apod look for the default config file in 
apod:.apodrc 
so you you can add an assign 'apod:' to the location of the aPod directory or do
perl apod --config .apodrc 
Checking the version at os4depot I see there is a bug on line 55 where it says 
$mntpnt = 'IPOD:' unless ...
it should say
$mntpnt = '/IPOD' unless
This is fixed in 1.2 
1.2 requires an update to a few modules etc so I can't just send you the script, I'm on tour in France till after the weekend (three gigs in the south fri sat sun 

) I'll do my best to get an archive togther after that.
BTW what kind of iPod do you have? 
I've only tested this with a G3 version, which is a little old now. 
As I said I do recomend you backyour iPod up before trying this. Also the iPOd needs to be vfat formated (Windows Ipod rather than Mac)
Thansk for persisting with this!