How to fix an iPod not syncing with macOS Ventura
If you’re still playing old school with your iPod, syncing might be a problem.It still works, but you might need to tweak it a bit.Here’s what to try if your iPod won’t sync with macOS Ventura.
Advertisement
No, ipod.ipod.Music player, not a tablet.We are talking about devices that Apple has long stopped selling and has long forgotten, but which should work fine.
Just in case “unknown bug” isn’t helpful enough, the same message will also list the specific bug number: 25170. Don’t bother looking, the nearest translation means “unknown bug”.
Instead, you can wait for Apple to fix this in a future release of macOS Ventura, or possibly some future version of the upcoming macOS Sonoma.And hopefully the company does – this particular bug seems to be hanging around, but it’s far from Apple’s first sync issue.
More helpful, at least in the short term, is that there is a workaround that appears to fix the issue, at least for some affected users.
Advertisement
Please note that you must find this file in this way.You can’t just use Spotlight to search for, say, “AMPDeviceDiscoveryAgent”.
Once you launch it, you can reconnect your iPhone to your Mac.It’s not a fact that this workaround will solve the problem for everyone, but for some, it definitely solves it.