Turn any iPod into an iPod Shuffle in 3 easy steps!
The marketing guys over at Apple seem to be really pumping up the "never know whats gonna play next" randomness of the new iPod Shuffle. Since they are promoting this feature so much, saying things like "Daily gridlock feels less mundane when you don’t know what song will play next," I thought I'd put up my guide on how to give any regular iPod the cool new feature of the iPod Shuffle.
1. Get a Post-It note
2. Get your iPod
3. Put the Post-It note on the iPod
Now you can enjoy the iPod Shuffle's cool new feature without having to go buy a new player. Enjoy!
Comments and faves
wootam!, jayallen, maxcady808, brucetct, and 71 other people added this photo to their favorites.
maxcady808 (102 months ago | reply)
Apple designed an iShuffle for me last year, my iPod screen stopped working. Maybe part of the early testing.
I actually found it most annoying.
brucetct (102 months ago | reply)
haha! good innovative!
thisisdrew (102 months ago | reply)
brilliant.
ajbattrick (102 months ago | reply)
hohohoho
thisoneboy (102 months ago | reply)
fantastic! i was thinking of that myself as i was riding the train to work and my ipod was on shuffle, hidden away in my bag. no screen= 99-149 dollars more in my pocket!
dues (102 months ago | reply)
awesome, haha.
dotdot (102 months ago | reply)
will this manual take
off - i ask you ?
myrobothand (102 months ago | reply)
I can also turn my brilliantly designed apple keyboard on shuffle - ahemxikaudd dskjasdh wadsdccjus dswsihd - just as innovative
Willo O'Brien (102 months ago | reply)
I totally don't need one, but the one benefit I can see is that if it falls off at the gym, it won't cost me $599 to replace!
Daniel Bishop (102 months ago | reply)
hahaha! brilliant!
l--o-o--kin thru (102 months ago | reply)
...it's so easy ;-))
scottfidd (102 months ago | reply)
awesome!
phon☆ (102 months ago | reply)
I agree with the lanyard comment... I'd love to see someone with one of these iPods around their necks!
Dr Snafu (102 months ago | reply)
Done!
Collin Grady (102 months ago | reply)
Alternate directions:
1. Put post-it on standard iPod
2. ?????
3. Profit!
:-)
César. (102 months ago | reply)
hahahahahahaha
slinky_54 (102 months ago | reply)
if i do that, is the trick gonna reduce the memory to 512mb???=D
slinky_54 (102 months ago | reply)
hahahahha
qthrul (102 months ago | reply)
Will this work on an iPod mini as well? I think you're going to need a FAQ soon if this question comes up again.
Dudu P (102 months ago | reply)
Wonderful, man!
Dave Ward Photography (102 months ago | reply)
You've gotta add this to the Macintosh group.
I saw this on a website a couple days ago. Did you snag it, or are you the one who first came up with this great idea? Either way, it's hilarious. :-D
macattack [deleted] (102 months ago | reply)
It must be great to have a company fan base so blindly devoted that all they have to do is take 2-year old technology, paint it white, do something stupidly crippling to it to gain press headlines, and watch the money role in while the rest of us stare on in bemusement!
Dave Ward Photography (102 months ago | reply)
I would say "I don't know WTF you're talking about," but I think the more correct thing to say would be "You don't know WTF you're talking about." It's a low-end iPod for $99. If that's not cool, then nothing is cool.
mhusson (102 months ago | reply)
I was actually the one who took the photos. The day the shuffle came out, I got the idea, took the pictures, and put them up here on my flickr account, and Jason Kottke saw it a couple of hours later and linked to it. It seems to have just spread from there (Gizmodo, Engadget, Hotlinks, Cult of Mac, etc).
I just think it's cool that everyone likes it so much.
Jacob Haas (102 months ago | reply)
Heheh... sweet.
~C4Chaos (102 months ago | reply)
groovylicious! it deserved to be on engadget! :)
blancha [deleted] (102 months ago | reply)
haha..nice good job~
conbon (101 months ago | reply)
amen :) great pic, this is about what i think about the "new" ipod shuffle too.
Carolyn Wampler (101 months ago | reply)
I yahooed the word ‘flickr’ and this link popped up in the top ten. Funny.
AgentQueue (101 months ago | reply)
You also need to fill up all but 512MB or 1GB of the hard drive with a single file containing zeroes or something to get the capacity down to the shuffle's.
Bryan Bruchman (101 months ago | reply)
hahaha!
NNNHHH (101 months ago | reply)
Eureka! I've got it! As you probably know, there is a worldwide shortage of iPod Shuffles, so Apple's plan is probably to force people to buy more expensive HDD iPods and convert them to shuffle this way!
stupididiots (101 months ago | reply)
are you guys really this stupid? obviously the ipod shuffle is not meant as an improvement... in fact its supposed to be the opposite....thats the whole point. you guys might as well start putting down couches because instead of getting a couch for a few bills you could buy a porshe for a few hundred Gs, take off the wheels, and sit in it in your living room.
jha442 (101 months ago | reply)
awesome idea, and works for the mini, too (with smaller post-its of course ;)
leted (101 months ago | reply)
Good work, but maybe there's way to get a closer emulation by somehow jamming a screwdriver into the screen.
FlyButtafly (101 months ago | reply)
Hilarious!!!
cudmore (101 months ago | reply)
Come on people. Get a minidisc, don't buy into this iPod stuff. I am gonna be listening to tunes on my minidisc in two years (read laughing to the bank) when all the iPods start failing.
Every notice the minidisc headphones? I have caus' I have a pair. People are really responsive. Whereas iPod people tend to not listen to music but just interface with the, well, interface.
I LOVE FLICKr
m.a.x (101 months ago | reply)
Very entertaining, but you forgot one thing, the lack of which always annoyed me about my 20g iPod... on the Shuffle you can change the volume at anytime with dedicated buttons. On the iPod, you had to be in the 'Now Playing' mode.
Seriously though, I sold my much more expensive iPod and got a 512mb Shuffle. Haven't looked back since. Its great...
saghirmo (100 months ago | reply)
this is a great post!!!!
lminton01 (100 months ago | reply)
This idea is definitely great for an owner of the previous ipod but for people like myself who can't afford to shell out $300 on a new ipod the shuffle is the perfect solution.
ur_a_dork (100 months ago | reply)
now all you have to do is make it cheaper and smaller... oh wait.. you can't do that.
røde (100 months ago | reply)
Genius.
Lucio K (100 months ago | reply)
haha..
check this other one here:
homepage.mac.com/danielturek/PhotoAlbum50.htm l
dmsuperman (100 months ago | reply)
What happens if I wish to switch back? Is there some special way to do this? Also, can I be sued by Apple for stealing iPod shuffles?
JimYounkin (99 months ago | reply)
This made it onto shufflehacks!
kcrca (99 months ago | reply)
Sigh. I hate instructions and recipies that don't include the important details. What size post-it note? I don't want to go to the store more than once...
RuBBa_cHiKiN (99 months ago | reply)
this is not supposed to be a practical way to turn your ipod into an ipod shuffle -_-' this is meant to be a parody of the ipod shuffle. it's basically explaining how apple created this new ipod, in terms even idiots can understand (or apparently can't). for anybody who did not get this joke, and actually see this as a real method, i must ask you. what is your major malfunction?!
gwai (98 months ago | reply)
GREAT!
tgrblck (97 months ago | reply)
a #5 could be "May contain nuts"
thepretenda (93 months ago | reply)
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