Prevent iPod Shuffle from reverting to start of playlists

May 01, '07 07:30:00AM

Contributed by: JadeNB

My iPod shuffle would occasionally behave strangely on start-up -- rather than resume play where it was when last powered off, it would resume play where it was when last powered on. That is, if I had listened to three hours of music yesterday, it would start at the beginning, not the end, of that three-hour block today.

I eventually discovered that this behaviour occurs if the Shuffle is paused, then left alone until the green light stops blinking, then turned off. Turning the iPod off immediately produced the expected behaviour. Since I don't imagine it is a frequent occurrence to want to "rewind" the iPod in this way, I mention this not so much as a hint, and more as a suggestion for what to be sure not to do, if you're absent-minded like me.

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