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!

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maxcady808 says:

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.
Posted 59 months ago. ( permalink )

brucetct says:

haha! good innovative!
Posted 59 months ago. ( permalink )

thisisdrew says:

brilliant.
Posted 59 months ago. ( permalink )

ajbattrick says:

hohohoho
Posted 59 months ago. ( permalink )

thisoneboy says:

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!
Posted 59 months ago. ( permalink )

dues says:

awesome, haha.
Posted 59 months ago. ( permalink )

dotdot says:

will this manual take
off - i ask you ?
Posted 59 months ago. ( permalink )

myrobothand says:

I can also turn my brilliantly designed apple keyboard on shuffle - ahemxikaudd dskjasdh wadsdccjus dswsihd - just as innovative
Posted 59 months ago. ( permalink )

Willo says:

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!
Posted 59 months ago. ( permalink )

Daniel Bishop says:

hahaha! brilliant!
Posted 59 months ago. ( permalink )

l--o-o--kin thru says:

...it's so easy ;-))
Posted 59 months ago. ( permalink )

scottfidd says:

awesome!
Posted 59 months ago. ( permalink )

phon says:

I agree with the lanyard comment... I'd love to see someone with one of these iPods around their necks!
Posted 59 months ago. ( permalink )

Clay8919 says:

Brilliant! Personally, I would have added a #4

1. Get a Post-It note
2. Get your iPod
3. Put the Post-It note on the iPod
4. Do not eat

#4 as they are making sure to tell people not to eat or chew their Ipod Shuffle, as it evidently can be confused with a stick of gum...

:)
Posted 59 months ago. ( permalink )

Dr Snafu says:

Done!
Posted 59 months ago. ( permalink )

Collin Grady says:

Alternate directions:

1. Put post-it on standard iPod
2. ?????
3. Profit!

:-)
Posted 59 months ago. ( permalink )

César. says:

hahahahahahaha
Posted 59 months ago. ( permalink )

slinky_54 says:

if i do that, is the trick gonna reduce the memory to 512mb???=D
Posted 59 months ago. ( permalink )

slinky_54 says:

hahahahha
Posted 59 months ago. ( permalink )

qthrul says:

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.
Posted 59 months ago. ( permalink )

Dudu P says:

Wonderful, man!
Posted 59 months ago. ( permalink )

Dave Ward Photography says:

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
Posted 59 months ago. ( permalink )

macattack [deleted] says:

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!
Posted 59 months ago. ( permalink )

Dave Ward Photography says:

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.
Posted 59 months ago. ( permalink )

mhusson says:

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.
Posted 59 months ago. ( permalink )

the prodigal untitled13 says:

Heheh... sweet.
Posted 59 months ago. ( permalink )

~C4Chaos says:

groovylicious! it deserved to be on engadget! :)
Posted 59 months ago. ( permalink )

blancha [deleted] says:

haha..nice good job~
Posted 59 months ago. ( permalink )

conbon says:

amen :) great pic, this is about what i think about the "new" ipod shuffle too.
Posted 59 months ago. ( permalink )

Carolyn Wampler says:

I yahooed the word ‘flickr’ and this link popped up in the top ten. Funny.
Posted 59 months ago. ( permalink )

AgentQueue says:

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.
Posted 59 months ago. ( permalink )

Bryan Bruchman says:

hahaha!
Posted 59 months ago. ( permalink )

nerd herd says:

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!
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

stupididiots says:

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.
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

jha442 says:

awesome idea, and works for the mini, too (with smaller post-its of course ;)
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

leted says:

Good work, but maybe there's way to get a closer emulation by somehow jamming a screwdriver into the screen.
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

FlyButtafly says:

Hilarious!!!
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

cudmore says:

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
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

m.a.x says:

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...
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

saghirmo says:

this is a great post!!!!
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

lminton01 says:

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.
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

ur_a_dork says:

now all you have to do is make it cheaper and smaller... oh wait.. you can't do that.
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

Cine says:

Genius.
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

Lucio K says:

haha..
check this other one here:
homepage.mac.com/danielturek/PhotoAlbum50.htm l
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

dmsuperman says:

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?
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

JimYounkin says:

This made it onto shufflehacks!
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

kcrca says:

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...
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

RuBBa_cHiKiN says:

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?!
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

gwai says:

GREAT!
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

tgrblck says:

a #5 could be "May contain nuts"
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

thepretenda says:

Viewed 161165 times.

WOOWOWOWOW!!!
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

r0semary says:

HAHAHAHAHA

Literally laughing out loud; hilarious.
Posted 49 months ago. ( permalink )

Acid Zebra says:

Just stumbled across this.

So let me belatedly say: Brilliant.
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

boredloser says:

I had to drop my ipod thrice for a shuffle.. why didn't I get here earlier!
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

nov_lau says:

what the hell???????
Posted 47 months ago. ( permalink )

nov_lau says:

do ne of u no how 2 put pics in ur ipod????
Posted 47 months ago. ( permalink )

max.diems says:

To put pictures on your iPod

1. Get a colour iPod (photo, colour 4G, video)
2. Put the pictures you want into my pictures on WinXP, you may use subdirectories
3. Update iPod
Posted 47 months ago. ( permalink )

mr.pug says:

could you get closer to no screen by using a hammer
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

marcusbrown304 says:

If you havent already bought an ipod and you dont want 2 use your screen b smart and just buy an ipod shuflle and save some money
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

- Nahum - says:

Ya lo hice pero tengo mis problemas
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

Jeremiaht says:

you are so smart, where can I give you money?
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

Spotter4Life says:

Great!!!
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

D. Rocket says:

haha!
Yeah I love the way Apple takes a built-in, inconvenient DRAWBACK,
(ie: NOT having a screen or an ability to choose songs)
and markets it as a "Useful Feature" to fight daily mundanity!

What's next?....Scraping the numbers off of your television remote and enjoying the "Wild Adventure of never knowing what channel you'll get next!!!!"

Or, perhaps putting duct tape over your car's speedometer to "Break up the mundanity of your daily commute to work with the excitement of random Police Interaction!!!"
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

fleno.de says:

What a sense of humor ...it's still make me smile :-)
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

garima05 says:

=)
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

echomrg says:

As you can simply stick you ipod in your pockets or lay it upside down on the table you're clearly working for 3M (makers of post-its) under cover! Shame on you! ;)

M
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

shining black says:

genius
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

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