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iPod Hassles

I love my iPod. It's name is Poppet. Poppet, however, has been very naughty lately. For some strange reason it won't mount my computer any more.

I know what you're thinking, "That's just what we need: another mouth to feed," but in this case mounting is totally encouraged.

Until recently Poppet was mounting my computer, Computris, just fine and then suddenly it stopped. Everything I read about it says I have to do a restart and all that but that's aggravating and it never works. The next thing I always have to do is reinstall the operating system on Poppet. That works but it's a hassle, too.

I love Poppet and, if I understand things correctly, it only has about six more months to a full and active life before the rechargeable battery gives out and I have to send Poppet back to Apple to get a new one.

That's fine and I've resigned myself to it, but the whole won't mount to my computer thing is a bore. I expect things to run smoothly until the day Poppet can't hold a charge. I'm tempted to visit the Apple store and let them know what-for because this is so irritating.

We'll see how it plays out.