Martin's questions

I'm having no luck at all with this iPod Nano.

I've tried the following software:

• Banshee - The iPod shows up and files seem to be copied, but they don't show up on the iPod.
• Rhythmbox - Same as Banshee. Claims to sync but no files available on the iPod
• gPodder - At first it wouldn't even recognize the device even though I set the mount point and device type. After syncing one file to the iPod from iTunes on my mac it now behaves as Banshee and Rythmbox.
• gtkpod - Again: Copies the files but they are inacessible on the iPod.
• Hipo - Doesn't even recognize the iPod
• Amarok - What is this, I don't even...

So to summarize: After some fiddling I can get most of these apps to recognize the iPod and copy files to it, but they are not accessible on the iPod which sort of defeats the whole purpose.

Help me out here. My continued harmonic love life depends on it. (Yes, it's the girlfriends iPod and laptop)

I just installed 10.10 on my girlfriends Toshiba Satellite a300 and for about two days it has been working just fine for two days but today it started acting pretty wonky.

Several times over the machine just dies as if it didn't have a battery and someone yanked out the power supply. After such a crash I'll have to wait a while before powering it up again or it will die before it even reaches the startup screen.

It sort of seems like it's reacting to something I do. I kept it on for several hours while we were out of the house and it was still fine when I came back. I haven't been doing anything I can imagine is especially CPU-intensive when the crashes occur, but I have been trying to set up her iPod with Rythmbox and / or Banshee.

If anyone can point me in the right direction I'd be very grateful.