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Replace your iPod battery
March 19th, 2007 by professoripod
Note** Doing this will indefinitely void your iPod’s warranty.
With that said, here we go:
- Using a screwdriver, pry open the case, starting with the top corner.
- With the screwdriver wedged inside the case, work your way down to the bottom of the iPod.
- Make sure you are unclipping the case clips as you go.
- One side should be unclipped, you can now lift the main section of the iPod away from the case cover.
- Detach the old battery from the back of the Ipod using the screwdriver.
- The battery should now be connected only by its power cord.
- Do not remove the rubber pad that supports the battery.
- Gently pull on the power cable to disconnect it from the iPod.
- Plug in the new battery.
- Snap the case back on.
Also take note, your iPod needs a minimum 3 hours of charging before it can be used.
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iTunes Music Store: Buying wisely
March 18th, 2007 by professoripod
For the users who buy songs on impulse at the iTunes Music Store, I have a solution 
Go to:
- Preferences > Store
- Check the “Buy using a Shopping Cart” option.
This adds all items into one big order which you can view after you are done browsing and want to purchase the songs at the checkout. Doing this will help you re-consider buying that certain song.
Problem solved! Or is it?
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Diagnostics & disk scans
March 18th, 2007 by professoripod
Just posting some more cool iPod tricks you might like to test and play around with
Put your iPod into diagnostics mode
- Reset your iPod.
- Once you see the apple, quickly hold the Select and Left button down until the menu comes up.
Run a Disk Scan on your iPod
- Reset your iPod.
- When your iPod displays the Apple logo, hold down the Previous/Next/Select/Menu button for a few seconds.
- Wait 10-30 minutes for your iPod to finish scanning.
- Check what icon your iPod displays when finished:
- A “check mark” means the disk is fine.
- An “exclamation mark” means the disk scan failed.
- An “arrow” means the scan fixed some problems it found.
- Press the Play button to exit.
Done and done. And I mean done.
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Is your iPod abnormally slow?
March 17th, 2007 by professoripod
Well, aren’t you lucky…
This is usually a sign that your iPod needs a software update. Simply run the iPod Updater. If this is not the case, remove all music on your iPod and re-sync it. If the problem persists, your iPod needs repair.
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Record on your iPod
March 17th, 2007 by professoripod
Something for the advanced users 
- Download & install “PodZilla” onto your computer.
- Boot in to Linux on your iPod.
- Go to Extras > Recordings.
- Choose either 8, 32, 44.1, 88.2 or 96kHz
- Record in a microphone.
- Boot back in to the normal iPod OS plug in to the doc.
- Grab your files from the iPod in the “Recordings” folder.
Presto. I’ve never needed to use this trick, but those who disliked the iPod for the fact that it had no recording device can now do it.
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Play songs from your iPod through your PC
March 17th, 2007 by professoripod
I know, I know, it’s common sense.
- Connect your iPod to your PC.
- Go to iTunes.
- Select your iPods icon in the source pane.
- Select the song(s) you want to play.
- Press the Spacebar or click the Play button.
It can’t hurt though Someone may have even benefited from it!
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Delete playlists without prompts
March 17th, 2007 by professoripod
If you would like to bypass the dialogue box which pops up and asks “Are you sure you want to delete the playlist ‘name’?” every time you want to delete a playlist, simply highlight the playlist and press “Ctrl+Del” (”Cmd+Del” for Mac users).
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The value of an iPod
March 16th, 2007 by professoripod
Do you buy/sell iPods? If so, the information I am about to present will be very useful to you. If you don’t, it will still be useful
What I am about to show you conveys the value of an iPod ($) over a 4 year period. This study was taken off eBay, so it will be relevant when purchasing/selling on the popular auction site.
Brand New 100%
6 Months 77%
1 Year 63%
2 Years 45%
3 Years 29%
4 Years 19%
Of course, they are not exact figures, but they should give you an estimate/idea of what you can expect.
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Is your iPod making strange noises?
March 16th, 2007 by professoripod
Well, is it?
We are talking about a loud, clicking noise.
This indicates hard drive trouble, which probably came from a drop, shake, or random part failure. The only solution here would be to replace the iPod hard disk. Your warranty should cover this.
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Change the “Do Not Disconnect” graphic on your iPod
March 15th, 2007 by professoripod
Once again, your iPod will be restored and all data will be lost by doing this.
- Download & install Apple’s iPod software.
- Download & install “iPod Wizard”.
- Run “iPod Wizard”.
- Click “Open Updater” and browse to find the Apple Update Application you downloaded.
- Choose the firmware for you iPod.
- Click the arrows to see the icons.
- Find the image you wish to replace.
- Once you find it, click “Save Bitmap” and save the file to your system.
- Use any bitmap editor to edit the image.
- Click “Load Bitmap” and load in the image you just created.
- Click “Write”.
- Open up Apple’s iPod update.
- Make sure your iPod is plugged in, and click “Restore”.
- Wait 5 minutes.
Done! Not easy, but very kool!
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