iPod shuffle and Mac Catalina

I just upgraded to Catalina 10.15.5. I see my iPod device in my finder. The earlier sync problems I reported are gone.

I can also go into Music (the new iTunes) and the device is listed there too. Though the sync operations are no longer there, it does show me an accurate list of all the songs on the iPod.

Essentially, all the music functionality seems to be there and functioning correctly, only split across Finder and Music as opposed to all being lumped into iTunes.

@SaltMarshGirl, sorry to hear the book interface isn't as good. I presume the Books app doesn't show the device? I'm unable to find a terminal command either: I tried to drag the device to the terminal to get macOS to construct a pathname, but all it did was remove the device from Finder entirely, and I had to spend several minutes to figure out how to get it back in there (-:.

But most of all, as @SaltMarshGirl says — the iPod isn't trash yet! Indeed, I've been desperately hoping to change my playlists and can do so now.

@shriramak I have the same issues. The songs and playlists that shows for me to add on the iPod are not all my playlists on “music app” and if I have songs downloaded from the app the system does not let me transfer to the iPod.

Sorry @Raribeiro, I don't know what you mean by "same issues". The point of my posting is that I am not having issues (any longer), at least not that I can discern. I don't know if something changed in the latest 10.15.5 update or not, but in the event it did, I was posting to let other people know that it's something they may want to consider.

Note that I believe this thread is about the iPod Shuffle specifically, not about other models of iPod.

Bit late but for all others who search the same.... I have a solution.

You can't see anything about your iPod Shuffle, not in the finder, on the desktop or the music app BUT, when you create a folder in the Finder, maybe for music, you can drop the music out of the folder on your iPod who is shown as a device in the music app. When you drop the titles on your iPod in the left menu in the music app, you see a little spinning circle. The music app doesn't show title on the device you drop on it but the title are now on your iPod. In the finder under the option, manage memory/storage, for the iPod you can see, that there is space on it in use, these are your music and you can hear it on your iPod.

Thats a ****** way and I am very annoyed with Apple who FOOLED they customers with older but great working products.

Regards !

I was able to open the Podcast app on my Mac, download a podcast, and drag it onto my iPod (after I had opened the iPod from Finder).

I did this several times until I discovered that the podcast was being placed in Songs, not Podcasts

Does this help?

I also notice that when you delete old podcasts using "Manage Memory", that deletions don't appear immediately. In fact, you may have to click "Done" (or even eject the iPod. I can't remember) before you can see the effect of deleting.

Suffice it to say, I am very disappointed in Apple for changing the interface so dramatically, and then making it work (maybe) but incorrectly (and very non-intuitively)

(Vent! Vent!)