I remember, my cousin bought one for my mom and she didnt know what to do with it and tried to give it to me but I didn’t see a use for it either lol.
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macOS Ventura 13.5 Fixes iPod Shuffle Syncing Issue Years After Device Was Discontinued
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macOS still natively supports iPods all the way back to the original 2001 iPod with firewire. Methinks maybe there's some iPod enthusiasts on the software team still
I honestly don't doubt that, considering how long-tenured some of the people who work at Apple have been there for. Especially more upper-management.
I wouldn't mind a new iPod Shuffle with Wi-Fi that would pair to your phone like a Watch. You'd have to set up the Wifi from your phone for it, but that would be cool for people who go to the gym and wanna listen to either Apple Music or Spotify with their phone still in their locker. You can kinda do it with your Watch already, but that's not as simplistic as a new Shuffle.
This bug fix is FAR more likely due to a related bug being fixed with removable media not mounting consistently. I imagine they are going through odd corners of code right now to get rid of any intel dependencies that require rosetta2 to run. in updating that code for m1 a pretty low level code bug got fixed that also fixed this.
People seem to forget that Apple supports their devices for years and years, and this is proof of that.
Fun fact: Zoomers wear these things as hair clips now, lol.
The lack of screen was not a problem if you were just listening to the music. The portability was the key feature. These were cheap, tiny, lightweight, and durable. You could use them while doing any activity. The later models included built-in clips that would attach to your clothes. Great if you were running, hiking, skiing or similar. They didn't hold so much music that the lack of screen really mattered. You just loaded them up with something to listen to now and then let it play either in sequence or random shuffle.
No, I don't still use mine. I don't have that particular need anymore but in the day they were fantastic devices.
Oh yeah... That might have been what I was thinking. Seems like 3 lifetimes ago...
Oh yeah - the nano! Duh. Shuffle definitely would have been an even dumber watch concept. Haha.As @johnmarki said it was the iPod nano (which had a screen).
The shuffle would be a very poor watch since there was no screen.
Sorry, my bad.
Sometimes Apple goes one step too far in their "minimal design" ethos.
I wonder if this was from a (retired??) Apple employee who used to be on the iPod team back in the day?
Apple Support has finally cleared the backlog of iPod classic issues. Kudos, Timmy!
Shoot, really? I spent hours a few months ago trying to get my Shuffle to work. I thought it was dead. I hope I didn't throw it out....
Still use my Shuffle on a daily basis. Great little iPod with tactile buttons you can use without looking.
I think they should bring over the Voiceover feature to current AirPods.
I think they should bring over the Voiceover feature to current AirPods.
I still have a 2nd Gen iPod Shuffle, and a limited edition one at that: most were 1GB, but I have a 2GB model!
Believe it or not if you have an iPhone 4 you could still update to that latest version of iPhone 4. Still signed for iPhone 4 iOS. Don’t believe me look it up I’m serious.
Having bought a mini and 5.5grn iPod both upgraded with micro sd and on upgraded to large battery with Bluetooth. APPLE PLEASE RELEASE LIMITED EDITION IPOD WOTH BLUETOOTH!!!! I will do buy it at $500.
Funny enough I still use mine everyday. Completely understand how niche it is, but for me I take it on my daily run/bike ride. Perfect size and portability and I just load it up every other week with podcasts.
I have a watch and could stream to my AirPods but when I'm working out I prefer having the buttons and can abuse it without concern. Battery is a champ even after a decade.
Understandably not for everyone, but really fits my needs well.
Can't believe that somewhere in that Apple campus is a few engineers busting out some updates for this. Pretty cool!