How to restore my iPod Classic 160

...oh and now when I try to restore (iTunes still won't recognise the iPod, just says a corrupt iPod seems to be connected) I get an 'error 1430'

I've tried all the suggested tips. best I've got is the iPod now does restore but when I try to sync music back on it freezes and when I remove it, it has 46gb used but no music.

I tried to update iTunes but the update froze and now iTunes won't open - it says can't open while it's being updated but the update has disappeared, it doesn't show in the App Store and I can't restore iTunes from Time Machine.

Tried it! It got me faqs far as the MacBook and iTunes recognising the iPod but I still can't sync. I tried a manual sync but it all froze part way through. Then iTunes went rogue and I had to reinstall. Now I get a message through iTunes that macOS cannot repair the iPod and that I have to restore it, although it doesn't open the 'restore' window. Another message tells me that I cannot sync because I do not have the requisite privileges. Glad I have my own iPod - the problem one is my wife's!

Now that iTunes is running again I'll retry the DFU method if I can get that far.

Cheers

M

Hi tt2, thanks for responding. Stats are

Retracts: 43

Reallocs: 384

Pending Sectors: 8

Power On Hours: 21

Stars/Stops: 4517

Current Temp: 23c

Pemp: Min 16c

Temp: Max 50c

Yes, thanks, that was on my list. I have access to a pc laptop so I´ll explore the options. Thanks for all the help

All good! Reinstalled iTunes and was able to restore the iPod from the new version. Then manually synced the iPod and all working well. Thank you.