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(I’ve read the Apple docs but they don’t solve my problem and are outdated.)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

    Look in the “iPod” tab of the Preferences window in iTunes while the iPod is connected. Check enable disk mode (or something to that effect–I dont’ have my iPod handy). Now your iPod should stay mounted all the time (and you will need to remember to unmount it manually before disconnecting).

  2. ashley

    i need help with my ipod. i am having trouble importing music from my mp3 player to my ipod. how do i copy the mp3 files with the music to the itunes? can i?

  3. ktb

    i lent my ipod to a friend and when she returned it she said that the battery was low. i tried to turn it on, and the apple logo appeared but then a symbol that was of a folder and a little triangle with an explanation point inside it popped up. this keeps happening and i dont know how to get it to work. what can i do?

  4. Chiara

    I need help. Itunes just wont transfer music onto my ipod mini! Im not sure why this is because all my friends have tried it on thier computers to and it wont work. Is there something wrong with the program or what? Please help

  5. Tyler

    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

  6. Eric

    Okay, when I go to play songs from artists which I only have 1 song it doesn’t work. When I play it, the ipod automatically goes back to the main menu. But it does play all my other songs that aren’t 1 song by an artist, so you could say it works. HOW DO I GET TO PLAY THOSE SONGS!?

  7. malissa

    i dropped my ipod and now the apple logo comes on
    and then a picture of a down or dead ipod with an exclamation point shows up then it shows the charging sign but it frozen and doesnt move help me

  8. harry

    My Ipod was plugged into my computer, I was updating. Usually this takes, at most, a minute. That was several hours ago, and the little “Do Not Disconnect” sign is still there. Help!

  9. Andrea

    All of a sudden when i try to transfer music from itunes to my ipod it says like, “not enough space in itunes library, would you like to have a selection of songs on your ipod?” i dont know what to do because now its only putting some of my songs on my ipod, not all of them

  10. Janine

    I need help.I was doing the music quiz on my ipod when it suddenly froze on a question.Itdoesnt let me turn it off or anything!!!!PLEASE HELP!!
    Thanks,.

  11. john

    HELP!!! when i plug my ipod into my computer nothing happens so i cant upload songs or anything.When i plug it in it says i have a malfuntion in my mini.do anyone know whats wrong? PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  12. Ryan

    Alright here is my dilema, i can get my iPod to upload songs and everything but when i want to play songs like a song that is on a single playlist or even a group of a 100 songs or so, all it does is just skip it. When i say it skips the song, it doesn’t even play it, kind of like it can’t read it and it will do this with all the songs in that playlist. Got any idea why this is happening or what i can do to fix this issue? i dont really want to clean it out and start over again becuase that would just take too much time and it would be my third time, so other options are preferred…HELP! PLEASE?

  13. Megan

    I have a terrible problem with finding things on my iPod. I have been trying since Christmas to locate the contacts folder, I once found it, but I couldn’t after that. Can you please help me find it?

  14. Tom

    When I turn my ipod mini on it shows the apple logo then a folder with an exclamation point, then it turns itself off.It also says “Cant Mount Ipod” when I open up ipod updater and it doesn’t show up in iTunes or My Computer, how do I get it back to normal?

  15. confused

    when i try to turn on my ipod, or when i plug it into my computer, the apple logo comes on, then an image of the dock connector with an arrow shows up, then the ipod turns off! thats it. i’m going through SPARTA withdrawl! Please help.

  16. Kevin

    My ipod shuffle flashs green and amber when i press play and i do not know what to do coz it will not play but when i plug it into and P.C it plays through it so if u know what could be wrong email me at cookie0441835480@aol.com

  17. Louise

    my itunes has suddenly decided it wont register when my ipod mini is connected, so i cant download my songs onto it. i noticed someone else seems to have had this trouble too. my ipod knows when its connected to the computer because its charging! aaaarrg. getting quite frustrated

  18. Jamie

    PLEASE PLEASE SOMEONE HELP ME! Okay, so my ipod was working fine and all, but now my computer wont connect with my ipod, so i cant download any music on it. I have the right specifications and everything also, because my brother also uses itunes and it works fine for him! I HATE MY LIFE!! SO PLEASE HELP ME

  19. joey

    my friend gave me his mini ipod but he dont have none of the softwares that came with it. how can i installl the ipod to my pc if i dont have the software? please answer back.

  20. lee

    my ipod is showing a warning symbol after switch on, i shut down my pc without disconnecting properly, any help will be great. thanks

  21. Justin

    every time i try to turn on my ipod i see the apple logo n then a folder with a exclaimation mark at the top shows up and it turns off… somebody help me please

  22. Jill

    my computer crashed and i had to redo my whole hard-drive. when i redid it i downloaded iTunes again but none of my music is there. my music on my iPod also got deleted. I can’t find any of my music anywhere…please help!

  23. Diana

    Help please! Does anyone know how to get around the synching limitations with an iPod mini? I’m trying to get music off my ipod into my computer.

  24. Anne

    when I plug my ipod in it doesnt automaticaly update it just says do not disconnect and a folder comes up under ANNE’S IPOD (F:) with contacts, calender, and notes each in a diffrent folder

  25. rana

    i have mini ipod 4gb it froze without me doing anything to it . i tried puttin it in the charger the computer wont recognize it . what do i do ?????????

  26. Alex

    My iPod hates me! When I try to play a song, most of the time it will skip through the song and plenty of others to a song it wants to play. I see no pattern in the songs that are skipped. I love music, and without my iPod I will die! HELP!

  27. carroll

    my ipod wont fucking turn on. its pissin me off. everytime i attempt to turn it on, an apple logo appears on the screen and then a folder with an exclamation mark by the side of it. please can somebody help me!!!??

  28. akina

    I brought a new computer and i decided to transfer some of my music onto my new computer.I installed itunes but I had no idea how to keep my old playlist. I tried adding two of my playlist together (my new and my old playlist) but instead I replaced my old list with my new one. I feel really bad. Is there some way i can undo what i did and get my old playlist back?

  29. gwiz

    my computer cacked out and i lost all my Ipod source files
    they still play on my ipod but i cant get them back to my computer
    does anyone know how to get the music from the ipod to the computer?

  30. Ashley

    I wanted to add all of the music files I already had on my PC to my ipod, but when I used the AudibleManager to do so it displayed “Apple Ipod supports audio only in format 2, format 3, and format 4” and all of my files are in MP3 format, what do I do?

  31. rob

    When I turn my ipod mini on it shows the apple logo then a folder with an exclamation point, then it turns itself off.It also says “Cant Mount Ipod” when I open up ipod updater and it doesn’t show up in iTunes or My Computer, how do I get it back to normal? I know someone asked this above… but i couldn’t find the answer. Sorry and Thanks!

  32. stevie

    every time i try to turn on my ipod i see the apple logo n then a folder with a exclaimation mark at the top shows up and it turns off… somebody help me please

  33. dchester

    what does a picture of a file with a warning sighn on mean?????? ipod is not working

  34. M.D.

    I just got the iPod, they recently updated it to color (stupid, just a way to lose money {same price}). So I ordered the 20 GB. On the box, it shows an album pic, the name of the song, Artist name, and Album name EX: Pic of Elephunk, Hey Mama, Black Eyed Peas, Elephunk. None of my songs have a pic!! Only one and I did NOTHING to get it. How do you GET a pic to COME UP?

  35. mark

    i dropped my ipod and now the apple logo comes on
    and then a picture of a down or dead ipod with an exclamation point shows up then it shows the charging sign but it frozen and doesnt move help me

  36. Jamar

    everytime i try to turn my ipod on, theres a file with an exclamation mar/ caution sign there. How do i get it to work again, please reply asap!!!

  37. kristen

    My I pod wont work! The folder appears and the warning symbol with the ! in it…But, I didn’t drop it or anything, it was in my purse and then i pull it out and it wont work…How do you “open the ipod updator and restore the ipod” ?

  38. sunniya

    HELP!!!!!!!!!!!! i m trying to transfer songs to my ipod mini but its says error occured….i doesnt work ….can sum1 help me plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

  39. Kaeli

    I want to know if you can copy music off one ipod onto your computer and then put it on another ipod. If so how? Please help.

  40. michael haywood

    i tunes will not play all my songs after i had work dune my computer but the songs play on i pod but now cant download to ipod please help !

  41. jayde

    HELP ME PLSSSSSSSSSSSS i connect my ipod to my laptop with the usb cord and i have got itunes but it doesnt ever import my music on to the ipod it doesnt even say its connected PLS HELP ME PLSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

  42. ryan

    lately when I plug my ipod into the usb port on my computer to update it with new songs, playlists, etc. the “do not disconnect” sign pops up on the ipod just like normal, but nothing happens on my computer. usually it says “updating ipod do not disconnect” and this stays there until it’s finished but lately that doesn’t happen at all no matter how long I leave it in there. I’m not very good with computers at all so please help me, I want to here my new playlists!!!

  43. HELP ME!

    I REALLY NEED HELP!!
    Ok, i was so excited when i got my little 4gb iPod mini I installed everything onto my computer (windows XP) and then i charged it for along time (it was low). I was also putting my music into it, when the battery was fully charged, i wanted to disconnect it, but it said DO NOT DISCONNECT! but no songs were being transfered. I CNAT FIND THE EJECT IPOD BUTTON!! in the scources it doesent have a ipod place to click on. so i disconnected it (i know it was stupid) and I ahve no music. PLEASE HELP ME, i have saved up so much money and now its useless

  44. ria

    WHEN I GO ON TO ITUNES IT COMES UP WITH AUDIO CD BUT NOT RIA’S IPOD LIKE IT SHOULD SO I CAN NOW JUST PUT SONGS ONTO THE LIBRARY NOT MY MY IPOD — HELP!!!

  45. brandon

    My comp. crashed bigtime before I had a chance to back up my songs. Now my songs are only on my i pod. If I reinstall the i pod software on my comp. then plug my i pod into the USB, will all of my songs get deleted from the i pod? Is there a way to upload the songs from my i pod back onto my comp. restoring playlist on my computer with out the songs erasing from the i pod?

  46. FUCKYOU

    FUCK YOU ALL
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