Quote: Originally Posted by Eriamjh Likely just the battery, but it could be more. What version iPod? 3G 20GB. I'm going to test it with my Dad's iPod lead next time I go …

Did you try a different FW cable?

I want to configure one of the free email services like Yahoo and Gmail with mail.app. How do I do that guys?

You can't do it with Yahoo's free U.S. service. Gmail has instructions on its site.

HTTP Mail plug-in can give you access to both Hotmail and Yahoo accounts in Mail.app

Gmail: Configure your e-mail client: Apple Mail

You could try usingMacFreePOPs which promises to do what you want and more.

You can't use hotmail with mail without paying Microsoft a premium for a Hotmail Plus account. Which is a total PITA as my gf uses hotmail to mail photos to a magazine so has to s…

Quote: Originally Posted by ShotgunEd Which is a total PITA as my gf uses hotmail to mail photos to a magazine so has to spend hours attaching images in hotmail's appalling atta…

Help me with new gmail acct via mail app? Mail keeps saying there's a network problem. I've followed the directions on gmail site (as above). The only thing weird I can see is th…

Love Calm Quiet, I don't know too much about this, but are you having problems sending email, but having no trouble getting email? I had this problem for awhile, until I figured …

Not a waste of time at all. Definitely helps to know about the 587 port. I'll test some more. But it's not an ISP problem, since my other accounts are SMTP (via port 110). Than…

Well, I've made sure again that it's using port 587. And Mail cannot connect to RECEIVE mail. When I recheck the settings and then ask it to go online, it looks like it worked. …

I had a similar problem. On your Gmail Settings page, under Forwarding and Pop, make sure POP is enabled. Hope this helps.

Thanks Anna... That's a key issue. (gMail COULD have mentioned that in instructions for Mac setup?) After getting that set up at gmail, Mail app IS working better: it nolonger dr…

Quote: Originally Posted by Chuckit Be a good man and get her a Gmail account. I'd forgotten that we had some .mac addresses available, so I gave her one of those. All is …

But all's not so well with trying to get this gmail acct working through mail (see above). Any ace trouble-shooters on gmail?

Okay, for future reference for others: I discovered that my OUTgoing gmail was working (after going back to gmail's site and turning on POP in their "settings"). So I went back t…

Hey gang: I've got a first generation iPod that's long been out of service, and I want to start using it only for its hard drive capabilities. The battery - it's original - is al…

1G and 2G iPods had a problem where the solder joints to the FW connector break inside at the PCB. Power and ground may still work (hence the charging), but if one of the data lin…

Thanks a lot for the tip. The webpage and the problem it tackles seems very close to what I'm dealing with. I'll report back if this repair does the trick!

10.4.2 is causing enough trouble that I'm about to hire a PC for a while to actually get some work done. Has anyone heard of how far away 10.4.3 might be?

What kind of trouble?

Seems weird it's really 10.4.2 that causes all the trouble..

Ok.