[X4U] Can a sleeping PowerBook charge an iPod nano?

[Eddie Hargreaves]

On 8/7/06 10:25 AM, Jim Robertson <jamesrob at sonic.net> wrote:

> I must admit I don't remember how I loaded some initial music on it. The
> battery has run down, and I'm trying to recharge it. Can I do so from the
> USB port on a sleeping Apple laptop? (If it wakes up, it will try to
> synchronize, I suspect, and I'd rather just charge the battery.

I'm pretty certain that connecting an iPod to a sleeping Mac will actually
drain the battery. That may have only been the FireWire ones, though.

If it wakes, you can simply dismiss the attempted synchronization via the
warning prompt.