That was a good thought, and it turns out my iPod was running 1.2 firmware so I had iTunes upgrade it to 1.2.1. But nothing has changed; MC11 can still recognize it, but MC12 completely ignores it.
Could there be some interaction between my MC11 and my MC12 installations that's causing this? Or any other ideas???
Sorry the update didn't take care of it.
As far as MC11 interfering with MC12's ability to see the iPod, all I can say is that it seems like this "shouldn't" be an issue -- the two programs should be independent of each other. That said, it's an interesting theory, and it might be worth a try to uninstall BOTH versions of MC, then just reinstall MC12. Something is amiss, and it could be a problem with the installation somewhere, which can happen from time to time.
Also, did you try uninstalling and re-installing MC12? I've never had any issues with MC12 recognizing iPods, but I have a 3G, a 4G click wheel, and a 5G video, none of which is the iPod Photo, so if there was an issue with the iPod "Photo" model, I wouldn't know about it.
Does the iPod show up in MC's "Drives and Devices" branch? If so, can you initialize it there?
Larry