My MBP is updated. I plugged in my iPod Classic (7th Gen) and opened Finder. I see my iPod and click it, then click restore. It says "Restoring iPod Classic" at the bottom of the screen along with a loading bar that I suppose it to measure progress, however, no progress occurs. Near the top of the screen is says "Your Mac is restoring the software on this iPod." I left the computer on all night and nothing has changed. No progress.
Thank you for your help! I tried the Reformat option and erased my iPod with Disk Utility. I was attempting to restore it when this issue came up. I am now trying the DFU Restore. And I am having the same issue. The image is what I see. It has been like this for hours. Is it possible that this will take several hours? What am I missing?
Restoring an iPod classic should be a matter of minutes not hours. A large library might take hours to reload onto the device. This might be one of those occasions when it is worth using another computer using a different version of Music/Finder or iTunes to restore the device.
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Retracts: 0
Reallocs: 80
Pending Sectors: 0
PowerOn Hours: 112
Start/Stops: 220
Temp: Current 31C
Temp: Min 21C
TempL Max 54C
Stats are generally OK although the max. temp ideally would never go above 50C. You might try the reformat or DFU restore options from the user tip.
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Can't Restore iPod Classic 7th Generation
