Reinstalling iTunes didn't help. I'm resigned to the iPod being stuck in 2010 until it dies.
Thanks for the research and the link. Alex Sent from somewhere else. On Aug 5, 2011, at 10:42 PM, Bill Micou <[email protected]> wrote: > Alex, > I wish I had an answer, but I too have that model that has been sitting on a > ac powered speaker stand next to the bed for the last 7 years. I probably > last synched it 6 years ago. I have been wondering what would happened if I > synched it. > Is the battery fully charged? > After searching for similar problems, I found this: > > https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2360928?start=0&tstart=0 > > and the solution back then, in 2010, was to reinstall iTunes (do not > uninstall first, just reinstall iTunes on top of the current iTunes). > > I hope that helps. > Bill > > On Aug 5, 2011, at 9:55 PM, Alex Whitman wrote: > >> I have an iPod from 2003 or maybe 2004, the 3rd generation, with a touch >> wheel, 4 buttons and a firewire dock. Today I tried to sync it with iTunes >> (10.4). No dice - iTunes becomes unresponsive and gives me a spinning beach >> ball until I force quit. The battery will charge but there is no syncing >> happening. Tried it without the dock, just the cable, with the same result. >> This is the first time I've tried to sync it in at least a year, so several >> iTunes updates have happened since then. Is it simply obsolete? Or is there >> something else I should try? >> >> Many thanks, >> Alex >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MacGroup mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list [email protected] http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
