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Hi Matt, Would an aux to Bluetooth adapter work with your iPod so that you can use your wireless earbuds? Anker makes one with a 12-hour battery life for $33 on Amazon Prime, for example. Anker also makes a portable USB charger battery (10,000 mWh) for $25 (Amazon Prime). I'm not trying to push Anker, it just showed up in my Amazon search at a good rating/price. Pretty low tech workaround, but might breathe new life into your existing iPod set-up for $58. Not perfect, of course, and it keeps you in the Apple ecosystem which you are trying to exit. Would a second used phone (not active) similar to your current phone be allowed on the factory floor? I imagine this might be a hard sell because it's a phone (active or not). But that might also be cost-effective and you could plug your existing SIM card into it. ~ Eric * Eric Jacobs*, *Principal* *The Audio Archive* 1325 Howard Ave, #906, Burlingame, CA 94010 Tel: 408-221-2128 | [log in to unmask] www.theaudioarchive.com On Wed, Nov 3, 2021 at 4:10 PM Matthew Sohn <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Tangential to this thread, I recently started a job at a factory. They > allow the production workers to listen to music through earbuds (in one ear > only), but active phones are not allowed on the shop floor. This was > frustrating to me because I have 50,000 songs stored on a 500 gigabyte > micro-SD card in my phone. I have 2 old iPods that I can use, but I prefer > not to use wired earphones, and the larger iPod's battery won't hold a > charge anymore. I did some looking online for a suitable portable audio > player with expandable storage and bluetooth connectivity so I could listen > with my Galaxy Live Buds, but all I could find was cheap players with 16 or > 32 GB storage and high-end audiophile players which could hold up to a > terrabyte of music but cost an arm and a leg (the cheapest one I saw was > $700 and they ranged upwards of $3000. I grudgingly decided to get an > iPod Touch (the only iteration of the iPod still made) with a 256 GB hard > drive for $300 since it had bluetooth, even though I have no desire to buy > into the Apple paradigm again. When I got it home and tried to set it up, > it wouldn't recognize my Galaxy earbuds (even though the salesman at Best > Buy said it would). After some googling, I found out that my particular > earbuds are compatible with the iPhone and the iPad, but not the iPod touch > (!). I briefly considered getting some Apple earbuds, but decided not to > since I was really turned off by the interface on the iPod Touch, and I > returned it for a refund. I looked online and found that I could have my > old iPod's battery replaced at a Batteries Plus store near me for about > $70. While doing research on replacing the battery myself I had found that > it was really difficult and frustrating to do, so I took it to the > Batteries Plus guy and will pick it up on Friday. One really interesting > thing I found, though, is that there are people out there hacking their old > iPods to put in larger capacity SSDs or SD cards, and even some adding > Bluetooth capability. There are videos on YouTube if anyone is interested > in how to do it. I may try it eventually, but for now I am using an old > Sony phone that won't recognize a Sim card anymore. I can store up to 256 > GB of music on an added micro-SD card and use the Bluetooth, and it also > has WiFi, so I can stream music from Spotify and other services (but since > it is so old and not supported anymore the Nugs app is incompatible). The > app that I use for listening is called Poweramp and I find it very simple > and easy to use, and it will play all the files that I have imported to the > SD card from my iTunes library. all I had to do was load the iTunes Music > folder onto the SD card from my computer and have Poweramp scan the card. I > retains the file structure (artists, albums, songs, genres etc.) and even > finds album artwork from online that I have not been able to add in > iTunes. Eventually I may decide to pony up for the high-end player that > would be perfect for all this stuff, can hold 1TB on SD and will play just > about anything you can throw at it, up to and including DSD and > 32bit/384khz: the Astell & Kern A&norma SR25 (at $699, their "entry level" > player). These days it seems there is no firm middle ground when it comes > to non-phone music players. > -Matt Sohn > Astell&Kern A&norma SR25 > > | > | > | > | | | > > | > > | > | > | | > Astell&Kern A&norma SR25 > > High-resolution portable music player with Wi-Fi® and Bluetooth® (Crimson > Red) > | > > | > > | > > > > > On Monday, November 1, 2021, 11:14:03 PM EDT, Abhimonyu Deb < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > There is a software called iMazing which lets you control the data on an > iPhone, iPad, and/or iPod just as if it was any other data storage device. > It’s basically meant for backups but, IIRC, it’s excellent for bypassing > iTunes and much, much more user friendly. I haven’t used it in a long time > because I have been using iCloud instead for many years. > Caveat: iMazing is not free but the demo should give an idea of whether or > not it will suit your purpose. > > Best wishes, > Abhimonyu Deb > > > On Tuesday, November 2, 2021, 1:24 AM, Stewart Gooderman <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > Do I sound a bit naive for suggesting a consultation with an Apple genius? > > DrG > > > > On Nov 1, 2021, at 7:33 AM, John Gledhill <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > Apple I-pad question > > > > I apologize for perhaps the wrong forum however, I am hoping someone who > knows the answer can pass me his or her number and I will call offline. > > > > > > > > About 12 year ago I digitized a few hundred cassette tapes and records > for a gentleman after making him aware of online sources and yes he wanted > his cassettes / records digitized. > > > > Kept copies of all of the original 16 bit files and generated ACC or m4v > and loaded the files to one of those old brick ipods with a 75 Gig HD > (audio takes 45 gig) and a sleek nano device > > > > I used I-tunes at the time and was dismayed by the way the ipods messed > up (hashed, and hacked up the file names). > > > > Fast-forward a decade and more. Customer who is old is still alive and > very active. He has a good sense of humour. He brought me his old ipods and > a brand new ipad and wants the audio loaded to the ipad and eventually his > iphone 13. > > > > Should be a no brainer. Except now we have cloud storage. He already has > other music and albums on his ipad (and they don’t show up when connected > to a pc with itunes). I guess I would have to sign in to his account? > > > > My son also warned me about something called “syncing” where Apple > decides to obliterate material on your device if you load material from a > local drive. I told him there is no way a company could do this and be > taken seriously let along convince people to buy their product. > > > > Silly me. Even when I turn off automatic syncing in itunes and think > about moving audio to the I-pad I see warning about only being able to be > sync’d to one source. I stop at this point, as the material already on the > ipad is not mine to erase. > > > > Also worrisome was a pop-up about “trusted device” and only being > allowed 5. I have used up two for him so far. > > > > > > A google search leads me to a couple of software applications that claim > to allow me to add music to the ipad without erasing what is already there. > > > > I wonder. > > > > What computer OS would ever expect you to buy a separate programme to > simply copy a file. What am I missing? > > > > Even if I succeed, will this gentleman undo everything next time he > accesses music on-line? > > > > I really do not want to load 45 Gig to some cloud server so he can sync > to that. This just seems ridiculous when the material is already on a local > drive.. > > > > Ques) If I did put 45G on the icloud from a PC and used this load his > ipad then what happens when he signs onto itunes from his iphone13 on a > cellular network. Does he unwittingly have 45G of cellular network traffic > arriving? > > > > If anyone knows of a way to simply place audio files on an ipad (from a > PC) so they will stay there, be playable, and will not erase what is > already present then please pass me your telephone number. > > > > P.S. The old brick of an ipod he had with the older battery technology > and a hard drive was recharged and still works a week later. > > > > The very sleek nano ipod he passed me was charged for a day and last 2 ½ > min and now won’t recharge. Improved design for who’s benefit. And no, I am > not advocating carrying gramophones in backpacks. > > > > -- > > John Gledhill > > BIT WORKS Inc. > > 905 881 2733 > > [log in to unmask] > > www.bitworks.org > >