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iTunes for Windows Breaking Older iPods

Posted by Cliff on from the danger-will-robinson! dept.

evil_liam asks: "In our office we've been running an older 5gb iPod with both Macs and PC's (using Xplay), but when we installed iTunes for the PC the iPod stopped working. Songs and playlists transfer over fine, and you can see them and play them in iTunes, but you can't listen to them on the iPod, itself. It shows the song details and so forth, but skips through the tracks, playing 0 seconds of each one until it finishes. This only applies to tracks added since iTunes was installed. No amount of reformatting, or rolling back firmware seems to work. When I called Apple, they stated that they simply don't support the use of the older Mac iPods on PC's and are not responsible, even though they admit that it was their own software that caused this. We're not alone, see this thread at Apple. I'm not quite suggesting that this was deliberate, but they are aware of it and don't seem to care." Does anyone have ideas on possible fixes for the afflicted iPods?

11 of 683 comments (clear)

  1. Apple approved fix by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Buy a newer iPod.

    1. Re:Apple approved fix by Kethinov · · Score: 5, Funny

      Better fix: don't use Windows.

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      You're right, I wouldn't steal a car. But if it were possible, I sure as hell would download one!
    2. Re:Apple approved fix by sulli · · Score: 5, Funny

      Even better fix: Don't use anything. Go back to vinyl for that warm, fuzzy, buttery sound.

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      sulli
      RTFJ.
    3. Re:Apple approved fix by morelife · · Score: 5, Funny

      Buy a newer iPod.
      -anonymous slashdot coward

      Buy a newer iPod. Sucker.
      -S. Jobs

      Buy a newer iPod. Sucker.
      -B. Gates

      Apple's DRM is illegal and unconstitutional. Buying a newer iPod will not remove the infraction.
      -D. McBride

    4. Re:Apple approved fix by Xel · · Score: 3, Funny

      Sure, I'll bring a record player along next time I go jogging. Will you follow behind me unspooling the extension cord?

      --
      "Eagles may soar, but weasels dont get sucked into jet engines."
  2. Apple always said... by KirkH · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...that the iTunes store was a way to sell more iPods. Now we see what they meant! :)

  3. My opinion.. by cK-Gunslinger · · Score: 3, Funny


    Penny Arcade

    eBay it and get a walkman. =P

    1. Re:My opinion.. by dark_panda · · Score: 4, Funny

      Addendum to that opinion

      J

  4. Re:Err WTFark are you spewing forth? by bnenning · · Score: 3, Funny
    OR I can spend $499 for OSX 10.3


    Sure, if you felt like tipping the Apple Store guys $370.

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    How to solve most of our problems: 1.Lots of nuclear plants. 2.Cure aging.
  5. Re:I call bullshit by BigRedFish · · Score: 5, Funny

    Windows gays up firewire drives

    Yes, but after it does so, the firewire drive is tastefully decorated and sports a colorful rainbow sticker.

  6. Flamebait??? by BigRedFish · · Score: 3, Funny

    The parent used "gay" as a synonym for "broken." THAT's flamebait. I riff a lighthearted joke to call it out, and I get modded flamebait?

    Wait a sec... Apple hardware has impeccable aesthetics, the logo has a rainbo... oh, crap. If I read it that way I'd have modded myself a troll.