Contents
- Index
- Previous
- Next
How the iPod Works (A Simple Explanation)
Don't skip over this explanation just because you think it might be too complicated; the iPod is actually a very easy device to understand, and understanding how it works will help you understand how to use EphPod more effectively.
The iPod consists of two essential pieces: a hard drive and a database. When you turn the iPod on, it reads the database, which tells the iPod about all of the songs and playlists that are on the hard drive. The database holds information on song titles, artist names, album names, track numbers, song lengths, and every other detail you see in the EphPod Song View.
How does EphPod work? Well, EphPod can read and write the iPod database. When you load up EphPod, it reads the iPod database, and shows you all of the songs and playlists in it. When you add songs, EphPod copies those songs onto the iPod hard drive, and updates the database accordingly.
Because the iPod hard drive is formatted as a Macintosh hard drive (the Macintosh hard drive format is called HFS+), Windows can't read the hard drive. That's why you need MacOpener to make EphPod work. MacOpener can read and write to the iPod's HFS+ hard drive.
That's it. The iPod built beautifully, and has a very simple concept. That makes it easy to use, and hard to break.