On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 11:31 AM, Insurance Squared Inc. <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gcooke@insurancesquared.com">gcooke@insurancesquared.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
What software package should one use to control/sync an Apple Ipod under linux?<br></blockquote></div><br clear="all">I went through this process a few years ago, when my daughter won a 3rd generation iPod Shuffle (or was it 4th?). <br>
<br>What I found at the time was that up to 2nd generation, iPods worked fine with Linux. Starting with the 3rd (or 4th) generation, they placed a cryptographic key that makes the device work only with iTunes, meaning that you are limited to a Mac or Windows to interface with your iPod. Linux will still see the iPod, but as a USB memory device only. You can transfer songs to it, but the iPod will not recognize them as songs, nor show them anywhere.<br>
<br>We ended up with a Windows partition for iTunes, since she refused to replace the device with a more standard MP3 player.<br><br>I have heard that Ubuntu 10.04 (Gnome) does support iPods via Rythmbox. <br>See here <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PortableDevices/iPhone">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PortableDevices/iPhone</a><br>
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