Upgrades complete 👍

Rescued a 4th generation iPod Classic from recycling.

Battery replaced,
20GB hard drive replaced with 64GB CF adaptor,
New firmware installed and working (http://RockBox.org)

Also got a Bluetooth sender adaptor ☺️

#retro #retrocomputing #ipod #upgrades

iDescriptor: "Uma ferramenta de gerenciamento de dispositivos iDevice gratuita, de código aberto e multiplataforma"

Rapaz, como esperei por um app assim! Uso Linux e tenho um iPad Air (A1475) rodando iOS 12.5.

Até então, só conseguia transferir arquivos via Wi-Fi com um app chamado Phone Drive Pro que drenava a bateria e fazia o aparelho esquentar excessivamente.

Com esse iDescriptor, basta ligar o cabo e fim! Ele mostra as informações do aparelho, incluindo saúde da bateria. Também lista os apps instalados, permitindo navegar pelos arquivos de alguns deles. E é possível até mesmo abrir imagens e rodar vídeos que estão no aparelho.

Possui outras funções (ver abas superiores na imagem), mas verei com mais calma depois.

ATENÇÃO: na aba Toolbox, há uma opção "Recovery Mode". Não clique nela sem necessidade. Há uma Issue (#21) no GitHub de um cara que clicou nisso e "brickou" o aparelho. Disseram que aparece um alerta antes, mesmo assim é bom avisar para evitar acidentes.

Das outras funções que testei, tem também o espelhamento de tela e deixar montada a unidade de armazenamento.

https://github.com/iDescriptor/iDescriptor

#iDescriptor #iPad #iPadAir #iPhone #iPod #iDevice #Apple #iTunes #FOSS

Wie das MP3-Patent von 1996 die Musikindustrie veränderte
Am heutigen Tag im Jahr 1996 wurde in den USA ein Patent erteilt, das die Grundlage für die digitale Musikwelt legte. Das MP3-Format ebnete den Weg für Musiktauschbörsen, iTunes und heutige Streaming-Dienste.

Entwicklung und Patenti
https://www.apfeltalk.de/magazin/news/wie-das-mp3-patent-von-1996-die-musikindustrie-veraenderte/
#Music #News #AAC #DigitaleMusik #FLAC #Fraunhofer #iPod #iTunes #mp3 #Napster #Patent #Streaming

MakeUseOf: I turned my old iPod Touch into a dash cam with one free app. ” Dash cams run anywhere from $100–$300, and that’s before you factor in monthly cloud storage fees. … Then I remembered my old iPod Touch 7th generation sitting in a drawer. I could have just as easily used an old smartphone if I had one. With one free app and a $25 phone mount, I transformed it into a fully […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/25/makeuseof-i-turned-my-old-ipod-touch-into-a-dash-cam-with-one-free-app/

iPod licenses expired so anyone can build clones. and they do.

#ipod #music

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRc2kS9Et4i/?igsh=MXZ5empyemJscWczaA==

Cool, cool - seems like #Rythmbox has absolutely destroyed my #iPod library:

All of the cover art is mangled:
Cover art that should belong to Artist A Album A is at Artist D, Album B.

It's all totally messed up!

And all I've tried to do was transfering a podcast from my Linux machine to my iPod (nano) (hint: it totally failed at that!).

This is the first time I'm using this software and it will be the last.

Is there no working solution for this!?

#Fail #Rant #Software #Linux

i was just thinking about a time in the late 2000s where cafés had an ipod dock sitting behind the bar connected to their speaker system.

employees would bring their nano or mini to work with their own personal playlists and plug it into the dock.

you’d immediately know who was working that day by the style and mood of the music.

#2000s #ipod

Tux Paint is (again, an unofficial port of a slightly older version) once again available in the Apple iOS App Store!

https://tuxpaint.org/download/ios/

#tuxpaint #edtech #ios #iphone #ipod #apple #freesoftware #opensource

A new blog post from myself!! I got around to writing up my notes from restoring my old iPod classic, it’s more the notes on things I didn’t realise from the usual guides.

https://blog.r0b.io/post/notes-on-restoring-my-ipod/

#Blog #iPod #iFixit