Well, with a provocative title like that I should explain that I have tricked you a bit. You don't need iTunes to reset a first generation iPod Shuffle (gumstick) if it has gone out of its mind. Mine was flashing the green and orange LEDs alternately.
The usual advice is to install iTunes and to repair the iPod filesystem. However if you don't mind resetting everything, and there is little to lose on a 512MB or 1GB Shuffle, you can go straight to this reset utility from Apple and not have to download and install the big iTunes software package. At the same time this will update the software to the final version released. As the article states, you may need to try a few times. Mine worked on the second attempt.
I don't think this tip has a large audience as most first generation Shuffles are dead now as those models were released in 2005. Mine's still going strong though. I wonder when the flash memory and rechargeable cells will wear out.
Incidentally I can highly recommend the open source shuffle DB software. With this Python script installed in the Shuffle, and a Python interpreter on the host, you don't need complicated tune management software. Just copy the files onto the Shuffle and then run the program to build a playlist that the Shuffle will understand.
The usual advice is to install iTunes and to repair the iPod filesystem. However if you don't mind resetting everything, and there is little to lose on a 512MB or 1GB Shuffle, you can go straight to this reset utility from Apple and not have to download and install the big iTunes software package. At the same time this will update the software to the final version released. As the article states, you may need to try a few times. Mine worked on the second attempt.
I don't think this tip has a large audience as most first generation Shuffles are dead now as those models were released in 2005. Mine's still going strong though. I wonder when the flash memory and rechargeable cells will wear out.
Incidentally I can highly recommend the open source shuffle DB software. With this Python script installed in the Shuffle, and a Python interpreter on the host, you don't need complicated tune management software. Just copy the files onto the Shuffle and then run the program to build a playlist that the Shuffle will understand.
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