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Hello, all.
I have a 30gb iPod photo that came with the USB only cable. When I first got it, I wanted to get music on it right away, so I synched it to my wife's G4 iBook (USB 2.0, 10.3.9) -- 2,200 songs took less than 15 minutes.
Since my Mac (B&W, G4/500 upgrade, OS 10.2.8) doesn't have USB 2.0, I went out and purchased the FW/USB combo cable from Apple to load my music (yes, I know. I started from scratch with my library). Anyway, the Firewire connection was very, very slow -- it took about 15 secs. per song! It took all night to synch my Mac and the iPod -- and now when I add just a couple of CD's or podcasts, it takes way too long to be convenient.
Any thoughts as to why this might be? OS? Mac? iPod format?

welcome!
what type of machine are you using?
it is possible that any of the following are happening:
1) low powered PCI slot - check if the PCI card you are using has a 4 pin power connector on it so you can tap into the internal power supply
2) reset and restore the ipod
Resetting
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