

Stage Manager - A new way to multitask on iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation and later) iPad Pro 11-inch (1st generation and later) and iPad Air (5th generation) - Overlapping and resizable windows allow you to adjust the size of your apps and arrange your ideal workspace - Recent Apps arranged on the left of the screen allow you to quickly switch between apps - App groups allow you to create sets of apps that you can quickly get back to NOTE: With disk use enabled, you need to Eject the iPod in iTunes before physically disconnecting iPod.Safari and Passkeys - Shared Tab Groups let you share a set of tabs with others and see the Tab Group update instantly as you work together - Tab Group start pages can be customized with different background images and favorites for each Tab Group - Pinned tabs in Tab Groups enable you to pin frequently visited websites for each Tab Group - Safari web page translation adds translation for web pages in Turkish, Thai, Vietnamese, Polish, Indonesian, and Dutch - Passkeys offer support for an easier and safer sign‑in method to replace passwords - Passkey syncing through iCloud Keychain makes your passkeys available across all your Apple devices while keeping them end-to-end encrypted You can turn OFF the Manually manage setting and set it to Sync Music (use automatic syncing) while keeping Enable disk use turned ON. Hopefully, that allows iTunes to recognize the iPod and allows the iPod's battery to charge. With disk use enabled, iTunes keeps the iPod's "disk" mounted continuously which keeps the USB port at full power. After the Restore completes, the iPod is set to use the Manually manage music setting by default, which also turns ON Enable disk use. If iTunes picks it up, it may prompt you to do a Restore, with a message about "recovery." If you're OK with erasing the iPod, do the Restore.

Putting iPod into Disk Mode - Apple Support

Here's my "theory." Some recent PCs have a "energy saver" feature that turns OFF full power to the USB port when the connected storage devices is not mounted by the system. It appears there is a good connection between iPod and computer, until iTunes opens.
