[andreas_g4]

On my 30 GB 5G iPod (newest firmware), the play count doesn't get updated when I connect it to my Mac (OS X 10.4.6). This kinda sucks, since my listening habits depend heavily upon play count. Any ideas or similar experiences?

[molala]

The playcount on your iTunes library (on your Mac) won't be affected, but on the iPod the playcount should rise and your "recently played" playlist should also be updated. This has failed for me when I've had to do an iPod reset before plugging it into the Mac or I put in a new playlist from my Mac into the iPod (for some reason the songs on the list will update to have the Mac's playcount, even though the songs are already on the iPod). Hope that helps somehow.

[icruise]

Just as an aside, the play count does not update if you have your iPod to manually sync, but it sounds like this suddenly stopped working for you, so that's likely not the problem. I suppose I would try restoring the iPod software and see if that helps.

[lilford]

Iv gotten so annoyed by the play count that I just don't show it in my playlists because It never updated and went down and up whenever It wanted ot, I Swear.