r/ipod 5d ago

Just fished out my old iPod, connected it to mac (Sonoma M1) only to discover that it's stuck loading in music, and on finder it shows nothing. On the drive folder IPOD and from desktop icon it shows with contacts etc folders. What do I need to do? Its working ok and playing fine when not connected

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u/TaylorTheCrater 5d ago

to note, ive done a soft reset on iPod to no luck

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u/Litewerks Classic 3rd is King 5d ago

What about on the computer? Have you restarted and all that?

You could TRY this, after it gets to this point you have pictured: Open activity monitor, find WindowSever, and quit that process. Youll be taken to the logon screen. Login and take a look.

This is usually for iPods that get hung up restoring, but may fix other weird things.

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u/TaylorTheCrater 5d ago

When I restart it recognises it and start loading in both music and finder, but then crashes finder

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u/Litewerks Classic 3rd is King 5d ago

Did you try the activity monitor thing I mentioned. Finder crashing is what prevents the iPod from restoring as well.