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

Sansa e260 and Linux

I broke down and purchased a new MP3 player after the trusty iPod Mini bit the dust. Thank you Apple for including a wonderful 6GiB CF Drive though :) Moving right along I wanted to share my thoughts from a Linux users perspective on the Sansa e240, e260, or e270. Same hardware just more storage. Pros: Once the device has been set to UMS mode you can drag and drop files onto the device ...

June 9, 2006 · 3 min · Nick