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Charge FireWire iPods on sleeping Macs
Authored by: masterklaas on Mar 07, '06 08:23:06AM

Although this has nothing to do with OSX: I'd advise an elecric plug with an USB output for those who don't want to carry around an iMac when on holiday or who don't want their Macs being awake just to load the iPod. Small and practical device, on sale in many shops for a few euro's / dollars



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Charge FireWire iPods on sleeping Macs
Authored by: lekun on Mar 07, '06 08:27:13AM
USB requires the CPU to function. That is why sleeping a computer disables USB charging, and why when you plug in a USB device to a sleeping Mac it wakes up.

Firewire does not.

Apparently it was worth it for Apple to get rid of the convenience and technical advantages of Firewire to save money and space on the new iPods. Note, however, that the new USB iPods still charge via Firewire. They just can't sync.

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