Fix for Songbird showing songs still on iPod

I formatted my iPod recently and noticed that Songbird still thought the Library had media on it. Loading up a factory restore didn’t help. To clear the iPod cache here is the location: In the profiles directory you will see a db folder. Remove all iPod* folders and restart Songbird. Now the Library will show the blankness that is your iPod.

January 3, 2009 · 1 min · Nick

Fix for Songbird and iPod

I LOVE SONGBIRD, but it wouldn’t recognize my iPod Shuffle. I use this one to workout and need hopping tunes to keep my miles time down. If you have an iPod that refuses to be recognized here is the fix: Connect iPod Open terminal cd /Volumes/$IPOD_NAME where IPOD_NAME is obviously the name of your iPod visible on the desktop rm -rf /Volumes/$IPOD_NAME/iPod_Control Restart Songbird Done!

December 28, 2008 · 1 min · Nick

Centrally locate iTunes and iPhoto Libraries

You took the bite, you bought two Macs. It is a dirty feeling that you can’t wash off as you had the fact you now I contemplating purchasing a Steve Jobs black turtleneck sweater. One thing ol’ Steve hasn’t given us Mac Geeks yet is a central server. We are disposed to store things in one mac and hope for the best. You, the reader, are in luck as this geek isn’t the garden bred Mac type, but rather a UNIX type. With a little command line voodoo we will centrally locate those libraries. ...

August 3, 2008 · 3 min · Nick