The late German faction designer Karl Lagerfeld famously owned more than 500 iPod music players from Apple, some of which are pretty rare and unique.
Karl Lagerfeld ended up with over 500 iPods because he treated them like cassette tapes
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Security researcher releases S5Late bootrom exploit for iPod Nano 7th generation
It’s been a hot minute since the year 2012, which is when Apple announced the seventh-generation iPod Nano. In fact, despite the fact that the iPod was one of Apple’s most successful products, the company doesn’t even sell iPods anymore.
Legacy 3rd, 4th, and 5th generation iPod Nanos now have a bootrom exploit called wInd3x
Hardware-based bootrom exploits like limera1n and checkm8 can't be patched by Apple via software updates and are infrequent occurrences that we’d consider ourselves lucky to witness once every several years. With that in mind, a newly announced bootrom exploit for the iPod Nano 3rd, 4th, and 5th generation dubbed wInd3x may pique some interest.
The iPod’s click wheel originally used bearings for smooth rotation: Here’s why Apple removed them
CT scans of three different iPod models reveal some of Apple's design considerations, like the click wheel bearings for smooth rotation.
Apple just killed the iPod
Apple has officially discontinued its family of standalone iPod music players, with the iPod touch remaining in the lineup while supplies last.
An email from Steve Jobs reveals Apple was working on an ‘iPhone nano’ at one point
There isn't an "iPhone nano" in today's lineup of smartphones from Apple. But apparently there might be an alternative timeline where there is. Because in this one, it turns out Apple was at one point considering making one of these phones, but it wasn't meant to be for us.
Apple has discontinued personalized engraving for all replacement iPod models
You may have noticed it already, but if not here it goes: Apple no longer offers its personalized laser engraving feature for replacement iPod devices.
Connecting an iPod with an iPhone using new external storage support in iOS 13’s Files app
The much-improved Files app on iOS 13 gained support for external drives. iDownloadBlog reader Niles Mitchell previously connected all sorts of legacy devices with his iPhone running the iOS 13 software so it came natural to him to try doing the same with his good ol' iPod.
The end of an era as Apple officially discontinues iPod nano and shuffle
As first noted by MacRumors, Apple has removed both product descriptions and store listings for its iconic iPod nano and iPod shuffle portable music players from its website around the world, suggesting they've been discontinued or are on their way out.
5 years later, Apple officially ends iPod nano replacement program
The first-generation iPod nano replacement program, which launched five years ago due to a potential fire risk from overheating, is no longer found on Apple's Exchange and Repair Extension Programs webpage. Although the company appears to have now formally ended the program, it's still honoring replacement requests as first discovered by MacRumors.
Apple’s seventh-generation iPod nano has just received a software update
As first noted by 9to5Mac, Apple’s seventh-generation iPod nano has just received a software update to version 1.0.4.
The free-of-charge software update can be applied by connecting your iPod nano with a Lightning cable to a Mac or Windows PC and firing up iTunes.
iPod nano/shuffle won’t store your offline Apple Music collections due to piracy concerns
There will be no transferring your offline Apple Music collections onto the new iPod nano or iPod shuffle because Apple is overly concerned about piracy, as it should be, and so the company's decided to play it safe instead.
As 9to5Mac discovered Friday, attempting to transfer Apple Music songs marked for offline playback onto your nano or shuffle via iTunes produces a “some of the items in the iTunes library were not copied to the iPod because Apple Music songs cannot be copied to an iPod” message.
Of course, you can still sync your own songs that you imported into iTunes and music purchased on the iTunes Store, just like before, but Apple Music including songs marked for offline playback is off limits to the nano and shuffle.