Recently we reported on a string of complaints regarding iTunes 9 failing to play nice with the iPod Classic. And your comments continue to pour in, with some suggesting the issue isn’t limited to the old-school jukebox, with the iPod nano also struggling to play nice.
We’ve heard from a number of readers complaining about their iPod nano failing to sync with iTunes 9, or just taking an age to load itself up with tunes. Electricpig reader S van Scosyc told us, “iTunes 9 on my 6 month old MacBook is taking hours to sync to my 4GB 2nd gen Nano. This wasn’t a problem until iTunes 9 found its way onto my machine. No crashes or freezes, just treacle paced syncing.”
However, slow syncing isn’t the only problem, with others telling us of more serious errors. Reader island girl outlined her problems in detail, saying that since upgrading to iTunes 9 on her work PC, her fourth generation iPod nano erased itself and refused to restore her playlists and other files.
iTunes 9: iPod classic syncing issues persist
“I tried to restore but an error (1415) occurred,” she said. “I looked it up on the apple page it linked me to, I tried doing everything the page told me to do, even installing a bunch of .dll’s files, and nothing happened.” She goes on to say that downgrading to iTunes 8 has not worked either.
Electricpig reader Ed Cooke also says he’s had trouble getting his iPod nano to sync with iTunes 9. “iTunes gives me a message saying the, “folder does not exist and the iPod cannot sync”,” he said. He also claims that every time he’s updated iTunes over the past few years, it has caused problems. It’s his final comment, however, which will worry Cupertino most. “Apple is starting to remind me of Microsoft.”
We have asked Apple for further comment, so stay tuned for news as soon as we get it.
In the meantime, tell us if you’ve had trouble syncing your iPod nano with iTunes 9. Make sure you give us your exact model name and tell us in detail what the problem is and we’ll take your complaints to the top.
