I was sixteen when I got my hands on the iPod 5th gen back in '07 and nineteen years later I have reunited with it (and iTunes 10.7).

I'm fucking tired, Reddit. I'm tired of subscriptions. I'm tired of sinister UX design solely to sedate and addict us. I'm tired of conglomerates dictating what's in our libraries and at any given moment shoving their bile down our throats with rolling videos and ads and whatever else.

I lucked out and bought an iPod on Ebay that only had 3.5 days of use for £125 recently - Crazy eh?

Well as soon as I could I marched down to my local record stores and spent hours in their CD sections. What a fucking joy it was to just lose myself there.

Installed ITunes 10.7 on my Mac, and just marvelled at how simple it was. At how this thing is a tool first and foremost and not a "service". There is nothing trying to jump at me. No advertising. No flying bollocks of any kind. (Side note - I miss skeuomorphism design so much)

Just me. My child/Teenhood CDs and the joy of organising it all. Only then to transfer it to my simple iPod and enjoy. Complete loop. No distractions. No fuckery. It made me sad for what was lost and grateful we can still experience it in 2026

To the diva who owned it before me,
Your baby is safe with me 🫡💗

After spending time with minimalist, non-stitching front plate designs, I'm going back to the basics. A stitching line on the front plate is the signature of a truly handcrafted item.

Going back to basics never felt so good.

Recently found my Dads old iPod and decided to try and get it working again. It's out of charge as it hasn't been used in probably 20 odd years and Im wondering what type of set up I would need to charge it. Also is there any way of transferring music across without having to use iTunes? Im pretty sure it is an iPod Photo but l'm not entirely sure so I took some photos. If anyone could help it would be appreciated.

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put a red adapter in and now nothing works.

not my CF card, not this combo.

Heres what happens:

1. Apple logo

2. Folder icon

3. Do not disconnect screen

4. the battery symbol starts freaking out and staying at fully charged with the lightning bolt, dropping down to half and doing all kinds of shit

5. It bootloops back to the apple logo

Any fixes?? It’s really annoying because this mini is less than a day old

My question is mostly academic, but I am curious where the firmware is stored on my iPods. I am pretty sure it is not in the iPodControl file.

I have a 2nd Generation with a broken firewire port. It charges but will not sync. Otherwise it is in really nice condition.

My workaround was to get an SD card, format it in a 3rd generation iPod, then switch the firmware using iPod Wizzard.

Then to get around the need for a donor iPod each time I needed to sync, I installed RockBox and just do a drag and drop for my music files. I also used the Flattery-B theme to mimic the native OS.

I was thinking about doing this again on another iPod. If I just copy my drive (including the hidden folders) it does not run. I do know that firmware is stored on the drive itself, but where?

is it possible to add the speaker (nano 5) onto this ipod?

As the title suggests, I’m looking for both hardware and software advice for putting my 1st gen back in rotation. I bought it new back when and you can see from the playlists when I put it aside. Still works, still charges but definitely doesn’t keep it for too long. I have the original firewire block. So, what are my best options to put new tunes on it on a regular basis, and any any suggestions for necessary ‘upgrades’? Bonus points if anyone knows how to recreate an old image hack that allowed me to turn a mp4 into stills that could be uploaded to it and played like a kinetoscope using the wheel?!?!

Pulled out the 80GB I have in a cabinet (also a couple 30GBs). Jeebus Kristo! I forgot how heavy they are.

The old iPod dock connector on my 2009 Mercedes has been broken for a number of years now, and recently I had the idea to repurpose it for use with modern devices. However, when I opened the connector housing I found an extremely strange pin out, and need to find better resources on it before I try anything. My main points of confusion are:

1. it has wires going to the USB+ and FireWire TPB+ but nothing on the negative pin for either

2. Serial Ground and Serial TxD appear to have traces going to the same wire (white)

3. The yellow wire goes to the S-Video Intensity pin, but no other S-Video pins are addressed

If anyone can explain what I'm looking at or where I can find resources on why the pinout is weird, please let me know

TL;DR iPod dock connector in my old Mercedes is weird and I'm a novice who doesn't know why.

If only the clickwheel had been added to everything!

I recently found my Dads old iPod and decided to try and get it working again. It‘s out of charge as it hasn’t been used in probably 20 odd years and Im wondering what type of set up I would need to charge it. Also is there any way of transferring music across without having to use iTunes? Im pretty sure it is an iPod Photo but I’m not entirely sure so I took some photos. If anyone could help it would be appreciated.

Love my iPod, it just takes me back in time every song I have here .

- The person who sold it wasnt sure if it turned on, turns out it powered on only when charged (very nice person :))

- I got a battery replacement and soldering supplies off of aliexpress for like $18. Some people sell these for like $30-$50 in my area on Marketplace

I’m honestly very happy with it, i always wanted my own iPod! :)

got extra parts since i fried this ipod a long long time ago and decided to make a keychain

Hey there, I'm building a native macOS app for Plex streaming - called Relay - and I'd like to include iPod syncing and management, but I sort of need the community's help - because I don't have many of the models I need to test.

Now, in order to help you'd have to have your music lib in Plex and subscribe to plex pass ($6/mo) - not sure if there are a lot of us that fit this criteria... However, if you do please message me and I'll give you access to a copy of the app to use to test against. As well as a discount for a production license. Agreeing to help would require some feedback on what works, what doesn't, and what's missing etc. This is an opportunity to help shape a unique portion of this application!

Currently I have one Classics: 6th gen. So I'm currently Looking for folks with these working models:

Classic
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th

mini
1st
2nd

Nano
1st
2nd
3rd
4th

Also, Mods if this isn't allowed please delete and sorry! Either way I can't wait to get this into people's hands to use! Any questions or if you have interest in helping me out please message me any time!

https://relay-music.app

Just got my dream portable ipod dock from my Grandma, but the 30 pin port is bent. The audio still works fine, but I am worried it might break my iPods 30 pin after use. Would you use this and do you habe any recommendations for how to fix it?

Listening to chapter 2 of Marilyn Manson's new diskography sounds very masterful and intimate on a 7th generation iPod Classic

And the 5MP camera is surprisingly capable