XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Tue, 24 Feb 2026 16:29:29 -0500, -hh wrote:   
      
   > Because iPods never had WiFi or Bluetooth: their inputs were limited to   
   > the 30-pin cable interface.  It wasn't until the iPod's replacement, the   
   > 2007 iPod Touch, that there was WiFi, for which one could notionally   
   > purchase & download songs via iTunes - but these were linked to your   
   > iTunes account, so it would synch onto your PC with the iTunes account.   
      
   The Shuffle only has an all purpose 3.5mm jack. To load it I had to   
   install the iTunes app on Windows since there isn't a Linux version. Even   
   then I had to import the existing mp3s into the iTunes directory,   
   duplicating them, before I could load them.   
      
   It was a handy little player but compared to the usual mp3 player that   
   comes up as a normal mass storage device it was a PITA.   
      
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