# Once iPod, Always iPod? Really? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 22, 2008, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-ipod-always-ipod-really/474003 "2008-11-22T16:35:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![TimeWinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@TimeWinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimeWinder)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2008, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-ipod-always-ipod-really/474003/41 "2008-11-28T21:07:20Z")
> [@Unintentionally\_Blank](#): > > b) It backs up your music in the event of a catastropic failure. (pitch the CD’s in a firesafe, along with your tax returns, insurance info, and investments, sleep better at night) While I agree with the sentiment of this post, be aware that CDs in a fire safe won’t survive a fire – keep them offsite, at work: at a family member’s home, or a safety deposit box. Ditto if you keep important financial information on CD. Fire safes aren’t magical. They can prevent combustion of paper by limiting oxygen and reducing internal temperature, but it will still get way more than hot enough inside to render CD’s unreadable. And even with paper, they usually tell you to make sure that it isn’t touching the inside walls of the safe (i.e. to use the hanging folder thingies), or it may char. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2008, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-ipod-always-ipod-really/474003/42 "2008-11-28T21:16:05Z")
> [@Unintentionally\_Blank](#): > > Now, There are 4Gb iPod Nanos and (at least on black friday) $129 8Gb nanos. They have no movign parts, would play all the music it sounds like he’s got, and do a pretty good job of replacing that FIVE YEAR OLD IPOD that just died. Five years for something like that is pretty good. I’d bet replacing it with a flash based playe would mean get gets MORE than five years out of the replacement. I have a Nano precisely for the durability reason. Unless you immerse it in water or break the screen somehow, it’s pretty hard to screw it up. ---
**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2008, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-ipod-always-ipod-really/474003/43 "2008-11-28T21:30:43Z")
Thanks! Nanos are more durable than classic iPods? Wouldn’t not have occurred to me, but I guess the “shake to shuffle” thing makes sense. Blackberry - t’yeah - as if he _carried a cell phone_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2008, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-ipod-always-ipod-really/474003/44 "2008-11-28T21:51:39Z")
> [@fessie](#): > > Nanos are more durable than classic iPods? Wouldn’t not have occurred to me, but I guess the “shake to shuffle” thing makes sense. Yes, they’re basically a “flash drive”, while classics have a hard drive inside. Lots more moving parts in the latter. Please note the capacity difference in the Nanos, however, compared to the classic. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2008, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-ipod-always-ipod-really/474003/45 "2008-11-28T22:00:26Z")
If he’s worried about the ‘250’ songs he’s purchased from iTunes, I didn’t think ultimate capacity was an issue. With the relative ease that music goes on and off these devices, the storage means less to me than I thought it would. I had a 30Gb iPod (still do, but it’s been relegated to kids movies), and an 8 Gb iPhone…with a 50Gb music library, it’s bugged me less than I thought it would. Firesafes aren’t magic, but CD’s in a firesafe that never gets burned is a heckuva lot better than music on a harddisk that’s never backed up. If you catch my drift. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2008, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-ipod-always-ipod-really/474003/46 "2008-11-28T22:40:52Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#): > > If you want to play them on an additional computer you have to deauthorize one of the previous ones. How might one deauthorize a computer that no longer works? ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2008, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-ipod-always-ipod-really/474003/47 "2008-11-28T23:12:53Z")
> [@acsenray](#): > > How might one deauthorize a computer that no longer works? You can deauthorize _all_ computers, and then individually reauthorize those you still have. ---
**Author:** ![Apocalypso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Apocalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apocalypso)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2008, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-ipod-always-ipod-really/474003/48 "2008-11-28T23:49:18Z")
Just wanted to point out that a 1gb ipod shuffle (which holds approx 240 songs) runs for $49 in the [Apple Store](http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_ipod/family/ipod_shuffle?mco=MTIyMTM). 2gb shuffles hold around 500 songs for $69. You may be able to find them cheaper at Wallmart or ebay. You don’t get a screen or anything but if your hubby can live without that, they are cheap and will play and store all his music. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2008, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-ipod-always-ipod-really/474003/49 "2008-11-30T15:13:11Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > You can deauthorize _all_ computers How do you do that? I only find the “deauthorize this computer” command. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2008, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-ipod-always-ipod-really/474003/50 "2008-11-30T15:18:40Z")
> [@acsenray](#): > > How do you do that? I only find the “deauthorize this computer” command. > **[Mac How-To Guides Articles](https://www.tuaw.com/mac/how-to/)** > > TUAW's Mac How-To Guides simplify this process, offering a wealth of resources to help users of all skill levels maximize their devices. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2008, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-ipod-always-ipod-really/474003/51 "2008-11-30T15:22:58Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > [Mac How-To Guides - TUAW](http://www.tuaw.com/2008/11/12/itunes-101-deauthorize-all-computers-at-once/) Ah, thanks. So it seems it can be done only when the 5 computer limit has been reached already. I can’t deauthorize all of them if there are fewer than 5 authorized. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-ipod-always-ipod-really/474003.md?page=2)