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The original iPod, released in 2001, required which connector—standard on Macs but rare on Windows PCs at the time—to sync music from a computer?
Answer
FireWire
Apple built the first iPod around a FireWire port because it offered the fast transfer speeds needed to load a full music library quickly, but FireWire was far less common on PCs than on Macs.
💡 Did you know?
Fire Wire was required to sync the original iPod, not USB. This obscure connector was the main reason early adopters faced steep hardware costs.
Other options people guess
- USB
- Ethernet
- Serial port
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- hardware
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