History of the iPod

Today we’re going to explore how the very first iPod was developed, how it was almost cancelled before release, and how it caused an actual explosion on Apple’s campus.
Now Apple became involved with digital music in 1999, but before we get into that, I want to point out that Apple was a much different company back then. They’d just narrowly escaped bankruptcy and were under tremendous pressure to start generating revenue for shareholders. And their biggest money maker was the Mac. In fact, they didn’t really make anything else other than Mac computers and had no experience in creating handheld devices like MP3 players. So with Apple in this extremely stressful and tight financial position, you probably wouldn't expect them to take a big risk and essential bet part the company on a new category of device. But with Steve Jobs at the helm, that’s exactly what they did.

[@frncs.r]

I remember my aunt giving me an original iPod on the Christmas of ‘01 still have it till this day. Very beautifully designed product.

[@justmike-yt]

F Red apple is the one and only king of aesthetic design. Although they screwed up a bit in recent years,

[@grkb]

@The Genius lol go buy it

[@ricardobastos1882]

i actually have one of the prototypes

[@SpyChar]

@@ricardobastos1882 wat? Do tell

[@darwishshazeen4153]

Wait what happens to your iPod that you got from Christmas 2001

[@prestonhall5171]

Wow I never realized there was so much stress involved with the original iPod's development. And to think it's the most important device Apple created. Amazing!

[@prestonhall5171]

@Jay Talents Not a fan of Apple? That's cool, I get it. But there's no need to be rude about it.

[@terra1355]

Holy shit audible has been around that long?!?!

[@qwerty_9537]

Itz Terra yep

[@GodisGreat0000]

Feel old?

[@That0neKpopStan]

You didn't have to curse

[@terra1355]

@@That0neKpopStan cry about it

[@cashappalexander]

@@That0neKpopStan cry about it

[@DDbenkoDD]

Nice take on the iPod, I was expecting more of general information about the generations as they went on, as we see in most of the videos, but this take on how just the product itself came to life was definitely a lot more original and enriching. Good job.

[@swaggaming6180]

history of apple explained

[@kelly3014]

I got my first iPod for Christmas in ‘04, and I had no idea what is was. It literally changed my life!

[@1sola]

the first ipod is THICC

[@andreww5]

You stole comment

[@Lebronsleftnutsack]

Literally

[@hishamabdulhadi9234]

lol true

[@toaddx]

@Protrixer Its a meme. Every meme with Thick are replaced with THICC. And don't be annoying like a teacher.

[@samuelbeno4916]

Boi had firewire

[@Bou89]

History of Jony Ive

[@enzmondo]

Joshua Masangcay “aluminium”

[@Bou89]

History of aluminium

[@enzmondo]

Joshua Masangcay history of Jony Ive saying aluminium

[@brendanb4361]

al-i-yun-i-um

[@Mariobius]

It all started with a man and a woman

[@CREEPINGIRON]

I thought this would explain the iterations in full.

[@daisydelancy6412]

it’s not a history of the ipod because it doesn’t tell about every next ipod. please do another vid about all of them!

[@unkn0wnjay]

That’s called Evolution, not history

[@BeesonsCars]

The iPod was by far the most popular media player. When I was younger, it was seen as cool to have an iPod. Kids would compare them and see who had more storage and who had the better model. The Nano 2G and 3G were super popular. But the iPod Touch was the most popular by far. Everyone wanted or had an “itouch”. They were incredibly common among young people and were definitely a big part of the App Store growing. During elementary and junior high about 70% of kids in my school had an iPod Touch or used to have one and had a smartphone to replace it. They were awesome devices that introduced so many to the Apple ecosystem.

[@racerboy9ify]

Tyler Beeson I agree. I got an IPod shuffle for Christmas and I sold it to put money towards the second generation of IPod Touch. I was one of the first kids in my class to have one. I was in 6th grade at the time. That’s how I got into the ecosystem and I’m not going anywhere

[@Trent951]

@@racerboy9ify ok sheep.

[@SpaceyMcSpacer]

This was Apples best product! I still have my iPod Nano 4th gen and I still use it!!! It really helped my when riding the school bus!!!

[@SpaceyMcSpacer]

Jasmine Martin mine is grey/white

[@NicholasTesluk]

I do too! Mine is red and still works perfectly!

[@enzmondo]

I thought you’d do a timeline of all iPod products. Classic, Nano, Shuffle, and Touch. But this is very interesting.

[@mantriccaravan8228]

Excellently executed history! We all miss Steve he was a visionary with regards to consumer electronics and the ipod well it was a benchmark in portable music gadgetry!

[@masterkamen371]

2:04 that is the most early 2000s picture I've ever seen

[@uthmanbaksh3530]

Not only was the iPod revolutionary tech, but it probably helped heal a nation after the tragic events of September 11th, 2001.

[@jourphoria1204]

Who Is Better Like: iMovie Reply: Adobe

[@cakti581]

Even though more expensive you can do more with Adobe

[@YepItsCliffHanger]

You can just Adobe off a website and it will be good for making videos like with after effects

[@Taajwur]

That’s not enough, I needed more info. You only talked about the first one. I need everyone spoke about in detail.😭😭

[@FireAngelZero]

Taajwur Collins I agree... I thought this was going to cover all iPods or iPod “classics” as they were later called...

[@SWLinPHX]

There’s already a couple other videos on this channel about the history of all the iPods and their evolution. This one is an origin story.

[@oopsmyuniversecrashed4578]

ahem. "History of the iPod Classic"

[@Dedicated2WendyWilliams]

lol riggghttttt!!! :p

[@ricardobastos1882]

ye theres about 43 facts he didnt mension

[@tenchimasake]

iPod to this day is still Apple's greatest achievement. There's alternatives to Macintosh, iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch, but among MP3 players nothing begins to compare with the perfect usability and design of the iPod, which helped launch Apple to the superstardom that made it America's first publicly-traded trillion-dollar company. I still use iPod for listening to music on the go. Additionally, as referenced in the video, iPod launched in the wake of 9/11, the Anthrax murders and the invasion of Afghanistan, the beginning of the endless "War on Terror", at a time when America's mood was dark and on-edge. iPod was an achievement that reminded everybody to keep living their everyday lives, and of what American technology can do.

[@raresmacovei8382]

Pfft, lol at the hiperbole. Microsoft's Zune was better than the iPod in all ways back in the day.

[@diedrino]

History of jailbreak!

[@RealiMuseum]

Pietro Corsellini Yes

[@zeoIsas]

He actually did it lol

[@WesternSouthDakotaRailfan2006]

They did already lol

[@diedrino]

The SD Railfan yeah they did it AFTER I commented this so...

[@WesternSouthDakotaRailfan2006]

Pietro Corsellini what wrong

[@BloodRider1914]

5:01 This video is brought to you by audible

[@mattjw16]

I was at 5:01 when I read this.

[@angelog4150]

Fantastic video but it should be called the history of the first iPod.

[@Lovejazz01]

Angeelo Gov yep, I wanted to see the evolution of all the actual models

[@zevisuu]

Lovejazz01 Same

[@DrakeShin]

Just found a FIRST gen iPod Nano this past Friday, WITH a case and it worked!

[@XbikXBd]

Great video. I just thought you’d go all the way up its history. Not just first production.

[@NicholasTesluk]

Greg does have other videos that show the iPod’s history. Please check them out.

[@VictorKidd53]

I still have 2 iPod videos and 1 iPod nono 2nd gen and an iPod shuffle. ... Love these products!

[@Dedicated2WendyWilliams]

keep you videos coming cause we love them!!!

[@hakonaasekristiansen2973]

Great video! Maybe, for another video you can focus on the development and versions of the iPod. That is also an interesting story about how the product adjusts to the market throughout the smartphone-revolution.

[@L33tSkE3t]

Having even just simple iMovie and the iLife suite on my MacBook in the late 2000s and eagerly 2019s when I was in Jr. High and High school made it much easer for me to do really awesome things for school projects really easily.

[@dohnuts4405]

I just discovered your channel last night. I have been binge watching since.

[@revu8578]

I knew its gonna be different than the last two on the same topic. You didnt disappoint me

[@joeyisonaimxx]

I've always wanted to know how it was named, so happy that you covered that in this video

[@ranchocommodorereef]

What's cool is that the first iPod shipped around the same time as Windows XP

[@kilIstation]

I still have the first iPod and it is usable

[@fpow5284]

I was hoping for more information about how it changed over the years, but this was good too.

[@hakanyucel1639]

Nice Video... Love History of stuffs!

[@Jeromeromesheltonrecordspolice]

This video was awesome!! I Thanks Greg for another great history Lesson I highly recommend and respect your Chanel for its content and in depth detail I personally myself own the iPod Touch 6th generation in space grey 128 gigabytes but my 1st iPod was the iPod Nano 1st generation 4GB in white in 2005

[@Chonksta]

my first ipod was the Touch 7th gen 256GB since then ive become an Apple collector

[@Menstral]

Fabulous video on the history of iPods, mp3, mp3 players, iTunes.

[@moonlight_oats]

My first apple product was the iPod Touch and I loved it even though now it’s bad it was good enough for me back then

[@pokepress]

Could you do a history of the Apple (record label) vs. Apple (computer) dispute?

[@noldestroyer-robloxandfort4386]

You are the best you tuber yet! I watch every single one of your videos

[@Otokichi786]

My first digital music players (MP3) were Creative units with 512KB-2GB capacities. I got my old "person of interest" a 15GB Series 3 iPod, since the iPod Minis had sketchy reputations. I stumbled along with 4-16GB digital music players from Sansa and Philips for a while. Eventually I found a 20GB iPod (Series 4) on eBay, and I had a reason to download iTunes. (I had been using MusicMatch on the desktop PC and Lenovo ThinkPad SL410.

[@riazamod8108]

Love ur videos man learn alot

[@turnoverbros]

Imagine an iPod, but with cellular connectivity, that would be an amazing device

[@Meatnyancat22Gaming]

This is incredibly interesting, true tech history

[@WarriorsPhoto]

This was a great bit of history. I like how you spoke a lot about FIREWIRE. I haven't used it much but always wondered about it. I mean Apple had it on their computers till 2012??? I think that's when it went away. Also, the info on the iPod and it's history is wonderful. I knew some of this but not all of it. Have you done one of these on the iPod Touch? Thank you for providing us with wonderful videos.

[@WarriorsPhoto]

Never mind, I found the iPod Touch video. (:

[@bibasik7]

History of the iPod Nano next :)

[@msaudtahir]

7:58 The new GTA 6 teaser image looks great!

[@bgimusic]

Wow, what a video!! 👏🏼👏🏼

[@Weezer.Fan69]

Great video!

[@carat2947]

The ENTIRE history of Apple

[@JesusChrist-no7ys]

I still have my old iPod touch 4th gen. Still works perfectly to this day

[@michaelraiwet]

Great video, but there’s still so much of the story left to tell!

[@themightyavenger1023]

Awesome job! I get a comicsexplained vibe from this

[@detailsmove]

Great insight

[@rooneye]

I remember getting my first iPod in 2003. I got one because I saw it on 50cents P.I.M.P music video and thought it looked awesome ^_^ The 2003 iPod is still by far the sexiest and best iPod ever made IMO with the redish lighting on the buttons and the touch wheel. Sadly I lost it a couple years later by which time they'd updated the model. Also I had no idea Fostex made Apples earbuds. Their T50RPs are really good, specially when modded.

[@tmutaytay]

Should have used a picture of firewire 400 the original, as thats what the iPod used. You showed firewire 800. Anyway love your videos, huge fan :)

[@roruelas]

Good vid, you are showing FireWire 800 instead of 400 which is the one that iPod used to have.

[@tuminkosi]

I love this video! 💕

[@robbiefazle7802]

The iPod Touch 6G and iPod Classic 7th Gen (Black), was awesome. And the best.

[@theguy9150]

So, because the “competitors” are always copying Apple, that iPod explosion was the inspiration for that Note.

[@LSniumUwU]

Lol today is my birth day love your vids

[@hapticproductions550]

Great video

[@matthicksxx]

I had three MP3 players in the 2000s… but they all broke. Then I got the iPod. Never had any issues. It still worked when I sold it years later!

[@marcom4583]

Very very nice made

[@facurojas4477]

The fact that the "iPod" name comes from "Shuttle Pod" from Star Trek is amazing to me

[@telepathiq]

yoo im so early, anyways your videos are the best, keep it up!

[@olmocuaron]

Will you still do the history of the Apple Keyboard?

[@MarkMphonoman]

This was soooooooooooooooo interesting. 👍

[@PointWithin]

My first iPod was a hand-me-down iPod Shuffle (1st gen) I was hooked from then on

[@janetwoodville3643]

I wish Apple would bring back the iPod Nano. It had a built in FM radio that we could pause, plus it had onboard space. I do have the 6th and 7th Generation. Which is the little square one and the one that looks like an mini iPod touch.

[@daibiku8648]

Can you do history of the ipod touch

[@lukaa.6069]

good job 👍 😀

[@BloodRider1914]

Please bring back the iPod apple, or at least update the touch

[@teacosts]

BloodRider 14 iPod touch sales only take 1% of apples sales. It's not a good idea to bring back something no one's buys anymore you can just get an iPhone SE for $150 more.

[@TimothyRichard12345]

jazzisqueen Actually the SE is even cheaper than the 6th gen.

[@TimothyRichard12345]

jazzisqueen Actually the SE is like $50-100 cheaper than the 6th gen

[@BloodRider1914]

Timothy Richard-Jackson maybe of contract, but I usually buy phones unlocked anyway

[@olmocuaron]

Ever heard of the iPhone? (iPod+Phone) lmao

[@JFL1988]

miss the iPods wish apple could bring them back like the nes classic

[@potate_overlord]

Same, I miss the Nano and Classic.

[@marcom4583]

I recently bought on ebay one of the first iPods and started using them

[@jonlewis5061]

When the phones can do it the job of the touch, why make a lot or tweak them a lot.

[@potate_overlord]

I actually would love to have a 6th Generation iPod Touch tbh. It’s a good way to save data on my phone while listening to music and playing games

[@Kohen20]

Same i love iPods

[@RealiMuseum]

Still got my iPod Classic 1G from 2001

[@JoshuaLotion]

Holy shit this channel is so much more in depth and interesting than I expected. Sub from me

[@torres3800]

First Apple product i ever bought was in college 2005. The IPod nano 1st gen 2gb black... went good next to my Moto Razr.. lol

[@Kamology_]

1:57 had to do a double take at that track list lol

[@user-fw6mh2nb8y]

Jobs made jobs :)

[@XzTS-Roostro]

Do one on the Apple+HP iPod mini

[@terrybigard]

History of iPad

[@lind3223]

Please do history of the iMac

[@bibasik7]

That cardboard mockup looks very similar to the 3rd generation iPod.

[@mihailoaleksic3330]

I love my iPod, sad to see it's gone.

[@DaleSteadman]

I bought my this iPod November 2001 and it still works great 👍🏻

[@samakami4346]

Dale Steadman Why are you still using something from 2001? Smh

[@richardmoores]

sama kami cos like he said, it still works great.

[@Danse_Macabre_125]

@@samakami4346 what's wrong with using it?

[@mattyboywalker9094]

I have a black and white screen white iPod 4th generation 20 gb and I absolutely love.it I also have a 60gb iPod video and a 60 GB iPod photo reason being is I like the older models much much better

[@nobrickzkickz2747]

I have the iPod Shuffle 4th gen and a 2nd gen iPod Touch

[@payzievrustam]

Yezzzaaaa it's hereeee!!!

[@topiasnaps]

Interesting!

[@MarkMphonoman]

Miss Steve Jobs. 😢

[@maxsimon6589]

5:01 - Que audible sponsorship

[@MisterRorschach90]

lol i remember back in the day transferring all of my music over usb 1 and essentially just dragging my songs for an entire day. i remember when i got my first macbook i set aside the entire day to transfer my music and when i finally had everything on the flash drive from my old pc, it loaded up what seemed like instantly with usb 2. now we have usb 3.1 gen 2 which is too much of a mouthful. why couldn't it just be usb 4? or 3.2?

[@jseden]

My first iPod was a 20 gig 3rd gen!

[@harrison00xXx]

I was annoyed enough by cheaply built mp3 players that i got in 2004 i think the iPod Mini and daaaamn.... biggest storage ever in that size, a nice, "legendary" click wheel UI and so. Had it for a long time, even upgraded the original 4GB microdrive with a 64GB compact flash card, renewed battery and hell, BEST MP3 PLAYER I EVER OWNED (and is still in working condition, but inside my glass vitrine next to other iPods i collected 2nd hand/broken for the style)

[@D.Marquez88]

History of WWDC

[@dreaming_cthulhu]

I still have my iPod Classic.

[@nyehu09]

This video feels like a movie pitch.

[@liltimmyxie8384]

I want the i pod to come back

[@DanaTheInsane]

Till the 3rd gen iPod, it had a horrible plastic headphone jack that was prone to crack. My second gen went back three times.

[@malcolmparsons4808]

History of iPad Pro all sizes please.