Q. My iPod Classic is giving me error messages and won’t let me manually copy new music onto the device, even though it shows up in iTunes and I can see it on the ...

The big picture: Apple's iPod was instrumental in helping right the ship at Cupertino following Steve Jobs' return a few years earlier. The iconic portable media player was a smash hit but would ...

O’Reilly Media has released “iPod: The Missing Manual, Ninth Edition” (http://oreilly.com/catalog/0636920010142) by J. D. Biersdorfer. It’s 304 pages and ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Soon after this review’s publication, Apple released a software update for the iPod. This update had enough impact on the final rating to warrant an additional review, which you can ...

Donald Bell has spent more than five years as a CNET senior editor, reviewing everything from MP3 players to the first three generations of the Apple iPad. He currently devotes his time to producing ...