Hate to say it, but this is another reason I love my 3rd gen iPod and no movable buttons.

Well, I took a piece of tissue, wet it with alcohol (not the drinkable variety) and held down the scrolly wheel in different directions, and cleaned it...worked like a charm. back …

Quote: Originally posted by Ratspittle: Well, I took a piece of tissue, wet it with alcohol (not the drinkable variety) and held down the scrolly wheel in different dire…

or use the windows version of itunes

Transcoding is never a good idea (unless it works with WMA lossless files as well)

Mine's about 1.3GB with about 1K of photos.

What's interesting is that I spoke to Mac Genius and he wasn't aware of the iPod Photo cache, either. He thought that it just made a cache when it optimized the images for the iP…

Get an external HD.

Quote: Originally posted by Randman: Get an external HD. Yes, but that would negate the benefits of having a Powerbook for the portability... not to mention the wa…

Quote: Originally Posted by Randman Get an external HD. Lovely idea, in practice I'm finding that the iPod Photo won't actually sync with an iPhoto library hosted on an exte…

I think this is an annoying problem that has no fix to date. Might wanna look for an answer over at ipodlounge.com, but I doubt you'll find anything.

If you have them on CD you are in luck, as the solution is simple. in iTunes, when you put the CD in, highlight the songs you want to have uninterrupted and choose "join tracks". …

i didn't know how to join tracks... thank you! i got over a hundred mix cds i need to rip, some of them have 30 tracks in em.

ok... now it won't mount on the computer at work... help? is it time to callk Apple repair?

nevermind... I called Apple repair... i will have to send my iPod on a little trip, it seems... bye bye little friend...

I had the same problem with my 3G iPod. However, I took it to the Apple Store and since I bought it directly from Apple, they simply exchanged it with a new one (identical 3G)! F…

damn... silly me... I live in NYC... there's an Apple Store downtown... I shoulda gone!

Quote: Originally posted by Yoziah!: Is there a way to get the USB2 port to be live and charge my mini while my Powerbook is sleeping? The USB ports are powered down …

Sure there's a way to charge your mini while your Powerbook is asleep, get a powered USB hub . I have a shuffle and suffer from the same problem, and the only way around it (other…

Quote: Originally posted by Eriamjh: The USB ports are powered down while your powerbook (or ANY mac) is sleeping. So the long answer is no, you cannot charge an iPod w…

Anyone? Surely, I'm not the only one who is wondering about this or knows about this... Noah

Quote: Originally posted by Yoziah!: Hi! I just bought a 2nd gen iPod mini and noticed that it only charges through the USB2 cable when my Powerbook is awake. Out of cur…

Try this: After putting the songs in the order you want in iTunes, ctrl-click the playlist in the source pane and select "Copy to Play Order." Sync your iPod and see if that work…

The only way I know of is to delete the tracks in iTunes on the computer.

Here's what you do. Make a smart playlist with all of your music in it and set it to not allow anything with "podcast" as the genre. Now go to iPod options and choose the option …