can't play music on my ipod on itunes

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can't play music on my ipod on itunes

Hi, I've connected my ipod to my powerbookG4. The music that I have on my ipod is stored on an external drive that is not connected to my powerbook right now. I've opened itunes. it sees my ipod, and when I click on it, I get a playlist. But all of the playlists are greyed and won't open and play.

What's going on? Is it trying to sync and can't find the external drive? It is, however, telling me that my ipod is updated. My ipod still has music on it and will play when disconnected. But I want to be able to have it play through my computer's (crummy) speakers.

PowerBookG4, Mac OS X (10.4.8), Ipod Nano

Posted on Jan 11, 2007 4:29 PM

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yoesse

Level 2

395 points

Jan 11, 2007 5:51 PM in response to mirandam

Ok, I connected my iPod Nano to my PC running Windows XP Pro. I have all my music on local drive. I go to iPod icon within iTunes and select a playlist and it shows the songs all greyed out. I try selecting a song to play and it does not play.

Apparently, you cannot listen to songs on your iPod from your PC. You can listen to songs only from iTunes from your PC. So, you going to have to connect your external drive.

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Jeff Bryan

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Jan 12, 2007 4:49 AM in response to mirandam

To play music on your iPod through iTunes, you must have the iPod set to manage the songs manually.

The songs will no longer be greyed out. They will be shown in bold type, and be selectable and playable.

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