[webraider]

Okay,
My ipod will no longer sync with itunes. I have tried formatting.. updating.. even having the Apple Store do it. What happens.. I launch itunes with my ipod plugged in.. it tries to sync the FIRST song but NEVER makes it past it. It hangs every time I sync it. I did get some songs off a friends ipod video before I had problems. then I plug in my ipod via firewire (3rd Generation Click Wheel) and it will not sync at all. Nothing. I have to restart my computer becasue Itunes Locks up. iTunes will not even force quit.. It just sits there forever trying to sync. Is this a problem with my ipod or itunes, or is iTunes confused now about ipods (usb 2.0 Syncing as opposed to Firewire)? This is going to be hard to diagnose at the Apple Store because this seems to be a problem with my computer and iPod.

[icruise]

Well, you can try using a different cable, a different firewire port, or a different computer (sounds like you may have done this, but it wasn't clear). If it only happens with your computer and not someone else's, there could be something wrong with your software, your hardware (like the firewire port) or one of your songs could be corrupted. If it happens on someone else's computer too, then the problem may be with the iPod.

You could also try making another user in OS X (assuming you are on a Mac), and making an iTunes library with just one song to test if it will sync.

[webraider]

You know.. As I'm recounting what happened, I think I know what the culprit is. I used a program called Podview to upload some MP3's from a friends iPod Player. I did this to see if it would work. Since then I've had problems. I'm worried that in using that program... it somehow damaged the ability for my computer to read and write to an ipod regularly. I'm thinking that some important file has been corrputed. The only way I may be able to get it back is to re-format my hard drive and re-install everything. Before I do this, I'm going to try my ipod on another computer. The Apple Store in Soho is too busy for me to make another appointment.

[webraider]

Okay,
I have been able to verirfy that it is my comptuer Software that is the problem. Somehow the stupid Beta Program called PodView has sabbataged my comptuers abiltiy to sync properly with my ipod. My friends mac does it fine. This means I will probably have to re-install my entire Operating just to get this functionality Back! Surely there is another way but that's what I'm bracing myself for.

I can't even get my iPod Updater to work! It stops working telling me that there was a problem with the update. If i could just figure out what file I need but I'm clueless. Does anyone here know of the exact file I need? I may be able to get it off my friends computer.

[luvajn]

You may read it, very good article:
http://www.convert-soft.com/article/Put-Sound-Sync.html