Once in awhile I had to run the iPod updater on my Classic models. terry http://www.terrypogue.com/Terry "My idea of pure heaven is to spend a day in the kitchen, peeling, chopping, and stirring while the words of a good book fill the air around me." Ruth Reichl On Jun 25, 2008, at 6:04 PM, Becca wrote: > I downloaded a song from iTunes for my daughter, and it downloaded > just fine. Then, when I attached her iPod to iTunes, it wouldn't > recognize it... or mine when I tried. I rebooted my computer, still > wouldn't recognize the iPods. Rebooted the iPods themselves, and it > would recognize them, but I'd have to reboot the iPods each time I > wanted to reattach them. Ran the diagnoistics from iTunes - it said > that iTunes wasn't connecting to the internet - even though I could > get the iTunes store to come up. Ran the various help pages, and > while it now recognizes our iPods, it won't sync my iPod to update > podcasts, photos, and contacts. I get an "unknown error" message, > and then it disconnects my iPod automatically. > > I finally resorted to deleting iTunes from my computer, following > all their instructions, and am re-downloading iTunes (which, given > that we have a slot connection, is going to take over an hour and a > half)... and now I'm terrified ... will I have to re-create all my > playlists, re-import all my zillions of books an music cds? > > does anyone have any idea of what might have happened to corrupt my > copy of iTunes so badly? or what to expect when iTunes finished > downloading? > > Help! > > -Becca > > > > ----------------------- > "But its at the edge where science is alive - the well-known is the > corpse of science." - "frog" from a comment on the blog Pharyngula > > > > _______________________________________________ > iTunes mailing list > iTunes at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/itunes