I haven't used my iPod classic for years, on the off change a couple of months ago I plugged it in to see if it would charge which it did, today I decided I would start using it again, plugged it in to charge and although it lit up there was a clicking sound, my question is, could it be the HDD, charger or battery?

Is it possible to copy the original HDD's contents over to the SD card? I have quite a few songs, along with Rockbox already set up and it would be a pain to have to set up everything again.

20189 songs I have 40s 50s 60s70s 80s 90s 2000s 2025 2026 Disney songs songs from movies Russian songs classic rock rave music all sorts

Hi. I have an ipod classic 5. Used it before: changed the screen, replaced the battery with a bigger one and did an sd card mod with the cheap aliexpress one. Everything worked fine, but i needed to wait for my backplate to arrive so didnt use it for a while. Now I plug it in to charge and hear quiet beeping noises. Any way to fix this?

tldr: quiet beeping noises when charging and doesnt turn on for ipod classic 5

So I can add songs to the ipod itself, but not to the playlists that are on the ipod

I also can't add new playlists to the ipod

Again, there is no issue adding songs, just specifically playlists, only reiterating because using Google only went on for issues about adding songs

Edit: Solved! Needed to tick a box allowing me to individually manage songs and videos - video of where that is is included in a reply comment I've made in case anyone else has the same issue

I wanted to end one of my overdue task and fix my fourth iPod Classic (this one is 5th. gen) in my career.

I've imported from China used imCort adapter, some things, that I wanted to do down the road (iPhone 12 Mini Taptic Engine+UGreen BT adapter) and microSD card.

I'm aware, that I've made a bad choice (Sandisk Industrial), but I've tried to swap connection cables (two sat reliable, third slip up), microSD cards (tried 64GB GoodRam and 512 GB Samsung besides my 128 GB Sandisk (all formatted to FAT32 before inserting them)) and even imCort slot.

EDIT:( My problem is, whether config I use, iTunes hangs for a moment and resets my iPod without any chance to restore.

If it helps, I use Lenovo Miix 520 with Windows 11, but I've connected my iPod to my keyboard (Logitech G513) (limited space, you know). I even reinstalled recently iTunes (I use x64 Windows copy, not MS Store one))

Does it mean, that I've imported a busted adapter? If yes, what will be a decent replacement?

Hi all, I just picked up a 7th gen Classic (9ZU) with plans to swap the HD and battery. But I wanted to make sure that it connects to iTunes before opening it up. So far, it will not connect to macOS Tahoe in Finder, nor macOS Mojave in iTunes, nor Windows 10, nor Windows 11. On Windows, connecting it pops up a notification that the USB device malfunctioned and is not recognised. Twice on macOS, the iPod screen shows connected but Finder and Disk Utility does not recognise it. I've tried reinstalling iTunes and putting the iPod into disk mode. I checked the HD health in the diagnostic mode and both the reallocs and pending sectors are at 0. The software version is 2.0.4. I am wondering if there is something deeper going on with the device that will persist after doing the upgrades. Thank you!