So my ipod classic was corrupted, and i read somewhere that you could use disk utility to erase everything off it (i read somewhere that this was nessesary). My computer now does not register it as an ipod, but rather as untitled on my home screen. I am afraid that i have deleted everything off my ipod, including the actual ipod software! when i connext the ipod to my laptop itunes opens but the ipod does not appear on the screen. What to do please help !!

My iPod Classic 4th Gen has worked well for many years. However, recently the hard drive has gone finicky. It will start sometimes, not others. When it doesn't boot, it just hangs on an Apple logo. Is it corrupted? I would like to make it run again, if possible. How should I go about this? I can use both a Mac and a Windows computer if needed. I don't want to restore it if I don't have to. I had backed up all of the music, but there were photos on it that I would like as well. Is there any way for me to get these off?

I have just bought one of the new MacBooks which will cause me to jump a few version of iTunes. I believe that the new separated style wont work for syncing an iPod Classic. Does anyone have any solutions that dont involve having to keep the old hardware just to sync an iPod. Two versions of iTunes installed simultaneously for example if that is possible?

I have one that I use in an older car that I want to reformat using iTunes or Finder in macOS. What is the last version of iTunes that supported the iPod Classic 160 GB?

Hi does anyone know if the click wheel iPod classic will work with macOS Ventura? I love my click wheel Sixth generationiPod, And I’m worried if I upgrade to Ventura I will lose the capacity capacity to put new music my iPod. Thanks for any help!

I bought a 4th gen iPod classic with a replaced battery. It soon got to the point where it didn't have enough battery to play a single song and wouldn't even display anything unless it was plugged in and charging. I bought a new battery and did the replacement myself. It is behaving the same. Is it likely to get two bad batteries in a row, or could it be something in the iPod itself that is causing this behavior? Should I get a third battery?

I have an iPod classic 120GB, it had a broken harddrive, so I swapped it for a generic SD/CF to ZIF adapter. Now it show the "Connect to iTunes to restore" screen as expected (it previously showed the red X and "go to apple.com/support" message). When plugging it in, both on Windows and macOS, it is properly recognized as an iPod that needs to be restored as expected. However, after the iPod software is downloaded and the restore process has started, it keeps going for a few mins but then seems to freeze, with the iPod still showing "Do not disconnect". On macOS I when checking the logs I see 2 relevant logs: From iPodUpdater.log:

2022-10-20 09:25:07 STATUS ----------------------------------------------------------------
2022-10-20 09:25:07 STATUS Updater started 1.2.5 64 307 12808001 (12.8fc1) SDK:120600 Aug  9 2022
2022-10-20 09:25:07 STATUS Found a shrouded iPod - 110339
2022-10-20 09:25:07 ERROR VVVShouldAllowRestore:316 Returning 7
2022-10-20 09:25:10 STATUS Starting restore bsdName:(null) mountPoint:(null) podName:(null) serialNumber:serialredacted devName:disk4 state:0 updaterID:33 curVers:2.0 diskFormat:??? service:110339
2022-10-20 09:25:10 STATUS Updating to 0.0
2022-10-20 09:25:10 ERROR -[ShroudedPod updateFirmware:andFormat:]:262 Skipping update since changing shrouded size from 67108864 to 201326592
2022-10-20 09:25:10 ERROR -[ShroudedPod updateFirmware:andFormat:]:337 An Error occurred
2022-10-20 09:25:10 ERROR RestoreUpdatePod:457 Caught exception GENERAL_ERROR {
    "Error Number" = 34;
}
2022-10-20 09:25:10 ERROR RestoreUpdatePod:486 Returning 34
2022-10-20 09:25:12 STATUS Removed pod: bsdName:(null) mountPoint:(null) podName:(null) serialNumber:serialredacted devName:disk4 state:0 updaterID:33 curVers:2.0 diskFormat:??? service:110339
2022-10-20 09:33:18 STATUS Found a shrouded iPod - 21599
2022-10-20 09:33:18 ERROR VVVShouldAllowRestore:316 Returning 7
2022-10-20 09:33:20 STATUS Starting restore bsdName:(null) mountPoint:(null) podName:(null) serialNumber:serialredacted devName:disk4 state:0 updaterID:33 curVers:2.0 diskFormat:??? service:21599
2022-10-20 09:33:20 STATUS Updating to 0.0
2022-10-20 09:33:22 STATUS wrote Firmware: 4718592 complete: 5.045771% (5.045771%)
2022-10-20 09:33:23 STATUS wrote Firmware: 9371648 complete: 10.021462% (10.021462%)
2022-10-20 09:33:23 STATUS wrote Firmware: 14090240 complete: 15.067233% (15.067233%)
2022-10-20 09:33:24 STATUS wrote Firmware: 18743296 complete: 20.042925% (20.042925%)
2022-10-20 09:33:24 STATUS wrote Firmware: 23396352 complete: 25.018614% (25.018614%)
2022-10-20 09:33:25 STATUS wrote Firmware: 28114944 complete: 30.064386% (30.064386%)
2022-10-20 09:33:26 STATUS wrote Firmware: 32768000 complete: 35.040077% (35.040077%)
2022-10-20 09:33:26 STATUS wrote Firmware: 37421056 complete: 40.015770% (40.015770%)
2022-10-20 09:33:27 STATUS wrote Firmware: 42139648 complete: 45.061539% (45.061539%)
2022-10-20 09:33:27 STATUS wrote Firmware: 46792704 complete: 50.037228% (50.037228%)
2022-10-20 09:33:28 STATUS wrote Firmware: 51445760 complete: 55.012924% (55.012924%)
2022-10-20 09:33:28 STATUS wrote Firmware: 56164352 complete: 60.058697% (60.058697%)
2022-10-20 09:33:29 STATUS wrote Firmware: 60817408 complete: 65.034386% (65.034386%)
2022-10-20 09:33:29 STATUS wrote Firmware: 65470464 complete: 70.010071% (70.010071%)
2022-10-20 09:33:30 STATUS wrote Firmware: 70189056 complete: 75.055847% (75.055847%)
2022-10-20 09:33:31 STATUS wrote Firmware: 74842112 complete: 80.031540% (80.031540%)
2022-10-20 09:33:31 STATUS wrote Firmware: 79495168 complete: 85.007225% (85.007225%)
2022-10-20 09:33:32 STATUS wrote Firmware: 84213760 complete: 90.053001% (90.053001%)
2022-10-20 09:33:32 STATUS wrote Firmware: 88866816 complete: 95.028687% (95.028687%)
2022-10-20 09:33:33 STATUS wrote Firmware: 93515776 complete: 100.000000% (100.000000%)
2022-10-20 09:33:33 STATUS Starting format
2022-10-20 09:33:34 STATUS BackEnd: clear 262144 bytes to device /dev/rdisk4 at 0
2022-10-20 09:33:34 STATUS BackEnd: write 512 bytes to device /dev/rdisk4 at 4096
2022-10-20 09:33:34 STATUS BackEnd: write 512 bytes to device /dev/rdisk4 at 8192
2022-10-20 09:33:34 STATUS BackEnd: write 512 bytes to device /dev/rdisk4 at 12288
2022-10-20 09:33:34 STATUS BackEnd: write 512 bytes to device /dev/rdisk4 at 0
2022-10-20 09:33:34 STATUS Formatting HFS
2022-10-20 09:33:34 STATUS BackEnd: format slice /dev/rdisk4s2 as HFS
2022-10-20 09:33:43 STATUS BackEnd: check slice /dev/rdisk4s2

And a crash log from AMPDevicesAgent:

-------------------------------------
Translated Report (Full Report Below)
-------------------------------------

Process:               AMPDevicesAgent 
Path:                  /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/AMPDevices.framework/Versions/A/Support/AMPDevicesAgent
Identifier:            AMPDevicesAgent
Version:               ???
Code Type:             ARM-64 (Native)
Parent Process:        launchd 
User ID:               501

Date/Time:             2022-10-20 09:33:45.9696 +0200
OS Version:            macOS 12.6 (21G115)
Report Version:        12
Anonymous UUID:        68619777-2183-AE50-BB2A-88E4028B0CC3

Sleep/Wake UUID:       D260A91F-CCDD-407E-9141-44CB3260507D

Time Awake Since Boot: 30000 seconds
Time Since Wake:       28816 seconds

System Integrity Protection: disabled

Crashed Thread:        0  AMPDevicesAgent main  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

Exception Type:        EXC_GUARD (SIGKILL)
Exception Codes:       GUARD_TYPE_MACH_PORT
Exception Codes:       0x0000000000007b07, 0x0000000000000000
Exception Note:        EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY

Termination Reason:    Namespace GUARD, Code 2305845208236980999 

Thread 0 Crashed:: AMPDevicesAgent main Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib        	       0x1a117685c _kernelrpc_mach_port_extract_member_trap + 8
1   libsystem_kernel.dylib        	       0x1a117a0e8 mach_port_extract_member + 36
2   CoreFoundation                	       0x1a12a3fe8 CFRunLoopRemoveSource + 280
3   CoreFoundation                	       0x1a1247860 __CFSetApplyFunction_block_invoke + 28
4   CoreFoundation                	       0x1a1247688 CFBasicHashApply + 148
5   CoreFoundation                	       0x1a12475cc CFSetApplyFunction + 328
6   CoreFoundation                	       0x1a12a4098 CFRunLoopRemoveSource + 456
7   CoreFoundation                	       0x1a12c1fac __CFRunLoopSourceRemoveFromRunLoop + 112
8   CoreFoundation                	       0x1a12c1f24 __CFBagApplyFunction_block_invoke + 52
9   CoreFoundation                	       0x1a1247688 CFBasicHashApply + 148
10  CoreFoundation                	       0x1a12a494c CFBagApplyFunction + 112
11  CoreFoundation                	       0x1a12a4880 CFRunLoopSourceInvalidate + 208
12  CoreFoundation                	       0x1a1306754 ____CFMachPortChecker_block_invoke + 124
13  libdispatch.dylib             	       0x1a0fee5f0 _dispatch_call_block_and_release + 32
14  libdispatch.dylib             	       0x1a0ff01b4 _dispatch_client_callout + 20
15  libdispatch.dylib             	       0x1a0ffe6cc _dispatch_main_queue_drain + 928
16  libdispatch.dylib             	       0x1a0ffe31c _dispatch_main_queue_callback_4CF + 44
17  CoreFoundation                	       0x1a12c2998 __CFRUNLOOP_IS_SERVICING_THE_MAIN_DISPATCH_QUEUE__ + 16
18  CoreFoundation                	       0x1a127fc08 __CFRunLoopRun + 2532
19  CoreFoundation                	       0x1a127ea84 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 600
20  AMPDevicesAgent               	       0x10296adf8 0x102818000 + 1388024
21  AMPDevicesAgent               	       0x102ba61e4 0x102818000 + 3727844
22  AMPDevicesAgent               	       0x102baa880 0x102818000 + 3745920
23  AMPDevicesAgent               	       0x10297353c 0x102818000 + 1422652
24  AMPDevicesAgent               	       0x102c7cad8 0x102818000 + 4606680
25  AMPDevicesAgent               	       0x1029bed00 0x102818000 + 1731840
26  AMPDevicesAgent               	       0x1029bfb8c 0x102818000 + 1735564
27  AMPDevicesAgent               	       0x1029c06bc 0x102818000 + 1738428
28  AMPDevicesAgent               	       0x1029c081c 0x102818000 + 1738780
29  CoreFoundation                	       0x1a1280f94 __CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_SOURCE0_PERFORM_FUNCTION__ + 28
30  CoreFoundation                	       0x1a1280ee0 __CFRunLoopDoSource0 + 208
31  CoreFoundation                	       0x1a1280c44 __CFRunLoopDoSources0 + 368
32  CoreFoundation                	       0x1a127f560 __CFRunLoopRun + 828
33  CoreFoundation                	       0x1a127ea84 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 600
34  Foundation                    	       0x1a21640c0 -[NSRunLoop(NSRunLoop) runMode:beforeDate:] + 236
35  Foundation                    	       0x1a21f4464 -[NSRunLoop(NSRunLoop) run] + 92
36  AMPDevicesAgent               	       0x102d4290c 0x102818000 + 5417228
37  AMPDevicesAgent               	       0x102a68630 0x102818000 + 2426416
38  dyld                          	       0x10325108c start + 520

Thread 1:: CFRunLoopThread
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib        	       0x1a11768b0 mach_msg_trap + 8
1   libsystem_kernel.dylib        	       0x1a1176d20 mach_msg + 76
2   CoreFoundation                	       0x1a1281210 __CFRunLoopServiceMachPort + 372
3   CoreFoundation                	       0x1a127f6c0 __CFRunLoopRun + 1180
4   CoreFoundation                	       0x1a127ea84 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 600
5   CoreFoundation                	       0x1a130bc68 CFRunLoopRun + 64
6   AMPDevicesAgent               	       0x1029f80f0 0x102818000 + 1966320
7   AMPDevicesAgent               	       0x1029f93e4 0x102818000 + 1971172
8   libsystem_pthread.dylib       	       0x1a11b426c _pthread_start + 148
9   libsystem_pthread.dylib       	       0x1a11af08c thread_start + 8

Thread 2::  Dispatch queue: com.apple.root.default-qos
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib        	       0x1a11768b0 mach_msg_trap + 8
1   libsystem_kernel.dylib        	       0x1a1176d20 mach_msg + 76
2   CoreFoundation                	       0x1a1281210 __CFRunLoopServiceMachPort + 372
3   CoreFoundation                	       0x1a127f6c0 __CFRunLoopRun + 1180
4   CoreFoundation                	       0x1a127ea84 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 600
5   CoreFoundation                	       0x1a130bc68 CFRunLoopRun + 64
6   MobileDevice                  	       0x103fa6564 __thr_AMRegisterForCallbacks + 648
7   libdispatch.dylib             	       0x1a0ff01b4 _dispatch_client_callout + 20
8   libdispatch.dylib             	       0x1a1001a04 _dispatch_root_queue_drain + 680
9   libdispatch.dylib             	       0x1a1002104 _dispatch_worker_thread2 + 164
10  libsystem_pthread.dylib       	       0x1a11b0324 _pthread_wqthread + 228
11  libsystem_pthread.dylib       	       0x1a11af080 start_wqthread + 8

Thread 3:: com.apple.CFSocket.private
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib        	       0x1a1181598 __select + 8
1   CoreFoundation                	       0x1a12ab808 __CFSocketManager + 644
2   libsystem_pthread.dylib       	       0x1a11b426c _pthread_start + 148
3   libsystem_pthread.dylib       	       0x1a11af08c thread_start + 8

Thread 4:: CoreAudioNotificationThread
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib        	       0x1a11768b0 mach_msg_trap + 8
1   libsystem_kernel.dylib        	       0x1a1176d20 mach_msg + 76
2   CoreFoundation                	       0x1a1281210 __CFRunLoopServiceMachPort + 372
3   CoreFoundation                	       0x1a127f6c0 __CFRunLoopRun + 1180
4   CoreFoundation                	       0x1a127ea84 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 600
5   CoreFoundation                	       0x1a130bc68 CFRunLoopRun + 64
6   AMPDevicesAgent               	       0x102c59348 0x102818000 + 4461384
7   AMPDevicesAgent               	       0x1029f93e4 0x102818000 + 1971172
8   libsystem_pthread.dylib       	       0x1a11b426c _pthread_start + 148
9   libsystem_pthread.dylib       	       0x1a11af08c thread_start + 8

Thread 5:: AMCP Logging Spool
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib        	       0x1a11768ec semaphore_wait_trap + 8
1   caulk                         	       0x1a9c29a2c caulk::mach::semaphore::wait_or_error() + 28
2   caulk                         	       0x1a9c0d7ac caulk::concurrent::details::worker_thread::run() + 56
3   caulk                         	       0x1a9c0d3cc void* caulk::thread_proxy > >(void*) + 96
4   libsystem_pthread.dylib       	       0x1a11b426c _pthread_start + 148
5   libsystem_pthread.dylib       	       0x1a11af08c thread_start + 8

Thread 6:: AFCVolumeNotificationThread
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib        	       0x1a11768b0 mach_msg_trap + 8
1   libsystem_kernel.dylib        	       0x1a1176d20 mach_msg + 76
2   CoreFoundation                	       0x1a1281210 __CFRunLoopServiceMachPort + 372
3   CoreFoundation                	       0x1a127f6c0 __CFRunLoopRun + 1180
4   CoreFoundation                	       0x1a127ea84 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 600
5   CoreFoundation                	       0x1a130bc68 CFRunLoopRun + 64
6   AMPDevicesAgent               	       0x1029f80f0 0x102818000 + 1966320
7   AMPDevicesAgent               	       0x1029f93e4 0x102818000 + 1971172
8   libsystem_pthread.dylib       	       0x1a11b426c _pthread_start + 148
9   libsystem_pthread.dylib       	       0x1a11af08c thread_start + 8

Thread 7:: com.apple.NSURLConnectionLoader
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib        	       0x1a11768b0 mach_msg_trap + 8
1   libsystem_kernel.dylib        	       0x1a1176d20 mach_msg + 76
2   CoreFoundation                	       0x1a1281210 __CFRunLoopServiceMachPort + 372
3   CoreFoundation                	       0x1a127f6c0 __CFRunLoopRun + 1180
4   CoreFoundation                	       0x1a127ea84 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 600
5   CFNetwork                     	       0x1a6076638 0x1a5e0b000 + 2537016
6   Foundation                    	       0x1a215c5cc __NSThread__start__ + 808
7   libsystem_pthread.dylib       	       0x1a11b426c _pthread_start + 148
8   libsystem_pthread.dylib       	       0x1a11af08c thread_start + 8

Thread 8:
0   libsystem_pthread.dylib       	       0x1a11af078 start_wqthread + 0

Thread 9:
0   libsystem_pthread.dylib       	       0x1a11af078 start_wqthread + 0

Thread 10:
0   libsystem_pthread.dylib       	       0x1a11af078 start_wqthread + 0

Thread 11:
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib        	       0x1a117a06c __semwait_signal + 8
1   libsystem_c.dylib             	       0x1a1082fc8 nanosleep + 220
2   libsystem_c.dylib             	       0x1a108db78 sleep + 52
3   iPodUpdater                   	       0x21b9ccd18 +[PUDevice quitBackEnd] + 236
4   iPodUpdater                   	       0x21b9e31d0 -[ShroudedPod partitionAndFormat] + 1476
5   iPodUpdater                   	       0x21b9e1fa0 -[ShroudedPod updateFirmware:andFormat:] + 2216
6   iPodUpdater                   	       0x21b997d5c RestoreUpdatePod(PodUpdaterController*, Pod*, bool) + 476
7   iPodUpdater                   	       0x21b998040 VVVRestorePod + 84
8   AMPDevicesAgent               	       0x102ba70b4 0x102818000 + 3731636
9   AMPDevicesAgent               	       0x1029f93e4 0x102818000 + 1971172
10  libsystem_pthread.dylib       	       0x1a11b426c _pthread_start + 148
11  libsystem_pthread.dylib       	       0x1a11af08c thread_start + 8


Thread 0 crashed with ARM Thread State (64-bit):
    x0: 0x000000000000000f   x1: 0x0000000000007b07   x2: 0x0000000000001803   x3: 0x000000016d5e52f8
    x4: 0x0000000000000020   x5: 0x000000011ce34510   x6: 0x0000000000000002   x7: 0x000000011cf0d410
    x8: 0x00000001fa111aec   x9: 0x0000000000000017  x10: 0x0000000000000005  x11: 0x0000000000000006
   x12: 0x00000001a1584dd8  x13: 0x0000000000000000  x14: 0x0000000000000002  x15: 0x00000001a15fdee5
   x16: 0xffffffffffffffe9  x17: 0x00000001fa91be98  x18: 0x0000000000000000  x19: 0x0000000000001803
   x20: 0x0000000000007b07  x21: 0x0000000000000203  x22: 0x00000001fa84cb38  x23: 0x000000011cf0d410
   x24: 0x000000011cf0d420  x25: 0x0000000000007b07  x26: 0x0000000104808180  x27: 0x000000000000000f
   x28: 0x0000000002ffffff   fp: 0x000000016d5e5180   lr: 0x00000001a117a0e8
    sp: 0x000000016d5e5160   pc: 0x00000001a117685c cpsr: 0x20001000
   far: 0x000000011ce3edc8  esr: 0x56000080  Address size fault

Binary Images:
       0x1a1175000 -        0x1a11acfff libsystem_kernel.dylib (*)  /usr/lib/system/libsystem_kernel.dylib
       0x1a11fc000 -        0x1a1742fff com.apple.CoreFoundation (6.9)  /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreFoundation.framework/Versions/A/CoreFoundation
       0x1a0fec000 -        0x1a1032fff libdispatch.dylib (*)  /usr/lib/system/libdispatch.dylib
       0x102818000 -        0x10300ffff AMPDevicesAgent (*)  /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/AMPDevices.framework/Versions/A/Support/AMPDevicesAgent
       0x1a2100000 -        0x1a24f1fff com.apple.Foundation (6.9)  /System/Library/Frameworks/Foundation.framework/Versions/C/Foundation
       0x10324c000 -        0x1032abfff dyld (*)  /usr/lib/dyld
       0x1a11ad000 -        0x1a11b9fff libsystem_pthread.dylib (*)  /usr/lib/system/libsystem_pthread.dylib
       0x103fa0000 -        0x104257fff com.apple.mobiledevice (1497.1.14.100.1)  /Library/Apple/*/MobileDevice.framework/Versions/A/MobileDevice
       0x1a9c0b000 -        0x1a9c31fff com.apple.audio.caulk (1.0)  /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/caulk.framework/Versions/A/caulk
       0x1a5e0b000 -        0x1a62bffff com.apple.CFNetwork (1335.0.3)  /System/Library/Frameworks/CFNetwork.framework/Versions/A/CFNetwork
       0x1a1074000 -        0x1a10f5fff libsystem_c.dylib (*)  /usr/lib/system/libsystem_c.dylib
       0x21b994000 -        0x21ba03fff com.apple.iTunes.iPodUpdater (307)  /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/iPodUpdater.framework/Versions/A/iPodUpdater

External Modification Summary:
  Calls made by other processes targeting this process:
    task_for_pid: 0
    thread_create: 0
    thread_set_state: 0
  Calls made by this process:
    task_for_pid: 0
    thread_create: 0
    thread_set_state: 0
  Calls made by all processes on this machine:
    task_for_pid: 0
    thread_create: 0
    thread_set_state: 0

VM Region Summary:
ReadOnly portion of Libraries: Total=1.1G resident=0K(0%) swapped_out_or_unallocated=1.1G(100%)
Writable regions: Total=293.7M written=0K(0%) resident=0K(0%) swapped_out=0K(0%) unallocated=293.7M(100%)

                                VIRTUAL   REGION 
REGION TYPE                        SIZE    COUNT (non-coalesced) 
===========                     =======  ======= 
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Dispatch continuations            64.0M        1 
Foundation                         112K        1 
Kernel Alloc Once                   32K        1 
MALLOC                           109.2M       60 
MALLOC guard page                  192K       10 
MALLOC_MEDIUM (reserved)         104.0M        1         reserved VM address space (unallocated)
SQLite page cache                  192K        3 
STACK GUARD                       56.2M       12 
Stack                             13.8M       12 
VM_ALLOCATE                        160K        4 
__AUTH                            2850K      362 
__AUTH_CONST                      21.8M      568 
__CTF                               756        1 
__DATA                            15.7M      561 
__DATA_CONST                      20.5M      575 
__DATA_DIRTY                      1802K      240 
__FONT_DATA                          4K        1 
__LINKEDIT                       580.4M       10 
__OBJC_CONST                      3924K      335 
__OBJC_RO                         83.0M        1 
__OBJC_RW                         3168K        1 
__TEXT                           592.6M      591 
__UNICODE                          592K        1 
dyld private memory               1024K        1 
libnetwork                        1664K       24 
mapped file                       29.6M        8 
shared memory                      880K       14 
===========                     =======  ======= 
TOTAL                              1.7G     3400 
TOTAL, minus reserved VM space     1.6G     3400

It then gets stuck as seen here: The disk activity light on my SD/CF -> ZIF Adapter also stops lighting up and the timing coincides with the crash report from above. I'm running an M1 Macbook for these logs, but I tried restoring the iPod via Finder, via iTunes (running via Retroactive) and on Windows to the same end result. Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix this issue?

I love my iPod Classics. Alas, I am bummed out because Apple stopped supporting it. My 80GB device still syncs perfectly via the Apple Music app on my 2013 MacBook Pro. The 160GB device does not. It starts syncing, but after a minute, the Mac screen displays the message "Attempting to copy to the disk failed. The disk could not be read or written to." 8,035 of the 8,287 songs were synced, which is not bad I guess. I created a dynamic playlist in Apple Music containing the last 100 songs added; only 1 song made it over to the same playlist on the 160GB device. Does anyone have a suggestion to get my 160GB device to sync 100%? Thanks.

I'm aware that I'm probably some kind of technological dinosaur but I love my click-wheel iPod. Now that Apple had stopped selling the click wheel games is there somewhere else I can get them? Is there an equivalent to cydia / or jail-breaking my iPod classic to get home brew or the like games on it?

I have an 6th generation iPod Classic (model [MC297LL](https://everymac.com/systems/apple/ipod/specs/ipod-classic-late-2008-2g-specs.html)) . Current versions of iTunes no longer support this device, so I'm using an older Mac to sync my music, using iTunes 10.5.2. My primary machine is a 2015 "Core i7" MacBook Pro (model [MacBookPro11,4](https://everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/specs/macbook-pro-core-i7-2.8-15-iris-only-mid-2015-retina-display-specs.html)) . To avoid having to keep a decade+ old desktop computer set up in my house, I was hoping there might be an OS version compatible with my MacBook Pro that I could install that had a still-compatible version of iTunes. Specifically, I plan to install it as a bootable partition on an external drive. According to [this OS compatibility chart](https://eshop.macsales.com/guides/Mac_OS_X_Compatibility) , the oldest version of the OS that can be run on my laptop is OS X Yosemite 10.10.3. I've installed OS 10.10.5 using [the installer](http://updates-http.cdn-apple.com/2019/cert/061-41343-20191023-02465f92-3ab5-4c92-bfe2-b725447a070d/InstallMacOSX.dmg) proved by Apple in its [How to get old versions of macOS](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211683) documentation. This comes included with iTunes 12.2.1.16. However, I do not see my iPod Classic show up when I connect it, which leads me to suspect this version of iTunes is too new. Before I spend even more time tracking down and installing version 10.10.3 of OS X and/or an older version of iTunes compatible with Yosemite, I would like to know whether this is even doable on this machine. The [History of iTunes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_iTunes) Wikipedia article makes no mention of when support for the iPod Classic was dropped from iTunes, and I have not had luck finding this information in a web search. What version of iTunes dropped support for syncing music with the iPod Classic? What is the latest version of iTunes that supports it, and the latest version of the Macintosh operating system that it can be run on?

I have a 2007 iPod Classic (160 gb). I added songs from my pc (using iTunes) to my iPod. The songs have id3 tags and lyrics. But when I play the songs on my iPod and try to see the lyrics only English lyrics are shown. When I try to see lyrics of Hindi songs the Devanagari text is not shown and the lyrics page is blank. The same is true for the song titles. The Hindi lyrics can be seen under the song info in iTunes. Is there a software or app which can be added to the iPod to allow it to show Devanagari text? Thanks,

I have two 2nd generation ipod minis, one green and one blue. One lists itself as model P9802B and one as M9806B. I know the last numerical digit indicates the colour, but what did the P or M prefix indicate? Apple's website only lists the M variant. One is the iPods is personalised.

An iPod Classic shows this but it works fine, so I don't know if it's going to fail at some point in the future? Is a good option to buy it?

The shuffle choice has disappeared from my iPod classic 160GB. Can this be found again? I am very clueless with IT so would appreciate basic instructions if possible.

If I am listening to a playlist and pause a song in that playlist my iPod will not let me get out of that playlist I am forced to listen to every song on the playlist and once it is done then I am able to navigate through the iPod. How can I resolve this issue?

My parents were digging through some stuff looking for something and found an old, classic iPod. I'd like to get the music off of it (I use a small mp3 player, so ideally I'd just take the music off and download it onto my own device). The problem is that it's been sitting in a box for probably around 7 or 8 years, and it's got a 'very low battery' screen and won't charge (as in, I left it for twelve hours, and no dice). Searching around, I was able to put it into disk mode, but the 'restore iPod' that gives you would put it back in factory mode...presumably meaning the loss of all the music on it, even though it would probably fix the device. What are my options here? Is it even possible to do what I want at this point? Thanks!

I have an **iPod Classic 120GB model A1238** (Everymac.com ) that I'd like to ebay. I discovered how to perform a **restore** both with and without a Mac. However, afterward my name still appears in the device's UI — "Nafine's iPod". How can I ensure that all personal data is erased and overwritten, or as they say "wiped?"

My Father's iPod (classic) has all of his music arranged and named perfectly. However, his iTunes is not in sync with his iPod, as his computer hard drive was damaged, and all of his iTunes data lost. Because of this, we have not been able to back up the iPod, and if it is damaged, he will have to rename thousands of songs again. Is there a way to sync the music from his iPod **to** his iTunes, or any other possible way to backup the iPod data?

I tried to install Rockbox on my 6th generation iPod Classic using the Rockbox utility from [this](https://files.freemyipod.org/~user890104/bootloader-ipodclassic.html) page. When I get to the step of rebooting the iPod, it just turned off, and now it doesn't turn on. I´ve tried to turn it on pressing Select + Menu, but nothing happens. I think it is bricked. How can I fix it?

I've started diagnosis mode on my iPod Classic and went to SMART DATA. This basically means th iPod runs in disk mode as an external hard drive and is connected to a windows pc. I’m unable to research these data points and don’t know what they mean: Retracts: 58 Reallocs: 16376 Pending Sectors: 0 PowerOn Hours: 643 Start/Stops: 8781 Temp Current: 34C Temp: Min 14C Temp: Max 56C When I load more than 2GB of songs onto it, it loads up the software and then it sipmly says "no songs" on the screen, even when itunes shows that some memory is occupied Can any of this explain what’s wrong with my iPod?