it sucks.. to lose an ipod

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simple
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it sucks.. to lose an ipod

Post by simple »

Just happened to me a few days ago. I'm totally crushed, because I lost my music collection. 7 years worth of sorting, planning music lists, extra. I hope it turns up. But I'm not holding my breath.
S@M
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Post by S@M »

that....sounds.... :(
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Dave
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Post by Dave »

Look on the bright side, you can buy a new video ipod when they come out. I always look for excuses to blow more money on technology
simple
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Post by simple »

I did get my money worth. I originally purchased a first generation ipod from comp usa with a protection plan. Sense then, because of dead batteries and design flaws, I've gotten free upgrades to 2nd, 3rd, 4th gen.
Psyche911
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Post by Psyche911 »

Why isn't your music on your computer? :dork:
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Post by Keep It Real »

it sucks to lose an ipod, sweet to find one somebody lost
simple
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Post by simple »

Well I recently had to reformat my hard drive, and after that it was such a pain to copy the music back onto the computer. Plus 35 GB of music won't fit onto a a 40 GB drive. Unless I forfeit all my applications, files, extra. And the dvd-ram drive that came with my g4 is yet to be supported by os x.

It was stupid for me to be cheap and not buy a new dvd-r drive.

Frankly, I feel keeping a lost ipod is no different then stealing an ipod. Your choosing to take some thing that belongs to some one else.
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Canis
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Post by Canis »

If your DVD-R drive wont work with OS X, it may not be enabled. OS X has a list of supported drives, and even though most of them will work, since many of them havent been thoroughly tested, Apple restricts OS X to those that have been tested. Try using this utility to enable your drive under OS X if it isnt working already:

Patchburn: http://www.patchburn.de/
http://www.patchburn.de/download.html
simple
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Post by simple »

I will try using pachburn, but considering it's specifically made for DVD-R and I have a DVD-RAM. (the one apple use to sell)

thanks for the tip canis
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Post by Canis »

simple wrote:I will try using pachburn, but considering it's specifically made for DVD-R and I have a DVD-RAM. (the one apple use to sell)

thanks for the tip canis
I think it enables all unsupported DVD-based drives, though some may have problems. My mom got her Pioneer DVR-109 working in 10.3.9 using Patchburn. The Pioneer drive is a combo DVD+/-R, RW, CD-R/RW, etc. drive.
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Post by Keep It Real »

simple wrote: Frankly, I feel keeping a lost ipod is no different then stealing an ipod. Your choosing to take some thing that belongs to some one else.
I feel differently. If you really cared about your ipod you wouldn't lose it.
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Post by Dave »

Canis wrote:
simple wrote:I will try using pachburn, but considering it's specifically made for DVD-R and I have a DVD-RAM. (the one apple use to sell)

thanks for the tip canis
I think it enables all unsupported DVD-based drives, though some may have problems. My mom got her Pioneer DVR-109 working in 10.3.9 using Patchburn. The Pioneer drive is a combo DVD+/-R, RW, CD-R/RW, etc. drive.
Yeah, but he has a DVD-RAM drive.. those things are teh suck. He'd probably be better off investing in an apple-supported DVD+/-RW drive. I think RAM media still costs an arm and a leg compared to normal DVD media
Canis
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Post by Canis »

My DVD-RAM drive came in and it works flawlessly with my comp...

I'd at least try Patchburn to see if it will enable the drive. Worst case scenario would be the drive doesnt enable, or gets enabled but wont burn properly. Either way it wont hurt the hardware or his OS.
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Re: it sucks.. to lose an ipod

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simple wrote:Just happened to me a few days ago. I'm totally crushed, because I lost my music collection. 7 years worth of sorting, planning music lists, extra. I hope it turns up. But I'm not holding my breath.
You had your music collection on your ipod only ?

/LilliZ
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Re: it sucks.. to lose an ipod

Post by Dave »

LilliZ wrote:
simple wrote:Just happened to me a few days ago. I'm totally crushed, because I lost my music collection. 7 years worth of sorting, planning music lists, extra. I hope it turns up. But I'm not holding my breath.
You had your music collection on your ipod only ?

/LilliZ
I think he covered that already...
simple
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Post by simple »

dang it! now one of my drives in my tower has died, and the hard drive in my ibook. Serusly :(
Canis
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Post by Canis »

Well you're not telling us the problem beyond the end result. The only thing we can do to help is refer you to your local apple store for servicing.
simple
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Post by simple »

well I don't think there is any thing that can be done. When a drive dies, it's dead.
Canis
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Post by Canis »

Ok then...the apple store should be your happiest solution.
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