trouble syncing/loading music from macbook catalina to ipod classic

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trouble syncing/loading music from macbook catalina to ipod classic

ever since i upgraded my macbook to catalina, i have had so much trouble loading/syncing new music from it to my classic ipod. i will buy a song from amazon or itunes or will load a song from an old cd. when i try to put it on my ipod, it doesn't work by just dragging it to the ipod icon. i find myself dragging it all over, to my desktop & then the icon, clicking it multiple times, deleting it & reloading it, etc. anyone else have this problem? can anyone give me easy instructions for putting new music on my classic ipod via my macbook with catalina?

MacBook Pro 15", OS X 10.11

Posted on Apr 12, 2020 9:57 AM

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turingtest2

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Apr 12, 2020 1:44 PM in response to bigstimpycat

See Sync your iPhone, iPad, or iPod using your computer - Apple Support. Personally I found I had to restore my Windows formatted iPod classic before it would play nice with Catalina.

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bigstimpycat Author

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Apr 12, 2020 1:47 PM in response to turingtest2

thanks for the thought, the ipod actually made me reset it a couple of months ago (which erased all the music on it) & then i had to reload all the music from backup files which went fine (although it took a while). the trouble is now when i try to add a new song or album.