can i remount without disconnecting?

Assuming you have a dock, just lift the iPod off of the dock, then stick it back in is another way.

EDIT: Also, check out this post in the old forums (http://www.xsorbit1.com/users/dennx/index.cgi?board=macgeneral&action=display&num=1031799713&start=0#3). iPodlounge Moderator eustacescrubb (John) wrote an Applescript to remount an ejected iPod. I thought I remembered that he had done that and was able to find the old post.

EDIT (Again): Hmmm, John's link in that old post is broken. John - do you still have that Applescript?

At any rate, there were some other ideas (terminal commands) in that old thread that you could try.

EDIT (Yet again - this is getting fun!): Here is a new link (http://johnpauldavis.org/archives/000204.html) to John's "Unmount and Mount iPod" Applescript.

Tom

i found that the applescript linked to above didn't work to well. If I remember rightly all it did was relaunch itunes.

That works on the Mac as well.

Originally posted by eustacescrubb
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The script doesn't do what a lot people think it does (mount an iPod that won't show up, or mount an iPod you've already ejected) - it does one specific thing: it will unmount an iPod already mounted, and then re-mount it. Trying to do anything else with it will lead to disappointment.
My bad then, John, for pointing sickandwrong to your Applescript. I suppose I misunderstood what it was designed to do as well! ;)

Tom

Accidentally hit the New Topic button instead of the Post Reply button, eh?

Heh. Now I look like a spazz. :D

Noodles,

Sorry about the dead links - my site's content management system crashed and took my site archives with it. Here's the new url: http://johnpauldavis.org/archives/unmount_and_mount_ipod.html

Additionally, since I don't know anyone with a new iPod and a Mac, I've never been able to test the script with a new (dock) iPod. I'm assuming that it oughtn't matter, but one never knows.