Originally Posted By: tfabris
But the thing where he hinted that both devices were connected via USB? *That* wouldn't surprise me. You mess up the USB bus mid-transfer, I could see how things could go pear-shaped in a hurry.

How would you mess up the USB bus by starting iTunes or plugging in an iPod? It was designed to be hot pluggable and I've not had any out of spec or badly behaved USB devices in years now.