ipod 2nd generation doesnt connect to itunes

Well,

Just charged my 2G iPod Touch (I hadn't charged and powered this up in awhile) it's still working and tried it today, again, on my iMac, with latest iTunes, known good 30 pin dock connector and nothing.

iTunes won't see it even when I launch iTunes manually.

Plus, I have photos on this iPod and even iPhoto won't even launch and won't still see my iPod when I launch iPhoto manually.

That is why I got frustrated with it last year with this thing not working any longer with my iMac and went and purchased a new 6th gen iPod Touch.

That because my 2nd gen iPod Touch was only an 8 GB model and my new one is a 64 GB model, now.

No issues.

What version of iTunes are you using.

Apple stopped supporting very old iDevices, I believe long ago, when iTunes 10 or perhaps iTunes 11 was released.

2nd gen iPod Touch came out in 2008.

I have one of these, too, and it no longer syncs to my newer iMac with the latest iTunes.

What computer OS and version?

have yo connected to another computer to see if iTunes will see it?

I have not seen a problem here of iTunes not seeing an iPod. However, there are some problems with syncing a 1G iPod with iTunes 12.3.

Syncing 1G iPod touch with iTunes 12.3

If you don‘t see your connected device in iTunes for Mac

Or

First:

iTunes: Fix iPhone or iPod Not Detected in Windows 10

next try

Apple Mobile Device USB Driver Missing

last

iPhone, iPad, or iPod not recognized in iTunes for Windows

- I would start with

Removing and Reinstalling iTunes, QuickTime, and other software components for Windows XP

or

Remove and reinstall iTunes and related software components for Windows 7 and later

- New cable and different USB port

Also see:

iPod not recognised by windows iTunes - ASC

Troubleshooting issues with iTunes for Windows updates

- Try on another computer to help determine if computer or iPod problem

I am using iTunes on a Mac and iTunes stopped "seeing" my 2nd gen iPod Touch, long ago.

I want to say when iTunes 10 was introduced, but it may have been when iTunes 11 came out.

Since that time, no later versions of iTunes detects or "sees" my 2nd gen iPod Touch any longer.

It is running the last 4.2,1 version of iOS.

Haven't been able to use it, basically, since I purchased my late 2009 iMac back in 2012 and had installed later versions of iTunes than my old G4 PowerMac had on OS X 10.5.8.

I have not seen any problems with a 2G iPod not being seen in iTunes 10 and later versions of iTunes on a Mac.

Try iFunBox

http://dl.i-funbox.com/

Wow!...

That looks intersting and promisng.

I'll download it and try this and let you know!

Good Find there.

I hope this works!

Thanks for finding this!

Maybe, just maybe, I can put my 2nd Gen iPod Touch back into use and action!

😎

Michel

I have used iFunBox to get some home-made ring-tones from my phone to my computer so I could sync them to my new iPhone.