iPods and USB charging?
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From: AES on 30 May 2010 19:41 1) If I plug my iPod into a USB port on my MacBook via the standard USB cable, while the MacBook is connected to the 110v AC adaptor **but powered off** (not just asleep), will the iPod's batteries be recharged? 2) If the MacBook (or whatever) is **someone else's MacBook**, and I just want to recharge my iPod's batteries, nothing else (especially, not start up this other person's copy of iTunes!), what's the necessary protocol? Thanks.
From: Wes Groleau on 30 May 2010 21:35 On 05-30-2010 19:41, AES wrote: > 1) If I plug my iPod into a USB port on my MacBook via the standard USB > cable, while the MacBook is connected to the 110v AC adaptor **but > powered off** (not just asleep), will the iPod's batteries be recharged? No > 2) If the MacBook (or whatever) is **someone else's MacBook**, and I > just want to recharge my iPod's batteries, nothing else (especially, not > start up this other person's copy of iTunes!), what's the necessary > protocol? Plug in the iPod and get your fingers ready. As soon as the Sync appears with the "slide to cancel" then immediately slide to cancel. (Or Kill iTunes during launch before it starts to sync.) Also, if the Macbook is on but no one is logged in, then you will charge without syncing. -- Wes Groleau We don?t teach long division; it stifles their creativity ? http://Ideas.Lang-Learn.us/WWW?itemid=62
From: nospam on 30 May 2010 21:45 In article <htv3q0$g2d$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Wes Groleau <Groleau+news(a)FreeShell.org> wrote: > > 2) If the MacBook (or whatever) is **someone else's MacBook**, and I > > just want to recharge my iPod's batteries, nothing else (especially, not > > start up this other person's copy of iTunes!), what's the necessary > > protocol? > > Plug in the iPod and get your fingers ready. As soon as the Sync > appears with the "slide to cancel" then immediately slide to cancel. actually, when itunes sees the ipod, it will alert the user that it's synced to a different machine and it will ask what to do. click ignore or whatever the button says. do *not* click sync, or it will sync to someone else's music library. > (Or Kill iTunes during launch before it starts to sync.) or set itunes to not auto-launch and more importantly, to not auto-sync. > Also, if the Macbook is on but no one is logged in, then you will charge > without syncing. that works, as well as sleeping, but a usb plug-in will wake it.
From: Robert Peirce on 31 May 2010 15:51 In article <siegman-405CD9.16410330052010(a)sciid-srv02.med.tufts.edu>, AES <siegman(a)stanford.edu> wrote: > 1) If I plug my iPod into a USB port on my MacBook via the standard USB > cable, while the MacBook is connected to the 110v AC adaptor **but > powered off** (not just asleep), will the iPod's batteries be recharged? I think not, but you may want to try it. I have observed that my iPod's batteries actually drain if the Mac is asleep! I am guessing nothing happens if it is turned off, but worst case, the battery may drain. I am fairly certain it won't charge, but I have never tried it.
From: nospam on 31 May 2010 18:03
In article <bob-A70190.15512331052010(a)5ad64b5e.bb.sky.com>, Robert Peirce <bob(a)peirce-family.com> wrote: > > 1) If I plug my iPod into a USB port on my MacBook via the standard USB > > cable, while the MacBook is connected to the 110v AC adaptor **but > > powered off** (not just asleep), will the iPod's batteries be recharged? > > I think not, but you may want to try it. I have observed that my iPod's > batteries actually drain if the Mac is asleep! I am guessing nothing > happens if it is turned off, but worst case, the battery may drain. I > am fairly certain it won't charge, but I have never tried it. mine charges when the laptop is asleep, and my old ipod charged on my sleeping powerbook and even ibook. |