{"id":43707,"date":"2026-04-11T20:33:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T12:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=43707"},"modified":"2026-04-11T20:33:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T12:33:38","slug":"how-to-get-an-ipod-and-set-it-up-as-apples-music-device-makes-a-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=43707","title":{"rendered":"How to get an iPod and set it up as Apple\u2019s music device makes a comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/04\/09\/06a34c41-250a-455d-9817-ad158925e671_b2d5bc62.jpg?itok=Lr560crC&amp;v=1775729515\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Remember the iPod? It is making a quiet comeback.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Four years after Apple killed off its digital music player, second-hand sales are surging \u2013 fuelled in part by young people interested not just in its retro looks but in listening to music in a focused way and with playlists not determined by algorithms.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">\u201cThere\u2019s a growing trend, particularly among younger users, to mitigate the ease with which they can be distracted by <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">smartphones<\/span>, often driven by mental health and well-being concerns,\u201d says Ben Wood, chief analyst at market research company CCS Insight.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cHaving a dedicated music device, such as an iPod, is a good way to reduce your dependence on a smartphone and avoid being drawn into other activities, like doomscrolling through social media feeds, when you only really want to listen to music.\u201d<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">If you are interested in joining the iPod revival, here are some pointers.<\/p>\n<h3 type=\"h3\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"eh0yk8h0 css-17x7qa9 e1pqa4re1\">How to get an iPod<\/h3>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">You cannot buy a new iPod any more, but it is not too hard to get your hands on a used one. There are still a lot of them around because Apple sold 450 million over two decades.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/gadgets\/article\/3349514\/how-get-ipod-and-set-it-apples-music-device-makes-comeback?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember the iPod? It is making a quiet comeback. Four years after Apple killed off its digital music player, second-hand sales are surging \u2013 fuelled&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43708,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[4428,6120,10129,20314,294,1814],"class_list":["post-43707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-apples","tag-comeback","tag-device","tag-ipod","tag-music","tag-set","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/43708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}