Wanted to share my current music setup that keeps me completely away from streaming subscriptions and distractions:

• The Hub: Mid-2012 MacBook Pro running macOS Mojave. I specifically keep it on Mojave because it's the last macOS version to natively support iTunes (before Apple split it into the Music app and Finder syncing). Managing a local ALAC library on this machine still feels unbeatable.

• The Player: 5th Gen iPod Video (with the U2-style red center button swap). Upgraded with a 128GB iFlash board and a 2000mAh battery for endless playback, running RockWheel + lossless FLAC/ALAC support.

• The IEMs: Linsoul 7Hz x Crinacle Zero:2. Honestly, the synergy with the Wolfson DAC inside the 5th gen is incredible: punchy bass, crisp details, and way above their price tag.

Drop your current daily driver iPod + headphones combo in the comments, and let me know if you're Team Stock OS or Team Rockbox!

Replaced the battery on this 2nd Gen Nano a while back. Been using it only occasionally and couldn’t even remember if I ever gave it a full charge except during the itunes sync.
Test was done with shuffling mostly 160kbps AAC files, 50% volume and QKZ x HBB IEMs.
Backlight was mostly off, only to check the remaining battery from time to time, so not really a real life test.
Assuming the replacement battery has been sitting on a shelf for a while and is not fresh from the factory, I think the result is pretty impressive.:)

AI alert: Claud did a lot of heavy lifting,

Initial prototype of the ZuneHD UI on iPod classic which has been a great throwback to owning a Zune.

So I’ve amassed a metric shit ton of iPod classics, minis and nanos with the intention of fixing and flipping, which I did for about a year. I also have lots of parts, new and old.
But now my priorities have shifted.
I’d like to sell them as a lot on eBay. Should I separate the classics and minis and nanos and sell them as separate lots or all together? Trying to maximize profit

Recently picked up my old 4th gen and started using it however I’ve noticed while the battery life seems ok. It barely charges even after being plugged in all day. Any advice? I’m using an older iPad USB block mainly. It is the original battery could it just be charging slowly due to degrading?

I have a 2025 New Z, and wife has a 2023 Jeep Compass, both cars have usb ports but neither work. In hers is shows connected but then the screen goes blank. My car doesn't recognize my 5th gen Classic or Nano. The Nano will play from the internal speaker tho. The last cars I had that worked was a 2017 Dodge Challenger and 2019 Impala.

I already read all posts related to this. I already cleaned the metal thingy for each button. I checked the ZIF for the wheels. I have the original old click wheel and a new one from Ali. None work, the old one did when I just purchased it. I chat with all AI models, and said the central button lost continuity with ground. Is this possible? I haven’t found anything like it.

I’m about to give up on it. Please help.

It all started back in December 2023 when i decided to buy my first iPod mini! It arrived around 2 weeks later. The iPod seemed to work fine but then all of a sudden the Microdrive failed, so I took it apart and said to myself that I was gonna wait to get a new hdd

Fast forward to May 2024 I ordered an iPod Mini 1st Gen. This time the Microdrive doesn’t fail and I can use it like the rest of my iPod’s however I decided to open it (dumb decision) and ended up breaking the click wheel! This is where i thought I was done with the Minis. I decided to stick to my Classics.

Fast forward to April 2025. I just ordered a Blue iPod Mini 2nd Gen. This iPod had the same outcome as my first Mini that I bought. Unlike the Mini 1st Gen that I took apart I didn’t break the click wheel. Then I had an idea in my head: I wanted to “combine” all 3 of these defective units into just one! I did that by: Using the Frame from the Sliver iPod Mini 2nd Gen, The HDD from the Mini 1st Gen and the Click Wheel, Logic Board and Battery from the Blue Mini 2nd Gen.

After sometime I finally got it together! To this day this Mini still works. Hopefully it will continue that way for years to come

I wonder if anybody has a similar story that they’ve had with iPods. Share it in the comments!

I’m stuck with an attempted iPod classic refurb. I’ve changed the battery and storage to a dual flash drive, currently using a 128gb integral card which I have formatted under the sellers instructions.
Basically the iPod turns on and tells me it needs restoring, when I plug it into my PC it is recognised by iTunes (the apple version downloaded), goes through the whole restore process and then once the bar has gone all the way it just stays on the apple logo waits about 10 minutes and then an error pops up in iTunes saying the iPod is corrupted and requires a restore before it can be used. At this point the iPod is still recognised in iTunes but if I try to restore again it tends to freeze, plus at this point the only way to get rid of the logo is by disconnecting the battery and waiting a while.
I have check the unallocated space on the card through windows powershell and cleared it through the diskpart method - though every time I attempt to restore this seems to recent to about 78mb of unallocated space.
I’ve also tried this at first with the card formatted to FAT32 but then under sellers instructions leaving it in the default exFAT.
At this point I’ve kind of exhausted the expertise of the seller and what I can find with my own research, wondering if anyone here with more experience can shine some light. Thanks very much!

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After a failed Bluetooth mod and a THIRST for an OLED screen I decided to make my own custom iPod logic board.

But while the reality of that is still being decided by the Chinese factory assembling it I decided to put the custom interface I designed for it on my classic to at least feel/see what it might be like! (Rockbox app.. never used it before)

And I’m loving it. Still a few bugs and speed optimisations but has given me a second wind to make the custom project a reality for how good this would look and feel on a new screen and hardware!

Features:
- contemporary adaptive visual language while keeping faithful to my favourite iPod’s stock OS (no Cover Flow but with my own interpretation of list based album art)
- return to now playing from anywhere with double click Menu button
- lock by double clicking the Play button (as my lock switch is broken following my botched Bluetooth mod, and my custom iPod won’t have a hold switch)
- adaptive colours in lock screen with optional clock, or fully off
- shuffle and repeat options from now playing views
- queue system instead of on the go playlists, add next or to the end of the queue by holding centre button on a song or album, view queue by double tapping menu on the now playing screen
- go to artist or album from now playing screen by holding centre button

i tried upgrading my ipod's firmware to ios 3.1.3, but everything failed so i tried to switch on the ipod to normal, until it start recovery mode boot looping. I tried everything, from flashing ios 1.1.5, to erasing all the memory, but all that happened was the flashing either failing or just not responding. it is now stuck in a recovery mode boot loop. did i corrupt any core files or what is actually causing this? what is the best fix aswell (every fix i tried gave error 5 on macos)

As the title says I finally found my old iPod from when I was a kid and it works but I cannot remember my password or 4 digit number code and wasn’t sure if there’s any way I can get past that while keeping my pictures or what’s on the iPod I have a lot of pictures of my deceased nana and pets on there I’m dying to see again

So the red one appears to be a stuck pixel of some sort, and it appears to be breathing or strobing slightly whenever there is a black background. The white one only appears when the display or that area is blue.

hello im looking for an ipod classic 5 gen clear case, saw on ebay some sellers that sells ipod 5/6gen clear cases, i wanted to know experience if anyone take it, if its fits well or something.
If doesnt fit good wanted to have anyone from only ebay and non chinese sellers, preffer europe/england/american
send imagen to see pleople what im looking for...

thanks for reply