My quandry: I have a Powermac downstairs with all my music on it set up on a wireless network. Upstairs (or in other various places) I have an iBook that I really want to attach my iPod to since I really use that more than the Powermac (portability being the main reason). Is there a way to get the s...

I tried updating to 1.3 on my scroll 5 gig ipod. I hit restore and now it won't appear on desktop. I tried to do what apple says to get to firewire mode and nothing happens at all. They say I have to drain the battery for 24 hours!Is this the truth? and how?any help please someoneEric...

I'm going to try to explain this as best I can. I have itrip stations installed and when my ipod is on "shuffle" the stations are shuffled as songs as well and I get beeps as it passes by them. Is there anyway to eliminate this annoying event without deleting all the stations or should I just...

Hi all,I got my 30gb a couple of days ago (how much do I love it!!!!!! :D :D :D ). Everything works fine but everytime I plug it into the machine to put some new albums on it the battery starts charging. Last night I left it overnight in the dock and this morning it had the "charged" screen showing....

I already have a 2nd gen iPod which I use with my Powerbook (OS 9.2.1, ipod f/w 1.3). Now I want to get another iPod (possibly a 1st gen 5 gig) for my wife. She will be using the same iTunes library but not all of it. How do we go about doing this without messing up either the iTunes library or an...

I just got my 5gb ipod but my daughter had a 10gb first. Obviously I don't want all her songs (nor could I have them) on my ipod but when I attached my ipod to the ibook it began to download all her songs. How can I create separate ipod updaters for each of our ipods?

We've been using the iPod with our old beige unit for several months now, and now we have a new iBook. (We have auto update off on both.) Now, are we going to have compatibility probs here? Are we good to go - just plug the iPod into the iBook and transfer songs? Aren't the tunes I'm...

Although I am stunned that there is no feature to delete one song from the handheld unit, the nice lady at Mac told me to check here for some hints... Do I need to add some software or something? Thanks for the help...

I have a 20GB Windows iPod (only until I get a slightly older TiBook :) but don't move me yet because this is mac related) but I was in my electronic media class and hooked my iPod up to an older iMac and the screen, normally nice and clear, (indeed one of the best 20GB screen/backlight combina...

Hi, I'm new to the iPodlounge. I'm not sure if this is the right forum. I received a 3rd generation 15 GB iPod for Father's Day gift. Initially my plan was to purchase a 5GB iPod from eBay. I have a G4 400mhz running Mac Os 9.2.2 and do not plan on downloading songs from Apple's...

Quick question to you iPod Wizards: Here's the scenario. My friend loved the music on my iPod during our roadtrip. He wants to know if I can download all the music to his iTunes on his Mac. Is this possible? Mucho thanks for your input!

I apologize if some of these issues have been covered before but I don't know if I should try to exchange my ipod for a new one...just bought it three days ago.- While choosing a song, sometimes I'll hit play and instead of playing, it'll jump back to the menu and I'll have to re...

If you have the US version of the NEW iPod could you PLEASE do the following:create a compressed image of your Mac iPod Software CD and mail it to me?!doom at macnews.de(use "@" instead of "at")That will help us try to get the US firmware on our European iPods so we can get around that stupid volume...

i thought i saw the answer to this somewhere in this forum, but now that i need it, obviously, i can't find it. so, can i drag the icon for my iPod to the eject on the dock (running OS x.2.6 w/ ipod updater 2.0) and then remount it without having to unplug and plug back in the firewire?also, i...

Hope someone out there can help me with this one. Somehow I have duplicate listings on my iPod. This occurs under Artists and Genre. I have several entries listed in Artists and Genre 2 to 4 times, each entry contains the exact same music. I'm not sure how I did this. iTunes seems to be correct...

Hello all. Quick question! :)My new 30GB iPod is associated with my music library in iTunes on my home Mac. For the first time today, I brought my dock to work and hooked the bad boy up to my work iMac. I, of course, told it to NOT associate with this work iMac in oder to not lose my songs. I then w...

Is it possible to use a new Gen3 iPod with Mac OS 9 (the requirements state a minimum of 10.1.5)?I would be interested in using the Contacts and syncing with iTunes; it is not necessary to support *all* new features (like AAC, or even firmware upgrades).Has someone tried this out already?...

I am going to be getting an IPod and am wondering the best way to charge it. I will mainly be using it all day at work and figured like my cell phone, I'd charge it at night. I saw that it charges via firewire, but does the computer have to be on for that? I saw there is a dock to charge it....

I have a big problem with my new 30Gb when using it as a FireWire hard disk. When I try to copy a folder or a file larger than 10 mb from iPod to Mac the process freezes, the Finder freezes as well until I reset the iPod. It happened on three different Macs so I decided that the problem is in iPod....

I've searched Apple and here to see if anyone can help me. I was setting up a new iPod for an uncle of mine. I installed the iPod 2.0 installer. After I was done, I decided to pick up an iPod for myself. I got a re-furbed Windows unit from Apple. When I tried to install 1.3 so that I can restor...

Hi,I am currently running OS 9.2.2 on my Mac. My father-in-law uses Classic but has Jaguar on his Mac. My question is, could I use my iPod on his Mac as well as mine? I'd like to join the music store on his Mac and download new music to my iPod. Would the iPod just pick up on the new tunes with...

My week old iPod has developed an odd behavior where, if I use the hold button on the device, it will stop responding to all input even if I turn off the hold button. If I use the hold button on the wired remote all is well. The only way to get it to respond appears to be to reboot it which loses my...

Had new 30gb ipod less than a week, and its crashed twice.First time the play and menu buttons rebooted the ipod, second time the apple icon kept coming up and shutting down tried play/menu reboot then forward/reverse buttons while connected to firewire.Now i'm left with ipod stuck in disk mode...

Is there anyway to run a classic environment from your ipod? ie. installing the System Folder on the ipod and running Classic against that? How, if I only have MAC OS X on my disk can I get OS 9.2.2 on the ipod?

This is really weird. I'm not sure as to what happened, but I had my ipod plugged into my computer and then suddenly when I wanted to hear some tunes from it it was gone from the iTunes list. So I restarted my Mac but then iTunes didn't open when the Ipod was mounted.So I dragged my ipod i...

I wrote a few days ago; 31 people read my post, but no one has answered. That makes me think that I wasn't clear, so let me try to simplify.I have 2 playlists on my Ipod; both smart playlists. One is my songs; one is my son's. When we go on a long car ride, we take turns listening to the...

I have a gen 2 20 GB iPod. I love it and use it constantly, which I am sure is a bit weird for an old man like me (I am 40). I have looked at the gen 3's, and I like what has been done. But I am looking for a few reasons to upgrade. Any thoughts?

Hi- I'm sure someone has already posted about this, but I'm new to the boards and wasn't able to track it down. I'm using Mac OS 10.2, the newest iTunes, and all the current software for my mac. The problem is when I sync my iPod (15gig) with my playlist, it deletes songs on my i...

Does anyone else's ipod get hot when connected to their computer? How can I fix this? iped

Hi guys i know that AAC isn't truly cbr (continuous bit rate) since it has a massive bit reservoir, however, there is variable bit rate aac which is supported by nero and psytel and a few other encoders... does itunes support vbr mp4?? also will the ipod play back vbr aac tracks?

Whenever I switch from playlist to playlist on my iPod, I lose my place on the first playlist. This was a minor annoyance before, but with iTrip, it has become a bigger one. ITrip stations are changed via their own playlist. When I travel on the highway and enter an area where I need to change the...

I don't know if anyone else is having this problem, but when I plug my iPod into my iBook to update it, the playlists will be in reversed order than in iTunes. It happens more often with the smart playlists than the regular playlists. I'm also using iSync 1.1. This isn't a major pr...

when i plug my ipod into my computer to have it updated( v1.3), it says ipod is attached but not mounted on the desktop. it already is in firewire disk mode, so whats up?

Sorry guys, I looked all around and didn't find an answer.I just bought a new iMac and want to copy my music files from my WinPod ( I use EphPod) into my iTunes library. How do I do this? Also I don't want to switch my WinPod to a MacPod and hear pluging it into a Mac will automatically co...

I'm a long time Apple guy... but my latest Mac is a B&W G3/400 running OS 9.1. I don't use it much lately because (sadly) the much faster PC I use cost me a fraction of the price to build.Right now I'm not ready to buy a new Mac and upgrade to OS X but I wanted to get your opinion on...

OK here is a question.. Lets say I have some music on my IPOD that I installed from my home PC.. Now I go to work and I plug my IPOD into a MAC runnig OSX and ITUNES 4. now I want to create playlists using the songs inside the ipod and I wand to have the songs on the ipod go into the mac itunes??ho...

Does the 20GB iPod come with a power adapter? I know it charges via FireWIire, but I thought Apple may be providing power adapters for them.

I see the special deal Apple is running on the Windows iPod (refurb 20GB for $299). Can this model be converted to a 20GB Mac iPod with a simple reformat of the HD in HFS+ format and a restore of the Mac iPod software?

My wife bought me a 20 GB iPod display model at a discount on eBay and I am inpatiently waiting for it to arrive in the mail. The promise the unit has NEVER been used, that it's been in the display case locked up. So, my question is: what came with the 20GB iPod? How much did it sell for...

Hi!I was having my PC rebuilt and having nothing to do, took a wander into a store room where I found a mac of some sort - its kinda green, with transparent handles on all four corners, a big apple logo on each side, and stands like a desktop tower pc machine - looking on the back it says G4. I plug...

I have a 15gb ipod using a powerbook G4. I have noticed a couple of my mp3's will play then skip to the next song for no reason...Even if you fast forward past the skip, they wind up skipping a few minutes later. It only happen on a very limited amount of tracks.Is there a program for the ma...

Hi everyone,I'm going to buy a GIII 30g and am just wondering if it will work correctly when daisy-chained through one or more powered external fw hard drives / cd writers? I'm sure it won't be a problem, but I have all my music on an external drive cuz my 20gb PowerBook drive can...

I just picked up a 20 gig iPod, and im fairly displeased with the volume output. I have to listen to it at max volume to drive anything other than the Apple earbuds. Even at full, its still barely adequate.Ive got some Koss Sportas and KSC55s, which barely get loud enough to drown out wind noise i...

It's been a really lousy day.My 20G is suddenly unrecognizable to my G4 iMac. It's fully charged. It plays songs. When it's connected to the computer to add a couple of new CDs worth of tunes, it gets to the DO NOT DISCONNECT screen and halts. iTunes doesn't open and it doesn...

I finally got an iPod on the date of the launch at my Apple Store, splurged for the 30GB and all. Woo Hoo for me.Nearly every morning, I remove my iPod from it's dock to take it to work with me. I make sure it's OFF, and then I lock it, with the little lock thingie on the top, slide it i...

I have a new 15 GB iPod and the dock is connected to one of my Firewire ports. When I shutdown the iMac DV (slot-loading) with the iPod still in the dock it will continue to charge, despite the fact the iMac should be off, same for when the iMac is asleep. However, sometimes this goes wrong, and the...

hey i have a slight problem i was hoping someone could help me with. my problem is my ipod doesn't organize my artist list nearly as well as itunes does. itunes disregards "the" in front of a artist's name were as ipod's listing does not. so when i go to look for a artist on my ipod...

let me get this straight - can i only use my new 10G iPod on OS X? i use both OS 9 and X, but boot primarily in 9. can i update (or "down"date) the iPod firmware to a different version? thanks.

i have read the other posts about the disk scans, but i haven't found one that is quite like my problem.whenever i plug my ipod into my mac, the ipod immediately starts a disk scan and always says that there is no errors, then it reboots and starts another disk scan and always has the same resu...

My Ipod doesn't seem to want to mount as a device under MacOS 10.2.6I can get it up as a firewire drive under OS9 (on another machine that's only OS9)Everytime that I put it into the cradle it goes into diagnostic HD scan mode. Runs the Scan and then says "do not disconnect". It starts to...