No. Of course not. But when will I lose this treasured gift?
I still had my classic until recently. I left it in the garden overnight and it got moisture in it. After drying it out I got it to work again and all the music was still on it but the battery needed to be charged before each use and I could no longer connect to iTunes on my computer to download any new songs.
That worked just fine until I charged it one day and somehow all of the songs in the memory were erased, there is nothing on the iPod anymore. Then the old computer went out and now I have a new computer without iTunes on it. I have another newer iPod that I have never really used that I just pulled out of the drawer and it is charging now. I sure would like to get that music back and I am hoping it is somewhere on the cloud.
I have an iPod Touch that I bought sometime between 2007 and 2010 that I still use. I don’t use iTunes because my previous computers died and it’s been replaced with Music… which I don’t use.
iTunes and iPod Shuffle here. My wife uses them for podcasts when she walks. I used to use them in the car, until I got my newest one that takes thumb drives. The car was buggy using the iPod so I switched to the thumb.
We use iTunes for the home music source, on its own dedicated Mac Mini, plugged into the “hi-fi”.
I use MediaMonkey as a substitute for iTunes (on a Windows 7 laptop) to move music onto my older iPhone.
As you can see I’m not an early adopter, and I hate it when “improvements” to software cause things to no longer work. But when I am eventually forced to upgrade my phone, how do I move music from a Windows computer to the phone?
I still use an iPod Classic 4th Generation, released in 2004. Several battery replacements. Plus an upgrade of the 20gig HD to a 32gig SSD.
I use the iTunes software only for fixing/reloading the OS and such. Winamp with the iPod plugin for music management.
I still use iTunes a lot, and one of the last versions of an iPod Touch. The iPod was cheap, small, and has tremendous capacity. I have about 5,000 songs on it and it’s maybe half full.
I keep thinking about switching to a streaming service such as Apple Music, but iTunes works perfectly for me and I know exactly how to get it to do what I want. Also I really prefer to own my music.
Another old iPod Touch user. I can’t upgrade to a regular iPhone due to a lack of cell service and/or good internet bandwidth. I should probably get the battery replaced, but otherwise, it’s fine.
I put a 128GB SD card into my Android phone. Loaded it up with about 2500 songs or so (it’s not even 20% full) from my personal music collection (kept on a desktop computer) and downloaded a free app called Folder Player. Phone has been introduced to every Bluetooth speaker I own and I keep a plain Jane headphone jack cord in my purse with my headphones. Pointed Folder Player at the music folder and put it on endless shuffle. I have music everywhere I go, cost was minimal–I think I got the SD card for like fifteen bucks? Let me know when I approach the initial expense of even an iPod Classic–and I don’t need iTunes or any other invasive service at all.
I recommend this course of action when your dedicated devices bite the bag.
I use an iPod nano. It’s the size and weight I want. I have no desire to schlep my phone around and play music from it.
I have an iPod classic original. I used to work as a designer and I had a client who worked at Apple. Gave it to me for a job well done. I loaded it up with tons of faves from iTunes.
Still have it, still use it a few times a week on the treadmill.
I’m surprised Apple hasn’t decided to brick that ages ago.
They infamously depreciate older devices they don’t want to support any more. I guess they are laxer about ipods?
Discontinued in 2017. Good luck with that. And I always have my phone with me, and that’s as common as can be–so if you’re out somewhere you need your phone but want to play music you have to carry two devices? Okay.
My current 7" tablet was purchased in 2017 and it’s struggling with updates and will likely need replaced fairly soon but it’s next thing to impossible to find a 7" tablet that isn’t some weird bright plastic kiddie toy with glacial processing capability. I just use mine to read on and 7" is the right size though. Product manufacturers do what they do to maximize their money flow and if they don’t have a wide enough market for a device they will no longer make them and we all have to figure out workarounds. iPods are not needed in today’s world and neither are 7" tablets so I’m suggesting a workaround.
I’m still using my iPod Classic with iTunes. They’ve not made easy to keep using, as I like to add my podcasts weekly and now that’s a more lengthy manual operation rather than the nice automatic breeze it used to be.
Screen’s getting a bit spotty too, but I never watched anything on it anyway.
I have a 6th gen ipod nano that is still going strong.
I really miss my little black Nano. A whole 8
gbs! I liked the carrousel feature alot. Unfortunately I left my car unlocked and never saw it again.
I use ITunes and have an Ipod classic. Try as may I’ve never come close to filling its 250 gb of memory.
I’ve had that happen to me too, where you plug the Ipod into your computer and your entire library disappears. Seems to happen once every 3 or 4 years.
I bought the Stones Live at El Mocambo and ITunes failed to deliver 2 or 3 of the songs. And of course they don’t respond to complaints.
All in all, a mixed blessing.
IPod Shuffle owner. I haven’t put anything on it in years. About twice a year I buy a song from iTunes and put it on my iPhone 8’s.
Yes, it’s true it’s a bit of an inconvenience. But here’s the thing: My iPod with a capacity of 128G was much, much cheaper than my iPhone with a capacity of 64G. I have about 73G of music on my iPod touch so I need at least that much storage on whatever device I use for music.
Maybe next time I buy a phone, prices for the memory I need won’t be exorbitant, then I’ll move all my music to it.
And that right there puts the finger square on why I detest Apple products. WHY would they not allow you to put an SD card in there? If I wanted to I could put a TB card in my phone and it will handle it just fine. Modern phones are computers that just happen to go in a pocket and make phone calls so restricting a computer to some arbitrarily tiny size memory then selling it for twice what an Android phone costs is just criminal. Add in that they’ve made the entire environment for Apple products a walled garden where gatekeepers curate what you’re allowed to do with your very spendy products up to and including Apple being able (and willing!) to reach out and remove apps you paid money for, to arbitrarily slow down the performance of your phone if they’ve decided it’s time for an upgrade and they can even just permanently disable your phone if they like and there’s jack/squat you can do about it. I will never understand it–it’s not like the phones or computers are all that innovative or special or cool, they’re mostly just expensive with the “right” logo on it. Like Birkin bags or Rolex watches, seems to me people are just spending a lot of money for vapor. Which is their right, but I find it really offensive when a company is that high handed.