Apple posts iPod Update 2004-07-15

Apple has released the 2004-07-15 iPod updater, providing the following enhancements:

For full-size click-wheel iPods:

• Shuffle songs with one click
• Create multiple On-The-Go playlists
• Delete songs from On-The-Go playlists
• Select reading playback speed for audiobooks
• Hear the clicker user interface sound through headphones
• Charge via USB 2.0 connection
• Improved playback performance

For iPods with Dock connectors and iPod mini

• Compatibility with iTunes 4.5 or later and the iTunes Music Store
• Improved playback performance
• Support for the Apple Lossless Encoder, to enable compressed music encoding at high quality

For iPods without Dock connectors

• Compatibility with iTunes 4.5 or later and the iTunes Music Store
• Improved playback performance

The new release is available from http://www.apple.com/ipod/download/.

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