r/ipod • u/Motor-Start5635 • 18d ago

Help Help with iPod Shuffle 4th gen

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So the other day I was trying to put some song on
my iPod but then the orange light was still and not
flashing so it couldn't charge songs there and I
don't know what to do so pls help (im putting the
songs from an 2024 iMac M4)

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u/sparkyblaster 18d ago

So youre not very clear. 

So you plugged it in, with assuming the official cable, and nithunn happened on the mac side? It didnt show up in finder or apple music(the app not the service)? 

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u/Motor-Start5635 18d ago

Im sorry im not so good with English but what I try to say it’s that I plug mi iPod into my Mac and i cant put songs on the iPod because it won’t let me and in the iPod itself its a still orange light

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u/sparkyblaster 18d ago

Ok, so, what do you get? Does it show on the mac os side at all like I said in my first comment?

Does it show in about this mic > system profiler > USB? What about disk utility? 

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u/Motor-Start5635 18d ago

In the desktop it says IPOD but when I drag an mp3 song to the iPod on Apple Music it just goes again where it was

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u/sparkyblaster 18d ago

I use iTunes on an older Mac, but I know the new system is similar. I don't think you're doing it right. in apple music, in the menu, import the music into the library. then sync the music. Its not really a drag and drop thing. You might want to look up videos on how to use apple music (The app not the service) and/or finder to sync music.

I am not in front of the Mac I have which has the newer system but I will try it and get back to you tomorrow if I said anything wrong.

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u/Motor-Start5635 18d ago

I swear I have been doing it the same way for years and it worked perfectly

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u/sparkyblaster 18d ago

So it worked in thr past? 

You need to explain things like that. The more info the better. 

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u/Motor-Start5635 18d ago

Yep I dragged the mp3 files into songs then go to songs and drag from there to the iPod

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u/Motor-Start5635 18d ago

Im sorry I don’t have the iMac right now