i.e. how to hack the iPod- there’s a great Mac app I’ve been using for a month or so to save my music collection (my backup is in Aberdeenshire while i’m down south) and I have a new iPod. the app is called ‘Music Rescue’, and it does exactly what it says on the tin: “Recovers” (Copies) your iPod’s contents to your iTunes library. It does this for free… nearly – if you don’t pay up a tenner you get a reminder every few minutes. Well worth downloading.

Music Rescue is on just that level of simplicity which will save your arse in a hurry and do just fine for more advanced ‘recoveries’ – the naming system is very CDex, circa ‘99. I love it.