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Hi,
A few days ago I bought a used iPod Classic 80GB, which I tried to factory reset.
Everything went fine, but when I reconnected the iPod to the Mac, I couldn't manage the content on it:
(sorry for the mistakes in the translation, but original version is in Polish and I had to translate it online)
iPod and Macbook have the latest software.
How can I get the iPod to connect to the mac correctly?
iPod Classic
I maximized the window and tried to scroll down,but there was nothing there. Also there were no other tabs ,that I could select there. I also changed the device names to the same ones but nothing worked either.
And then I got the brilliant idea to run the iPod from an old macbook and it worked.
New MacBook with M1 touchbar
Old MacBook Air from 2017
My current laptop runs macOs Monterey 12.1 and the old computer runs macOs Catalina 10.15.2. It must have been the fault of either the computer or the system itself that it didn't work.
However, thank you for your help.
I maximized the window and tried to scroll down,but there was nothing there. Also there were no other tabs ,that I could select there. I also changed the device names to the same ones but nothing worked either.
And then I got the brilliant idea to run the iPod from an old macbook and it worked.
New MacBook with M1 touchbar
Old MacBook Air from 2017
My current laptop runs macOs Monterey 12.1 and the old computer runs macOs Catalina 10.15.2. It must have been the fault of either the computer or the system itself that it didn't work.
However, thank you for your help.
Unfortunately,still the problem remained unsolved. When I click the < button it takes me back to the downloaded items tab. In addition, I saw that I can not change the name of the iPod and instead pops up a message "Can not find iPod"
How odd. I wonder if it might help to maximise that window and check if you are able to scroll up or down that page. You should see an number of tabs you can switch between. I also notice that the two entries for the device have different names. Previously the second entry would have been the same as the first, but perhaps in all caps. You could try renaming the second entry to match the first in case it helps.
tt2
Click the < in your screenshot to the left of iPod (Michael). You should get more options there.
tt2
EDIT: Just restarted MacBook Pro and suddenly everything got back to work
Why won't my ipod connect to my mac properly?
