Typical Apple, they probably won’t even tell you that you need a 2007 MacBook with a 12 second battery life to make this work. That’s how they get you.
Comment on iPod with custom shell, new screen, 512gb SSD, and a 30 day battery
randomaside@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Can you put music on it without iTunes?
Socsa@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
randomaside@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
It looks like funar2000 supported it at least at some point.
Mongostein@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
I can still connect my iPod to the current macOS
labsin@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
There is rockbox that is an alternative firmware that adds every feature missing by default
SirDankbud@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Yes. I still use my classic regularly. 20 000+ songs on it without ever being connected to itunes. Rhythmbox for linux works great when I want to switch things up. Winamp did the job back when I was still using windows. Maybe you were forced to use itunes briefly back when the ipod was first released, but it didn’t take long for other programmers to figure out how to make their software compatible.
MDKAOD@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
The issue I have had with ipods in general is even with third party management, you had to make a Playlist for everything. I wanted to dump my library of A-Z folders and use the device like a file structure.
I’m in the minority, but I stopped making Playlists/mix cds/mixtapes when I graduated high school.
AtariDump@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Try Rockbox (firmware)
MDKAOD@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
It may be better these days, but when it was needed most, it wasn’t as mature.
randomaside@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Nice!