Hey Beta-testers? Anyone synced an iPod Classic on Catalina?

[return2sendai]

Simple question:

IF (and its getting bigger everyday) I upgrade to Catalina, can I sync my iPod Classic without iTunes? All I'm hearing is iOS devices sync without iTunes. And my BELOVED iPod Classic?

Love

 

[colinwil]

Dunno about your iPod Classic. But I just successfully dusted off and synced my 1st gen iPod Nano.

It appeared in Finder as expected, and I was able to sync it from there.

ps. It's slightly flaky though, as most of the time it disconnect after its finished syncing. Finally I got it to stay alive long enough to uncheck the 'Automatically sync when this iPos is connected' checkbox(!)

pps... That flakiness could have been down to the dodgy 30-pin cable I was using - seems much better with a genuine Apple one...

 

[stiligFox]

I didn’t sync mine but my Classic did show up and all the options showed up as usual as if it were iTunes - proper icon and color of the iPod and everything should be all good to go!

 

[return2sendai]

All sounds promising. Thanks to everyone who contributes.

 

[Project Alice]

The iPod classic will sync. Here is a screenshot of my iPod Classic connected as well as my iPod Mini connected via FireWire.

 

[raindog308]

How does that work with managing video playlists?

That's a key feature of the iPod Classic which somehow never made it into iOS devices.

I use this feature heavily. Also, in iTunes I routinely change Home Video types to TV Show, etc. in order to sequence them properly on iOS...is that still possible?