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You won’t find a printed iPod nano manual in the box.

In our digital age, printed manuals are a rare and endangered species.

But that doesn’t mean that Apple doesn’t make manuals for theiPod nano.

7th Gen. iPod nano

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It just doesn’t print them anymore.

The company provides these manuals as downloadable PDFs on its site.

Apple discontinued all models of the iPod Nano on July 27, 2017.

7th Generation iPod nano

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The link above takes you to an article that describes the 7th gen. nano in more detail.

6th Generation iPod nano

The 6th generation iPod nano is pretty easy to identify.

It’s the only nano model with a square shape and matchbook size.

Apple iPod nano 16GB 6th Generation

Apple iPod nano 16GB 6th Generation.Photo from Amazon

Once you know if that’s the model you’ve got:

Buy 6th Gen. iPod nano at Amazon.

Once you know if you’ve got the 5th gen. model:

Buy 5th Gen. iPod nano at Amazon.

If there’s no lens, you’ve got the 4th generation nano.

5th generation iPod nano

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It also has a slightly smaller screen than the 5th gen., but that’s difficult to see easily.

The 2nd gen. models were the first to come in colors other than black or white.

It’s a little boxier than the 2nd gen. model.

4th Gen. iPod nano

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Once you’ve determined that you’ve got a 1st gen. model:

Buy 1st Gen. iPod nano at Amazon

3rd generation iPod nano

2nd Gen. iPod nano

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1st gen. ipod nano

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