I enabled disk usage on it, then it mounted as a drive to my desktop, then I formatted it through disk utility. I transferred all my iTunes store purchased music, and this took half an hour or so, and they appeared on iTunes to transfer, but when I ejected it, the iPod showed nothing at all in music or anywhere else. Then I connected it, transferred my TV shows, and did the same thing---ejected, and there was nothing. It appears iTunes believes they are there, as when I reconnected to sync it doesn't want to do anything, it appears it's already in sync with my iTunes library. So, any idea what might have happened?
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iPod iPod Classic bricked? I formatted through disk utility
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Music added while an iPod is mounted as a drive do not show up in the iTunes interface on the iPod. You have to transfer the files via iTunes.
I did transfer through iTunes, after I formatted with Disk Utility. The two times I transferred (once for the movies/TV shows, the second time for the music) I did so with iTunes.
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So, I guess this leaves me to do the restore option through iTunes then, and then try to transfer them all over again. I didn't use the restore option through iTunes before, as I only did it manually through disk utility. We'll see, I'll post later and update my success or lack of. Thanks, folks.