Why is my 4th generation iPod Shuffle not recognised by the new Itunes 11?

Made the old mistake of "upgrading", this time to iTunes 11. I'm sure it is all very exciting and pretty and what have you, but as I can no longer see my device in iTunes it is all pretty pointless. Anyone else having this? Any solutions out there (as reverting to previous iTunes is, of course, a no-go - so double thanks, Apple!).

- While charging try resetting the iPod:
Reset iPod touch: Press and hold the On/Off Sleep/Wake button and the Home
button at the same time for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Next try restoring the iPod via iTunes. First from backup and if still problem restore to factory defaults/new iPod.
- However, I really think that the iPod has a hardware problem and an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store is in order. If defective Apple should give you a refurbished iPod.

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You need to restore the Shuffle in iTunes first. Then sync all of your music stored in iTunes over to it. Or is that what you did?
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- While charging try resetting the iPod:
Reset iPod touch: Press and hold the On/Off Sleep/Wake button and the Home
button at the same time for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Next try restoring the iPod via iTunes. First from backup and if still problem restore to factory defaults/new iPod.
- However, I really think that the iPod has a hardware problem and an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store is in order. If defective Apple should give you a refurbished iPod.

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This is very mysterious... You can try starting up in Safe Mode.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1564
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You are probably running the system and software installation that came pre-installed (plus updates). The only other thing I can think of to try is to reinstall everything, and try it on a "clean" system. If you have an external USB drive that is not being used, you can do the installation on that drive, and start up from it. That will avoid messing with your internal drive, to try something that may not make a difference.
You can do this using the Recovery disk.
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13871
When you get to Step 4, if that external drive is connected, you should be able to select it as your target for the installation, instead of "Macintosh HD" on your internal drive. NOTE: The external drive needs to be formatted for Mac. If it has a PC format, you'll need to use Disk Utility to erase it, like you did for the shuffle earlier, except use Mac OS Extended (Journaled) as the Format.
After the installation completes (and the iMac restarts from the new system) select Software Update from the Apple menu (a few times) to install all Apple updates. Then, run iTunes and see if the problem still occurs.
You can change your startup disk (back to your normal startup disk) in System Preferences Startup Disk pane.

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I have an iPod Shuffle 4th Gen (I believe it's a 2GB). I use windows 7.
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I also noticed that when plugged in, it slowly flashes a green light (no orange light comes on at all). I was concerned there was an issue with power, but upon turning the device on, I get an automated message saying to add music to the device before it turns itself off.
Any thoughts would be welcome.
Thank you.

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Thanks! But I actually figured it out! Right after I said something about the driver, I went into device mangager. Sure enough even though it did not show up as a drive letter the device manager said is was installed and working.
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iOS6 problems aplenty ....not sure if the link I inserted is working or not, but the issue is a lot more prevalent - the issue being that what shows up & plays in iTunes after the iOS6 update is not what shows up (& plays) on the device itself. This may go beyond just the iPod Touch as well.
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Symptoms
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Resolution
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Hi,
My 4th generation iPod Shuffle is not being recognised by iTunes. When I plug it into my Macbook Pro, running Mountain Lion, the indicator light on the iPod will be continuous orange. This will switch off after a couple of minutes.

Could it be a faulty cable?
Yes. If possible, find a new one to test with.
The continuous blinking orange light indicates that the Shuffle is either in the middle of a sync operation with iTunes or is being read by another system process, but only if Enable Disk Use is enabled from under the Shuffle's Summary tab.
Is the connection nice and snug on both ends as can be seen from this article?
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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 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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Why is my 4th generation iPod Shuffle not recognised by the new Itunes 11?

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