I really enjoy my iPod, but it’s hardly perfect. Here are my top troubleshooting tips.
- Open iTunes before trying to sync your iPod with your desktop. It usually works if you plug in your iPod before opening iTunes, but you can’t count on it.
- If you can’t get iTunes to recognize your iPod after several attempts, reboot your desktop and try again.
- When your iPod is locked up, you can reboot it by holding the middle and top (menu) buttons down at the same time for maybe 10 seconds.
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John Venier 09.02.08 at 16:46
That reminds me of a guy I saw who credentialed himself as a Microsoft Certified Angry OS Rebooter. Although Microsoft Certified Rebooter is probably more accurate in most peoples’ cases and shorter, too. On the other hand four-letter Microsoft Certification acronyms seem to be the most popular, so how about MCRS or Microsoft Certified Reboot Suggester?
Years ago a colleague asked me how long I usually microwaved frozen burritos — the question struck me as absurd since I simply reheated them until they were hot. This led me to postulate a Universal Microwave Recipe — “Heat until hot” — which applies to any virtually anything one might care to microwave.
So along those lines I suppose the Universal Technical Troubleshooting Procedure would be “Reboot” or maybe “Reboot everything”. This is the recommended procedure also when I call about my DSL connection or problems with my satelite TV receiver.
Clift Norris 09.05.08 at 10:10
Many of my grandmother’s old recipes concluded with “cook until done”.
John Venier 09.05.08 at 12:00
Yes, and I am amused by how many recipes end with “bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes or until done”. For the other side see the Larousse Gastronomique. At least the parts I read were more like crib sheets than recipes. But full of lots of crazy food and trivia.
ipod troubleshooting 03.13.09 at 16:57
It’s worth adding that if your iPod refuses to go into Disk Mode and you hear a noticeable clicking sound, it’s likely a faulty hard drive. If the unit is a Fourth Gen, however, the problem might just be corrosion on the HDD cable and will need cleaned periodically. Good luck & I hope this helps.
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