\n\tApple’s iPod revolutionized the mobile music scene. Audiophiles and ordinary listeners alike can carry entire music libraries in their pocket. Few iPod owners however, have seen beneath the device’s outer shell–until now. We’re peeling back the skin on the iPod Mini, iPod Suffle, and iPod Photo.
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\n\tThis iPod Anatomy photo gallery gives you an inside look at the hardware that makes the Apple iPod Mini, iPod Shuffle, and iPod Photo sing.
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So, lets say your roommate knocks your week-old iPod Photo off the sill and lands on it while climbing in the window.
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I slid an x-acto knife between the white and the metal at the top right corner and pried around. (I started on the side and I’m lucky I didn’t cut the cable to the hard drive).
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There are a few really small black screws holding down the board that take about a T6 torx. In lieu of that, I used a REALLY small hex.
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I folded the screen out and unplugged it with the hard drive and battery still hooked up. You could probably take them out, but I’ve heard horror stories about removing the battery.
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Bill Detwiler is the Editor for Technical Content and Ecosystem at Celonis. He is the former Editor in Chief of TechRepublic and previous host of TechRepublic's Dynamic Developer podcast and Cracking Open, CNET and TechRepublic's popular online show. Previously, Bill was an IT manager in the social research and energy industries. He has bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Louisville, where he has also lectured on computer crime and crime prevention.
