iPod Video 5.5 30GB: 3.7.1: does not mounts with Mac OS X

[mzew]

Hi! Thanks for developing Rockbox. I'm using it 2 years already.
I updated recently to new version of Rockbox 3.7.1 I'm bit disappointed.
1. Its' name became "Apple Rockbox media player"
Product ID:   0x1209
  Vendor ID:   0x05ac  (Apple Inc.)
  Version:    1.00
  Serial Number:   100000000000A2700159F06BB
  Speed:   Up to 480 Mb/sec
  Manufacturer:   Rockbox.org
  Location ID:   0x26400000
  Current Available (mA):   500
  Current Required (mA):   500
So now my MacBookPro does not recognizes it, nor iTunes.
with windows it mounts well.

[LambdaCalculus]

Sounds like you have USB HID enabled. Disabling it will get OS X to see your iPod as a drive.

Go to Settings > General Settings > System > USB HID and set it to "No".

[mzew]

With USB HID enabled I can control iTunes. I knew that before and disabled USB HID already.
In VmWare Fusion my ipod appears as "Apple Rockbox media player", no longer "Apple Ipod"
If I connect it to Win7 running in vmware it mounts successfully.

[plx]

I have the same issue with an 80GB 5.5G and Rockbox 3.71 on Mac OS X 10.6.5 ... HID is disabled ... I have to boot into Apple firmware to transfer files, which is quite annoying. Mzew, have you been able to resolve this issue by now? Thanks ...

[jbrandtp]

I have similar problems. I got my 5.5 ipod to mount on my mac osx and started to copy files to it. After I had been transferring files in aprox 10 min. it stopped suddenly and the disk unmounted. I havn't been able to mount it again in OSX.

But it mounts fine in windows when I start my virtual machine (I'm running windows 7 in Parallel (virtual pc) on my mac).
So I managed to copy the rest of the files via the virtual windows, but it was quite unstable, because as soon as I returned to the mac-interface, windows would stop copying and I had to start over again.

all the best

jbrandtp

[iVinyl]

+1 

Ipod 5.5 80gb with 3.8 - with Mac OSX. Does not mount in OSX but mounts in XP (bootcamp drive)

[bluebrother]

Ipod 5.5 80gb with 3.8 - with Mac OSX. Does not mount in OSX but mounts in XP (bootcamp drive)

Have you disabled USB HID mode?

[kellanium]

Hey, i'm having the same problem with RB 3.8 on a 3G ipod (Yes i still have one) I look for the USB HID setting and i can't find it.

[bluebrother]

http://download.rockbox.org/daily/manual/rockbox-ipodmini1g/rockbox-buildch8.html#x11-1430008.5.7

From a quick look at the code it doesn't look like the 3G has Rockbox USB enabled at all which means it should reboot on USB connect. 4G and others do have Rockbox USB enabled, and thus also have a USB HID option.

[iVinyl]

With regard to 3.8 and a 5.5g - yes I have HID disabled. (I read the FAQ!) I have gone back to native OS for a spell. Apart from the mounting, I had several pregnant pauses and freezes which made me start to worry.