ipod classic won’t sync

If you used Restore, you will probably have to set up the Sync options again.

When using Finder, refer to this article: Use the Finder to sync your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with your Mac - Apple Support

Using the screenshot below, which is from the page I linked to (Use the Finder to sync your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with your Mac - Apple Support):

• select your iPod (1.), shown in the left column
• tap the Music option (2.)
• in the Sync step (3.), make sure that you have ticked (checked) the box named Sync music to <your> iPod. Once you have done that, if you have selected:
  • Sync: Entire music library - all your music should be added to your iPod when you tap Sync
  • Sync: Selected artists, albums, genres and playlists - you then have to choose which items you actually want to add to your iPod, from the lists that appear in section 4.
• tap the Sync button in order to make your recent changes to these settings take effect*

* If no music is added to your iPod (device), it suggests that either all your music has been unticked (unchecked) in your main library or that none of your library is playable. Check that the music can be played by your Mac. As I'm not a Mac user, I am not familiar with the precise way in which you check all of this. You might think that it's the same as iTunes, but it probably isn't. An odd example is that the line Sync Selected artists, albums, genres and playlists is in that order in Finder, but in iTunes playlists is at the start of that list. Odd, I know.

Have you tried installing iTunes and syncing like that? Are there any error messages when connecting your iPod to your computer?

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Unfortunately I don't use Finder, so I'm not sure what the issue is.

It might be the SSD that you've had installed, I'm not sure how Finder copes with that. Have you managed to synchronise with this specific iPod before now, and with the SSD in it?

Perhaps someone else might be able to throw some light on the issue.

This is a very strange issue. I don’t understand why you are unable to sync with iTunes. It works for me. If you install iTunes on your pc, connect your iPod via a USB cord and it should show up. You can use this to backup your iPod, sync it and add music to it.

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Like dsch posted on December 2nd, the only window we get when connecting the iPod classic is the one showed. Before, we were seing two times the iPod in the Finder : one with the windows showed, and the other one with the complete Menu : General / Music / Video... it is this last one that does not appear anymore = no more syncing is possible. I am pretty sure that it has to do with the upgrade of the Os. Anyone form Apple honest enough to tell us if this is the problem - and how to resolve it ? Thanks.

Try following the Steps in this Article. If this doesn’t help, What happens when you try? If there are error messages what are they?

Hello. Has this issue been solved? If not, I’ll review the thread and help you out.

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