Q: When I try to sync podcasts to my Nano, iTunes freezes
I recently acquired a new 6th Generation Nano. Whenever I try to sync podcasts to it, iTunes freezes up and has to be forcibly stopped from the Task Manager. This doesn't happen if I try to sync the podcasts to another device (I have an iPad and until recently had an earlier model of Nano and neither have any problems). It's fine if I set it to sync podcasts, but if I actually mark off any podcasts to be transferred and then sync, the Nano sort of freezes in that 'Connected' state we usually get and iTunes freezes up entirely at some point while the 'Starting Sync' message is displayed. I don't have any sort of issues opening up the Podcasts folder or anything like that, it's just when I try to send Podcast files specifically to the Nano that I have a problem.
iTunes version 10.6.0.40
Desktop PC, Win7 64-bit SP1
iPod nano, Windows 7
Posted on Mar 12, 2012 6:25 AM
Same issue here but I'm getting this on a Mac, and not just with podcasts. Any manually synced content (songs, photos, etc) for my 6th Gen Nano cause this hang. This is a new problem, everything used to work fine, but I have since updated iTunes (I am also at 10.6 for iTunes). I do *not* get a hang if I just use the default settings where iTunes automatically fills in as much music as it can. Then I get normal sync behavior and the sync animation shows on the Nano screen. But if I try to custom sync any content, iTunes hangs and the Nano screen simply displays the "Connected" screen.
Going to try to roll back the version of iTunes.
MacBook Pro 10.6.8
iTunes 10.6 (40)
iPod Nano 6th Generation 8GB
Posted on Mar 12, 2012 2:09 PM