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iTunes 7.7 Update and iPod classic = Spinning Beach Ball

Just upgraded to the new iTunes 7.7 (iphone 2.0 and app store support). After, I plugged in my ipod classic and it took almost 5 minutes of the "spinning beach ball" to recognize the ipod. I check and it says my software (1.1.2) is up to date. I ejected and tried it again. Same thing. Once recognized, the ipod classic seems to work fine in iTunes, but still not sure about all options.

Anyone else upgrade iTunes and find the same thing happening?

Note: No option to sync ipod classic games any more. A new "Applications" designation listed in iTunes 7.7 (which has my purchased games listed), but no way to "sync" them or resync them if there were to be an issue or if I wanted to remove the game now and sync it again later...

iPod classic 160GB, Mac OS X (10.5.4)

Posted on Jul 10, 2008 11:55 AM

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mactrav

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Posted on Jul 10, 2008 4:05 PM

Same issue with me, I rebuilt permissions, whipped the iPod and still beach-ball of Death.

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ycnui

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Jul 23, 2008 8:29 AM in response to Stadtkind

Ja. I would agree. I am experiencing the sames issues with my 80gb ipod classic.

mhibbs

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Jul 23, 2008 2:14 PM in response to Kyn Drake

I deleted the 2 library files on my mac iTunes and rebuilt the library via import of the .xml and, while a fun exercise, it accomplished nothing. My Classic which I sync w/ that library still won't sync.

My iphone is at least sort of syncing on my work Vista machine which is where I sync it, but I have seen a few calendar items disappear from Outlook that originally WERE there and are STILL on the iPhone. Repeating syncing does not delete them from the iPhone but doesn't put them back on the work calendar either.

So I've given up until they put out a fix. In my mind this is clearly an iTunes issue b/c I have issues across 4 hardware devices (OSX, Vista, Classic, iPhone) and the only common element between all of them is iTunes 7.7. Call me crazy.

Kyn Drake

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Jul 23, 2008 2:25 PM in response to mhibbs

I can understand. I don't know why I'm not having the problem, but it could be that I've only got around 6000 songs.

Jul 23, 2008 3:13 PM in response to sandler77

I finally got it to work after about deleting and redownloading itunes. either that or apple just fixed it!

atrament

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Jul 24, 2008 1:01 PM in response to Lalkha Lopez

they did NOT fix anything. I downloaded it again and re-installed it, and it's actually worse than before. although now my iTunes actually recognizes when the iPod is plugged in, which it didn't before, but now when I plug in my iPod, iTunes completely freezes up AND freezes my entire computer, so now I can't even plug in my iPod anymore.

Jul 24, 2008 6:32 PM in response to atrament

ohh no 😟 I did this about three or four times before it worked. I have no other suggestions 😟

sandler77 Author

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Jul 31, 2008 12:26 AM in response to sandler77

FINALLY! New iTunes update 7.7.1 finally here. Maybe all our ipod/iphone recognition issues will be solved... Installing now. I hope there is good news to report.

sandler77 Author

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Jul 31, 2008 12:28 AM in response to sandler77

Updated to iTunes 7.7.1 and the ipod classic is recognized in less than 10 seconds. Congratulations Apple. We only had to wait 21 days for this fix! Thanks...

iTunes 7.7 Update and iPod classic = Spinning Beach Ball