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3rdigraphix
12-05-2003, 10:26 AM
I just got a 3rd generation ipod with the dock connector and it's great. I had TWO defective 1st gen. models before I got this one and they made very good & neccesary improvements.

Anyway, my question is this: I am using 3rd gen. ipod on a powerbook g3 with OS 9.2-even though when I bought the new model it says it only works on OS 10 and higher. In addition, I am still using itunes 2.x or whatever on my computer.

Needless to say, the ipod still works and shows up in my itunes window, BUT not before it gives me a strange error message about needing to update my ipod & itunes software, which I have to cancel out of every time I connect the ipod to my computer.

I haven't had any problems connecting/transfering songs outside of the miniscule error message I listed above until just recently. Every now and then it won't show up on the desktop or in my itunes window at all and my computer just freezes.

It got a little frustrating until I looked at the date & time on my computer & my ipod and they were both completely out of wack. (Powerbook G3s apparently get the date & time messed up in between every other restart!)

Does the date & time of the ipod & the computer itself have anything at all to do with problems/conflicts with eachother?

StuartD
12-20-2003, 01:11 PM
It's not a memory problem, by any chance? My iTunes was up to the max preferred memory setting and when I plugged iPod in, machine was crashing. I increased iTunes' preferred memory setting!

NB: see my post entitled "Wish me luck"... thanks for your tips!