Those who are accustomed to the ways of other iPods have been surprised by the iPod shuffle’s inability to be manually updated. Sorry. If that sentence leaves you completely in the dark, allow me to ...

Guts exposed, another doomed unfortunate on the field of battle, the iPod Shuffle can only glare into the shining grey sky as it waits for the killing blow. Yes, more carnage over at iFixit! All ...

Does anyone know how to turn off the auto-update (auto-sync) feature on the iPod Shuffle? I have all my songs originally on an external hard drive. If I don't connect that drive to my notebook when I ...

Several readers are reporting success in resolving various iPod Shuffle (first generation) issues with the aid of Apple's recently revised reset utility 1.0.1. In particular, a frustrating issue where ...

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