bad itunes or ipod?

tmh88tmh88 Pittsburgh / Athens, OH
edited January 2006 in Science & Tech
For some reason my ipod will not update songs. When I plug in my ipod, my computer recognizes it, and even appears in itunes. But for some reason when I tell it to update, it just says really quickly, almost flashes, "updating ipod", but none of the new songs appear on my ipod. I just downloaded the most recent software for my ipod, and it still wont update the songs. I've reset it several times, and i've restarted itunes a few times. I'm pretty sure I have the most recent version of itunes so i dont think that will help. I'm afraid to try and reset the ipod to factory settings because then if it does delete everything off of it, i may not be able to put anything back on at all. I purchased the warrenty thing for it, so if the ipod is messed up they can just fix it....hopefully

anybody have suggestions?

Comments

  • GrayFoxGrayFox /dev/urandom Member
    edited January 2006
    Call apple ?
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited January 2006
    latest firmware?
  • tmh88tmh88 Pittsburgh / Athens, OH
    edited January 2006
    I got it to work. I uninstalled itunes and formatted my ipod. Re installed and it works fine now. now i have to change a bunch of names though:mean:
  • TrumandrummerTrumandrummer Taylor Michigan Icrontian
    edited January 2006
    I dont know what it is, either ipod or itunes. but i hate it. My girlfreind and my freinds have had lots of trouble. my girlfreind got an ipod shuffle for christmas. and she would put songs on it but they wouldnt play or make any sign of even being on the player. ive used a bunch of different mp3 players/ipods, so i told her to try it a different way (start, my computer, the the removeable disc.) but the thing just didnt work. she took it back got a mp3 player (dont remember what brand) and it worked fine.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited January 2006
    I've had to handle so many iPod service requests and warranties at Best Buy it's not even funny.
  • tmh88tmh88 Pittsburgh / Athens, OH
    edited January 2006
    My ipod works fine now. I love it, I've had a generation 3 ipod for about 2 years and then the I bought a click wheel one(sold the old ). Never had a problem with either of those, and then the photo ipod came out, so i sold my clickwheel one, and bought a photo with that money, and that was the first problem I've ever had out of the 3 ipods I've owned. My brother has also had a mini since it came out and he's never had any problems.
  • MiracleManSMiracleManS Chambersburg, PA Icrontian
    edited January 2006
    I just got a Video iPod for Christmas. I like it and really haven't had any issues at all (hasn't been a long time, though). My only complaint is that iTunes is extremely picky about ordering songs, and I wish there was a way to manually edit songs already on my iPod instead of updating through iTunes.
  • tmh88tmh88 Pittsburgh / Athens, OH
    edited January 2006
    there is a way to manually update everything. When your ipod is recognized by itunes, right click the little icon of the ipod and click ipod options. then click on the music tab if its not already on it, and select "manually edit songs and playlists"
  • MiracleManSMiracleManS Chambersburg, PA Icrontian
    edited January 2006
    I was talking about directly on the iPod without having to connect it to iTunes. I know syncronization is some kind of dream...but I don't like it :)
  • tmh88tmh88 Pittsburgh / Athens, OH
    edited January 2006
    MiracleManS wrote:
    I was talking about directly on the iPod without having to connect it to iTunes. I know syncronization is some kind of dream...but I don't like it :)

    ok i know what you mean now....I like to have it so i go to the artists, and then pick the songs from there. its organized enough for me.
  • MiracleManSMiracleManS Chambersburg, PA Icrontian
    edited January 2006
    I prefer listening to whole albums at once, and sometimes I accidently throw the same songs on more than once (I have several copies I've accumlated, and I'm too lazy to take them off my hard drive). So I'd prefer to just be able to move things around without having to screw with things on iTunes or some other method of transformation (aside from directly on the iPod).
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