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   Rasmus Fleischer (rasmusfleischer@tldr.nettime.org)'s status on Friday, 02-Jun-2023 21:06:37 JST Rasmus Fleischer

   It is impressive how Apple manages to keep making incremental deteriorations in its Music app for the few of us who still use an Ipod. For me, upgrading to Mac OS 13.4 came with the side effect that an "on-the-go" playlist created on the Ipod will no longer by synced back to the mother library in the computer. Which sucks, actually!

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     Rasmus Fleischer (rasmusfleischer@tldr.nettime.org)'s status on Saturday, 03-Jun-2023 01:29:04 JST Rasmus Fleischer

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     Still there is no alternative to Apple's shitty software if you want to use that outstanding piece of hardware that the Ipod is. Guess it's a combination of software patents and too few users?

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     Rasmus Fleischer (rasmusfleischer@tldr.nettime.org)'s status on Saturday, 03-Jun-2023 15:19:57 JST Rasmus Fleischer

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     • Madeline :antiverified:
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     @maddiefuzz @mc What's important for me is a solution where there is two-way communication of metadata between the MP3 player and its mother library, i.e. that play counts are updated so that "smart playlists" work well. As far as I can remember, Rockbox never did that?

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     mc (mc@hackers.town)'s status on Saturday, 03-Jun-2023 15:19:58 JST mc

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     • Madeline :antiverified:

     @maddiefuzz @rasmusfleischer I used Rockbox on a cheap MP3 player many years ago. Really nice, I thought.

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     Madeline :antiverified: (maddiefuzz@hackers.town)'s status on Saturday, 03-Jun-2023 15:19:58 JST Madeline :antiverified:

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     • mc

     @mc @rasmusfleischer Rockbox is great! But the stock iPod firmware is so nice. It’s a hard call.

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     mc (mc@hackers.town)'s status on Saturday, 03-Jun-2023 15:19:59 JST mc

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     @rasmusfleischer Oh, perhaps you meant software that communicates with an iPod, not the iPod firmware? Sorry.

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     Madeline :antiverified: (maddiefuzz@hackers.town)'s status on Saturday, 03-Jun-2023 15:19:59 JST Madeline :antiverified:

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     • mc

     @mc @rasmusfleischer Rockbox would actually be a solution to this, because then the iPod is a mass storage device.

     I always switched back after installing Rockbox, though.. the charm of an iPod is a lot more than just the hardware IMHO

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     mc (mc@hackers.town)'s status on Saturday, 03-Jun-2023 15:20:00 JST mc

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     @rasmusfleischer What version of the iPod? Rockbox supported some old iPods... looks it up Yes, "iPod 1g through 6g (Classic), iPod Mini, iPod Nano 1g, iPod Nano 2g". Maybe you have one of those fancy iPod Touch?