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#1
November 21st, 2007, 12:19 PM
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| Old Mac with USB 1 and iPod? Dumb question - have an old Mac that does not have USB 2. Do I need to get a USB 2 card to use an iPod Classic or can I use Firewire? If I can use Firewire, that's great, but why am I not seeing this listed anywhere (clearly). Thanks!  |
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#2
November 21st, 2007, 12:58 PM
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| It usually does work, just slower. As long as the iPod model supports the iTunes version (which also your OS supports).
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#3
November 21st, 2007, 03:15 PM
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| None of the current iPods have firewire support. Supposedly this was to make them slimmer. You can still charge with a firewire cable, but it will not sync. You can use USB 1.1 with the new iPods, it is just slower.
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November 21st, 2007, 03:25 PM
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| I have hooked up my ipod (5th gen, video) to one of the lampshade imacs (g4/700) that has the built in 1.1 ports and it worked just fine. it is currently on X.4.10 with itunes 7.5.
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December 9th, 2007, 07:50 PM
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| A USB 2.0 PCI card is what you need. Best bet is any card with a NEC PD720100 or PD720101 chipset (xlr8yourmac results recommend the same). Read this for more feedback: http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/firewire/...eep_sleep.html Stick with the NEC chip, and try NOT to use drivers, Tiger doesn't need the drivers. All of these Cards are NEC chipset based Adaptec 3100LP BAFO BF-460 Belkin F5U220 GWC UC-160 IOGear GIC250U & IC251U Keyspan U2PCI-5 O'toLink U2-C2A, U2-C2B, U2-P20N & U2-P50 Ratoc PCIU5 USBWholesale UII-PCIP I just bought a used IOGear GIC251U & installed it in my G4 400MHz AGP. Works at USB 1.1 speed when I'm booted in OS 9.2.2 & USB 2.0 when booted in OS X. Cheers, Tom |
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December 9th, 2007, 08:45 PM
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December 10th, 2007, 08:31 AM
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| My sister has an eMac with USB 1 and syncs her iPod video fine. It takes a ridiculous amount of time to do the initial sync (hours, depending on how big your iTunes library is), but after that it doesn't take very long, as it's just updating the songs or Podcasts added since the last time it was connected. Unless you're adding gigabytes of stuff to your iTunes on a daily basis, USB 1 will be adequate. If it's an old mac it may not be worth it (or even possible) to install a USB 2 card. as icemanjc suggests, before you buy anything post your system specs -- would hate for you to buy something you can't use.
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