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Hearing loss is a potentially serious problem for any regular iPod or iPhone user. While there are some tips on how to avoid it in the linked article, there are many other techniques. What do you do to prevent damaging your hearing with your iPod?

Tips on how to prevent hearing loss or damage resulting from too much iPod and iPhone use.

Periodically, Apple releases iPod software updates that add features and fix bugs in the operating system that runs the iPod. The tool to update iPod software is built into iTunes.

Periodically, Apple releases iPod software updates that add features and fix bugs in the operating system that runs the iPod. The tool to update iPod software is built into iTunes. Here's how to use it.

The tips listed above are just a few ways to fix a wet iPod or iPhone. If your iPod or iPhone has gotten wet, what's worked for you in fixing it? What didn't work? Share your experiences and help others save their devices.

Since you can jailbreak an iPhone, and they're so similar, can you jailbreak an iPod touch?

An iPod or iPhone going into a pond or puddle or washing machine doesn't have to mean an automatic trip to the Apple Store to buy a replacement--not if you use these techniques, that is.

Is It Safe to Listen to an iPod While Shoveling Snow? It’s going to be safe for you, of course, unless you get in the way of a snow plow that you don’t hear because your music is up so loud. For your iPod, though, it can sometimes be another matter.