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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.)
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.)
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.
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...)
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,
Yeah, not good. Sounds hardware related, like the drive has gone bad (just a guess on my part).
The clicking sound probably means the drive has died. That's what happened with mine.
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.
quester, you can get an accessory for the iPod that will tune in radio stations. [link] I don't know about other options, sorry.
