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Old July 5th, 2008, 03:53 PM
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First Gen Nano stopped showing up on desktop

Anyone know why and know how I can fix it?

I have a G4 tower, using OS 10.4.11 and iTunes 7.6.2

I got back from vacation and plugged it back in and worked the first time but from then on it hasn't shown up on the desktop or on iTunes. It does show on the ipod that it is charged and the battery sign to show it's plugged in.

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Old July 5th, 2008, 04:40 PM
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Did you plug it back in the same place where you had it plugged in previously before the vacation? Does it show up at all in Disk Utility?
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The cord was still hooked up, I just took off the nano. I have it plugged into the monitor which has worked fine, I did try plugging it directly into the computer as well and didn't change. No it doesn't show on Dick Utility.
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Old July 5th, 2008, 11:13 PM
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The cord was still hooked up, I just took off the nano. I have it plugged into the monitor which has worked fine, I did try plugging it directly into the computer as well and didn't change. No it doesn't show on Dick Utility.
I would hope not!

(Just kidding...I've come close to making that typo before, believe you me... )

Anyways, you might have to see if you can restore the iPod to the factory settings. See if you can reset it by holding the center button and the MENU button together for a few seconds. Once it resets, try plugging it back in and see if it shows up.

For the record, I usually manually eject my 1st gen nano from iTunes, especially since I have it set to mount as a disk. If you're nano was set to do this and you just unplugged it, then that would explain why it's having problems mounting. Best thing to do is always manually eject it from iTunes before you disconnect it from the cable.
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I would hope not!

(Just kidding...I've come close to making that typo before, believe you me... )

Anyways, you might have to see if you can restore the iPod to the factory settings. See if you can reset it by holding the center button and the MENU button together for a few seconds. Once it resets, try plugging it back in and see if it shows up.

For the record, I usually manually eject my 1st gen nano from iTunes, especially since I have it set to mount as a disk. If you're nano was set to do this and you just unplugged it, then that would explain why it's having problems mounting. Best thing to do is always manually eject it from iTunes before you disconnect it from the cable.
Opps!

If I restore it will I loose all my songs?

To eject my nano i click the eject pic/button first then unplug every time.
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Anyone?

I don't want to restart and loose my songs.
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If you perform a "Restore" operation, then your iPod will be returned to the state it was in when it was brand-new (read: nothing at all on it).

It will not erase any music from your computer -- it will simply erase all music and settings from the iPod itself and return the iPod to a "factory" state.
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I only store the music on the nano, so don't want to loose the songs.

Any other idea on how to get it to show back on the desktop?

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