Its just such a neat design, and the way the button LEDs light up makes it look so cool

Hi everyone, for around 3 months I’ve been working in my free time on Clickwill - an app that edits/adds content directly on the iPod, without using any sync folder on my PC, long story short - When you plug in your iPod, Clickwill shows what's actually on it: the same albums, in the same order you see in Cover Flow on your classic. What you edit in the app is what ends up on your iPod.

Why i made the decision of making it:

I’ve had my iPod classic 7G 160GB for over a year, and so far the only issue was the friction I had with syncing/adding the music I own to the iPod with the use of iTunes / Apple Music - sometimes syncing would add tracks without audio files or with wrong format(songs skipped to the next, supported track with right format)/ missing Album covers on some of the track / splitting an album into two different ones because some tracks had features on it / etc…

I was spending way more time troubleshooting that I’ve ever intended to, where instead I wanted a “Apple” experience with I could just “drag&Drop” my files/ import CD directly into my iPod without Apple Music/iTunes or editing an album info / song info with couple of clicks, so as little friction as possible, with original firmware that apple put into my iPod.

What it can do so far:

* Edit Album info / change album Cover

* Edit songs title/order in album

* Detects songs without audio files and lets you insert that missing file

* Audio player - you can play audio files from your iPod through Clickwill

* Import CDs without the need of Apple Music (MusicBrainz API)

* Merge an Album that was somehow sliced into two or more

* Skips songs while adding it to your iPod, if clickwill sees there is a copy of it already on the device

* Change the CoverFlow album order

* Before every “write to iPod” Clickwill makes a local backup of your library(without / audio files)

* Detects if Audio file is supported by iPod and if not, lets you convert to a supported file (for example: FLAC to ALAC)

What I want to do, and where its gonna go in the future:

* Whatever the users say they like to see (IF there be any users).

I Still don’t have a clear roadmap for the app, but I plan to support it long term since it removed a lot of friction for me, for granted I want to expand the iPod models support (currently tested only on my iPod classic 7G 160gb 2009 version - I would mean a lot if someone with stock firmware and a different classic model would like to check it out - but please make sure to read the DISCLOSURE first, and only then make the decision to use Clickwill).

DISCLOSURE:

The “elephant in the room”: as the flair says - I’ve used Claude Code to write this software, I wish I could write it myself, but the reality is the app was written that way. Im not going to hide it, since the use of AI in software remains a sensitive topic when it comes to users privacy - and I fully support this stance, Clickwill was meant to be offline as much as possible, with the only expceptions of:

* MusicBrainz/Cover Art archive (optional) - if you want the CDs info filled autmoaticly while adding audio from CDs.

* Sparkle - checks for new app version.

* Feedback form(optional) - to send a ticket to my mailbox with a bug/error that you encounter.

If any one still interested after reading the disclosure, here’s the website: https://clickwilldev.com/ app is still in early alfa, so if you decide to use it, there will be bugs, and its free.. obviously.

my 4gb first gen na-no that i thrifted for $5! i just installed a new battery in it last week. i have it paired with AKG K702 headphones. they’d probably benefit from a headphone amp, but for quiet nighttime listening it’s perfectly adequate!

I got black plastic flakes all over my room from the disintegrating earpads & the plastic was gunky but with a good clean & new ear pads they sound great on 5th gen, 4th gen & 3rd gen. 32 ohm & using them without the battery. I synched 10.000 songs from
the white unibody MacBook with Mavericks & it was a breeze. The numbers were running up faster than I could read them. On newer macs it was painfully slow and you had to synch in batches. Gotta use vintage tech with the tech of the time….

Really enjoying it so far! Luckily snagged one in really great condition - I’ll see how the battery & hard drive hold up over the next few weeks but hoping not to have to replace anything.

It’s been a bit of a pain putting the music on but so satisfying to be off streaming. I’ve always wanted to get into owning music and this is a great solution!

Any album recommendations are very welcome: I love rock (especially baroque rock/anything with a string section), plus anything indie or from the 80s!

Mods
- micro sd card tf adaptor mod
- face plate change

What's your recommendations on this?

(The pic is from another reddit post)

Conseguí este iPod es muy bueno, lee mis audífonos, carga, inclusive lo conecte a una bocina que tengo y funciona pero al tratar de conectarlo a la PC aparece esto
-ya intenté con otro usb
-ya intenté con otra maquina
-ya intenté con otra versión de itunes
-ya intenté con la opción de reestablecer

So i downloaded 12.10.11, deleted the itl file, connected my iPod anddddddd.. nothing.. my pc recognizes it, iTunes dose not. iv tryed just about everything and am still stuck.

I plan on getting a white iPod 5.5 and need help buying stuff to mod it. I’d like to be somewhat budget friendly but I have no idea what this price range for modding would be. Also hoping for no soldering requirement but I can do basic soldering. Here are some of the mods I want or I am thinking about.
-As much storage as possible
-AirTag or some sort of tracking mod
-New battery
-Rockbox
-Bluetooth? I heard there was possibly a way without soldering?
-Black backplate
-Black scrollwheel
I don’t know if there’s anything I’m missing or if this is even possible. If it isn’t possible break the news to me.

Managed to get this for about $80NZD (~$45USD). Sounds amazing and makes my iPod look absolutely badass on my desk.

Hello, I recently got a free iPod so I put in a flash mod and 3,000 mAh battery. When I first put it together the first ribbon cable didn't work but I had another spare that worked. I put it together but then I wanted Bluetooth so I took it apart soldered all the connections and now the hard drive won't work with any cable or any format. When I first connect it to my computer it says Please wait very low battery. I can hold down select and play/pause button which makes the iPod show up in device manager but it still doesn't show up in iTunes 10 or disk management. I've tried pretty much every format and solution I can find. Please help me! I'm using the green microSD card adapter from EOE btw.

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My iPod classics hard drive finally went bust and I can’t afford to replace it until the end of the month so threw some albums on my old iPod touch! I’m glad I always get it around now :)

I am getting a ipod touch 3rd gen it is only showing the battery low and charging screen and the apple logo. Also can I use a makeshift battery like a nokia or a samsung one for some time to test it as its battery is dead.