IPod Shuffle Software 1.1.4 is it safe to use?

Hi,
I was just wondering if it safe for me to use this on my iPod. Cause my last iPod shuffle had green and amber lights after installing 1.1.1. then when i got this one i keep 1.1 on it,
many thanks
kevin
Apple Mac Mini Mac OS X (10.4.7) Intel Core Solo , Broadband , iPod Shuffle,iPod Nano 4GB , Motorola Rokr

If you mean you're looking for a guarantee that nothing will go wrong if you upgrade to 1.1.4, no matter how you do it, then no ....... from that perspective, it's not safe.
If you're asking with installing 1.1.4 damage a Shuffle, no matter who installs it or when or how then, again, no. From that point of view it is safe.
Upgrading is never mandatory or forced and, if you don't want to and don't want the new features that might be included in the upgrade (Volume limiting, for example, is included in 1.1.4) then of course you can just skip it. Eventually you will probably face some incomptiblity between iTunes and Shuffle software and, when that happens, you'll have to make different choices.

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little. I just found them both this week packed in a
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software on my husbands computer but it bogged it
down so much he took it off. What I have is 2
Shuffles, 2 earphones and two armbands, that is it.
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Corrupt iTunes Library files:
-- It's possible that there is some sort of corrupt file in the iTunes library, which is causing this error.
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-- Make sure that your external hard drive is connected. If you store your iTunes library songs on an ex. hard drive, then make sure that it is connected to your computer, or else you will have files that cannot be found in your iTunes library.
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USB issues:
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Firewall issues:
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Let's test something...
If that does not fix your issue, then I would also like to do a little test with how something acts on your computer for you:
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Now that were done with the test (please describe the results of what happened in a reply), you can move onto some other possibilities:
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Other causes:
There could also be other things that could cause this error.
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I hope one of those things solves your issue,
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