Over night, iTunes 9.2.1 slipped out, updating Apple’s jukebox software with a slew of bug fixes, changes and tweaks. We’ve rounded up the most prominent of them below but the big question is: does the iTunes 9.2.1 update fix those ongoing iPod classic syncing problems? If you’ve been frustrated in the past, has Apple now ended your woe?

Reports of iTunes 9.2 problems centered around syncing issues with the iPod classic. It’s an issue that’s been plaguing owners since iTunes 9 arrived before Christmas. With a raft of fixes including the promise that it “addresses a performance issue when first syncing to some devices with iTunes 9.2”, does iTunes 9.2.1 finally end iPod classic owners’ frustration? Tell us in the comments.

Besides the potential of an iPod classic fix, iTunes 9.2.1 adds the ability to organise apps into folders in iOS 4 directly from iTunes and makes it easier to sort and sync PDF documents as books to iBooks. It’ll kill off incompatible third-party plug-ins, get rid of some errors with dragging and dropping items within iTunes and apparently smooth out some speed issues.

We’ve become used to iTunes updates introducing new issues while they fix old ones. If you’ve already grabbed the iTunes 9.2.1 update, let us know what you make of it below.

Out now | £free | Apple

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  • Septicstumpen

    still no fix for me ,almost given up now !

  • JBM

    Sadly no, my crappy 80gb classic still freezes while syncing. I think I will just get a small mp3 flash player, because the apple classics are to slow and laggy. Also, the apple ipod touch is never affordable. :, (

  • drail

    So Apple didn't do anything, but I stumbled across a solution that worked for me. Simply force your ipod classic in disk mode, plug it in and sync with itunes.

    To force disk mode, hold down the menu and center button until you see the apple logo, then hold down the play/pause and center button until it says it is in disk mode.

    I have a 160 GB ipod classic, black for what it matters, and am running Windows 7 home premium on my Acer TimelineX 5820T

    Hope it works for you!

  • Christine

    Hate it so far. I can't play from my iTunes library — it plays one song, and then stops. Shuffle doesn't work, advancing to the next song doesn't work — just causes the song to stop playing. I'm going back to an old version

  • Cre8tive

    it just says “iPod Syncing, Do Not Disconnect” then freezes, and no fix in 3 months, Wow. good job apple

    • ss

      I would love to hear if iTunes 10 fixes this problem.

  • Sarah

    I updated my Class 80GB today, 18 Nov, and now I cannot sync. Also strange things were going on. Itunes was running really slow and then kept freezing. In the end I had to reboot my system 3 times. Does anyone know what is going on. Also, should I uninstall and reinstall. Having read some of the comments it appears this doesn't resolve the issues. Thanks for any help you can give me.

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