upgrading OS for Ipod to connect

snaps · 08-01-2006 04:38PM #1

Hi, I am writing this for a friend as he has a Mac and has just got an I Pod for Xmas. He cannot get it to connect Via USB to his mac and he has been told he has to upgrade is OS for this to work. He has been told that it will cost him about €75 to do this. Is this correct or is there anything that can be done to avoid this extra cost? I do not know anything about Macs as I am a pc man.

uncle_sam_ie · 08-01-2006 04:52PM

What OS does he have now and what kind of Mac does he own?

snaps · 08-01-2006 07:24PM

Hope this makes sense, an I mac, OS x 1, the first one???

Gordon · 08-01-2006 07:27PM

Strange, I thought OS 10.1 would manage the iPod. Has he got the install disks working and iTunes? Also does his computer have a firewire port - the iPod should have come with a firewire cable also.

snaps · 08-01-2006 08:03PM

ill pass this on, many thanks. Like I said I no nothing at all about macs, So I am no help to the poor fella.

snaps · 08-01-2006 08:04PM

Oh, I know he has i tunes working. Buts its the connection via usb he seems to be struggling with. The mac will not connect to the i pod

stupefly · 08-01-2006 08:07PM

Tell him to use the other cable he was given. It's a firewire cable.
If it's the same as my ipod then the cable connecting the plug (in the wall) to the dock the ipod sits in is a firewire one. Disconnect that from the plug and the dock and use it to connect the ipod to the computer. How old is the computer?

SouperComputer · 08-01-2006 08:32PM

*scratches head to think of machines without firewire shipped with 10.1*

Karoma · 08-01-2006 08:39PM

OS X v10.1.5 (Or later) is required for iTunes (v4) AFAIK.
What was the upgrade offer exactly?

I'd suggest trying alternative software..

uncle_sam_ie · 08-01-2006 09:41PM

snaps wrote:

Hope this makes sense, an I mac, OS x 1, the first one???

Ya, a Mac running OS X 1.0 or Puma will need to be up graded to work a new video iPod. The new 5G iPods no longer suport firewire, so he'll have to use the USB port which is probably a USB 1 seeing he's got an older Mac. USB 1 will work, but it's going to be slow. He was told €75 for the a new OS, well that sounds like OS X 3 Panther which should be ok. If he uses his Mac a lot and uses it to go online then he really should upgrade anyway. Tiger is the latest OS and thats around €129. What kind of Mac does he own a G3 or G4?

Gordon · 08-01-2006 11:17PM

The new iPods don't support Firewire? That sucks.

rainbow kirby · 09-01-2006 12:50AM

Gordon wrote:

The new iPods don't support Firewire? That sucks.

Quoted for truth.
*strokes Firewire*

snaps · 09-01-2006 09:34AM

Thanks I think he will have to take the plunge and upgrade to the latest OS. Thanks for all of your help, He has just read your posts here at work.

Ernesto · 11-01-2006 10:09PM

Yeah, Apple lost the Licensing for Firewire for their iPods. All ipods are now USB, even for Macs.

gay

alastair · 15-01-2006 12:03PM

Ernesto wrote:

Yeah, Apple lost the Licensing for Firewire for their iPods.

Eh... Apple owns the Firewire licensing rights, having developed the technology in the first place.

upgrading OS for Ipod to connect

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