iPod Classic not registering on Finder correctly

Hi tt2, thanks for this.

HDD stats:

Retracts: 45

Reallocs: 7992

Pending Sectors: 0

PowerOn Hours: 409

Start/Stops: 29693

Temp: Current 24c

Temp: Min 4c

Temp: Max 52c

I'm trying first aid from disk utility again and then DFU restore. Have also ordered an official cable, as I'm beginning to suspect the one I use currently isn't.

unfortunately the official MFI cable has not made any difference. The ipod is still only loading as a usb drive, despite multiple rounds of resetting and reformatting. I've even tried plugging it into a PC with itunes installed to check it's not the macbook, but no luck. Would it be worth going into an apple store, or would they simply be doing the same things you have advised? Would they even still support this model?

thanks

Ok so, all that was selected already, but I have finally solved it!

I noticed after you sent your screenshot that my iphone, while not plugged in, had been showing up under locations for quite some time (hadn't really thought about it before). When I selected it, it was unresponsive, would not eject, not loading up in finder when selected, and didn't show up in disk utility. Even switching off wifi and bluetooth wouldn't remove it. I did another restart of my mac, this time with my iphone's wifi and bluetooth turned off, and the ipod now shows up in finder properly!

Thanks so much for all the help, very relieved there's not a hardware issue with either my ageing macbook or my ipod :')