You can easily control what gets synced onto your iPod (or iPhone) by using playlists or excluding specific tracks, but the former isn’t comprehensive and the latter stops you playing the full contents of your iTunes library on your computer. Blogger Scott Buckley details a clever use of playlists that lets you blacklist specific tracks and sync everything else to your iPod.
There’s a small light-coloured dot inside many gadgets, including iPods, that turns pink or red if the device’s internals seem to have been exposed to water or significant moisture. Generally, they’re put there so that a service technician can end their search for the cause right there.
If the hard drive on your iPod video bit the dust, you can replace the old platter-based drive with a compact flash drive for lighter, faster, drop-proof music and media playback.
1950s wireless into Portable Stereo from sladekious on Vimeo.
We’ve shown you a few ways to make your own portable speaker systems, but DIYer Sladekious adds a bit of style, turning an old 1950s radio into a retro, iPod-capable stereo.
Our gadget-loving siblings at Gizmodo are all over Apple’s new gear announcements. Here’s the key local price and release details for when the new iPod Touch, Nano and Shuffle, plus the Apple TV, hit Australian shelves.
Whether you’ve moved on from your iDevice to something else or you just want to be able to change the tunes from far away, this super cheap Bluetooth receiver will dramatically increase the usefulness of your iPod speakers.
If you’re upset that your iPhone 3G is missing the coolest features of iOS 4 — namely multitasking, screen orientation lock and background wallpapers — you’re one quick and a simple jailbreak away from enabling them. Here’s how it works.
We’ve shown you plenty of ways to make your own iPod stand, but this one is pretty cool: a stand built entirely from Lego. Woo-hoo!
When you sync your iPod/iPhone in iTunes 9 and you’ve got space left, check off the “Automatically fill free space with songs” box on the Music tab to use every last free megabyte.