I\'m thinking of improving my programming skills by making a music player to sync with an iPod/iPhone but there\'s no point in even starting if I can\'t even access the devi
I answered a similar question for an iPhone. I'm sure it would also work for an iPod (although untested).. the concept is the same, as it's an Apple USB device.
answer: use ifuse
https://superuser.com/a/1135668/653172
If you like paying for things.. you could probably checkout iExplorer.