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Sudo – A dedicated music player designed around listening to music

52 points · 79 comments · kapsteur

nxc18 · 1790886249 · focus · HN ↗
You can also just buy an iPod in 2026, they are still well supported on Mac and PC. You can get them with new batteries quite cheaply. You can even get 30-pin Bluetooth adapters for them.
1. emigre · 1790887584 · focus · HN ↗
  The iPod aren’t supported anymore, they require iTunes which is no longer available on macOS. And iTunes is also not available for Linux.
  1. bookstore-romeo · 1790888355 · focus · HN ↗
    you can still sync music to iPods using the music app/the finder on mac [0]. there’s a similar thing for windows as well [1]. on linux, i know the clementine music player supports iPod sync [2]. all these options let you use the original firmware!
    0: <a href="https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mac-help/mchlde9a31f1/mac" rel="nofollow">https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mac-help/mchlde9a31f1/...
    1: <a href="https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/devices-windows/mchlbf6a1fab/windows" rel="nofollow">https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/devices-windows/mchlbf...
    2: <a href="https://github.com/clementine-player/Clementine/wiki/Portable-Devices" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/clementine-player/Clementine/wiki/Portabl...
    emigre · 1790894305 · focus · HN ↗
    Well, the support link says iPod Touch, that’s not all iPods. I was thinking about older models to be honest.
    I’ve been told in another comment that they still sync, via Finder. I have had issues with that, but it’s probably okay from what other comments say.
    I’ve done an online search and I see other people that have had technical issues syncing with Finder. I guess it depends on the macOS version, iPod model… who knows.
    I’ve used Clementine but found it to be clunky and unreliable. Again, just my personal experience with it.
    mingus88 · 1790897076 · focus · HN ↗
    Classic iPods work the same way

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