ipod guide

The Budcozys I posted the other day got an overwhelming "Leave It" response, so I figured I'd share an old Lifehacker tip on how to keep your iPod cords untangled, no new product to buy or anything. I like to call it the "Lifehacker Devil Horn Hand Wrap." And trust me, the title's much more complicated than the technique.

You make a devil horn with your fingers as in the diagram, hold the earbuds down with your index and middle fingers, and then wrap the cords around each "devil horn" like a figure eight. Take the last six inches of cord and circle it around the figure-eight wrap. Take it off your fingers and it's a nice little package that unravels with no knots at all. It may not read simply, but it is once you get the hang of it. If I can do it, you can definitely do it.

The iLoad sat on my desk for a good week before I decided to take it out of its box. It wasn't that it didn't look sleek, (while it's a little heavy it does match the regular iPod and my MacBook) but more that as a 21st century woman, I find the idea of it a bit confusing. When I eventually tried it out, I did realize the device's use, but still don't think I'm its target customer.

The iLoad device takes your CDs (apparently it will work with DVDs soon too), as well as any music, album and video data, and loads them directly to your iPod without using a computer or requiring an Internet connection. As someone who has a computer and constant internet access to download from iTunes, this seems silly, but for those people who avoid/don't have computers but do have an iPod (i.e my mother), it could be real handy.

To check out additional images of the iLoad and more of my review,  read more

Geeksugar readers often e-mail me frantically at all hours of the night asking me what to do when their iPod is frozen or on the fritz. Unless your iPod is completely out of commission, you can usually reset it. So, take a breath and keep reading.

To reset an iPod, iPod nano, or iPod mini, press and hold the Menu and Select buttons until the Apple logo appears, which takes about 6 to 10 seconds. You may need to repeat this step.

To reset an iPod shuffle, disconnect the iPod shuffle from the computer (if connected), and then move the switch on the back of the iPod shuffle to the off position. Wait 5 seconds, and then move the switch on the back to the play in order or the shuffle position.

If the above steps did not work, try connecting the iPod to a power adapter and plug the power adapter into an electrical outlet, or connect the iPod to your computer. Make sure the computer is turned on and isn't set to go to sleep. I know, it sounds obvious, but even my IT guy laughs at his simple mistakes sometimes!

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Readers have been e-mailing me asking about managing multiple iPods on one computer, so I figured it was time I address the question with you all. For a time my boyfriend and I were managing both our iPods off his computer, simply because I was so excited the day I got it I didn't stop to consider I should do it on my own computer (yes, even geeks have such moments). While it worked, it became stressful and we both travel a great deal for work, so his computer wasn't always around when I needed it.

Geek Tip: iTunes can easily differentiate between multiple iPods and manage settings for all of them. When you use multiple iPods with one computer, assigning each an obvious name will help avoid confusion. If you need to change an iPod’s name, double-click on that name in the "Source" menu and enter a new one. For help setting this up, read more

Many of you have been asking for help solving your iPod dilemmas - like How to Sync Your iPod to Two Computers or for those of you that work on PCs and Macs, how you can sync your iPod between different operating systems - a problem that can cause more than a few headaches. The first setback is that traditionally, Apple doesn’t support using a Mac-formatted iPod on a Windows PC. The good news is that cross-platform syncing is doable.

For my how to guide, just read more

La_clique recently posed an all too familiar question: I have a desktop PC with my iTunes library on it, but yesterday I bought a new laptop and wanted to be able to sync my iPod on there as well. Others have asked about managing multiple iPods on one computer, or dealing with controlling your music via your home Mac and a Windows PC at work. How does a geek manage his or her music without erasing their entire library?

For geeksugar's Guide to Syncing Your iPod to Multiple Computers, which is the first installment in a series of iPod How Tos, just read more

One of my favorite things about working in an office with a group of people is the fact that I can listen to most of their music through our shared iTunes folder. It gives me a chance to sample music that isn't part of my regular playlist, and make sweeping assumptions about my co-workers' hipness based on their music taste.

When your computer is on a network, iTunes’ built-in “sharing” feature works in two directions: it lets you open up your music library to others on the same network, and allows you to listen to music files that are on other computers running iTunes. For tips on how to use it, just read more

Besides the fact that iPods are fashionable, user-friendly and keep us rockin' and b'boppin' all day long, there are many hidden (and not-so-hidden) functions of our beloved gadgets that I surmise many of us don't use. I recently started using mine as an alarm clock, but if you're traveling this holiday season, and want to use it as a storage device, it's plenty easy.

With iPod storage sizes exceeding 80GB you can store everything from music, videos, pictures, documents and then some! You can use your iPod as a drive (hard drive or flash drive depending on your iPod) to store and transfer data files (also known as disk mode).

Geek Tip: To transfer music files to your iPod, use iTunes. You can't see the songs iTunes copies to your iPod in the Finder or My Computer. If you copy music files to iPod using the Finder or an Explorer window, iPod won't be able to play them.

For a step-by-step guide on how to transfer and store files onto your iPod visit the Apple website.