Hey, I just bought a 40g iPod photo (good deal at buy.com: $359-$20 Instant Rebate). I had prevously ripped about 20g of tunes into an iTunes Library on an external 120g FW HD, i…

Are you using the same Firewire port for both the iPod and the drive? Even if it is not, it's possible that the two devices are drawing too much power from the Firewire bus. An e…

I'm assuming the external was made bootable. Have you tried repairing permissions?

All I can say is that it's not an impossible situation. I have all of my music on an external 120 GIG drive, and the iPod is on the same FireWire chain (since there's only one fir…

Quote: Originally posted by ibook_steve: Are you using the same Firewire port for both the iPod and the drive? Even if it is not, it's possible that the two devices are…

Quote: Originally posted by Storyboy: Steve, Thanks. I am running the iMac DV 400, which has two Firewire ports, and the HDD has an external power adapter. . oooo…

Quote: Originally posted by Krusty: Have you thought about chaining the iPod to the extra port on the back of your external HDD ? Wow. Thanks for clearing thi…

I'm not sure about the 4 or 6 pin arrangement you have. I was just suggesting hooking the iPod to the external so it would (theoretically) draw power from your external HDD's pow…

Quote: Originally posted by Krusty: I'm not sure about the 4 or 6 pin arrangement you have. I was just suggesting hooking the iPod to the external so it would (theoreti…

How does HP make any real money on these? I'm curious why HP went in cahoots with Apple on this one. I know that they couldn't come up with anything better, but I'm curious on what…

Provided HP worked out a suitable arrangement with Apple, they would be able to bulk-purchase iPods at a wholesale price cheaper than other distributors.

I'm going to be buying a mini and before I do that I'd like to nail down a good sleeve/case. My needs are simple, I'll be using it predominantly commuting and working out at the g…

I bought one for my 3G - and I think they only had the one colour at that stage. I personally find it good, though it is only a pod protector. I do find it useful going to the gy…

Have one for my iPod photo (60GB) and one for my g/f's mini. Both are top-notch.

My wife's iPod, a 5GB first generation with scroll-wheel, has died. Here is what happened. The iPod had been performing flawlessly. I then applied the latest iPod Updater (1.5). A…

I don't think you can replace the hard Drive. supposedly They have some "special" Apple software on them when they release them so I'm not sure if the updater will just take care …

I am just wondering...which one did you get and why one over the other?

I bought a mini when they first came out last year. When they announced the shuffle, I knew I had to have one. Mainly because I wanted something small for working out. I'm going…

Well, I had decided to get the 1GB Shuffle when they were announced, mainly on price - I couldn't really justify $250 or more for an MP3 player, and I while the iPod mini's size wa…

My wife got a 4gb Mini for Christmas, and I was feeling left out. However, my pockets were full enough as it was with keys, pocket knife, phone, that sorta thing. I didn't really…

I won an iPod Photo at a christmas party. I just bought an iPod Shuffle yesterday for the times I don't want to take my Photo out. for example when I go winter camping. I can ha…

oh ok neat....i wasnt sure if some of you had more than one type of ipod....wow. hey....my birthday is monday...how bout one of yall send me one of your extra ipods for free as a …

I started out with a 20GB iPod and soon found out that the drive wasn't big enough to hold all my music. My progression of iPods went from 20-, 30-, 40- and now it's a 60GB iPod p…

I just ordered a 60 GB iPod photo. I wanted the largest beast there is and since it's rather cheap to go from 30 GB to 60 GB it was a no-brainer.

Although I haven't recieved mine yet, I will be getting a new green 4GB mini on Mar, 21 The anticipation is killin me. I've been iPodless since I sold my original 10GB (rev b) mod…