I have just brought used ipod shuffle 2nd gen and i cannot get it to link with my itunes account it dosnt show up in device list?it links with laptop and with car but cant put mt music on it and its loaded full of cher!!!!! and bon jovi!!!
any advice will be welcomed have tried alternative lead? port?
iPod shuffle, 2nd gen
Cher and bon jovi... That IS indeed a serious problem. 🙂 But at least the iPod still plays music, so its battery is OK.
Are you using the USB docking cable that came with 2nd gen iPod? It is long with a mini-dock at the shuffle end. The replacement shuffle docking cable Apple currently sells is for 3rd and 4th gen shuffle, and does not work with 2nd gen shuffle (connector is different).
There are third-party replacement cables, but they need to be described as being for 2nd gen shuffle. And they tend to be cheap and of low quality, so that could be the issue here.
If you have the correct type of docking cable, when you connect it to your computer's USB, watch the shuffle's little light. Does it blink initially when connected? Does it come ON, but remain solid (not blinking)? Does it not come ON at all when connected?
Also, do you use a Mac or Windows PC? If Windows, which release?
I have the same issue. The docking is original 2nd Gen. It blinks, iTunes 12.5.1 recognizes the iPod Shuffle. I have already restore it (so the old music disappeared).. But I can't put the music in the Shuffle..
Note that the music is in my library (Not Apple Music subscription).
Please help! I want to use my OldFashionedShuffle again!
That's not even close to being the "same issue," since you can see your shuffle in iTunes, and can even do a Restore on it. 🙂
A 2nd (or 1st) gen shuffle always uses manual loading of content. There is no automatic Sync Music setting for it, like on newer shuffles and the "big" iPods. iTunes treats your shuffle like it's a playlist in your iTunes library. You load it by manually dragging songs (in iTunes) from your music library to your shuffle in the sidebar, like you would to add songs to a playlist. You can also manually remove songs from that list.
There's also a feature called Autofill (available with all iPods). You can tell iTunes to fill iPod from your music library or a selected playlist. To use this feature, show iPod's song list from its settings screen in iTunes. The screenshot below is for a 1st gen shuffle; 2nd gen works the same way.
After showing the shuffle's Summary settings screen (where you did the Restore), click On This iPod (in the sidebar) to show this screen. Controls for Autofill are below shuffle's list of songs. Click Settings button to set up Autofill. Mine is set like this
You can choose to Autofill From your music library, or from a selected playlist. If the selected source has more songs than can fit on iPod, iTunes selects songs randomly to completely fill iPod. Click Autofill button to begin loading.
ipod shuffle 2nd generation wont link with itunes
