod software update server
- Change the DNS to either Google's or Open DNS servers
Public DNS — Google Developers
OpenDNS IP Addresses
- Try on another computer/network
- Wait if it is an Apple problem

HT4623 When i try to update my ipod using iTunes, it say it can't be done b/c it cant contact my ipod software server!!!

When i try to update my ipod using iTunes, it say it can't be done b/c it cant contact my ipod software server!!!

Update Server
Try:
- Powering off and then back on your router.
- iTunes for Windows: iTunes cannot contact the iPhone, iPad, or iPod software update server
- Change the DNS to either Google's or Open DNS servers
Public DNS — Google Developers
OpenDNS IP Addresses
- Try on another computer/network
- Wait if it is an Apple problem

After iOS 4 update on iPod Touch, iTunes crashes when iPod is connected.

I just updated my iPod from 3.1.3 to iOS 4, and after all of that, when I plug in my iPod Touch 2G [version 4.0 (8A293)] to my laptop, iTunes crashes. A window pops up saying "iTunes has stopped working," and then iTunes closes automatically. When I do not already have iTunes open and I connect my iPod, iTunes will open and then close a few seconds later with the same pop up box.
I tried seeing if it was a syncing or connecting issue, so I turned off automatic syncing and the problem still exists. Therefore, I think it is a connection issue.
*Note: When I was updating to iOS 4, I left and came back to my computer with it running on idle. Could that have had an effect? If so, how can I just redo everything?
**Another note that may be helpful is that while I do still have all of my music and videos in iTunes (which works totally fine with no iPod attached), the videos and music is NOT on my iPod. But, my apps all work fine on my iPod.
I would really appreciate any sort of help I could get for this problem. I was really looking forward to the OS update, but now I am disappointed because of this major problem.
THANK YOU for your help!

I would try moving the existing iPod backup file to a safe locations and let iTunes make a whole new one. The location of of the backup file is:
iTunes places the backup files in the following places:
Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/
Windows XP: \Documents and Settings\(username)\Application Data\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\
Windows Vista and Windows 7: \Users\(username)\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\
Note: If you do not see the AppData or Application Data folders, you may need to show hidden files (Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7), or iTunes may not be installed in the default location. Show hidden files and then search the hard drive for the Backup directory.

Can't update my iPod 30gb vision + problem uploading songs on it.

I could upload songs to my iPod in the beginning, but then I connected the iPod with iTunes on a mac and from that time I'm not able to upload any new songs on it anymore.
So I downloaded the new itunes V 7 to see if it maybe would work with it, but mij iPod needs to be updated to be able to show up in the new iTunes, but I can't get it updated and I always get this error when I open iTunes:
'The software for communicating with the iPod is not installed correctly. Please reinstall iTunes to install the iPod software'
Which is ******** because it worked with the older version of iTunes.
Anyone have had this problem?
Pard'me for my English btw.
Thnx in advance

Have you checked out these two documents which address the issue?
"Please Reinstall iTunes" message appears
Fast User Switching
Disable fast user switching in contol panel/user accounts/change the way users log on and off.

Ratings won't update from iPod to iTunes

I know these sorts of questions have been posted before, but all the answers I can find simply seem to say "it should work if you set update to automatic"... Well, it doesn't.
Experimentally I've been putting a few unrated songs from my iTunes onto my girlfriends iPod mini. For iTunes to even allow me drag and drop to the iPod in the first place i HAVE to set it to "manual update". I go off and rate the songs, then come back and plug in the iPod and set it to "automatically update all songs". Here it says there is not enough room on the iPod to put my entire collection (duh...), so I select "no" to the custom playlist it asks to create. Then the songs on the iPod are greyed out and no ratings have been updated in my iTunes.
If it was set to "manually update" the only difference is the iPod songs are no longer greyed. No rating update.
I don't have my own iPod yet. This problem is the only thing holding me back, as the ability to rate your songs away from home is the ONLY reason I would buy an iPod over many of the other, most likely superior, mp3 players out there. For a brand which sells itself on intuitive interfaces, why are there so many people who still can't get this basic feature to work right?
iPod mini Windows XP Pro

Experimentally I've been putting a few unrated songs
from my iTunes onto my girlfriends iPod mini. For
iTunes to even allow me drag and drop to the iPod in
the first place i HAVE to set it to "manual update".
There's your problem. Set it to automatic, and choose playlists to be updated. You cannot drag and drop in automatic mode. You cannot update playcounts/ratings in manual mode.
I go off and rate the songs, then come back and plug
in the iPod and set it to "automatically update all
songs". Here it says there is not enough room on the
iPod to put my entire collection (duh...), so I
select "no" to the custom playlist it asks to create.
Then the songs on the iPod are greyed out and no
Set it to "Update Selected Playlists" and just pick a few.
It is normal that the iPod playlist is greyed out in automatic mode.

HERE'S HOW TO UPDATE 5G IPOD WITH ITUNES 7:

ok, i will tell u how to manualy update your 5G ipod with the new itunes 7.
after you have your ipod plugged into your PC and you have itunes running, click on your ipod in the list. look half-way down the screen. there should be a box that says, "manualy update songs and....." check the box. after then start to procede adding the songs MANUALY by dragging and dropping them from your music library into either the music folder in the list, or one of your playlists. after the first song is dragged and dropped, itunes will do a long update to your ipod. this shouldn't take more than 3 minutes to complete though. and dont worry, it's safe that it's doing this, it's just checking your songs if they have digital playback. after the update is done, proceed to drag and drop all of the songs that you want on your ipod in the step i have mentioned earlier. it should do a split second update after every song dropped. when you are done with this, click the eject button and disconnect your ipod unless you still wanna charge it.
Good Luck
old 5G 30GB Windows XP

I've managed to get the iPod updater to start installing the new 1.2 firmware on my 5G, but it's taking forever! Currently the iPod screen displays the flashing "Do nod disconnect," and iTunes says it's still updating my iPod.....but it's been something like 15-20 minutes (and I have broadband connection). Surely it shouldn't take this much time?? I'm afraid to disconnect it while it's in the middle of an update. Anyone else have this problem?? Help!
5G- Windows XP

Play Count and Last Played not updating from iPod in iTunes

I've had this problem with 2 of my iPods over 2 different computers, and I have no idea what is causing it.
For some reason, sometimes when I have finished listening to my iPod for the day and then go in to plug it and sync it with iTunes, none of the Play Count or Last Played updates from the iPod. But sometimes it DOES update, which is what frustrates me, as I cannot seem to pinpoint the problem.
These are my specs at the moment:
iPod: Fifth-gen 30GB video
iTunes: 7.0 (also had this issue with 6.x and 4.x before this)
Computer: P4 3.0GHz dual-core, 1GB RAM, WinXP Pro, USB 2.0 ports (also experienced this exact problem with Firewire ports).
I always have iTunes set to automatically sync with the iPod. I have also gone through the 5 suggested steps (including restoring the iPod, restarting the computer and trying out other ports) on several occasions already.
I also had this exact same problem with my old computer and old iPod, the specs which were as follows:
iPod: Third-gen 20GB
Computer: P3 450MHz, 384MB RAM, WinXP Pro, USB 2.0 and Firewire ports.
Has anyone experienced this particular issue before? If so, is there a solution to this issue? It has been bugging me for a while now, and I don't know what other action to take. Thanks heaps in advance!
P4 dual-core 3.0GHz Windows XP Pro 1GB RAM, iTunes 7, USB2.0

hi ozfrog80! sorry, my english is poor...i´ve got a similar problem with a 30gb-video-ipod at mac mini (g5).i just updated itunes 7 at saturday and it ran for 2 days without a problem. okay, some playlists seemed strange, but no problems with the sound (see other topics).
i updated the ipod-software to the latest software-version on saturday too.
while "connection" of ipod/itunes the sync.-symbol never dissappeared. but no new data was transmitted.
yesterday, the ipod froze while running and had to be resetted. result: now the connection to itunes fails because "itunes doesn´t react".
the ipod is "empty" now.
i re-installed both quicktime and itunes (as considered in other topics) but that didn´t solve the problem.
funny: itunes runs without a problem but won´t connect to ipod.
i don´t know what the problem is.....i´m waiting for an update....thanx and good luck from mainz/germany.

I'm getting an error when trying to update my ipod through Itunes (1413)

I have a black 30gb ipod video, Itunes tells me that a newer version of the Ipod software is available (1.2) so I click update. I get an error saying The iPod "IPOD" could not be updated. An unknown error occured (1413).
What do I do?
Thanks in advance

did you have any trouble when you were installing itunes? in particular, did you run into trouble during the "registering modules" phase of the install?

HT4623 I can't find where to update my ipod in Itunes

I looked online to read how to update my iPod but my computer and iPod aren't showng the buttons nedded.

If you have iTunes 11 turn on the Sidebar. Go to iTunes>View and click on Show Sidebar. You can also do a Crtl+S to show the sidebar. The sidebar is where Devices appears. and Control+B to show the Menu bar
Does the iPod appear in iTunes under Devices?
If Yes the update/check for update button is on the Summary pane. What shows on the Summary pane?

HT4623 can i update my ipod without itunes via online?

if anyone can help

The option to update without the computer (Over the air) was made available with iOS 5. If your iDevice is using a version of iOS lower than 5, you will need to use iTunes on your syncing computer to perform the upgrade. Use the Apple link below as a guide for the upgrade.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4972
Also read the instructions from the section entitled "Update your device using iTunes" at the link below.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4623
Information regarding transferring purchases from your iDevice to iTunes on your syncing computer can be found at the link below.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1848

Problem Updating my iPod with iTunes

I recently bought a 2GB iPod nano and want to update it. The software I have on my iPod nano is 1.1.1. The website says that the current is 1.2. iTunes says that my iPod nano is up to date but my iPod nano says different. Could somebody please help me! Thanks!

If you have the latest version of iTunes click your ipod and click your opod and click summary and under verion you should be able to click Update IF YOU HAVE THE LATEST VERSION OF iTUNES! if not, under start and programs (windows users) go to ipod and ipod up dater and hopefully the date says 2006-6-28 or later. if not back up songs and reformat i guess, or reset (hold menue and middle button) hope this helps

Updating Ipod on iTunes Problem

Everytime I connect my Ipod to the usb, it shows up on itunes and as a drive. But when usually the ipod should be updating, it brings up a window saying itunes isn't responding,giving me options to send the error report or not, and then no matter which i choose, itunes closes and ipod does not update. Even if I reopen itunes, the difficulty happens again.Please help.
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After itunes 6.0.2 and 1-10 updater - both ipods crash itunes when updating

I'm annoyed.
I upgraded my to iTunes 6.0.2 (Windows XP) and ran the 1-10 updater on two ipods - a mini and a 20GB pre-photo model (I guess that's a 3rd gen?). After doing so, iTunes crashes when updating begins. If I plug an ipod in without iTunes, everything is OK and I can see the unit and directory structure in Explorer. When the ipod is disconnected and I run iTunes, everything is fine - no problems. But when you connect an ipod, iTunes sees it, and then shows "Updating ipod", it sits like that for awhile, then I hear the hard drive in the iPod click, and a few seconds later I get:
"iTunes has encountered a problem and needs to close" etc. etc.
I tried doing a restore of one of my ipods (the 3rd gen) to the 2005-11-17 firmware by running that updater and doing "Restore". The problem is still happening, but now my ipod is empty because I did the restore!
Unfortunately, I can't tell what the problem is - iTunes or the 1-10 update.
Has anyone else had any problems like this? Any ideas? Can I downgrade iTunes?
Please help!
Chris

Has anyone come up with a method to resolve this issue? I uninstalled and reinstalled iTunes, and no luck.
One very obvious thing I can see is that 2006-1-10 update clearly bombs iTunes fast. I downgrade my firmware to 2005-11-17 and it appears to want to update. I'm attempting to update again (about the 30th time since I've had this problem a few days ago). Let's see how it goes since I've actually done this before... One thing I'm doing differently though is syncing just the podcasts, no music. It shouldn't make a difference, but maybe there's something odd in there with DRM?
Another observation - when I connected the iPod with the My Computer window open, I saw the H: drive (my ipod) appear for a few seconds. It then disappeared from there, iTunes came up, and then reappeared. iTunes tried to sync, but then bombed out.
I hope this helps someone..
I can't believe that Apple hasn't responded to this issue yet. This has to be impacting more than a few hundred users on this site.

My ipod touch doesn't syncronize anymore... I've tried to update it (ipod and itunes in the same updating) and nothing, I tried almost everything and I can't put my musics D: What should I do?

I'm desesperated!!

iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Mac OS X
Or
See
iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Windows
- I would start with
Removing and Reinstalling iTunes, QuickTime, and other software components for Windows XP
or
Removing and reinstalling iTunes and other software components for Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8
However, after your remove the Apple software components also remove the iCloud Control Panel via Windows Programs and Features app in the Window Control Panel. Then reinstall all the Apple software components
- Then do the other actions of:
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paying special attention to item #5
- New cable and different USB port
- Run this and see if the results help with determine the cause
iTunes for Windows: Device Sync Tests
Also see:
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- Try on another computer to help determine if computer or iPod problem
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