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- debergerac, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5What"s new? I've been toting my 3G iPod with OSX on it for a couple of years now. Handy. I don't need MM's half-baked tools for it. Data Rescue II, fsck and Disk Utility is everything you need to rescue data. A disk that crashed, should be replaced IMHO. Not repaired.
- Otto, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3You can use iPod's as boot devices without any really special trickery. Just force them into disk mode, plug them in, and boot from them. In disk mode, they are standard mass storage devices. Works on PC's too. For the firewire ones, it's difficult to find mobo's that will let you boot from firewire devices though. But most systems will boot off USB devices nowadays.
Downside: Doing this makes the iPod basically broken as an iPod. It won't play music no more. - CeeJayDK, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Why would anyone want to repair a Mac ?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2With the Zune losing in sales 300 to 1 against the iPod you should have fun when Microsoft discontinues the Zune service.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3No thanks. I'll keep using my iPod for what it was intended for - Music.
- ellem, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I hope it works better than their website...
- t3hX, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2What, and the Zune software's better?
- Universal, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4System Requirements:
* Macintosh capable of running OS X 10.4 or above
* Mac OS X 10.4 or greater.
* DVD-ROM drive.
* 512 MB RAM or greater.
* An external FireWire device, like an older iPod.
"TechTool Protogo is a Mac OS X application that lets a Macintosh user easily turn an old iPod, a flash drive or other similar device into a bootable diagnostic tool that contains several of Micromat's utilities."
Flash drive? Aren't those only USB? - bearda, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2If the iPod just has a dead battery it might be pretty useful, though.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Another worthless MicroMat offering. Who wants to pay $135-$200 for a kit that allows you to install OS X on a drive when you can do it with the OS X installer (which you already need to use the MicroMat software). The only thing it offers you that you can't do easily with the OS X installer CD is install a minimal system. Then they package their disk partitioning software that can't do anything more then the command line so your paying for a crummy interface to the command line. And TechTool Pro which offers worthless tests like testing your video RAM. It's not like it can fix video RAM issues and it's not like people run into video RAM issues very often. They say old iPod because installing it and making it bootable means you can't use the iPod to play music anymore. No thanks, I'll use a 2.5" drive in a FireWire case to boot my Macs.
- PhillyMJS, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@abohling:
The same company makes the Firewire pocket drive you're referring to, it's called the Protege.
As for this product, I'd rather make my own bootable portable recovery drive using a 2.5" HDD and an enclosure with FireWire. Until it's easily possible to make a single OS X install that will boot PPC and Intel Macs, just make 2 bootable partitions-- one per architecture-- and all the utilities you'd ever want. I do the same thing with a large full-size drive from NewEgg and a multi-interface enclosure from Other World Computing. Macs that won't boot into OS X (or reasons other than hardware failure) are rare IME, but a bootable external drive does come in handy once in a while. - abohling, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1They do, or at least did, make a firewire flash drive but the cost was high for the amount of storage. The only place I've seen them now is a Mac utility software company that sells a firewire flashdrive toolkit.
- Xyber411, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1There are other reasons for a crash than hard drive failure. Even on a mac, sometimes they just need to be reformatted.
- icedevil6, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1My assumption is that the conversion would be rather easy for the toolkit to achieve.
- TheWeez, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Why pay over $100 for this when you can download DasBoot by SubRosaSoft for free? It offers everything this can do and MORE. FREE!
- Takuro, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1http://duggmirror.com
http://redirect.nyud.net:8090/?url=http://www.micromat.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=186&Itemid=85 - strangerzero, on 10/12/2007, -4/+4My experiences is that most old iPods end up with dead hard drives after a couple of years.
- HsoKinees, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1i'm using a broken old 4gig ipod mini as a usb storage device ^^ it works very well as that :) it's alot quicker to transfer a 5meg or so file onto it and then connect it to another computer, than burn the file to a CD and verify it
- inactive, on 04/23/2009, -0/+0Have you tried seeking a qualified PC/Mac Technician to repair your iPod?
http://www.nationwideacs.com/ - wvdavis, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3"With Protogo, it is possible to create a portable diagnostic device that can:...
• Find viruses"
Viruses... On a Mac? - esquire360, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0they should make it for new ipods, if a friend has issues, i just bring diagnostic pod over, Bing bang. An ipod could be a sweet portable trouble shooter, can u boot from pod?
- witte, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Your old iPod isn't a brick, it just needs a new battery.
- SuperSloth, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1My old iPod is a brick. I use my iPods until they die, then I get a new one.
Who the hell buys an iPod when they have a perfectly functional one? - BentCorner, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1What, do they stop playing mp3's when they get old?
- AlexLand, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2I'm a windows user and technically this story doesn't really apply to me but.. I've been through like, 3 iPods already (3G, Photo, mini) and they've all died from hard drive failure. I'm not thinking people are really going to be able to boot their old f'ed up ipods but maybe I missed something in the article?
- francyci, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0}} What, do they stop playing mp3's when they get old?
No, but I have a couple iPods, but cause I wanted a flash based unit when that came out because it was light and small. Obviously I can't listen to 2 iPods at once, and the battery is dead in my old 20GB unit. So I reuse that old 20GB unit as a portable storage device. - VenomXt, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0assuming your old ipod still works... mine ***** out on me at 2 years.... I hope my new zune does better.. at least I dont have to install itunes.
- jmz635, on 10/12/2007, -7/+4I didn't think Apples needed fixing?
/ducks - elitexero, on 10/12/2007, -10/+3System Requirements:
* Macintosh
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