You can use your iPod Nano as an audio recorder by performing these steps:
1. Connect a microphone to the dock connector port.
2. Select the Quality:
Low = 22.05 kHz to save space
High = 44.1kHz for high-quality stereo
3. To begin recording, select Record.
4. When you are done, select Stop and Save.
You can play recordings by selecting Extras > Voice Memos and select the recording.
How to change the workgroup name in Mac OS X: Leopard.
1. Open System Preferences from the Apple menu.
2. Open the Network icon in the Internet & Network area.
3. Select the network connection you use to connect to the Windows network.
4. Click Advanced.
5. Click WINS.
6. Type the name of the Windows workgroup in the Workgroup field.
7. Click OK and then click Apply.
Getting rid of a web clip from the Home screen on your iPod Touch can be tricky to figure out. Here’s how.
1. Touch and hold any Home screen icon until the icons begin to wiggle.
2. Tap the X in the corner of the Web Clip you wish to delete.
3. Select Delete, then press the Home button to save your changes.
I had a problem where a window would appear with a folder that said iPod_Control whenever I attached my iPod or put music on it using iTunes. The window would disappear after about 5 seconds.
For some reason, my iPod was detected by Windows as a USB Mass Storage Device. I noticed that there were 2 of these listed in my Device Manager. One of them seemed to indicate a problem with a little yellow icon. After removing both of these Mass Storage Devices, I then restarted my computer. The problem was then solved.
Here is a step by step process on how I did this.
I recently experienced a problem with my iPod Shuffle where it would take over one of my mapped network drives. This became increasingly annoying. Sometimes my music files would get copied out to the network drive instead of the iPod. Luckily I was able to solve the problem by changing the drive letter to the iPod.
1. Right-click My Computer and select Manage.
2. Click Disk Management on the left side.
Since Apple announced that they will be releasing new tools for the iPhone in June, people seem to be all excited about the iPhone again. I have read that the iPhone will replace the BlackBerry, and I couldn’t disagree more. Have we forgotten that the iPhone has a host of problems? The largest problems being that it’s very difficult for the average person to type a message using the touch screen. A BlackBerry has a keyboard with actual buttons. This disadvantage alone is enough for corporate America to just say no to iPhone.
At a time when the United States is headed into recession, I don’t think companies are going to be buying $400 devices for their sales teams when they can get a BlackBerry for a fraction of the cost. I don’t see why the rest of the world would either. It’s another classic case of people going ga-ga over every single Apple announcement. The same thing happened with the AirBook, where the press overlooked that it doesn’t have an Ethernet port or CD-ROM drive. You can buy a more powerful laptop with more features for $500 at Wal-Mart.
Don’t get me wrong, the iPhone is a fairly cool device. It’s a solid product for consumers. I look forward to seeing some of the games that come out. The ability to move your iPhone around and control objects on the screen gets me a little giddy. But, replace devices in the corporate world? I think the device needs to be redesigned before that will happen.
How to set one of your pictures in your iPod Touch as your wallpaper.
1. Tap Photo Library.
2. Select the photo.
3. Drag to pan, or pinch to zoom in or out, until the photo looks the way you want.
4. Tap the photo to display the controls, then tap and tap Set Wallpaper.
How to convert a video so that you can view it on your iPod Touch.
1. Click on the video in your iTunes.
2. Select Advanced.
3. Select Convert Selection for Pod.
4. Add the converted video to your iPod Touch.
Here’s a cool video that describes how to make free ringtones for your iPhone. The instructions in this video are for Mac, But you can perform similar steps in Windows.
A problem can sometimes occur where iCal doesn’t open. The screen flashes briefly, but never opens. Try the following steps to fix this problem.
1. Navigate to Home/Library/Calendars/Calendar Cache.
2. Trash all of the files in the Calendar Cache directory.
Now try iCal, it should work fine.
You have a problem opening the Keyboard & Mouse Preferences. It just stays at Loading Keyboard & Mouse.
To fix this problem, try the following:
1. Navigate to User/Library/Preferences.
2. Delete the com.apple.systempreferences.plist file.
Now you should be able to access the Keyboard & Mouse Preferences. This will also fix any problems you may experience with function keys on your keyboard such as F1 through F12 not working.
If you prefer to start hearing your phone call through the iPhone instead of the headset in the middle of a call, you can perform the following steps.
1. Tap Audio.
2. Select iPhone, Speaker Phone or a Bluetooth device on the list.
If you do not wish for others to be able to see your number appear on their caller ID display, you can disable it.
1. From the Home screen select Settings.
2. Select Phone.
3. Select Show My Caller ID.
4. Select on or off.
Now the people you call will not be able to see your number on their caller ID display.
How to enable your iPod Touch to sync with Outlook 2007 Contacts.
1. Open iTunes and connect the iPod Touch to the computer.
2. Select the iPod Touch on the left pane.
3. Click the Info tab at the top of the screen.
4. Under the Contacts section, turn on Sync contacts from to Outlook.
5. Click Apply and you’re done.
Here’s a workaround for a problem when you sync your iPod with a Windows XP computer and you get an error:
Disk cannot be read from or written to
1. Disconnect the iPod.
2. Right-click My Computer and select Properties.
3. Click the Hardware tab.
4. Click the Device Manager button.
5. Expand Universal Serial Bus Controllers.
6. Right-click Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller choose Disable.
Now try attaching your iPod again and syncing. Hopefully it will work. If it doesn’t check out the Apple article: “Disk cannot be read from or written to” when syncing iPod or “Firmware update failure” error when updating or restoring iPod
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