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The "I've got an iPod!!!" thread • Page 18
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ssuellid wrote:
/shudder
One for you Otto. Gucci iPod case for $195: -
http://www.gucci.com/product-shots/us-english/ss04_gf_125848_F06KR_9791.html
ruttyboy, no need for any converters. However, your US iPod will come with only a US plug, so you'll need either to get a US-to-UK plug adapter, or one of Apple's World Travel Kits. I'd recommend the latter, they're about thirty quid but they have all small plug adapters that slide into the generic Apple power supply (which is dual voltage). They sell them in any Apple reseller, so John Lewis should have them, if not any reseller along TCR or New Oxford Street.
Forgot to mention, of course you can recharge it over firewire too.
Edited by otto at 13:15:14 25-09-2004 -
pjmaybe wrote on 22-Jul-03 08:45:58:
I thought this was an interesting comment to dig out of the depths of this thread, seeing how many of us have gone from iPod envy to iPod ownership to buying an actual Mac...
Apple's tagline for the iPOD is...
"Well, you won't buy any of our other crap!!!".gif)
Great strategy by Apple, it has to be said. Hook 'em and reel 'em in. -
ruttyboy wrote:
Cheaper, yes, but it will spoil the lines of your beautiful power supply!
Thanks otto, but as I don't have any other Apple stuff (and don't think I will) then it's prob a lot cheaper for me to just get a converter
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...to getting the rest of your family to buy Macs too -
The iPod phenomenon hasn't even peaked yet. You're only seeing the first trickle of people buying Macs off the back of their iPod experience, but I seriously reckon it'll become a flood. Until now, you've had an ageing iMac in short supply, with little in the way of marketing behind it. Once the new iMac becomes available in serious numbers, I seriously think you're going to see a surge.
edit - er, I'm serious. Seriously.
Edited by otto at 15:09:37 25-09-2004 -
Nope. Songs and albums only. -
binky wrote:
Eh? I thought you meant shuffle playlists, as in which playlist comes first? Of course you can shuffle songs within playlists! Just have 'shuffle songs' on and start playing your playlist. No need to muck around with iTunes, just do it on the 'pod.
I've just figured out that if you shuffle the playlist in itunes and then stick update the pod, it keeps them shuffled.
Edited by otto at 13:32:22 26-09-2004 -
eviltobz wrote:
Do you know what? I've only just realised this!
/slaps mentat in the face with my earlier post that read:the adaptory bit is just one of those standard 2 pin power connectors like on most hifi equipment and consoles, so you can just use one of those
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It's worse than that. I've been doing contortions to get my powerbook plugged in without using an extension lead, when all the time I could just have used one of the many spare figure-of-eight connectors I have lying around! -
RubyRed wrote:
You shouldn't let it drain completely every time, it'll reduce its life. Optimum charge is around 40%, you should try topping it up whenever it gets below the half-way mark. In the early days of ownership you will be getting less life from it than you do later, because you'll be playing with it a lot, using all its features. You might find that as you settle into a routine of using it, you get more from a single charge. Do you use the backlight a lot? Shuffle? Equaliser? Forward and back a lot? All of these things put an extra drain on the battery. The advertised battery life is of course theoretical under optimal conditions, you should normally expect to be getting about two-thirds of the life advertised.
Mind you, my battery seems to run low incredibly quickly and I only ever charge it up when it's drained completely. -
frod wrote:
Hilarious! He even copyrighted it! /tears
The funniest thing I've seen in a couple of weeks is the concept art at ipodlounge.com. Have a look through. Cry. -
Depends on the battery, roobs. With the old NiMH batteries, that was true - but nowadays most things use rechargeable lithium ion batteries, and these actually do better if you don't fully discharge them. It's not just Apple, it's most recent mobile phones and other portable leccy stuff too.
All the battery info you could possibly need
Edited by otto at 13:03:52 08-10-2004 -
No.
Was helping my sis set hers up last night. It's a lovely little thing. Mind you, it filled up in no time. :/ -
mentat wrote:
I have one. It works very well. It actually works far better in North America with its virtually empty FM band, in Europe it got lots of interference.
Does anyone have any experience with the itrip?
I bought one, but it doesn't seem to work. I can't pick it up at all in the car, regardless of what FM frequency i tune it too, and i can only just get it on my home hifi, with such awful quality it's not worth bothering...
I'm assuming it's just a duffer...
The thing is, though, it takes a while to get to know how to use it properly. Are you sure you've tuned it to the right frequency, mentat? No offence! You need to find a frequency that has nothing but static, then select the iTrip frequency - the static will suddenly disappear, and then you can go ahead and play as per normal. Oh and don't forget, your iPod's volume should be set to about two-thirds for optimal tuning success apparently. -
OK well definitely something wrong there. It does sound to me as if it hasn't been tuned correctly, and it is something of a dark art, at first I spent ages trying to get it properly tuned until I cracked the knack. Mine does now work really well - over here where there are nice big gaps in the FM band, especially driving between cities, it's really as good as the car CD player. -
Both?!? Not both for yourself one assumes?
4Skins, very nice, wrong thread though.
Top ten hints/tips:
1. Don't get an iSkin... oh wait
2. Get the Marware CEO glove... oh wait
3. Ditch the white earbuds
4. Load up some music
5. Listen to it
6. If your music collection is smaller than 40g, then just use autosynch with iTunes
7. If your music is larger than 40g, then create an 'iPod' playlist and keep that to 40 gigs or less, then drag it to your pod to synch it - saves manually updating all the time.
8. Don't bother with any of the other accessories
9. Stay away from iRiver fanboys
10. In four months' time, ditch your PC and go and buy the most expensive Mac you can find.
I think that covers it.
Edited by otto at 13:13:05 30-10-2004 -
mcmonkeyplc wrote:
Well apart from my powerbook story, I've used them twice. Once to buy a printer - which worked fine, arrived nice and quickly - and once to order some prints through iPhoto. Placed the order on a Saturday evening, got a message on the Monday morning to say they'd been shipped using DHL. Two weeks later and there's still no sign of them.
Anyone else have a weird experience with ordering direct from apple?
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Nemesis wrote:
We have an 'iMac G5 first impressions' thread too you know. ;p
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Before you do anything else, switch off synching between iTunes and your iPod, especially if you're going to do things like deleting files from your iTunes library.
Then, I'm afraid you're going to have to go through the whole process again - ripping into iTunes, transferring to your iPod. Then - making sure you have autosynching switched off - delete from iTunes and you'll still have a copy on your iPod. But if I were you I'd back up to another hard drive or DVDs or something first, because you don't want to have to go through all that a third time. -
I find it easy. My tip (I think I mentioned it before) is to create a playlist in iTunes called 'iPod' or something, and to drag everything you want on your iPod to your 'iPod' playlist, then drag that playlist to your iPod. But the point of that is to manage your iPod library when your iTunes library is bigger than would fit on the 'pod. In your case it should all be very straightforward as you won't be keeping stuff in your iTunes library. Just add stuff to your iTunes library by ripping or importing, then drag it from your Library to your iPod. Simple as that.
edit - rereading your post, I'm making things too complicated. Your iPod will show in your iTunes window, you can click on it and its own library (playlists and all) will show up, you manage it just as you would manage your iTunes library.
Edited by otto at 22:27:48 27-11-2004 -
What's Bottle Rocket? -
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otto wrote on 21 July 2003:
And lo, on 4 August 2005, the bugger gave up the ghost, and on 6 August 2005 he did go unto the local mall and surrender up another mountain of cash for a replacement.
Words fail me. This little piece of kit is... no, words fail me.
/opens a second box of man-size tissues
Bah! Anyway, for about 30% less than I paid for the 15 gig model two years ago I got myself a 60 gig model. Fingers crossed this one lasts a bit longer. Not happy about the lifespan there of my 3G model.
Well, it's actually fine apart from the hard drive (OK that's a fairly major component). It looks as if it needs replacing. I frankly can't be arsed to replace it myself, I'd rather upgrade, 15 gigs is far too small for my needs these days so I was looking for an excuse. But if anyone's interested they can buy the old one off me and repair it themselves, lots of easy DIY guides on the web. Any serious offer considered, my e-mail address is in my profile. -
Bill-Lumberg wrote:
Yes yes of course, reset, restore, verify disk, mounting on another machine, all the options.
You've tried resetting and updating etc? Apparently one trick is to disconnect the battery for a few minutes which does a proper reset - that might do it. And if you've given up on it what have you got to lose by taking it apart?
These last 48 hours have been my worst as a Mac user. First my old iPod goes tits up, giving me several system crashes for good measure. Then the new 60 gigger gives me endless trouble. Apparently in their infinite wisdom they've configured the synchroniser to create an iPod Photo cache in your iPhoto folder to resize and temporarily (I assume) host all the photos that'll be going on the pod. Great, except when your collection is 40 gigs and you've only got 6 gigs left on your 80 gig local drive. Cue *another* system crash. Pod won't unmount, end up having to do it physically. After that it's not recognised by OSX. I repair permissions and reset the iPod, just to get it to recognise it so I can reflash the firmware. Clear some space on the hard drive. Then we try again - now I'm getting system errors all over the shop, it won't sync, it won't transfer manually, it's looking like another dud. Gah!
Sod it, I wiped my hard drive and reinstalled OSX from scratch, I've had a few issues with the Mini anyway and I've got plenty of backups. So it's taken about twelve hours but now it seems to be working. Fingers crossed.
God it's just like being a Windows ME user. o_O
Oh, cheers but 20 quid would barely cover the shipping. -
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