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ipod forgotten, but not gone
Authored by: hooperw on Mar 03, '06 07:05:06PM

In reply to the last post, the eject options in disktool or diskutil (either one) will unmount the ipod and detach it from /dev/disk?s?, so you can pull it out of the cradle. I have the 'disktool -e' command in my backup script, and it *usually* works fine.

There is an odd problem that occurs, though, if you eject an ipod (from disktool, diskutil, or iTunes) without taking it out. The ipod sits in the cradle, charging happily, as long as your Mac is awake, and even after it goes to sleep.

If you wake up your Mac with an ejected iPod still in the cradle, though, the iPod goes into a twilight zone. The iPod dislay warns "Do not disconnect," but there's no iPod icon on the desktop, and neither disktool nor diskutil can find the device. I can get my iPod back on the desktop within iTunes, but I really want a command-line tool to rescan the firewire port and remount the ipod and/or eject it properly.

Any help would be appreciated.



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