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About LinkBacksi have a 3G 20G ipod and i'm borrowing my brother's ipod nano's usb cable (because i left my firewire cable at home) to connect to my macbook so i can charge my ipod but my ipod is not even registering on my macbook much less charging.
does the nano's usb cable not work with the older 3G ipod?
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- 08-21-2006, 10:15 PM #1Mac Lover
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question about charging 3G iPod with newer usb cables
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- 08-21-2006, 10:59 PM #2Mac Freak
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Re: question about charging 3Gipod with newer usb cables Hi Bumblebee, AFAIK, only the later iPods (starting with the 4th gen/click wheel and minis) support USB charging.
1st-3rd gen (4 button + touch wheel) will still require the power adaptor/Firewire port.MacBook Pro | Mac mini | iMac| iPod | iPod nano | iPod touch | iPad 2 | Lumix GF-1 | PowerShot G7 | HTC Desire | DS Lite | Wii | PS3| HP Mini
- 08-22-2006, 09:09 AM #3Mac Addict
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Re: question about charging 3G iPod with newer usb cables 3G iPods require the 12V DC output of a Firewire cable; newer iPods can accept the lower voltage of USB (5V DC). This is why charging a 3G iPod is Firewire only.
Note that the newest iPods (5G & Nano) can charge via Firewire, but cannot sync via Firewire.
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