I use Fedora 13 and very recently I brought a new Apple iPod shuffle. I would like to know whether I can transfer music into my iPod without using iTunes. I tried using gtkpod and RhythmicBox, but that is of no avail.

Using Linux Mint I need to find some way of running iTunes so i can update my 7th Gen iPod, which cannot be done in Rhythmbox. I've tried legacy versions of iTunes in WINE. I've tried to use play on Linux. I've not tried to run Windows in VirtualBox yet. Has anyone previously done this, or have any suggestions?

I have my ipod nano (4th gen). I want to add some new music to it and I have tried already a range of applications which should be able to do so. I used this list of suggested software: http://www.wikihow.com/Manage-an-iPod-in-Linux I have tried: atunes, amaraok, rhythmbox, banshee, music (elementary's own music player). None of them worked. Banshee came the closest: I was able to manage my ipod. See playlists, transfer music to it, sync etc. After disconnecting my ipod, I saw Banshee was syncing the music database. When I looked on my ipod, there was no new music, the created playlist was not there. When I connected the again, everything I had done was gone. Also in Banshee. Amarok does not even show my ipod. Music shows some playlist but with the completely wrong content. atunes did not even recognize my ipod. I searched for this and found this question at askubuntu: https://askubuntu.com/questions/26353/how-can-i-sync-with-an-ipod-nano-6g But this question is about a much newer ipod. Is it possible to manage my iPod in Elementary without running a VM with windows or Mac OS X? (I was hoping that I did not any longer needed windows, but I already need it to get access to the iTunes store.) **edit:** my ipod nano is 5th gen, not a 4th gen. Plus: I am running into multiple problems using the mentioned software. Missing software etc. And after installing this software, other missing software. So it goes on and on.

After the unfortunate upgrade of my ipod touch 5g to ios 9.2 I can no longer manage my photos from Linux. I used to be able to read/write to the DCIM folder and now apple has taken that away. In windows I can see that the partition with the pictures is DCF format.

Is there a way to Up/Downgrade the iOS of my iPod touch 2G under linux (especially debian)? I have already read about idevicerecovery but this project doesn't seem to be maintained anymore and therfore pretty messed up.

I am using Fedora 19 GNOME version. After I plugin my iPod to the USB, it is not listed in my filesystem. The output of the lsusb command is: Bus 002 Device 003: ID 090c:237c Silicon Motion, Inc. - Taiwan (formerly Feiya Technology Corp.) Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 003: ID 05ac:1303 Apple, Inc. iPod Shuffle 4.Gen Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub the output of fdisk -l is: Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes, 976773168 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes Disk label type: gpt # Start End Size Type Name 1 2048 411647 200M EFI System EFI System Partition 2 411648 1435647 500M Microsoft basic 3 1435648 976773119 465.1G Linux LVM Disk /dev/mapper/fedora-root: 53.7 GB, 53687091200 bytes, 104857600 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes Disk /dev/mapper/fedora-swap: 4177 MB, 4177526784 bytes, 8159232 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes Disk /dev/mapper/fedora-home: 441.5 GB, 441505021952 bytes, 862314496 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes Disk /dev/sdb: 2018 MB, 2018496512 bytes, 492797 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 4096 = 4096 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes Disk label type: dos Disk identifier: 0x00000000 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System So, sdb is my iPod. The output of mount -t hfsplus /dev/sdb /media/ipod/ is: mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb, missing codepage or helper program, or other error In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try dmesg | tail or so. Then I tried checking the logfile dmesg | tail -30. The output was: [254134.677536] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage [254135.680855] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access Apple iPod 2.70 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 [254135.681654] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0 [254135.682437] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] 492797 4096-byte logical blocks: (2.01 GB/1.87 GiB) [254135.683072] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off [254135.683077] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 6e 00 00 08 [254135.683678] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Incomplete mode parameter data [254135.683682] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through [254165.979596] usb 1-1.2: reset high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci [254197.054873] usb 1-1.2: reset high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci [254228.066118] usb 1-1.2: reset high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci [254259.205331] usb 1-1.2: reset high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci [254259.294409] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] 492797 4096-byte logical blocks: (2.01 GB/1.87 GiB) [254259.295670] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Incomplete mode parameter data [254259.295674] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through [254290.152447] usb 1-1.2: reset high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci [254321.227721] usb 1-1.2: reset high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci [254352.238989] usb 1-1.2: reset high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci [254383.250192] usb 1-1.2: reset high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci [254383.337942] sdb: [254383.339261] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] 492797 4096-byte logical blocks: (2.01 GB/1.87 GiB) [254383.340499] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Incomplete mode parameter data [254383.340503] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through [254414.261274] usb 1-1.2: reset high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci [254445.400659] usb 1-1.2: reset high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci [254476.411854] usb 1-1.2: reset high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci [254507.423071] usb 1-1.2: reset high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci [254507.509440] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk [254606.269395] hfsplus: unable to find HFS+ superblock [254921.669943] hfsplus: unable to find HFS+ superblock I also have gtpod and banshee installed. How do I get the iPod configured and running?

In fluxbox I manually mount my iPod, then run GtkPod as a normal user, unfortunately this doesn't give me write permissions as a normal user. (I can paste the error message in later when I am home if needs be, but it's a generic "Unable to write to /drive, permission denied") In GNOME however the iPod is automatically mounted and the normal user has write permissions. Please can someone explain how GNOME is mounting it so that write permission is enabled for normal user?

I have had gnupod for a while. Still haven't figured out how to use it though. I usually just go for gtkpod. So this question, in case anyone had any doubts after reading everything below, *is purely about gnupod syntax*. Recently I decided to get my ipod replaced under this replacement scheme. (I don't like proprietary hardware, etc., but if someone is going to give me a brand new piece of hardware... for something that was originally a gift... hmm...) Anyway, long story short, I backed up my old ipod using dd: dd if=/dev/sdb2 of=ipodbk and just tried running gtkpod (with ipodbk mounted as -t vfat -o loop) to see if it would pick it up, like it does when an ipod is attached, which it does. But this question is not about that. I don't want to waste time with gtkpod's bugginess when it comes to exporting an entire ipod's files (tried it before. ended up with a lot of 0 byte files... no thanks). I just want to be able to export all the tracks from the disk image in one go. The command probably looks something like gnupod_something (some switches) -m /home/user/ipodbkmount/ (some stuff?) and the output probably looks something like (window flooded with 1000 lines of text) but I've never really been able to get gnupod to work. I'm sure it's a great program, and I have to usually invoke it as gnupod_check -m ipod --fixit once in a while when gtkpod loses track of what it's doing and makes errors when it writes files to the device. As for gnupod, I'm just not intelligent enough to figure out its syntax on the more routine ipod manipulations, I think. So, yeah, what's that command?

I am using Ubuntu and would like to know the answer to this question: - How does one determine whether his/her Apple iPod Shuffle's charge is full in Linux? In Windows it's easy since iTunes shows the charge. But in Linux neither Rhytmbox nor gtkpod shows the battery charge. Any help regarding this.