I just bought an iPod Classic 6th gen 80gb but cant seem to be able to transfer music to it.. I have Mac through which i tried syncing but its showing zero songs, tried some apps also and also tried mamually transfering songs to iPod control hidden folder but its not able recognise them..
Can someone guide through the best way?
Seems like hdd is dead
I had the same issue with my iPod. I tried it with Mac, but it just wouldn’t work. Tried it with a PC with Windows 11, and iTunes kept crashing every 30 seconds. Ultimately, had to install Windows 10 on an older laptop and was able to transfer music through iTunes.
These older iPods can sometimes be a pain to work with.
The only way to import music into an iPod is via iTunes I guess, as I previously had a Shuffle and could only import music using iTunes
I guess you can also look at Rockbox firmware for iPod. I had it running on my iPod classic. It supports FLAC formats etc apart from easy music transfers as well alongwith tons of visual/sound customisation.
Edit: Rockbox runs alongside the stock firmware. One can switch between them.
So I can drag and drop music to my iPod with my Mac once I install rockbox?
Sadly, iTunes doesn’t work on Mac.
Apple being Apple
Yes. I used to transfer files from windows directly. One of the main advantages of rockbox is freedom from iTunes. I suggest checking out this video for having a look at the features.
Yeah, saw this video.. but apparently I can only install rockbox through windows PC
The downloads section shows it being available for windows, macos and Linux. Macos 10.12 and later required.
What tool would you suggest for downloading youtube playlists at once?
Where and how much u got ipod for?
I still can use it on windows with the software. Whats the error you are getting
I have an 80gb classic ipod, turns on and all, battery is gone though. Is there a demand of these ipods still ?
Yes, demand has been increasing.. but has now plateaued
Really wish to to try it when resurrecting my iPod classic and nano. But mine’s kinda deadbootlooping with that spinning on-off sound, probably HDD failure, iPod nano haven’t been power on since bought, so the battery might’ve got dead sitting idle.
Can you get me experts or any qualified pro’s to resurrect my ipods. Yes, I need to upgrade it SD mem card for my 160GB ipod classic.
Lol just realized I still have an iPod Classic, ima flash rockbox firmware on it
