iPod Classic became "not writeable"

[bluepork]

I have been syncing my iPod Classic with 2.0.4 since last April with no problems, but this week the MusicBee sync menu has started to say "The device is read-only and cannot be updated by MusicBee". I've tried restoring the iPod, running MusicBee as an administrator and using the iPod's disk mode. Is there a way to get the write permission back?

[Steven]

you probably need to reset the device using iTunes. Make sure its 10.0 or older as later versions can update the device firmware and stop MB from working

[bluepork]

When I restored it using iTunes version 9, it fixed the problem temporarily. I will try again now. Thank you for the quick reply!

[bluepork]

It's fixed now, at least to the point where I can restart the computer and reconnect the iPod without seeing the problem again. Has this happened to anyone else?