Filed under: iPod Family, How-tos, Tips and tricks, Mods
Home grown 8GB iPod mini
So you've got one of those swell iPod minis, but that once spacious hard drive seems to be getting smaller and smaller. Jason Parry had the same issue, and not wanting to give up his durable and rather scratch-resistent mini, he took it apart, pulled out its hard drive and replaced it with a Seagate CompactFlash Photo Hard Drive. After some delicate surgery, the drive was connected. Next, Jason connected it to his Powerbook, ran the iPod updater and it installed the iPod OS, giving him 7.4GB free storage space. Nice!
[Via MacNN]
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arkowi said 1:52PM on 12-13-2005
I have a 4GB mini with a dead drive. You can hear the HD clicking in it from about 10 feet away, haha. I am going to consider doing this. Or I might just buy a replacement 4 GB drive. I have a new 5G pod, but a personally refurbed mini would be great for running and snowboarding.
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Dat Le said 2:24PM on 12-13-2005
How much $$$$$$$$$$$$$ is that 8 GB hard drive?
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arkowi said 2:42PM on 12-13-2005
Dat Le:
RTFA
"Note the street price on these drives seems to be about $200-250."
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David said 4:41AM on 12-14-2005
Is the 8GB CF HD the biggest we can buy today? Seems like they are making bigger ones these days.
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