Has anyone seen this, because I have now seen it more than once...
I have an iPod 60GB Photo and a new iPod 60GB Video.
I had been having some sleep issues and locking issues with the photo, so I assumed something was wrong with it, but got my new video ipod around the same time.
I had completely reloaded the iPod Photo with about 50 GB of songs, and when I plugged it into my powerbook to listen to some Itunes came up with:
"iTunes cannot read the ipod..." something infuriating like, "restore using iPod updater" (easy for them to say).
I ejected the ipod photo (because it was properly mounted on the desktop, just not showing in iTunes). and when I tried to start the iPod it is COMPLETELY blank no songs, no playlists, no 50 GB of music. I did a complete restore, adn also went into the ipod internal diagnostics, but found no telling information.
I chalked it up to THAT photo ipod being bad somehow, and thought I might try to get it looked at when I can get to an Apple store. Since I had my new 60GB ipod video I wasn't that rushed, and I have all the music on my main hard drives.
Then tonight (about a week later) I plugged in my new video ipod to add a tv show to it, and THE SAME caution came up in iTunes! And you guessed it...EVERYTHING is gone from the iPod's menu. All the videos, playlists, everything.
Data:
-The battery was almost fully charged (in both cases)
-I used a USB cable
-tried resetting the ipod-still nothing on the menus
-THE IPODS MOUNT ON THE DESKTOP, AND the calendars, notes, etc, SEEM to still be there!
-After resetting and after ipod internal diagnostics, itunes still will not mount.
-running latest itunes (6.01)
-Aluminum Powerbook 12" 1.33GHz is the system I am using.
I would believe ONE ipod went tits up. But not two in the same catastrophic way. HELP! Does anyone know what might be going on here?
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