6 hours of listening to music later.
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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
.@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.
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@fabienmarry Zune player owners would like the same respect from Microsoft. And Amazon Kindle owners too. Apple did it. Thatās not me being amazed. Itās me giving them a tip of my hat.
@jwildeboer I get it, but this should be normal, not noteworthy.
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@jwildeboer I get it, but this should be normal, not noteworthy.
@fabienmarry We are talking about 20 year old devices. That is noteworthy. 5 years, maybe 10 years, ok, should be normal. But 20 years. Thatās noteworthy to me. The 2G and 3G mobile phones from 10 years ago canāt find a mobile network to book into.
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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.
@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
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@fabienmarry We are talking about 20 year old devices. That is noteworthy. 5 years, maybe 10 years, ok, should be normal. But 20 years. Thatās noteworthy to me. The 2G and 3G mobile phones from 10 years ago canāt find a mobile network to book into.
@jwildeboer Sure but mobile phone require tons of infrastructure. iPod support is 99% basic file copy via USB + a tiny private DB.
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@fabienmarry We are talking about 20 year old devices. That is noteworthy. 5 years, maybe 10 years, ok, should be normal. But 20 years. Thatās noteworthy to me. The 2G and 3G mobile phones from 10 years ago canāt find a mobile network to book into.
@jwildeboer Also the iPad nano can't be 20 year old, I'm barely over twenty myself ;o)
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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
.@jwildeboer And for those who use Linux and are prepared to install Chromium, TunesReloaded is an astonishingly useful tool for syncing your iPod on an OS that otherwise has no other way of doing so.
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@jwildeboer Also the iPad nano can't be 20 year old, I'm barely over twenty myself ;o)
@fabienmarry My iPod classic 6th gen is from 2005, the iPod Nano 3rd Gen is from 2007. So 20 years is an acceptable approximation.
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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.
@jwildeboer Inversely, if you find yourself with too many working iPods, Iād happy buy one
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@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
@galooph @jwildeboer that's a really amazing use! š„¹
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6 hours of listening to music later. Battery still almost full. Those iPods are still a marvel of technology. And as it is connected to post-battery headphones (Koss PortaPro), I can just enjoy another bunch of hours with fav music
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@jwildeboer āpost-battery headphonesā!
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@fabienmarry My iPod classic 6th gen is from 2005, the iPod Nano 3rd Gen is from 2007. So 20 years is an acceptable approximation.
@jwildeboer I know, I was joking about being middle aged and not realising time passed.
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@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.
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My player of choice is the sandisk clip* and not an ipod but the storage restriction is similar. And I don't choose the music placed on them - every few weeks I start a script to randomly fill them with tracks from my locally stored music collection. The music I'm listening to when out of the house was selected by me but is still a surprise. Works for me.*) and yes, I have a whole collection of them to be able to use them a loooong time
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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.
@jwildeboer good to know.
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But nice to see someone closer than #DankPods looking for #Nuggets!
Mostly I'd love to have a #Tangara someday, and not only because @victoriaexplains showcased itā¦
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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.
@jwildeboer Nice of you!
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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.
@jwildeboer 10mei vertrekken wij voor campervakantie richting SloveniĆ«. Plan was MĆ¼nchen in de eerste week aan te doen. Als we kunnen helpen vervoeren, willen we dat best doen.
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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
.@jwildeboer still occasionally use my iPod Photo. Replaced the battery years ago, still working fine.
(It has a 30 pin-to-firewire connection. No idea if it can communicate with a current Mac)
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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.
@jwildeboer I am in the USA. I have an iPod Nano you can have if you want it.
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@Waveway A new battery will bring you back to 20+ hours
@jwildeboer would be nice, if iwould be techsavvy enough to change it....
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