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iPod Touch not Mounting in Leopard / Syncing

2008 January 23rd
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iPod TouchSo, I finally ditched Tiger and went for the newness that is Leopard – not without its problems which I will explain in another post. My problem? My shiny iPod touch won’t mount / sync or even be recognised by iTunes – it charges but that’s it (and I suspect the charging is down to USB not iTunes). What to do – fix it like this.

Fixing iPod Mounting Problems under Leopard

  1. Open up your Applications directory (Command / Shift / A) and put iTunes into the Trash Can.
  2. Go to Folder (Apple / Shift / G) and enter “/System/Library/Extensions” (without the quotes), find AppleMobileDevice.kext and put that in the trash as well.
  3. Again – go to folder (Apple / Shift / A) and enter “/Library/Receipts” (minus quotes), find AppleMobileDeviceSupport.pkg and put that in the trash to.
  4. Empty the trash (and keep fingers crossed!!)
  5. Point your browser at www.apple.com/itunes and grab the latest copy, install and eureka, it’s fixed!

Even if you have loads of music on your mac, it shouldn’t make any difference as your library is stored in Music – I’ve got about 10,000 songs and everything works as normal including iPod Syncing!!!

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12 comments to...
“iPod Touch not Mounting in Leopard / Syncing”
Agonyrant
February 2nd, 2008

Had the same problem and just used your step by step to fix it. Worked a treat. Cheers


Mutley Jobsworth
March 19th, 2008

Thanks for this, Fixed my problem 1st time!


Darren Cornwell
March 25th, 2008

No problems – glad it helped.


Dane
June 11th, 2008

Hurray! …and THANK YOU. Just as terrific of a fix in 10.5.3.


Anke
June 24th, 2008

Thanks a lot – that did it for me. Saved me from growing grey hair over that stupid bug as well. ;-)


Diego
August 12th, 2008

Thank you, but one thing – after i restart my computer, i have the same problem all over again.PLEASE help!!


Darren Cornwell
August 12th, 2008

@Diego – What version of Tiger are you using? As far as I know this fix works on all versions – if you have followed the instructions and it is still not working a search of the Apple Discussions forums would probably be your next port of call.


AP
October 21st, 2008

Thanks a lot for this, greatly appreciated!


Diego
December 26th, 2008

Wow. Forgot I had posted here, I can’t remember what I did to fix this, I think I redid the steps and it worked. Was running leopard not tiger. Formatted my hard drive to leopard again, and had the same problem. I remembered I had done something to fix it, but I couldnt find the place where I found the fix. Wow- what a coincidence, found the same post 4 months later.


Kevin Knox
February 8th, 2009

Amazing, 5 minutes – all done. Thank You so much!


Jeff
May 13th, 2009

Exact same problem and your solution fixed it. Thanks a ton.


Callum Costello
July 12th, 2009

Many thanks my son is a happy boy!!!:)




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