iPod connected via firewire hangs iBook

[TarableCode]

I have an iPod 3rd gen with clickwheel that hangs Finder when it's plugged in.

If I start with extensions off Mac OS will see the disk as uninitialized but freeze on "Creating directory..."

I don't have any other firewire devices I can test it with so I'm not sure exactly what is wrong here, it connects fine by USB to my main Mac machine.

I did replace the broken HDD with a compactflash card and adapter, might that be the cause?

 

[rsolberg]

Do you see the same behaviour if you connect the iPod to the iBook with USB? On your main Mac, can you confirm the iPod is formatted as "Mac" and not "PC." You could also try turning off iPod disk mode using iTunes on your main Mac, then connecting to the iBook again to see if the freeze is related to disk mounting or just connecting the iPod.

 

[TarableCode]

I'm only able to restore it on a Windows PC with a Windows format.

My Mac tells me that I MUST connect it via firewire which I do not have.

Plugging the Windows formatted iPod into the iBook via USB shows the disk being in use, but Finder shows nothing and iTunes sees nothing.

Plugging it in via FireWire causes all the icons on the desktop to disappear and the iBook to freeze.

 

[rsolberg]

Ahhh. Can you verify it has the latest firmware installed via your Windows PC? I remember my 20GB clickwheel being problematic with USB on a tray loading iMac with the original firmware. I didn't ever try using it under classic Mac OS though. If it's the same model as this, it apparently requires Mac OS X 10.1.5 or later: http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/ipod/specs/ipod_4thgen.html

 

[TarableCode]

Looks like it's the same for my iPod as well, kind of a shame since OSX doesn't run well enough on my iBook to justify the lack of apps.

 

[TarableCode]

I installed 10.3 and it's just sitting in iTunes with the spinning beach ball icon.

I don't know if I can be arsed to get a real HDD for the iPod or just say screw it and not use it with the iBook at all.

e:

System profiler will eventually read the iPod but it takes a long time.

e2:

Disk utility has been spinning a beach ball trying to format it for the past 10 minutes or so.

 

[rsolberg]

That's really weird. I haven't done a CF swap on a full sized iPod before. I've done it on a number of iPod minis- they have a MicroDrive, so a CF card can be used as a direct replacement, no adapter necessary.