Mine doesn't like my bathroom rug. Not a big deal, except I'll have to remember to shut that door (or put the infrared wall somewhere I won't knock it over).
Still, happy so far. I hope my allergies are too.
You can't open the book of my life and jump in the middle. Like woman, I'm a mystery.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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§ ita § - May 26, 2007 1:16:39 pm PDT #1701 of 25496
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jessica - May 27, 2007 7:20:35 am PDT #1702 of 25496
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
When a very old iPod (3rd Gen, I think - the last model w/ the monochrome screen) dies, and multiple Restores and Resets do nothing to bring it back to life, is it worth taking to the Genius Bar, or should we simply mourn its passing an replace it with a newer model? The warranty is long expired.
(DH's iPod has been acting up for the past week or so, and this morning seems to have given up completely. iTunes recognizes it as a broken iPod, but when we restore it, it's still broken. Plugging it into the wall gives us a sad little frowny face icon and instructions to go to the Apple iPod support page online. Apple's support page tells us to restore and reset, which we've already done multiple times.)
tommyrot - May 27, 2007 7:25:34 am PDT #1703 of 25496
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
There is this internal disk diagnostic you can run on an iPod - I think it's like a checkdisk or something. Have you tried that? (It's been ages since I've done it (on my 3rd Gen iPod) but the Apple website can tell you how you enter the diagnostic mode.)
Jessica - May 27, 2007 8:32:28 am PDT #1704 of 25496
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
but the Apple website can tell you how you enter the diagnostic mode.
Huh - I'll have to go back and check it again. I didn't see anything on there about the older generation iPods at all.
Tom Scola - May 27, 2007 8:39:42 am PDT #1705 of 25496
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Jessica - May 27, 2007 8:56:24 am PDT #1706 of 25496
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Weird - reseting it from within Diagnostic Mode seems to have brought it back! (And thanks Tom for the link, since searching the Apple knowledgebase brought up zero helpful results for "diagnostic mode" "diagnostic mode ipod" "diagnostic ipod" or any other of about fifteen searches I tried. It's almost like they don't want you to be able to fix them...)
Jessica - May 27, 2007 10:46:18 am PDT #1707 of 25496
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Oops...spoke too soon. It synched up 3 songs and then froze up again. Now when I try to reset (or do anything) I can hear an ominous clicking sound. Not a good sign,
tommyrot - May 27, 2007 10:53:17 am PDT #1708 of 25496
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Yeah, not good. Sounds hardware related, like the drive has gone bad (just a guess on my part).
Dana - May 27, 2007 1:38:50 pm PDT #1709 of 25496
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
The clicking sound probably means the drive has died. That's what happened with mine.
quester - May 27, 2007 6:33:04 pm PDT #1710 of 25496
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
pokes head in warily...
I rarely venture in here because...I'm no technophobe, but my knowledge of tech stuff is not great.
I'm looking for advice. Here's my quandry: I have a Mac, I'm a Mac person, but I want to find a portable music player that a) I can afford, b) works with my Mac and c) has an FM radio.
All of which seem to rule out an iPod of any kind. So, what I want to know is: Do I have to use iTunes because I have a Mac? Can I use Itunes on anything besides a iPod?
Right now I'm merely aware that MP3s exist. I have no personal experience with them whatso ever. The radio is important to me because I like to listen to NPR a lot. But I also want to listen to music again. I currently only tune in on my car radio on the weekends when the programs on NPR are less news related.
I used to have a Walkman cassette player with a radio that I lost, along with the tapes in a fire 6 or 7 years ago. and that was the last time I spent much time walking. I want to start again, but I really need an audio companion to help me stay motivated.