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(I’ve read the Apple docs but they don’t solve my problem and are outdated.)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

    does anyone know if you can share music between friends? what i mean is that I have an iPod and want to add my friends library onto my iPod but don’t want to lose my music. Is there an option to update iPod without over writing what is already there?

    Does this make sense?

  2. Todd

    my ipod used to work fine. now though if you connect it up to the computer to try to put songs or anythin on it it doesnt come up with “do not disconnect”. or appear in i tunes. i just cant get it to open……it does however say that it is charging. how do i open my files or get it to show that the ipod is connected???HELP!!!!

  3. Steve Casa

    I dropped my mini ipod and now the only thing that appears on the screen is the apple sign. I’ve reseted my ipod a dozen times but nothing happens.

  4. Leslie

    Okay. I’m leaving for vacation in two and a half hours, so help would be greatly appreciated… I’m trying to upload the music that is currently on my ipod onto a new computer. Everytime I plug in, the only option I can find is to replace everything on my iPod with what’s currently on my new comp’s iTunes, a.k.a. nothing. How do I upload all the music on my iPod onto a new comp?

  5. vicky

    I have an iPod A1040 20GB. I don’t have any iPod software, therfore i cannot put any music onto my iPod. Does anyone know what software i need and where i can buy it from? all help strongly appreciated. Thankyou.
    ( vickyanderson5@hotmail.com )

  6. ashley

    hey does anyone ever actually answer these questions??? i hope so, i just bought an ipod mini, and at first it would turn on and everything, but now, for some reason, (i havent even put songs on it yet,) the folder with the exclamation mark comes up. i have checked apple.com/support/ipod, but all of the possible problems/solutions it lists are of no help. PLEASE HELP ME!

  7. tired of waiting

    my music from itunes wont transfer onto the ipod it just doesnt do anything! Help, im tired of waiting for my music!

  8. noiks

    my computer wont read my ipod…. when i use my ipod i hear this sound like its reading then it stops… then it does it all over again

  9. Katie

    My i pod is broken!! All of my songs kept skipping and they wouldnt play so I reset it and now every time I turn it on the Apple sign comes up and a folder with a ! in it!! PLEASE HELP!

  10. steph

    i connect my ipod to my computer and when it’s finished the computer says its finished and the ipod doesnt. the ipod says do not disconnect, so i left it connected to the computer for 3 hours and it still says that. so i disconnected the ipod and the songs aren’t on the ipod. I NEED HELP!!

  11. nadine

    please help! I bougt an ipod mini the other day,6gb hardrive! I went 2 put it on,noting happened so i charged it! then later wen i went 2 put songs on it after havin a look at the menu..time date games etc. an error thing came up, triangle wit exclamation mark! i took it back and had a new 1 ! wen i gt home the same happened agen! my sisters is fine! cn we use same puta 4 2 ipods? PLEASE HELP!

  12. zoe

    my ipod is having the same problem as others My I-pod keeps on showing the apple sign and the folder with the warning sign. what do i do to fix it??

  13. Miguel

    Hi.. I have a problem….my pc crashed so I had to reboot all the system but before that I pass my music to the iPod, now that my Laptop is ok…I need to pass the song from the iPod to my hard drive but I dont know how!!! can somebody helppp me please?? is urgent……

  14. Miguel

    Hi..I have a problem…my pc crashed..
    so I had to reebot all the system…
    but before doing that I pass..
    all my music to my iPod…
    now that my laptop is ok….
    I need to pass the music from the iPod to…
    my hard drive, but I dont know how….
    Can somebody help me please???????

  15. Michelle

    i wrote the above comment my sn is xxluckystar7xx@aol i saw many people with my same problem so if anyone knows what this is and how to fix it please let me know ASAP thank you so much

  16. Morgan

    I just bought an ipod and i have been downloading from limewire. I try to switch them from limewire to itunes but it wont let me. And the one time that my cousin got them over they were under a blue color playlist and wouldnt go onto my ipod because they were not in my itunes library. I need step by step instructions so if you could help me i would greatly appreciate it! please email me back at soccerchick1627@hotmail.com! thank you!

  17. Angry Young Man

    My piece of shit iPod was on half battery at 3:00, I get home from work at 9:00 to find empty battery, when I try and connect it to my computer it does fuck all and just comes up with that fucking irritating folder/exclamation mark, same for when I try and charge it and same for when I try and do anything with it. I’ve tried resetting it, did fuck all, I can’t restore it because it cannot be mounted. What the fuck is mounting? If I ever meet anyone from the Apple company I will personally ram my fucked up iPod down their throat and kick it back out through their arse for depriving me of the Murderdolls. FUCK YOU APPLE! Fuck you for giving me a faulty piece of shit and go stuff your fucking warranty up your fucking arses. You’ve pissed off one user too many this time

  18. Jonathan

    Hey guys!! i really need Help!!! please!! when I plug my iPod in the iTunes says that it cant read my iPod and that i Have to update it…. I did but it still said it kant read it… am i doin something wrong because my songs also got deleted and just disappeared from my iPod and now i dont know what to do!! please Help!! i just dnt know y iTunes kant read my iPod!! thankz again and just please if u kan, tell me how i kan fix this problem.

  19. James

    My ipod won’t do anything when i hook it up to the computer!!! please help me. It started acting like this about a month ago and i’ve still not found a way to make it work.

  20. Andy Kallick

    i accidentally dropped my ipod and now everytime i try to turn it on, a picture of a folder pops up and a triangle with an exclamation point in it. What does this mean and how can i fix it

    Andy

  21. Jamie

    I think my ipod mini accidentally got unplugged while it was loading songs on and it wiped a heap of songs off. The songs are still in itunes but they won’t go back onto the ipod. Please help!!!

  22. Dave

    please some1 help when i turn on my ipod mini i get the apple logo then i get the folder wit the exclamation point i really need some help this ipod gets me threw my day!!

  23. mona

    my ipod was perfectley fine till the day i took it to my friends house and pluged it into her computer thinking that i could transfer all my songs onto her ipod,but my ipod went blank.and when i went home the ipod started all over again,but my old songs were in the libary but wont tranfer onto my ipod,only randomly sum songs transfered onto my ipod.plz plz help.

  24. scott elskus

    i cant download music vidios to my ipod it says i have the wrong 1 i get them form lime wire and i have the fifth generation ipod the vidio 1 and it says i have the worng 1 wat do i do

  25. Donads

    i cant get any music to my ipod but in the itune is keeps adding and adding the music together and wasting my memory what do i do

  26. brena

    um.. yes… well i just want to know how to get my limewire songs on to my itunes for my ipod nano?

    thanks

  27. maria

    hey umm many people have had this problem, and i need help lol! okay so i had to re install windows and now i was wondering if i plugged my ipod nano in wil all the songs get deleted?? becusase i need to charge it, and see if i can put those songs back in itunes or something. well thanks for your time, hopefully some one answers me! email me! maria_cortes2002@yahoo.com

  28. garrett

    Help.i connect my ipod to my computer and nothing happens,a apple symbol appears on my ipod and then it dies.What do i do?

  29. Mike

    how do u get songs from limewire onto my ipod. i can’t drag it into my library… PLEASE HELP!!!!
    THANK YOU

  30. james

    whenever I am playing music quiz on my 20gb i pod it turns off on me and the apple sign comes up, and my computer crashed and i was also wandering if you can put songs onto your comp from ur ipod. Please help me!

  31. Ian

    I have just had to recover my PC hard drive and lost my iTunes library. Is it possible to copy the music back from my iPod to iTunes library – somebody please email an answer. Cheers

  32. Tony

    Help my Ipod crashed I just get an apple then a dead ipod and it is making clicking noises

    tried reseting and restoring even tried to down load updates nothing is working any help would be help full

    Thanks

    Tony

  33. ben

    i just plugged my ipod (5th gen) into my girlfriend’s laptop and was showing her some music via her itunes. when i ejected the ipod and tried to show her some music videos, it seems that all my folders have been jumbled up.
    my podcasts now appear along with the artists (music) section aswell as my video podcasts which won’t show on the ipod now either…was wondering if i will have to take my ipod home, plug into my itunes, delete all my files then re-import them from my itunes library???
    any suggestions?
    bit long-winded, but would be grateful of a response asap!
    thanks alot.
    ben chambers

  34. ben

    i just plugged my ipod (5th gen) into my girlfriend’s laptop and was showing her some music via her itunes. when i ejected the ipod and tried to show her some music videos, it seems that all my folders have been jumbled up.
    my podcasts now appear along with the artists (music) section aswell as my video podcasts which won’t show on the ipod now either…was wondering if i will have to take my ipod home, plug into my itunes, delete all my files then re-import them from my itunes library???
    any suggestions?
    bit long-winded, but would be grateful of a response asap!
    thanks alot.
    ben chambers

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