ipod touch not recognized on itunes

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ipod touch not recognized on itunes

hi everyone ,sorry if its the wrong thread but im kind a desperate by now..i ve been having this issue with my ipod touvh last generation,is like everytime i plug it it doesnt appear on i tunes.i try and called to apple help line and they made remove and install again itunes,reset the ipod and then restore it,well and this seems to work until next time i unplug and then try to plug it to put some more data in it,it doesnt appear anylonger.i tried everything,i put the songs i have on ipo first on itunes library,everything b,i just dont have it synchronised cause i like to do it by hand.can anyone please help,is that everytime i want to plug mu ipod in i have to reset it and uninstall itunes than instal it again,then restore ipod,everytime this drag,pleaaaaase help im desperate here now,i used to trust on apple but now....

macbook, Mac OS X (10.6.4)

Posted on Jul 25, 2010 3:59 AM

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Jolly Giant

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Jul 25, 2010 4:11 AM in response to Rui Ladeiras

try the suggestions in these support articles:

_*Device not recognized in iTunes for Mac OS X*_

_*How to remove and reinstall the Apple Mobile Device Service on Mac OS X*_

J GG

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Rui Ladeiras Author

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Jul 25, 2010 4:59 AM in response to Jolly Giant

thanx for the info J!i ve tied those steps as well did deleted the files it shows,mobile devices..etc,reinstalled the again along with i tunes but nothing helps.i just now removed i tunes,reinstall,plug ipod,restore it and synchronized it ,nothing everytime i unplugg and plug again its not recognizable..what am i doing wrong here?
thanx

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Rui Ladeiras Author

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Jul 25, 2010 5:43 AM in response to Rui Ladeiras

ok so i have news bout this problem,i follow the steps you gave me,deleted those files,installed again itunes and it all works ,if i do restart computer or next time i use it,the ipod isnt recognozable again?what is hppenning?please someone..

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Aug 23, 2010 4:02 AM in response to Rui Ladeiras

Has your problem been resolved? I also have the same problem here...

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Aug 23, 2010 7:34 AM in response to therrykho

Me too. And are any of you seeing this: my ipod touch is opening iPhoto (not Itunes). I stopped this because I disabled the automatic launching of iphoto when a "camera" is connected. It thinks my Ipod Touch is a camera!

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Bagheera

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Sep 11, 2010 10:51 PM in response to Howard Digby

I'm having the same problem with my iPod Touch being recognized as an iPod camera (there is no camera on it). It is being recognized neither by iTunes no Windows although it does make that horrible chime when it first connects. I have re-installed the latest version of iTunes and reset and restarted the iTouch to no avail...

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Sep 13, 2010 10:31 AM in response to Rui Ladeiras

I'm having the same problem--iTunes won't recognize my iPod touch until I've uninstalled and reinstalled iTunes, which is a bit labour intensive every time you want to add a new song. I bought my iPod Touch at the same time as buying a MacBook Pro, and this is the computer that won't recognize the iPod Touch. On my old computer (a PowerBook G4), it recognizes the iPod Touch just fine. So is it the computer? Or the new version of iTunes? Incredibly frustrating...

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jonmarin

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Sep 18, 2010 5:58 PM in response to Rui Ladeiras

I had exactly the same problems and I did a software update which appears to have resolved the problem. Not an itunes update, but full computer software update through the apple menu

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Answer 9

Sep 20, 2010 5:35 PM in response to jonmarin

can't use brand new ipod touch at all.

usb cable, apparently, can not deliver internet to your ipod.

windows has no obvious ways to share internet via wifi.

can not share internet from macbook, because airport is already busy by own internet connection.

and, finally, itunes on macbook does not recognises ipod.

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mlmorris

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Sep 22, 2010 4:35 AM in response to jonmarin

I also had the same problem. I did a full Software Update from the System Preferences window. That downloaded a full gigabyt OS update. The problem is now solved!!!

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Answer 11

Oct 2, 2010 4:34 AM in response to mlmorris

The latest unsolicited itunes update did the trick for me. It now works. itunes 10.01.

btw I am scared to do a ful system update. I had a devil of a time when i used the system 10.6.4 updater on my imac (I use macbook pro at the moment). Suddenly mail wasn't compatible with the new 10.6.4 and i could not downlaod the new mail on its own.

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Answer 12

Oct 6, 2010 5:00 PM in response to Rui Ladeiras

Same Problem. It's fixed.
The most recent software update has "iPhone SDK' update. the details of the update say that it resolves a problem with the computer recognizing iphones and ipods.
So, it's not our fault.

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Frank M

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Oct 12, 2010 4:23 AM in response to wonderfulcolor

The same "update" worked for me too!
Good Luck to all..

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Oct 14, 2010 1:30 PM in response to Rui Ladeiras

hum... Hi!
Did the latest updates fixed the problem for all? Because it's all up to date here with Itune 10.0.1 and no more software update.... it worked last week after reinstalling Itune, but now, same problem is back! It ia REALLY frustrating. I plug my Ipod it charges, but nothing happens in Itune. My Husband's PC sees it though. So unfair ;o)

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pmmarcov

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Nov 8, 2010 2:08 PM in response to Unefleurdecactus

Having the same show stopper issue after trying to connect my Touch to my husbands iMac. Reset the touch completely (so now nothing is on it and it's completely useless) and iPhoto sees it just fine, (even though I don't sync photos to this device) but iTunes does not. Yet iTunes sees and syncs with my old old iPod just fine using the same USB cable and port.

Argghh..

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