Error 1418, please help me!

I have all the same problems and did everything Apple told me to do. Update this, download that, and it only made the problem worse. I have been searching all day for help and tried everything that has been suggested to me and nothing. I wish I could help, I'm just hoping someone will reply here with good news. Apple created this mess and they better fix. Error 1418 out.

same thing for me....used it for a year or so with no problems and then one day it randomly refuses to work. restore gives me the 1418 too.

Like so many others i am also having the 1418 problem. The green and the orange lights blinking when i press any button and no music. It looks like a lot of people are having the same problem and still there is no response from apple. That is strange. I hope some solution comes soon.

I too am having the same issue/problem. Unfortunately, my Shuffle 1gb was a christmas present last year, and no longer under warranty. Everything was fine until I upgraded to iTunes 7, then all **** broke lose. I use my iPod Shuffle every day, I've dedicated a substantial portion of my available storage to a seperate iTunes Library ( I have close to 50Gb of music, so maintaining a seperate iTunes Library costs me almost 100G of space). I just updated to 7.1 hoping that the problem may have been fixed,but I am still having the same problem. Replacing this iPod with another is not an option, but replacing it with another competing manufacture's unit that is compatible with my advanced Sound Card (yes, that manufacturer makes both) is a viable option, although not an affordable one. I asked for an Apple Product on reputation and recommendations of other people and online reviews. These problems I am experiencing and from this topic, others are experiencing, seem to me that APPLE IS PROGRAMMING THEIR UPDATES TO FORCE OUR OLDER UNITS INTO BEING OBSOLETE AND JUST WANT US TO BUY NEW ONES.

If these forums are moderated and/or monitored by Apple personnel, someone needs to respond OFFICIALLY to this thread to address these issues, and reassure us that a fix is in the works either to this software, or a firmware update for our iPods.

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restore gives me the 1418 too.

Let's get some information for the Apple Engineers. Please copy and paste these questions into an email, make the subject of the email "iPod error report", add your answers, and send the email to Roy at Apple.

1. What error code are you seeing?

2. When are you seeing it (restoring or updating your iPod)?

3. Which iPod do you have?

4. What version of Windows do you have?

5. What Windows service pack do you have installed?

I have the same problem with mine, 1418 and it's just over 1.5 years old. I've tried everything with no luck.

Is this what I can expect from apple? 1.5 years of operation for my $200?

I don't know if you have seen this thread or not, but see if it helps your issue, Marina -> A possible solution to error 1418


-Kylene


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🙂 thank you kindly, Rich. i had seen Roy's post (i'm subscribed to him), but hadn't been able to get here to the Shuffle fora to do any referrals. (i've been mostly hacking my way through installation and launch issues over at the iTunes fora, today-ish.)

I am goign to holidays this weekend and here goes my iPod shuffle .. start showin me this error 1418 .. no clue what to do .. tried everything .. resetting .. updating . restoring .. name it ..

and then i erased everything ( formatted ) using idisk utility .. and my itunes dont even identify it as an ipod .. not very clever 😟 and on top of it .. i am still unable to restore it to factory default settings ..

where are apple ppl ??? they just want to sell stuff and make ppl spend more and more .. just bcz we like their machines .. !! pity

tat was real quick .. i connected my shuffle to powerbook ( and not my iMAC)

restored it with itunes .. and all done 🙂 .. no problems at all .. restored and updates .. no more error1417 or 1418 🙂 .. but guys .. honestly .. dont know how it works

now one big problem .. how to transfer songs from ipods to the computer ??? any help ?? any suggestions ??

Hi jaffsb!

now one big problem .. how to transfer songs from ipods to the computer ??? any help ?? any suggestions ??

I would suggest using Senuti for transferring songs from your iPod to your computer.

There are other third-party programs, though, that can do this as well. These programs, for example, basically will do the same thing (all compatible with a Mac):

iPod Access
YamiPod
PodUtil
iPodCopy


I hope this answers your question,

-Kylene


If any post helps or solves your issue, please mark it that way accordingly. Thank you for helping the boards!

Take a look:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=694800&tstart=0

Bye

They are too busy lauching the Second Generation Shuffle.
Better wait till they can see your post.

i had the same problem with my shuffle as well as other error messages and believe i have manage to fix mine. u can read what i did in the topic " shuffle not working". hope this helps.