[xDavex]

I got my iPod on Monday, and I've got two questions.

1. I don't think I've ever brought my iPod to a full charge -- does it *stop* charging when the battery fills up? Does the screen change to let you know?

2. I've got a Powerbook g4 and like most people with smallish hard drives, I don't want to keep 5 gigs of music on my computer; I'm going to keep music on my iPod, not my computer. I haven't put the thing down since I got it, but I'm sure I will eventually. What happens if, say, you fill an iPod up with music, unplug it, and walk away from it for a month (or however it takes for it's battery to run down when it isn't turned on)? My point is, it'd be very annoying to have to re-rip 5 gigs of music from my CDs. Is this something to worry about?

Dave

[itai195]

1) I don't know, I've left mine plugged in for a few hours until it got pretty hot and I decided it was a good idea to unplug it.

2) No, don't worry about it. Not an issue.

[jwtseng]

Along the same line of the charging issue, is it possible to tell the iPod or the Mac/iTunes to NOT charge over firewire so that my PowerBook batteries don't get wasted?

[zeltrio]

Originally posted by itai195:
<STRONG>1) I don't know, I've left mine plugged in for a few hours until it got pretty hot and I decided it was a good idea to unplug it.

2) No, don't worry about it. Not an issue.</STRONG>

It gets warm while charging, but when it stops it cools down. I've experienced this first hand. ;] The little battery indicator stops moving when it's fully charged I believe.

-z

[Valentine]

Mine indicates "CHARGING" when charging and "CHARGED" when fully charged. It does not get very warm even with overnight charging.

[Evangellydonut]

I heard you can get a 90% charge in about an hour if you are in a hurry, which makes sense. (It should be a linear curve between time and % change since it's a voltage drop issue...)

Otherwise, since the iPod uses a harddrive, even without a battery, data will be held in the player until you erase it. The problem that comes with a harddrive storage is that it can't be good when you are jogging or something...yeah, it's got 32mb of RAM for skip-protection, and protable harddirves are made to last and handle motion, but not as intensive as jogging...take your Ti-Book/iBook out for a few jogs while its on and you'll regret it...just keep that in mind...