Mastodawn

Weekend project: complete.

I’ve been wanting to totally overhaul my old iPod for years. Dead hard drive, dead battery, dead headphone jack, knackered case. Now it’s even better than it was when I bought it in 2006.

Personal music players peaked here… it’s just such a good device.

#iPod #Apple #DIYfix

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retrolasered 1d ago

@coldkennels fire starter, ready for the battery to go up in flames. Good job I hope it gets a few more years yet

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Tony 1d ago

@retrolasered I'm definitely hoping I don't have to go through the hassle of opening this new shell any time soon. It cost me £33.50 for the new front and back plates; that's a lot to replace just because you can't open the bastard without mauling them!

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JuanjoSan 1d ago

@coldkennels @retrolasered
There are clones for less on amazon with better audio quality, more disk capacity and able to play many file formats. But they're not apple.

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Tony

@JuanjoSan @retrolasered A big part of why I wanted to restore this was because I already owned it, and I didn't want it to just become more e-waste. But even if I didn't own it, I just love the iPod UX. Always have. It's not just that "it's Apple" - I just like the menu layout. For instance, one weird thing the OG iPod does well is album shuffle by genre. Even the new iPhones don't do that.