iPod help needed… automount issues in Tiger

I plug my iPod in, iTunes does it’s thing and then it auto-unmounts. The problem here is that without it being mounted, Audioscrobbler doesn’t let me update my iPod to tell it what all i’ve been listening to. This used to work but i have a sneaking suspicion that Tiger does everything via automount/unmount so that i can’t stay connected to my iPod since they’re afraid i’ll steal something.

How do i manually mount my iPod so that i can run Audioscrobbler scripts on it?

(I’ve read the Apple docs but they don’t solve my problem and are outdated.)

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223 thoughts on “iPod help needed… automount issues in Tiger

  1. Valerie

    ok, i just got a new computer and threw out my old one. So I plugged my ipod in and accidentally pressed update but there were no songs on iTunes so it updated nothing, so now my iPod is empty. Is there a way to get it back cuz I spent a lot of money on those songs.

  2. Damon

    I’ve trying restoring, updating,and getting into disk mode. I cannot get my computer to recognize my ipod Mini at all. Does anyone have any brillant ideas as to what is going on? I’m getting to the point that I am almost bald.

  3. riot

    Hey my ipods the same as most of yours. At first, it wouldn’t show the album artwork even though on prefs it was ticked.
    Then it froze on a song and after about 2 days of non-stop connecting to the computer it fixed on its own. Its happened again and I’m going through the same process.
    As for all the other people with the same problem as me try this:
    1. Slide hold switch to hold and back again. x4
    2. Press both the Menu and center button.
    3. After about 6-10 seconds, the apple logo comes up.
    4. The file and exclamation point comes up (if you have this problem)
    5. Plug into PC non-stop for two days or until it shows charging animation.
    6. By the next morning it should be fixed.

    Thats how mine fixed last time, hopefully this time too! Fingers crossed!!!

  4. sami

    OK. so I own an iPod but I have a napster subscription (not “to-go, though just a regular subscription). Is there any way to transfer my bought tunes from Napster to my Ipod without using a file-sharing download like ShareBear. Anyone who could answer this helpfully asap would be incredibly appreciated by me. thanks
    -sami

  5. Brianna

    When I turn my ipod mini on it shows the apple logo then a folder with an exclamation point, then it turns itself off. How do I get it so it will turn on

  6. Kevin

    ok i need help, im gettin an ipod nano, and does it come with some kind of cd that you can download music onto it? and how to you get music onto it? do you have to pay for it or sumthing?

  7. daniel chantrey

    i have a ipod nano but it just keeps on flashing and showing the apple mac sign please i need help

    I HAVE A IPOD NANO BUT IT JUST KEEPS ON FLASHING AND SHOWING THE APPLE MAC SIGN PLEASE I REAL NEED HELP!

  8. reese

    I have a ipod video 30g and i’m having trouble transfering videos from limewire onto my ipod. I actually get the video on the ipod but i’m not getting any sound.

  9. reese

    I have a ipod video 30g and i’m having trouble transfering videos from limewire onto my ipod. I actually get the video on the ipod but i’m not getting any sound.

  10. Kyla

    I have limewire and i just put all my songs into iTunes library. How do you put music into your nano from there??
    Thx

  11. Mike

    When ever i plug in my 30 gb video ipod into the computer the “Do Not Disconnect” keeps showing and wont go away. It was working perfectly befoe untill now. Please Help Me!

    Thanks

  12. greg

    i have a 30gb vidio ipod i downloaded a vidio but it has no sound how can i get the sound with the vidio?

  13. Kadrie

    ok…i bought 2 songs and i want to put them onto my ipod, but i don’t know how???..so my question is how do you transfer bought songs onto your iPod??

  14. nikki

    I hav only ever put cds onto my ipod nano but never bought them of itunes.i wondered if i could transfer my limewire library onto my ipod easily PLEASE HELP!!!

  15. ravi

    when i switch on the i-pod shuffle the green light which usuall gets turned off doesn’t stop in my i_pod and the songs wouldn’t be played but the songs would be updated in the system when ipod is connected

  16. alexis

    I just downloaded some songs last nite and now every time I try to charge my ipod nothing happens!! I won’t turn on and my computer doesn’t even recogize that it’s turned on…I can’t get it to charge at all! I tried resetting it but nothing happens. HELP PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  17. fuck ipod

    apple can die and rot in hell, u stupid ass steve jobs. ppl r too fukin ignorant to find out about other mp3 players that r way way better than shitty ipods. anyone wonder how similar ‘ipod’ sounds to the word ‘idiot’?

    lol.
    mac/apple/ipods are stupidest thing ever. any intelligent/knowledgeable folk would stay away from them.

    yah yah, no wonder. apple users have pigeon like brain. single click mouse… hahah..
    it just works!!!!!

  18. billie

    my ipod shuffle wont play an orange flashing light keeps coming on does anyone know what i can do

  19. billie

    my ipod shuffle wont play an orange flashing light keeps coming on does anyone know what i can do

  20. Does it matter

    anyway iv’e seen a couple other ppl with the same problem. i try to turn on my ipod, it shows the apple as if starting up, then that dreadful file with the exclamation mark comes up and then it all shuts down…..i need help….its so annoying…. what to do…..maybe not get an ipod for my next mp3 player? any wayz NEED HELP!

  21. brandon

    ok, the same exclamation this is happening to me. It just shows the apple symbol then the exclamation mark thing with the folder, what do I do?

  22. Ryan

    I just got an ipod video and i have music videos downleaded on limewire adn when i left click the video it says convert video for ipod onece the video is converted and upleaded onto my ipot it doent have any sound.Dose any one have any recomendadtions or soulutions?

  23. Ismael

    My friend gave me his ipod shuffle and i connected and i got the requierments. It worked fine and had music in no time but when i put it back it seems that the songs were erased, tried to update it with the ipod updater and it said it cant mount. I also tried restarting it and it didnt work. i also couldnt connect with itunes. Anybody have any suggestions on what i should do.

  24. josh

    that exclamation mark next to a folder thing is happening anyone who can help please do so i go on holiday very soon and couldnt live without my ipod
    please help anyone asap
    thanks alot josh

  25. britiny

    okay i hate this thing and i ve only had it for a day!!!! ok i just got a shuffle for my birtthday and im trying to get the songs to my itunes libary and they keep saying click on the songand DRAG it over to the itunes libary but it wont move ive tried every thing nothing works please help me !!! what should i do ?

  26. u?n?k?w?o?w?n?

    i just got a ipod nano. I have itunes and limewire. I am able to transfer CDs onto my ipod, but i would like to know how to put my limewire tunes onto my library and my ipod. living like this, with suucky CD music on my ipod is MURDER! plllleeeaassse HELP! ecoustics.com didnt help! i hope u will!
    thanks, u?n?k?n?o?w?n
    p.s, if ur thinking, my email adress DOESNT give my identity away. HA!!!!! 🙂 🙁 🙁 🙁 is “apophenia” a trick question????

  27. chris

    my ipod is connected but it wont let me put music on it when i try it says ipod cannot be updated because all of the playlists selected for updating no longer exist and i tried to ad more playlist but it dosn’t work still i need help

  28. Jo Oxley

    Hi there,

    I have gone away on holidays for several months and left my laptop at home. I want to download new songs onto my ipod but obviously do not want to loose what is already on there. Is there any way at all I can upload my ipod library onto my buddy’s PC so I can keep what is already on my ipod but continue to add new music. I have contacted the support team and they tell me there is external sources out there that assist you to do this but for obvious reasons they would not give me any further info. I have spent the last 6 hours searching the net to try and find what I am looking for but to no avail, is there anyone out there who could put me out of my misery and help me figure out how to do this. I am going loopy trying to figure it out. I will be eternally grateful for any help at all.

    Thanks,
    Jo (the ditzy blonde)

  29. Clodagh

    DESPERATELY NEED HELP!!!

    I am trying to get my iPod music off one pc and hopefully start using another pc when I move.
    A few questions:
    If I delete the iPod program from my pc now, when i use a new one will the songs all be there on my iPod?
    I have saved all of my songs on a pen and disc just in case
    Basically I need to get this program off my present pc asap and just need the reassurance that when I get a new one, that when I plug in my iPod to it, that all my songs will still be there
    Anyone?!

  30. monica

    i have a 30GB and okk i tried everything reset reinstall everything and my ipod still won’t connect to my computer i can’t even restore it I NEED HELP

  31. Jun

    WTF!!! I just lost my video ipod or i think sumbody stole it..i’m hella pissed off..is there anything i can do about it or i can’t do nothing anymore? oh ma god..how come ipods are very vulnerable from stealing..

  32. allison

    HIIII errr I my album art wont show up on my ipod nano!!! Anyone knoe why? Can someone tell me how to put it on!!!! Thanxs in advance.

  33. Kristen

    Someone please help me!!!!

    I have no idea how to get the songs from my iTUNES onto my IPOD can someone please tell me how to get songs onto an IPOD!!!!

  34. Shannice

    I was listening to my ipod and then an exclamation point came up over a file and then it just shut off. I kept on pressing buttons but it wouldn’t respond.I tried to restart it but it can’t even turn on, i tried calling customer service but the things they were telling me didn’t even work. All they said was to send it in but i was going to have to pay $30 which i’m not willing to pay until I know the problem.

  35. derek

    My Ipod has been acting really dumb lately. I can’t upload any songs onto my mini, and sometimes my ipod shows my battery is low when i just charged it. what do i do…

  36. Em

    I have a 30GB Ipod, and once i have converted videos in itunes so they work one my ipod, there is no sound, i have noticed this is a common probably, but still havent been able to find an answer. what should i do?

  37. abing

    my ipod shuffle won’t play any music though there are songs in it. any comment….desperately

  38. danilo

    ummm about the dude who needs help disconnenting his ipod. you just go down to you’re tool bar. and you should see a usb cable picture. just right click that and go to disconnect. then click ipod and that should do it.

  39. james

    When i press play the apple symbol stays on for a wgile then when that is dont a folder pops up and in a triangle there is a “!” inside and it shut down… what is there for me to do to start listening again

  40. james

    When i press play the apple symbol stays on for a wgile then when that is dont a folder pops up and in a triangle there is a “!” inside and it shut down… what is there for me to do to start listening again

  41. Samantha

    i deleted ny itunes program because i can’t update or delete any songs on my ipod. then i reinstalled itunes and the same thing happened what do i do!?

  42. Tyler

    Uhh… I just got my iPod Nano a few hours ago, and I plug it in to the USB, it says, “Do not disconnect”. It’s been saying that for a while now, and it’s starting to make me mad. Any help would be nice, thanks.

  43. sarah

    Everryyy time i try to plug in my ipod to update it it just says “ipod cant update cause the playlists selected to do so no longer exist” and on my ipod under playlists it just has this playlist that i didnt make called “SARAHS IP SELECTIONS” with random songs on it. and all the ones i used to have are deleted. soo im kinda mad and i want to listen to my ipod but i cant. it still charges and stuff but it wont update. can you tell me what to do to fix it please. thanksss

  44. Miguel

    My Ipod nano will not stop saying “do not disconnect” and I cannot update songs onto to it because of this. And even when I put it to manual song management, the icon for updating just goes away.

  45. allyson

    how do i put music from limewire onto my ipod nano, i have had a mini and it has worked fine but for some reason, with this updated itunes it is not working!

    HELP!

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