Ipod question

[Shugardrawers]

I downloaded some iTunes and it's been saying forever "do not disconnect" but the library says at the top that the iPod has been synced. I mean we're talking over an hour it's been doing this. I tried resetting it even. Same thing. Any guesses what happened. Am I going to toast it if I disconnect it from my computer?

 

[becka]

It will always say that. You have to 'Eject' your Ipod to safely disconnect. In ITunes under one of the menus (can't remember which one) there will be the command to Eject and then the message will go away.

 

[mandy200587]

you need to disconnect it from the computer itself. on your itunes there should be an eject button.

 

[kaw1218]

I downloaded some iTunes and it's been saying forever "do not disconnect" but the library says at the top that the iPod has been synced. I mean we're talking over an hour it's been doing this. I tried resetting it even. Same thing. Any guesses what happened. Am I going to toast it if I disconnect it from my computer?

ok....hang on a minute I'll send you a message

 

[Cool-Beans]

Mine has never gone that long saying "Do Not Disconnect." Do you charge it on the computer (could it be charging)? Did you hit the little eject thingy?

I'm no help. Good luck.

 

[momrek06]

It will always say that. You have to 'Eject' your Ipod to safely disconnect. In ITunes under one of the menus (can't remember which one) there will be the command to Eject and then the message will go away.

YUP, the whole time my IPOD is in the cradle it continues to say DO NOT DISCONNECT.... but I have had my IPOD for almost 2 years and it is fine when it is all charged and I actually then remove it from its cradle!!

 

[diznygirl]

They are right - you need to EJECT the iPod first - there is a little eject icon next to the iPod name on your iTunes.

Hope these messages got to you in time - disconnecting without ejecting first is a big no-no.

 

[1Prince2Princesses]

Did you get it, Shug?

 

[Amity 3]

the 'do not disconnect' means exactly that, it's not finished synching. you can manually eject it, but you run the risk of corrupting files.

make sure you have the latest ipod and itunes updates. when working properly, an ipod shouldn't hand on the 'do not disconnect' screen.

 

[MichelleVW]

the 'do not disconnect' means exactly that, it's not finished synching. you can manually eject it, but you run the risk of corrupting files.

make sure you have the latest ipod and itunes updates. when working properly, an ipod shouldn't hand on the 'do not disconnect' screen.

Ours always say that until we hit the eject button.....

 

[Amity 3]

Ours always say that until we hit the eject button.....

it shouldn't, it should light the screen briefly and revert to the main menu. you then dismount the ipod at that point, ours do on our PC and our Macs.

hanging on the 'do not disconnect' screen isn't normal.

 

[Shugardrawers]

Normally, after it syncs it will go back to the main screen and then it's safe to disconnect. I have no idea what happened. I did manually eject from the menu and everything was fine. I don't seem to have lost or corrupted anything and it's working fine. Strange.

While I'm thinking of it, iTunes kind of sucks! Are there other, better ones out there? I just got this thing and I have no idea but there has to be more than what they have.

 

[Amity 3]

Normally, after it syncs it will go back to the main screen and then it's safe to disconnect. I have no idea what happened. I did manually eject from the menu and everything was fine. I don't seem to have lost or corrupted anything and it's working fine. Strange.

While I'm thinking of it, iTunes kind of sucks! Are there other, better ones out there? I just got this thing and I have no idea but there has to be more than what they have.

ipods only synch with itunes.

 

[MichelleVW]

it shouldn't, it should light the screen briefly and revert to the main menu. you then dismount the ipod at that point, ours do on our PC and our Macs.

hanging on the 'do not disconnect' screen isn't normal.

now you are making me want to go get the ipod out of the car to test it....

 

[mickeyfan2]

I never need to eject my IPOD. After the do not disconnect it goes into charge mode. After the charge is complete I just take it out. It has worked fine like this for over two years.

 

[Amity 3]

now you are making me want to go get the ipod out of the car to test it....

I got my first ipod four years ago, it synched the same way then.

 

[OK!]

Ours always say that until we hit the eject button.....

...as does mine, and it has for the year and a half I've had it. Before I eject it, I usually sync it one last time, then click the little "eject" icon that's to the right of the iPod name in the source list and wait for the iPod to either say "OK to disconnect" or for the main menu on the iPod to come up. Then it's safe to unplug it.

Dunno if this is a nano-specific issue or not; I know none of my other iPods ever displayed "Do not disconnect" endlessly unless something was wrong with them.

 

[swimer3]

My old iPod did that.
I left it in over night because it said do not disconnect, so i didn't.
and it never started again.

 

[OK!]

I should note that when I took my 1st nano back into Best Buy for other, unrelated problems I was having with it (bad memory, as it turned out), I asked them about the endless "do not disconnect" thing and they claimed it was because I'd set iTunes to manually manage my library, meaning I don't automatically sync my entire library to my iPod because it's too ridiculously big. I told them that I'd manually managed my library with my mini, too, and had never had it hang on "do not disconnect," but they insisted that that was the reason. I don't know if they were blowin' smoke or what, but at any rate, I've never had a problem with lost or corrupted files from manually ejecting my nano.

 

[Amity 3]

I should note that when I took my 1st nano back into Best Buy for other, unrelated problems I was having with it (bad memory, as it turned out), I asked them about the endless "do not disconnect" thing and they claimed it was because I'd set iTunes to manually manage my library, meaning I don't automatically sync my entire library to my iPod because it's too ridiculously big. I told them that I'd manually managed my library with my mini, too, and had never had it hang on "do not disconnect," but they insisted that that was the reason. I don't know if they were blowin' smoke or what, but at any rate, I've never had a problem with lost or corrupted files from manually ejecting my nano.

my library on all three computers is set to manage manually, that's not the problem.