iTunes is an interface which allows you to update your iPod with music, audios, videos and other files stored on your computer. It acts as a medium and allows your iPod to interact with computer.

You can easily synchronize your files on a computer to iPod. At times, when you try and sync your iPod to iTunes, you may fail to do so. Due to this strange problem, you may not be able to transfer data from computer to iPod. Such situations can be encountered when your iPod disk becomes corrupt.

Though, you can resolve the issue by restoring your iPod, it would also be required of you to restore the lost data by using an appropriate backup. However, if you don’t have a backup to compensate the data loss emanating from corruption, no need to be disappointed. You can recover the lost iPod data by using an iPod recovery software.

As a practical case, you may come across the following bizarre error, while tying to sync your iPod with iTunes:

“The iPod cannot be synced. The required file is locked”

After the occurrence of the above error, you might not be able to access your iPod content. Your favorite songs, videos, audios and other files would completely go beyond your reach.

Cause:

The above error indicates that iTunes is unable to read/write data to your iPod database. The error could be an possible outcome of either of the following:

  • Library being locked out for writing due to read-only attribute
  • Or database corruption which could have been caused due to syncing errors or physical corruption

Resolution:

You can isolate the above error by observing the below-mentioned steps:

  • Go to My Computer and locate your iPod disk
  • Right-click the iPod_control folder and remove the read-only attribute (Note: iPod_Control is a hidden folder. In order to locate it, you may follow these steps: Go to Search>All files and Folders>type iPod_Control>Check Hidden Files and Folders and hit Search)
  • Go to My Computer again, right-click your iPod disk, click Properties
  • Go to Tools, click Check Now tab from Error Checking Section
  • Select Automatically fix file system error
  • Wait till the scan gets completed, and then eject your iPod and try to sync again.

If you still fail to sync your iPod and receive the same error, restore your iPod and fix the database corruption issue.

Since restoring erases the previous iPod data completely, perform iPod recovery by downloading an appropriate tool. Such third-party iPod recovery software restores the playlist in original format within a small span of time.

Stellar Phoenix iPod recovery is a user-friendly software which recovers lost iPod data – songs, videos, graphics, photos – from both iPod Classic and iPod Shuffle models. The iPod recovery tool is available for both Windows and Mac users.