[X4U] Dead iPod

[Richard Gilmore]

I do have the same version of iTunes-6 and I use the same FW cable. Should I
move to iTunes 7? I heard there were problems with 7 so I stayed away. But
that should make a difference?

On 20/12/06 12:39 PM, "Jeff Carruthers" <jeff at carruthers.com> wrote:

> Richard: do you have the same version of iTunes on the two machines?
> And does the iPod have the most recent firmware?
> 
> Version 7 of iTunes allows you to update your iPod from within iTunes
> rather than requiring you to use a separate iPod Software Updater, as
> used to be the case.
> 
> Jeff
> On Dec 20, 2006, at 10:20 AM, Richard Gilmore wrote:
> 
>> Good news sort of...I plugged the iPod into my Mactel at work and
>> ran the
>> iPod updater and it brought it back to life except that I lost all
>> my music,
>> which is mostly on my G5 so I only lost a little bit. But I plugged
>> it back
>> into my G5 and it went dead again. So I did a restore again from my
>> Mactel
>> for a second time and it's now working again. I'm in the process of
>> transferring my music from G5 To Mactel and loading it back to
>> iPod. But now
>> I have to figure out why my G5 is breaking it?
>> 
>> Any clues? Should I delete iTunes would something be corrupt?
>> Preference
>> file? Is there anything I could/should delete to start off fresh on
>> the G5?
>> 
>> Thanx
>> 
>> Richard
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Richard Gilmore
Media Production Centre
Faculty of Education
University of Western Ontario
rgilmor at uwo.ca


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