Dear Diary: Day One of using an iPod Classic in 2023
Dear Diary: Day One of using an iPod Classic in 2023
How does Apple’s iconic MP3 player hold up in the modern world?
How does Apple’s iconic MP3 player hold up in the modern world?
they work great with Clementine, too, which is cross-platform. and with a SD/flash adapter and Rockbox, the older models can still be capable little devices today. rockbox, at least, does start to chug a little with dynamic playlists over several thousand songs, though...
honestly, the only thing the classics are missing for me is a physical off/reset switch. sometimes i've needed to reboot to apply a mod or something, or the little thing freezes, and if the hidden key combos don't work for whatever reason, then i have to spudge the dang thing open and reseat the battery's ribbon cable
This had me looking for my old iPod classic and the mini. I’m going to see if they still work.
It's funny that the author didn't think to try Music.app instead of doinking about in Finder. I just did this a couple of weeks ago with my own iPod Classic: Music supports iPod sync just fine. (Yes, still!)
It’s good to know as i think I’m going to look into this. I remember ages ago also watching a YouTube video on how to switch out the hardrive to ssd