# So my ipod won't upload with my hd **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [January 14, 2007, 11:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-my-ipod-wont-upload-with-my-hd/23028 "2007-01-14T11:05:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Coldaccord](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/coldaccord/32/7272_2.png) [@Coldaccord](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Coldaccord)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2007, 11:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-my-ipod-wont-upload-with-my-hd/23028/1 "2007-01-14T11:05:15Z")
I havea 160gig external that I have all my music on. I plugged it in and pasted all my songs into itunes. itunes only plays the songs when the hd is in, which is fine. I don’t want them taking up space on my laptops harddrive but when I plug my ipod into my itunes when the external harddrive is in there, it doesn’t upload the songs. the ipod doesnt even come up on the itunes. what do I do? ---
**Author:** ![Coldaccord](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/coldaccord/32/7272_2.png) [@Coldaccord](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Coldaccord)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2007, 11:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-my-ipod-wont-upload-with-my-hd/23028/2 "2007-01-14T11:47:16Z")
ok it finally works. i don’t get it though. it only recognizes my ipod like 1 out of every 10 times. what’s the deal? ---
**Author:** ![87FOXGT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ecd19e/32.png) [@87FOXGT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/87FOXGT)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2007, 11:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-my-ipod-wont-upload-with-my-hd/23028/3 "2007-01-14T11:50:29Z")
maybe a shitty cable? thats weird ---
**Author:** ![dirtye30](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dirtye30/32/7333_2.png) [@dirtye30](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dirtye30)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2007, 12:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-my-ipod-wont-upload-with-my-hd/23028/4 "2007-01-14T12:09:45Z")
technology\>you or so it seems… cameras, ipods… lol ---
**Author:** ![ILCisDEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2007, 12:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-my-ipod-wont-upload-with-my-hd/23028/5 "2007-01-14T12:43:21Z")
could be something to do with the chipset drivers… usb can act funny some times… does it load the ipod everytime on someone elses computer? or is it the same thing as it is on your computer… also does it do the same thing when JUST then ipod is plugged in ---
**Author:** ![Supraman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/supraman/32/7307_2.png) [@Supraman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Supraman)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2007, 12:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-my-ipod-wont-upload-with-my-hd/23028/6 "2007-01-14T12:48:16Z")
do you have the newest version of itunes and firmware for your ipod? i had that issue before… all else fails check [apple.com](http://apple.com) for the faq section ---
**Author:** ![ILCisDEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2007, 12:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-my-ipod-wont-upload-with-my-hd/23028/7 "2007-01-14T12:50:02Z")
you shouldn’t have to have the newest version of itunes, as a matter of fact you don’t even have to have itunes ---
**Author:** ![Supraman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/supraman/32/7307_2.png) [@Supraman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Supraman)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2007, 12:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-my-ipod-wont-upload-with-my-hd/23028/8 "2007-01-14T12:51:28Z")
> [@ILCisDEAD](#): > > you shouldn’t have to have the newest version of itunes, as a matter of fact you don’t even have to have itunes true, but when my firmware was outdated my computer wouldnt recognize my ipod… ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ryanmcell/32/7510_2.png) [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2007, 12:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-my-ipod-wont-upload-with-my-hd/23028/9 "2007-01-14T12:56:29Z")
> [@ILCisDEAD](#): > > could be something to do with the chipset drivers… usb can act funny some times… does it load the ipod everytime on someone elses computer? > > or is it the same thing as it is on your computer… > > also does it do the same thing when JUST then ipod is plugged in I agree, mine was being weird with this. I had to do a bunch of funky things to get my shuffle to work.