iTunes 9 Not Recognizing iPod

For some reason, I can't post a new topic. Anyway, my new iPod classic is connected to my Mac and it synced up just fine, but the battery meter in both iTunes is reporting as full even though it's still on about half-charge from the factory.

This picture shows the battery meter in iTunes. Am I stupid, or is this the fully charged icon?
http://imgur.com/7ezjul.jpg

Same thing with the iPod:
http://imgur.com/tEZMLl.jpg

But when it's unplugged, it shows that the battery is half-empty!

Any help would be appreciated.

still no fix ????

This worked great for me. I was able to update the software on my iPod video 30GB.
Thanks a lot!

In case no one else have been able to answer this problem, I think I have a solution.
You do not have to reinstall iTunes.


1) Go to: Control Panel
2) Go to: System
3) Go to: Hardware
4) Go to: Device Manager
5) Go to: Universal Serial Bus Controllers
6) Reinstall the Apple Mobile Device USB Driver (double click on it, wizard will do the rest)

Doing this immediately solved my iPod recognizing issue.
You may need to do this for each iPod.

Note: You may have yellow question marks on others drivers, you may want to install these also.


GOOD LUCK!!!

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People, as I mentioned above, this is a USB problem. The solution I outlined is guaranteed to resolve the issues with recognizing your iPods in iTunes.

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this does not fix it ,i have reinstalled apple devices drivers,plus windows xp, ,itunes 8.0 plus v9 still nothing ! _*still no comment from apple either*_ !!!

The next time you plug in your iPod, listen to the number of times it "clicks". Instead of the usual sound, it is much faster.
That is because the USB Controller is not connecting properly.

this does not fix it ,i have reinstalled apple devices drivers,plus windows xp, ,itunes 8.0 plus v9 still nothing ! still no comment from apple either

This is ridiculous. A software upgrade renders the iPod useless? So, we're supposed to go out and buy a new one, right?

I've got a 2G Shuffle that is now a paperweight, thanks to iTunes 9.

And no response from Apple?

Thanks.

I had an iPod nano that would not be recognize by itunes 9 on MacBook Pro running SL. The key was I had plugged it in using the firewire cable. After reading all the posts, I changed the cable to my iphone cable to USB and voila it worked just fine. It synched and is now charging. Funny Apple should have said something about this.

I just yesterday upgraded to iTunes 9.0.3 which was supposed to "fix" this problem, but it didn't fix the problem of the computer (and iTunes) not recognizing the old iPod when connected with the original serial cable. Then, I tried using the USB connector supplied with the iPod Touch, and iTunes did recognize the old iPod, but then it somehow managed to drain the battery in a matter of seconds and abort the sync. I also got error messages about not enough permissions, etc. This is nuts! Aarrrrrgh!

Correction. The computer did not actually drain the battery (I am now listening to the iPod which shows about 80% charged), but it drains down the symbol for battery charge and apparently "thinks" the battery is empty. Crazy. But same result -- sync shut down with a scolding that I didn't put away my device properly. Also said it couldn't sync because it couldn't find the file for my iPod, and besides I didn't have proper privileges, etc. Infuriating! Lots of people seem to have this or similar problems, but so far I have not seen any solutions. Help?

+This is ridiculous. A software upgrade renders the iPod useless?+

yes, and this isn't the first time it's happened either. last time it happened a couple years ago, there was not one word from Apple anywhere that even acknowledged there was a problem. we just had to sit around and wait for them to do something about it at their own convenience.

+I just yesterday upgraded to iTunes 9.0.3 which was supposed to "fix" this problem+

mine was perfectly fine UNTIL I switched to 9.0.3, now it's totally useless. I can't add music to my iPod anymore. every time I plug it in, it just sits there saying "verifying" and never changes.

Eeeek! I haven't tried to update my iPod Touch since updating to iTunes 9.0.3. Now, I'm almost afraid to try.