[VukOnCrack]

I want to give my sister my 2nd generation iPod (before the docking station) for use with her original 300 MHz Tangerine iBook. Her iBook only has a single USB 1.1 port and no firewire. The iPod is FireWire.... Any ideas on how I can pull this off so it will work for her?

[mattyd]

Don't think it's possible.

[paully dub]

firewire or usb 2 only. are there any pcmcia ports that you could get a firewire card for?

[Wiskedjak]

Originally posted by paully dub:
firewire or usb 2 only. are there any pcmcia ports that you could get a firewire card for?

Has Apple enabled USB support for iPods on Macs? Before the 4th Gens you couldn't sync an iPod to a Mac through USB, even if the Mac had USB2. Of course, not that there'd be much point.

[paully dub]

Oh right, didn't think about that. Anyway, from the site:

Mac system requirements

Macintosh computer with FireWire port
Mac OS X v10.1.5 or later (Mac OS X 10.3 or later recommended)
USB 2.0 requires Mac OS X v10.3.4

[ajprice]

A PC friend has a 3G iPod, and originally bought it without having firewire on his PC, so he used the USB 1 port on his PC. It was slow, but it worked, he later got a firewire card and kicked himself for not getting firewire earlier. This was on a PC so it is different, but it did work on PC through USB 1.

[tooki]

You cannot use a 1G or 2G iPod on a computer without FireWire, and the iBooks have absolutely no way to add a missing port.

A 3G or 4G iPod might work via USB (albeit slowly if it's USB 1) with Mac OS 10.3.4 or later. Apple officially says USB 2 only, but knowing them, it might still work with USB 1.

tooki

[Kenneth]

I have a clamehell iBook (300Mhz) and the 2G iPod as well.
It's impossible to link them 2gether.

[iMacfan]

I'd advise you to ebay the 2G and buy a mini - should not cost too much more, and I believe that it would then work, but slowly.