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Fixing iPod error 'genius is unavailable..' & lost ipod data recovery

Posted On : Sep-21-2011 | seen (424) times | Article Word Count : 381 |

If your ipod itunes library stored files have turned inaccessible due to improperly working genius which very often freezes & gives genius is unavailable error messages, ipod is to be restored and its data items recovered thereon with the help of ipod data recovery.
iPod is designed to meet people's desire of listening music, when & where they want as such the ipod hard disk is designed so as to store songs up to its storage capacity. The ipod do comprise of several advanced features enabling people make the best use of the device. One such feature we are talking off is genius feature, using which it is possible to form different song combinations as desired to. Genius does scan the itunes library to find the tracks contained withing & accordingly it suggests certain tracks.

Based on a song you like, genius could find similar songs and have a play list for the same created. Excepting few cases the process would go on without a trouble, yet the cases in which the process is hindered the iPod may freeze or turn unresponsive showing error messages. Resulting from this the file may even become inaccessible. To sort this data inaccessibility problem, it is suggested restoring iPod and thereafter restoring its data from backup or performing iPod data recovery.

In one such situation in which genius is not able to find songs & create play list combination, freezes meanwhile trying to do so & may behave abruptly showing error message may be -

“Genius is unavailable for the selected song”

As genius is basically meant for working on iTunes, it will not work on ipod, neither does the attempt to form & transfer genius playlists to iPod will work.

This happens primarily on account of two reasons –
Corruption of genius playlists
iPod's disk corruption

For the iPod genius error to be fixed, following are the methods to be implemented -
Updating iPod Firmware
Re-installing the genius feature on iPod, after its previous version is removed
In case these does not turn helpful the corrupt disk or playlist are to be repaired by restoring the ipod which does involve deletion of data

These cases of data loss form iPod could be recovered from provided backup of the file is available, in all other cases ipod data recovery software could be useful in having your deleted, lost, missing & inaccessible files recovered quite easily and efficiently.

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Know of the different issues ipod comes across & the need of iPod Data Recovery or iPod Touch File Recovery to be done as required.

Keywords : iPod Data Recovery , recover ipod data, iPod recovery,

Category : Computers : Software

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