Hey Linux community. I have an ipod and I’m trying to put music on it. Itunes simply will not run and it won’t recognise stuff I put on it through files. Is there any thing I can try/use? Information: Linux type: Linux Mint Cinnamon Ipod type: 1.1.2 PC, Ipod Nano, 7th Gen
Never had an iPod, so I can’t really help you, but have you tried the arch wiki? https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/IPod
Thanks for your help. Sadly it doesn’t help much for Linux Mint.
Other than the way you installed the packages there’s nothing intrinsically arch on that wiki. I recommend you read the page and see if it helps before assuming it doesn’t because you’re using a different distro, arch wiki is great even if you don’t use arch.
Hey mate, I did read through it and it was of no use to me. Thanks for your help.
Ah, sorry, your reply was 8 min after I sent the link which seemed awfully short to test the different approaches listed there, I assumed you hadn’t read it and just discarded for being a different distro. Sorry I couldn’t be more helpful.
Man I love this place. So much less “Fuck you, ur dumb bc xyz” than reddit. Y’all are awesome.
All good.
What is the problem? I used rhythmbox for that ~15 years ago and it worked.
Rhythmbox or GTKpod don’t work with iPod Nano 6 & 7.
Doesn’t recognise my Ipod at all.
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I have Nano 7 as well and I tried many things over the years. However there isn’t a good solution to this. I have a Windows 7 VM just for my iPod and installed an old iTunes just to put music on it. You can use Gnome Boxes for this job.
Thanks. Do you think you could help me with it?
Sure.
First, install Gnome Boxes. Then find a Windows 7 ISO, any will do.
Let me open my PC for the next steps.
Once you installed it, start the VM and plug in your iPod. For VM to see it, on right top there is a … menu, go preferences from there. Switch to Devices & Shares tab. It should see your iPod now, just enable it. Also set a shared directory from below so you can put your music files there before uploading them to your iPod. This is the iTunes version I use: https://www.filehorse.com/download-itunes-64/35820/
Before forget, use a 64-bit Windows.
Aight. 8 Minutes till done.
OK, ping me when you need.
Thanks :D. You are insanely helpful.
No problem! Just helping a fellow penguin. :)
This thread makes me so happy. Following along watching good people on the internet help each other solve problems with each other for no other reason than to be kind. Thanks for being a kind person.
How did it go? Hopefully successful?
Sadly, not.
You can get yourself a Windows 7 ISO from here. https://massgrave.dev/windows_7_links.html
Grabbed the first one I saw.
Don’t grab the first one. :)
Pick one what language you need and also pick a 64-bit one.
OK I’m here.
Click on + to select the ISO from file. It will start the installation process. Install Windows 7 with its steps. 20 GB space and 4 GB RAM would suffice for virtual machine.
Just curious why the ipod? Is it for retro chic? Are you trying to load songs you purchased or “backups”? I play my backups with vlc on my phone to save data.
Ipods have a proprietary handshake that must happen between the device and the computer trying to manage it. The open source community was able to reverse engineer it on the older models but not the later ones.
Nostlagia. I also just wanna see it run again.
I totally get that! Everyone here is suggesting complicated virtualization options. Maybe they know something I don’t. But if it were me, I’d try setting up plain old WINE and seeing if I can install an old version of iTunes from here:
http://www.oldversion.com/windows/itunes/
You could pick an xp era iTunes and set wine compatibility to xp, or 7 or whatever was contemporary for the ipod generation you have.
Unrelated: my phone insists on autocorrecting ipod to iPad. I feel old now.
I use VLC to download music to my ifruit. It’s access via a (browser) ip address and upload/download from there.
That’s once you enable sharing in the VLC app on your iPod, iPad or iphone
