I had some books I’d purchased that were independent and offered in MP3 format. I think there are likely some public-domain sources you could get MP3 books from, though they are likely classics. https://www.gutenberg.org/browse/categories/1
I love this recommendation, Mike! I have been looking for more and more ways to use technology offline.
Your article reminded me of an experiment that tracked people's level of focus correlated to the location of their iPhone. Even though all of the participants had their phones silenced, the ones who kept their phones in a separate room all together were able to focus a lot more than the ones who kept their phones inside a bag in the same room, and of course, a lot more than those who kept it in silence on their desks.
I have been using spotify on my laptop but I like this option a lot better.
haha, I have!! I keep my iphone two stories down from where I work or sleep. It is the best. And I have started to just leave it at home when I run errands. I also got myself a land line for our family (TinCan), and stopped using google maps to regain my previously great orientation skills.
Daniel, When you connect the Y1 to your computer, it loads like an external drive. Oddly enough the name of the drive is NO NAME. So you have to do manual dragging and dropping from your computer to the device. It doesn’t really sync up with iTunes or Apple Music directly.
I’ve not explored other tools, which handle music if you don’t like Apple Music. It may be possible that those tools see the device or can be taught to see the device and then make transfer of music easier.
Since I focus on certain types of music to load for focus, I usually only make small changes, which is usually adding a new album or song here or there. For that kind of stuff manual dragging is not a big deal for me.
The other thing to be aware of is Apple Music encrypts its files in DRM so I’m not sure that those files will play on this device because the files themselves are protected. Fortunately, I had old MP3s that I had ripped pre-Apple Music, so that wasn’t a problem.
I was recently lamenting about the death of portable dedicated music devices. I'm definitely going to check this out for me and my daughter!
It’s a great tool!
Hey Mike, thanks for the review. Second time this has come in my feed and very tempted.
Quick question, you mentioned audiobooks- where can you source audiobooks for it?
I had some books I’d purchased that were independent and offered in MP3 format. I think there are likely some public-domain sources you could get MP3 books from, though they are likely classics. https://www.gutenberg.org/browse/categories/1
I’m been looking for exactly this. So glad to know you’ve had a positive experience!
It is AWESOME!
I love this recommendation, Mike! I have been looking for more and more ways to use technology offline.
Your article reminded me of an experiment that tracked people's level of focus correlated to the location of their iPhone. Even though all of the participants had their phones silenced, the ones who kept their phones in a separate room all together were able to focus a lot more than the ones who kept their phones inside a bag in the same room, and of course, a lot more than those who kept it in silence on their desks.
I have been using spotify on my laptop but I like this option a lot better.
Let me know if you try the experiment!
haha, I have!! I keep my iphone two stories down from where I work or sleep. It is the best. And I have started to just leave it at home when I run errands. I also got myself a land line for our family (TinCan), and stopped using google maps to regain my previously great orientation skills.
Thanks Mike for the great review (and demo of where a sketch makes so much so much clearer).
Is this device something I can use with Apple Music?
Thanks,
Daniel
Daniel, When you connect the Y1 to your computer, it loads like an external drive. Oddly enough the name of the drive is NO NAME. So you have to do manual dragging and dropping from your computer to the device. It doesn’t really sync up with iTunes or Apple Music directly.
I’ve not explored other tools, which handle music if you don’t like Apple Music. It may be possible that those tools see the device or can be taught to see the device and then make transfer of music easier.
Since I focus on certain types of music to load for focus, I usually only make small changes, which is usually adding a new album or song here or there. For that kind of stuff manual dragging is not a big deal for me.
The other thing to be aware of is Apple Music encrypts its files in DRM so I’m not sure that those files will play on this device because the files themselves are protected. Fortunately, I had old MP3s that I had ripped pre-Apple Music, so that wasn’t a problem.