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General Maintenance

Learn how to care for, clean, and preserve your iPod.
How to Update iPod software
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.
How Do You Fix a Wet iPod? - Fixing a Submerged iPod
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.
Can You Jailbreak an iPod touch?
Since the iPod touch has often been called an iPhone without the phone, does that mean it’s possible to jailbreak an iPod touch?
How Do You Fix a Wet iPod?
In the course of using them, iPods get wet. It’s just a fact of life. Whether we spill drinks on them, accidentally drop them in the tub, have kids who soak them in the sink, or any number of other watery mishaps, they iPods get wet. But a wet iPod doesn’t necessarily mean a dead iPod.
Is It Safe to Listen to an iPod While Shoveling Snow?
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.
Cleaning Your iPod
Our sister site, Macs.About.com, provides a good guide to cleaning your iPod without damaging it.

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