6 hours of listening to music later.

[sp6mr@mastodon.radio]

@jwildeboer I think we as a humanity have lost the energy efficiency skills. I remember leaving an old Sony Discman playing MP3s through whole weekend because I disconnected the headphones and forgot about it, and it was still having some power on Monday. It ran on two AA batteries.
Unthinkable nowadays.

[jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net]

I replaced the battery of this 2007 iPod nano 3rd generation with a new 550 mAh one and synced a load of music to its 8GB of storage. It was a tough job, but I enjoy the result

[sijmen@shrimp.vijf.life]

@jwildeboer Nice to see you did it!

Loving my iPod 4th gen (the monochrome display) too. Dead easy to open up, can actually pry it open with just my fingernails

Flashmodded it to 256GB recently (over the stock 20GB HDD). For the next mod I'm looking for a battery size upgrade with the newly gained space.

[jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net]

Before you throw old iPods away, please send them to me. I will pay shipping costs. I am a hoarder of old tech. I might fix them and give them away to people that need a bit of joy in their life. I am in Munich, Germany.

[fasnix@fe.disroot.org]

@jwildeboer
Surprisingly pricey! O_O
(depending on the generation)

I. Must. Resist! :'D

[jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net]

@fasnix I got this one used for around €10. The new battery was €8. My hours of swearing and getting the new battery soldered in around €200

[fasnix@fe.disroot.org]

@jwildeboer
Ah, that's a great price!
Enjoy listening to your music

[jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net]

For those that don't know, all iPods with the 30 pin connector (so not the very first ones with FireWire) are still fully supported by MacOS. You can connect them to your MacBook with m4 or whatever and Finder will pop up saying "Ah, an iPod, Want me to put music on it?". It's really weird. They work. They are supported. And yes, you can buy USB-C to 30 pin cables for a few bucks that JustWork.

[alvan@social.lol]

@jwildeboer you are saying that it doesnt need to have a chrome window embedded with xbox controller driver loaded to memory? how else would you write music player??

[codingwombat@social.tchncs.de]

@jwildeboer just apple things i found my ipod video in the basement, and will oder a replacement battery! thanks for inspiring me!

[jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net]

@codingWombat Thank iFixIt fro the detailed instructions on how to replace the battery

[ives@mstdn.social]

@jwildeboer It's a very attractive idea, but the 8GB would cause me so much stress to pick which albums I'd put on it and which not.

[fabienmarry@mastodon.social]

@jwildeboer your amazement tells us how much we got used to shit and abusive digital product stewardship. Of course a company that made billions selling iPod devices and makes billions selling new Mac should spend a few cents ensuring they work together.

[jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net]

@fabienmarry Zune player owners would like the same respect from Microsoft. And Amazon Kindle owners too. Apple did it. That’s not me being amazed. It’s me giving them a tip of my hat.

[waveway@mementomori.social]

@jwildeboer i got ipod nano that still works fine, can even power fullsized headphones. Battery is not lasting very long anymore but for a 2 hour workout is fine. I just can't get scrobbler to work (for last.fm)

[jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net]

@Waveway A new battery will bring you back to 20+ hours

[krolli53@digitalcourage.social]

@jwildeboer found an old iPod nano (3rd gen) here in the house from the previous owners. Attached it to my MacBook M3 and it asked immediately if I want to install an available software update. Unfortunately it did not start playing any song. Don't know if it's the battery or something else.

[fabienmarry@mastodon.social]

@jwildeboer I get it, but this should be normal, not noteworthy.

[jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net]

@fabienmarry We are talking about 20 year old devices. That is noteworthy. 5 years, maybe 10 years, ok, should be normal. But 20 years. That’s noteworthy to me. The 2G and 3G mobile phones from 10 years ago can’t find a mobile network to book into.

[galooph@masto.galooph.com]

@jwildeboer I keep a couple of 5th gen iPod Nanos going for my Dad. He's got dementia, so every week, I load up one with all his new podcasts, and swap it for his old one