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Q: mini Ipod and itunes

Hello I recently helped someone with his 2006 powerbook.

 

He has a tiny ipod and wants to get music on it. He already got a lot but when plugging the ipod it looks like a USB key with nothing in it except the 4 songs he moves from itunes.

 

Itunes opens straight when pluggin the ipod but there is no music library, the one inside the ipod doesn't appear and look like empty

 

Anyone has an idea what is going wrong?!

 

thanks

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.7.5), 4 gb memory

Posted on Mar 9, 2016 3:01 AM

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  • by Kenichi Watanabe,Solvedanswer

    Kenichi Watanabe Kenichi Watanabe Jun 19, 2016 1:01 AM in response to OS 9.1 is the best!!!
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    Jun 19, 2016 1:01 AM in response to OS 9.1 is the best!!!

    it looks like a USB key with nothing in it except the 4 songs he moves from itunes.

    If you can see the song files on the iPod using Finder, those song files are just "random" files that were manually added to the iPod in disk mode.  The iPod's software does not treat them as songs.

     

    Songs are loaded on the iPod using iTunes.  What version of iTunes is he running?  It says "Mac OS X (10.7.5)" in your profile info, but that may not be HIS version, because a PowerBook can only run 10.5.8 (at the latest), unless that's a mistake it's actually a MacBook (Intel-based).  In either case, it could mean the version of iTunes is not the latest version 12.x, which looks a bit different from earlier versions.

     

    I can provide more details, once you confirm the iTunes version, but to summarize, the first step is to add songs to the iTunes library.  Once the songs he wants on the iPod are in the Mac's iTunes library, he can load songs manually by dragging songs from the iTunes music library to the iPod (as it appears in iTunes).  OR, he can set up automatic syncing to have iTunes keep the iPod "in sync" with the Mac's iTunes music library (or a selected portion of it).

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    OS 9.1 is the best!!! OS 9.1 is the best!!! Mar 17, 2016 2:50 AM in response to OS 9.1 is the best!!!
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    Mar 17, 2016 2:50 AM in response to OS 9.1 is the best!!!

    Hello,

     

    He has the black macbook from 2006 so he has only 10.6, mine is the latest from 2007 so i got lion. I have an old ipod and on 10.3 I see all the songs on the ipod and can move them from itunes.

     

    Not sure the version he got but if he could get many songs on his ipod why suddenly nothing appears?

     

    I did the maintenance for his laptop then he asked me about his ipod but couldn't figure out what was wrong

    thanks

  • by Kenichi Watanabe,

    Kenichi Watanabe Kenichi Watanabe Mar 17, 2016 3:10 AM in response to OS 9.1 is the best!!!
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    Mar 17, 2016 3:10 AM in response to OS 9.1 is the best!!!

    You probably need to set up the iPod in iTunes to Sync Music (use automatic syncing), if you expect songs to sync when the iPod is connected.  It may be set to  use the Manually manage method (drag and drop songs on iPod in iTunes).  The iPod's Music settings screen in iTunes is where the Sync Music setting is located.

     

    OR, when you "did the maintenance" on his laptop, you may have created a new iTunes library.  It may have the same content, but to the iPod, it is a new iTunes library, so it does not sync to it, until you associate the iPod to that iTunes library.

     

    It's hard to say, because there are not enough details.

    I have an old ipod and on 10.3 I see all the songs on the ipod and can move them from iTunes...

    More details are needed about HIS situation, not your situation.  What type of iPod does he have?  "Tiny iPod"?  "Looks like a USB key"?  Is it white with no screen - 1st gen iPod shuffle?  If it's a 1st (or 2nd) gen iPod shuffle, they work differently from other iPod.

    Not sure the version he got

    Can you find out...?  His Mac OS X version is probably 10.6.8.  What about iTunes?

    I did the maintenance for his laptop

    What specifically was this "maintenance"?  It may have changed something that caused the problem, so it may help to understand what you did to his laptop.

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    OS 9.1 is the best!!! OS 9.1 is the best!!! Mar 23, 2016 4:26 AM in response to Kenichi Watanabe
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    Mar 23, 2016 4:26 AM in response to Kenichi Watanabe

    thanks for your reply, he will come to my place so I'll check the sync stuff.

    I simply used techtool pro to clean up the hardrive and get everything working better it doesn't affect itunes nor any software

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    OS 9.1 is the best!!! OS 9.1 is the best!!! Mar 25, 2016 5:43 AM in response to Kenichi Watanabe
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    Mar 25, 2016 5:43 AM in response to Kenichi Watanabe

    he got a mini ipod from 2012, I asked him his son uploaded the songs with his computer so he needs to get them back. I will have to reset the ipod to work on his computer also I don't really know how...

    DOn't use those stuff I hate itunes.

  • by Kenichi Watanabe,

    Kenichi Watanabe Kenichi Watanabe Mar 25, 2016 6:01 AM in response to OS 9.1 is the best!!!
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    Mar 25, 2016 6:01 AM in response to OS 9.1 is the best!!!

    I don't know what a "mini iPod from 2012" is...?  There's an "iPod mini," but that's really old (from around 2004-5).  This document has all the iPod models

     

    Identify your iPod model - Apple Support

     

    Not clear on what you are asking at this point...  If you have specific questions, please restate them, one question at a time.

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    OS 9.1 is the best!!! OS 9.1 is the best!!! Jun 19, 2016 1:02 AM in response to Kenichi Watanabe
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    Jun 19, 2016 1:02 AM in response to Kenichi Watanabe

    thx I had to get all the things back on track and had to delete the iPod to synch it back with iTunes on his mac.