I just got a 4th Gen. 40G. I used ipod's software to update & restore.
Then I initialized using MC10.150 (& later 10.153).
Neither synchronizing nor drag & drop work. I can't get anything to transfer to the ipod using MC.
After a minute or so after clicking OK for synch or transfer to handheld (I've tried both with the same results), I get a small box that says "h" in the left corner, and it contains a red "x" in the middle. I "x" out of the box u sing the x in the upper right corner. Then MC sits there, still saying in the "action window" area "handlold pro..." and "uploading [song name]" but nothing is happening. I click "cancel" but nothing happens, except it says "cancelling". If I then click the "action window" and then "handheld pro..." it says "no handhled available" even though the ipod still shows up on the "green arrow" (in the safely remove hardware area of windows xp) and it shows up under the "drives & devices" list, in fact clicking on the ipod device (drive "h" in this case) shows the song to be transferred with the status of "in queue" and the handheld path as "h:\" (which seems wrong to me).
When I close & reopen MC10.153, the ipod does not show up in the "device & drives" list unless I detach and reattach the ipod.
[Edit - iTunes transfers music, at least the few songs I tried to test it, and plays them so the iPod seems OK]
Am I doing something wrong or did the 4th gen. ipods change the file or some other feature rendering MC not compatible?
Thanks,
Steve