Last time, we showed you how to sync an iPod with a new computer without losing data, and it was a pretty easy task. But if you’re trying to sync your iOS device with a new computer while the old computer has given up (and if you don’t have a backup at hand), things will be a lot more complex. We’ve covered this before, if you have the older computer up and running (or a backup of it), you can transfer the iTunes library from that computer to the new one, and Apple officially supports you doing so. In such a case when you connect your existing iOS device with a new computer, iTunes would usually offer you to ‘erase and replace’ all the content on the device with the data in the new computer’s iTunes library.

I still get comments on it wondering why I’m using a 2004 Mini in 2020 only to explain that its been heavily modified.As mentioned in the previous part of the guide, ‘syncing with a new computer’ essentially means making iTunes on the new computer accept your device as it is.

With its size, build quality, its retro look and now storage space and battery upgrades, along with the improved sound from Rockbox, I find the Apple Mini still holds its own in today’s world if you have your own music collection. The Mini also had an excellent Wolfson DAC chip on it, so considering how little all of these upgrades cost, it was worth the effort as the click wheel remains popular to this day with someone even attempting to do a software version of it for the iphones.until Apple pulled the plug on the developer.

The final upgrade was installing rockbox on it to further improve sound quality by giving you vastly more feature settings and control over your music, plus this allows you to install and uninstall music from your file manager. Also, the 400mah battery was way too small, so I’ve also upgraded that with a 1900mah battery to improve listening time.

You could bring these up to date per say by taking out the 4 or 8gb hard drive and install a compact flash drive card on it, as I did, giving it 128gb’s of space.

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