Questions tagged [ipod-nano]
The second smallest portable media player sold by Apple. Older models rely on buttons on the player to control play pause etc. New version(s) have an easy-to-use touch screen.
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I want to restore a device I previously selected to 'Forget Device' on Bluetooth
I have Apple Nano 7th generation. I turned on Bluetooth and a device was recognized. I selected Forget this Device. I now want to restore the device. How can I do this?
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What to do with water-damaged touchscreen on ipod touch nano?
Eight years ago I was gifted an ipod touch nano (generation 7, A1446). A few days later, I forgot it in my shirt, which went through a regular washing machine cycle. Surprisingly, the ipod still works:...
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Is it possible to transfer media from Catalina to an iPod Nano?
I have been wanting to update to Catalina but have been waiting. One of my biggest concerns is being able to transfer music to my iPod Nano. Is it still possible to import media from Catalina to the ...
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Repeat audio file on iPod without pause
I want to loop a 10 second audio file (originally a CAF file, converted to Mp3 and Mp4) on two different iPods (both nanos), but on both devices and in both formats there is a short gap between ...
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iPod nano Bluetooth problems with AirPods
My iPod nano 7th generation gets connected to my AirPods 2nd generation. But when I play songs no sound comes out of it? I tried to reset and run diagnostics but it didn't work out for me.
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How to unlock 5th generation iPod Nano
My daughter was playing with her 5th gen iPod Nano and somehow locked it. Now whenever the screen comes on there is a picture of a padlock. I have read that you can connect it to the "original" ...
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Will Samsung Galaxy Buds work with iPod Nano Gen 7?
From what I can gather, the iPod Nano (7th Gen) requires true Bluetooth connectivity / synchronization for wireless headphones. This means (as per their product page) that AirPods won't actually work ...
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iTunes thinks there is a podcast on my ipod when there isn't
Every day I listen to podcasts. When I'm done with them, I plug the iPod into the computer and uncheck the ones I no longer want, and then hit "sync" again. iTunes thinks that there is a podcast on my ...
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What does it mean for an iPod to be "Over capacity"?
Sometimes when I plug my iPod Nano Shuffle into iTunes, I get this strange message:
What could this possibly mean?
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Did iTunes 12.7 drop support for older iPods like 2nd Gen iPod Nano?
I suddenly am unable to connect to my 2nd Gen iPod Nano via iTunes.
Did they drop support for older iPods in iTunes 12.7?
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iTunes songs play fine on PC, but stop midway on iPhone
Certain songs will stop playing midway through. The counter keeps progressing as though the song is still playing, but no audio. The same song plays fine on iTunes on the PC. I wiped my iPhone (I ...
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Can I use an iPod nano 8g as a flash drive for windows, and still use it to play the music I paste in that drive?
I know I can use an iPod nano as a flash drive by connecting the iPod to the computer and selecting the iTunes option "Enable disk use".
(as stated here https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3091809?...
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Sync 6th generation iPod nano with iCloud Music Library
I have a 6th generation iPod nano wit 8GB memory and I've recently subscribed to Apple Music.
Whenever I sync my iPod with iTunes I get this error message:
But in the iPod settings I can't find any "...
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How to copy music content and playlists between iPods (Nano 5th Gen 16GB)?
I'd like to mirror the music tracks/files and all the playlists from one iPod Nano 5th Gen 16GB
to another another (Nano 5th Gen 16GB). Is there a way to easily automate this process?
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iPod nano 7th generation app development
What programming language does the iPod nano 7th generation use? I would like to develop an app for my own iPod nano 7th generation.
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Can I use Home Sharing with an iPod Nano 7th gen?
I'm considering buying an iPod Nano 7th generation, but I want to be very sure Home Sharing will work with my iMac (OS X El Capitan) with iTunes 12.5 before I purchase one.
Can you tell me if this ...
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Go to the beginning of song list on iPod Nano 4th gen
I use an iPod Nano 4th gen. There are no playlists, just songs.
I am wondering how I can go back to the beginning of the songs list.
Reading this, I tried pressing the VoiceOver button, but it says "...
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How to sync photos to iPod 6g
Today I was trying to get photos onto my iPod. It is a sixth-generation IPod nano, and I was using iTunes 12.4. However, I was not able to sync photos to the iPod. Why is that? Here is what it looks ...
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iPod: how to solve: sceen shows lines only (nano 2nd gen)
could someone please suggest how to solve this issue?
I've got an iPod nano 2nd generation. Sometimes, the screen starts to display only lines (please see pictures attched for example). They change ...
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iPod nano 6th generation jailbreak
I have an iPod nano 6th generation that I don't use at all. This is because although being a music player, I usually just use my iPhone for that same purpose. So I was wondering whether it is possible ...
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iPod nano 7th generation does not pair with any Bluetooth device
My iPod nano 7th generation is giving a lot of trouble in pairing with other Bluetooth devices (headphones, car audio, speaker). I cannot even pair it with my iPhone. I turn on the Bluetooth option ...
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Can the iPod Nano 5th generation take screenshots?
I own a small iPod nano 5th gen that I really like.
In order to try and troubleshoot a small, non-blocking bug that it seems to have, I would like to take screenshots on it - I would assume that ...
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I can't edit music on my ipod
I was using ipod nano and itunes on my previous computer. Now I have new computer with itunes. But when I connect my ipod it doesn't show the sync button. The connection is working, but when I click ...
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iPod Nano 6th Generation stuck power button
I heard that you can start the iPod Nano using the volume keys in lieu of the stuck power key. Is this true? Any other way around the stuck power button?
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iPod Nano 6G stops playing when display turns off
My iPod Nano 6G stops playing music when the display turns off either by time, or by pressing the "Sleep/Wake"-button.
This effect is fully reproducible but only appears with certain headphones, ...
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Was there ever any iPod I could manage like Mass Storage device (without iTunes)?
I want an iPod for my car because it looks cool, but I can't/don't want to use iTunes/alternatives to manage it. Was there any (old) iPod ever, which I can use without iTunes?
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iPod Nano without iTunes (Chromebook)
My father has an iPod Nano (4th generation I think, though it may be 5th) and runs iTunes on his aging Windows laptop. He would like to switch to a Chromebook, which would obviously prevent him from ...
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iPod Nano (7th gen) Bluetooth connection keeps dropping
When I use my iPod Nano (7th generation) with SwageU Bluetooth headphones, the connection keeps dropping with a double beep. Both devices are charged. I haven't had a problem using these headphones ...
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How should I properly format my iPod nano 5th generation?
I've been the happy owner of an iPod nano 5th gen, 8Gb for a few years.
Over the years, I've added and deleted many songs, lyrics, album art, etcetera, and I recently assumed that something was ...
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Navigate albums while playing music from iPod
I use an old 1st Generation iPod nano to play music in my car. I hook it up via the dock connector.
I noticed that when it's hooked up to my car stereo via the dock connector, I'm locked out of the ...
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How to completely wipe 3rd generation iPod Nano
I was using Floola to transfer songs to my 3rd generation iPod Nano and it suddenly stopped working. Now I installed iTunes and I can't seem to be able to delete any of the old songs and I cannot ...
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iPod Nano 7 Gen: use without Windows and MacOS
I just got an iPod Nano 7gen ("iPod nano with Multi-Touch") for my birthday.
I have only one laptop and it's running Linux (Ubuntu 15.04 but may move on to Debian), is there any way I can sync music ...
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What is the difference between a reset and delete
I have a problem with my iPod nano which plays a track initially and later skips to the next track. I tried the same track in itunes v12 and it plays with ease. I had asked for this here for which I ...
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How can I copy my music from iPod Nano (model A1446) to iPhone 5s?
I am trying to somehow extract the music from my iPod and also transfer all the playlists the way I arranged them on the iPod before. The iPod is a 7th generation iPod Nano and I am using iTunes 12 on ...
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Unable to play a complete track in iPod nano
I have around 140 tracks in iPod nano and recently synched a new track on it.
The problem is that the track is not playing completely . It skips the track after first few seconds.
The song is not ...
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How to do I keep music on an iPod when I have no access to the iTunes account that it was added with?
I have a rather difficult question. When I got my iPod I didn't have my own laptop, so my brother set up a joint account for both of our iPod's on his laptop - using his email and his personal account....
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How to sync new songs from a new laptop using iTunes v11.04?
I had an older laptop (Windows 7) with which i used to synchronize my songs on to iPod Nano using the iTunes v10.0. But recently I have shifted to a newer laptop with (Windows8.1)
I have the setting ...
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Is it possible to sync an iPad via iPhone without a computer
My wife currently owns an iPod nano and is planning on upgrading her phone to an iPhone 6 when she is eligible to upgrade (currently she has an Android phone.
She rarely, if ever, uses a computer at ...
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Is it possible to watch mp4s on an iPod Nano 6th Gen?
I have tried to upload .mp4s to my iPod before, but all it would do is show a screenshot of the video and play the audio. Is there a way to actually watch the video and have the audio play as well?
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iPod Nano doesn't get fully charged when connected to MBA
I've a 7th generation iPod Nano. And it's working fine.
I usually used to charge it either by connecting it to a wall charger or through my iMac. And every time it got charged just fine. The battery ...
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How do I turn off "shuffle" on my iPod Nano 7th Generation?
I'd greatly appreciate help with learning how to shut off "shuffle" on my iPod Nano 7th Generation?
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iPod Nano 7th generation (w/ lightning connector) - will video work with a treadmill?
The treadmills at my gym have 30-pin iPod connectors so you can control it and watch video on the treadmill screen. However, the new iPods don't have the old 30-pin connection, but have the smaller ...
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Why is my iPod nano reading everything out loud and functioning abnormally?
I just reset my iPod nano 7th gen via iTunes to remove some broken tracks and then resynced it, and when I unplugged it after disconnecting it, everything was quite broken.
First of all (with a ...
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How do I unfreeze my iPod Nano 4th Gen?
tl;dr -- My iPod hangs on the boot screen (black background, silver apple logo). When I try to restore it (on both my Virtual Windows XP and on a Mac laptop), it'll restore fine, but when it reboots ...
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Do iPod Nanos have USB 2 or 3?
Which version of USB do iPod Nanos have?
Apple's tech spec says it works with a Mac having 2 or 3, but USB is backward compatible so that doesn't help...
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iPod Nano wake screen sometimes shows music instead of Clock
I've recently purchased a band from Lunatik to use my iPod Nano as a watch.
To do this, I've gone into Settings > Date and Time > Time on Wake and put this ON.
At first, this worked as expected, ...
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Is there a way to completely erase an iPod Nano 3rd generation without installing iTunes?
I've had this iPod lying around for years. I'm about to sell it and I'd like to erase all the data. Is there a way to do this without installing iTunes?
I was particularly hoping that there might be ...
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Can I charge my iPod Nano 2012 with the iPad USB plug?
I have a brand new Nano, and was wondering if I can use the same electrical connector that I've received with my iPad2 to charge the Nano? Will it be armfull for the Nano?
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How to get the iPod Nano 5th gen battery health
Is there any way I can get the battery health of an iPod, specifically a 5th gen Nano?
I've done a little bit of googling and I don't think there is a way, but I though I could give it a try here.
I ...
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iPod Nano Running Playlist - Does it always have to start from the first song?
I have the latest iPod Nano and I use it when I run. I have created several playlists for that purpose and sync'ed them to my Nano. Some of the playlists are 70-90 minutes long.
However, the Nano won'...
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