Quote: Originally posted by maxintosh: Apple chose USB wisely. The iPod Shuffle doubles as a flash drive, which is very appealing to many. Almost every computer nowaday…

Apple chose exactly right for the shuffle. I used to work at Circuit City when the 3G ipod got big, and I used to have to explain on a daily basis to people that, "no you cant conv…

Quote: Originally posted by vmarks: Imagine a flashdrive / shuffle like a double-tipped highlighter, caps at both ends: Firewire under one cap, usb2 under the other. Cou…

Quote: Originally posted by maxintosh: It's interesting but there really isn't any good place for the headphone port in that case. How about moving the USB connector…

Firewire is also thicker than USB, so the shuffle would have to be bigger - anyhow any computer with Firewire is bound to have some version of USB, so all it does is detract from t…

Quote: Originally posted by Forbodium: How about moving the USB connector to the top, have the firewire on the bottom and have the headphone port right next to it? That…

I sync my 1gb shuffle on my G3 iBook which has USB 1.1 Took me about 20minutes to fill up 180 songs or so (first sync).

It's taking quite an amount of time to send songs to my 512MB shuffle. I'm thinking it's because I told iTunes to autoconvert songs to a lower bit rate just for the shuffle though…

Ouch, that is one way to slow things down lol.

Quote: Originally posted by Michael1980: Ouch, that is one way to slow things down lol. You're right, but I don't want to take the time to re-rip my some of my CDs…

I know this is a Mac forum, but I have a question about charging the shuffle on a pc. My brother-in-law has a P3-something (it's old), so I'm sure it has USB 1.1, however, I don't…

Quote: Originally posted by shreddog: I know this is a Mac forum, but I have a question about charging the shuffle on a pc. My brother-in-law has a P3-something (it's o…

OK, cool. The ports are on the machine. So I guess he has a good chance that it is high-powered. Was just curious if "high powered" USB ports were a newer creation i.e. (post 20…

Hey xmacintosh I use my 1gb Shuffle on my Old Pismo(USB 1.1)charges fine and loads OK never timed it though... If I'm in a Rush I plug-in the USB 2.0 PCMICA card and downloads as …

Hey there, I was told by an employee at an Apple store that an iPod Shuffle won't work with my stock B&W G3 (OS X 10.2.8)... is that true? By reading this, I get the feeling it…

Quote: Originally Posted by BoulderDash Hey there, I was told by an employee at an Apple store that an iPod Shuffle won't work with my stock B&W G3 (OS X 10.2.8)... is that …

I think you can becuse the port is powerd. On the other hand, Airport will think it is a printer and get mestup

Quote: Originally posted by C.A.T.S. CEO: I think you can becuse the port is powerd. On the other hand, Airport will think it is a printer and get mestup How will …

Quote: Originally posted by C.A.T.S. CEO: I think you can becuse the port is powerd. On the other hand, Airport will think it is a printer and get mestup Exactly. …

Quote: Originally posted by JHromadka: Exactly. It will identify the shuffle as an Apple Laserwriter II printer and then send all print jobs to it, storing them as .ps …

Quote: Originally posted by Severed Hand of Skywalker: I guess that is only if you tell it to print to the laser printer than. I am sure it will be fine if you just wan…

Quote: Originally posted by Stradlater: Are you playing along with his joking? Also: do you think you'll ever make new versions of your signatures? Are you playin…

Quote: Originally posted by JHromadka: Exactly. It will identify the shuffle as an Apple Laserwriter II printer and then send all print jobs to it, storing them as .ps …

Quote: Originally posted by JHromadka: Exactly. It will identify the shuffle as an Apple Laserwriter II printer and then send all print jobs to it, storing them as .ps …

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