iTunes 7.7 problem with 2nd gen iPod Shuffle - a podcast by ApocD

Note: This post will be of interest only if you have a second generation iPod shuffle.

A couple of nights ago, I went out for a run with my iPod shuffle. When I hit the play button, the light flashed green-orange-green-orange several times and then stopped. I reset it (turned it off and then on), but it still did the same thing. I assumed the battery was dead, brought it back inside, and took my wife's Nano on the run instead.

Last night, after the Shuffle had been charging for most of the day, I once again planned to use it while running. Again, when I hit play, it flashed green and orange. I connected it (iTunes recognized it fine) and noticed that under the Shuffle in iTunes there was a new podcast folder. I deleted it, synced the Shuffle, and still got the flashing green and orange.

Next, I tried to restore the Shuffle. I got a message saying it had been restored and that I should wait for it to appear in iTunes, but it never appeared so I disconnected. Once again, I got the flashing green and orange.

Several people have been having this problem with iTunes 7.7, and I'd heard that restoring worked. The only thing left to do was to restart my mac. When I'd installed 7.7, I hadn't restarted, so I thought that might have been the problem. I restarted, restored the Shuffle, and now it works fine. So, my advice is restart your mac after you update iTunes. I thought it was supposed to automatically do that, but I guess not.

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