Apple releases iPod Updater 3.0.4

Apple has released the iPod Updater 3.0.4 which enables support for the new iPod Photo, and also provides the following enhancements for each iPod model:

Click-wheel iPods

• Improved connectivity with some FireWire cards using the VIA chipset
• Improved connectivity with FireWire hubs, and with 4-pin FireWire ports
• Improved power management
• Improved performance with the optional external battery pack
• Removing headphones while the hold switch is on no longer wakes iPod

iPod with a Dock connector 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

iPods without a Dock connector

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

More information, as well as a download, are available on VersionTracker's iPod Updater 3.0.4 product page.

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