Converting iTunes Plus tracks

Care to put iTunes Plus tracks on a music player that doesn't support AAC? Like so.

published on Thursday, the 6. December 2007, ipod-blog

iTunes, sharing, and the thank you note

Cross a bored iTunes user, a hotel network, and protected media and what do you get?

published on Thursday, the 8. November 2007, ipod-blog

Restoring your iTunes music

You've moved to Leopard and you'd like your iTunes media to do the same. Here's how.

published on Thursday, the 1. November 2007, ipod-blog

Apple/EMI Press Conference Coverage [Live Updates]

Apple and EMI will be holding a joint press conference at 1pm London time, 8am EDT, to discuss "an exciting new digital offering." Late last week, a MacRumors source indicated that the event would revolve around the removal of Digita...

published on Monday, the 2. April 2007, macrumors

iTunes Introduces Complete My Album

Apple today announced Complete My Album, a groundbreaking new iTunes service that allows customers to turn their individual tracks into a complete album at a reduced price by giving them a full 99 cent credit for every track they have previously purchased from that album.

published on Thursday, the 29. March 2007, apple-hot-news

iTunes Art Switcheroo 0.5

iTunes Art Switcheroo switches iTunes' album art in its own small, simple window. Here are a few more features: - Users can fill in their favorite picture for tracks without album art in iTunes' file; - So that users are aware what's playing, the art window scrolls every few seconds the title and artist of the current track; - The art window is not static; every few seconds, it moves randomly about the screen; - This is a Universal Build (please test..).

published on Friday, the 23. March 2007, scriptbuilders

?Thoughts on Music?

Steve Jobs writes, ?With the stunning global success of Apple?s iPod music player and iTunes online music store, some have called for Apple to ?open? the digital rights management (DRM) system that Apple uses to protect its music against theft, so that music purchased from iTunes can be played on digital devices purchased from other companies, and protected music purchased from other online music stores can play on iPods. Let?s examine the current situation and how we got here, then look at three possible alternatives for the future.?

published on Tuesday, the 6. February 2007, apple-hot-news

Merging iTunes libraries

Have multiple music libraries on just-as-multiple computers? Caution, merge ahead!

published on Tuesday, the 6. February 2007, ipod-blog

How to transfer a full iTunes library between machines

Ever wanted to move your music library from one computer to another and keep all your ratings, playlists, etc. in iTunes intact? You can! This hint is structured for going from a Windows box to a Mac, although there is no reason it wouldn't work in the reverse or from a Mac to a Mac or from a Windows computer to a Windows computer. Each variation is just another minor tweak that you should be able to figure out on your own. Consolidate your iTunes Library. This is the default setting on the Mac, but not so on Windows. Go to Advanced » Consolidate Library. iTunes will copy all of your music into your "some_folder/iTunes/iTunes Library/" folder. Open iTunes on the computer you will be transferring the music to. Make sure iTunes runs, etc. If there is anything in this library, it won't be for long. (You can copy these songs in later, but you won't be able to keep their ratings, etc. For the adventurous, seek out ...

published on Thursday, the 1. February 2007, macosxhints

View and use info on skipped iTunes 7 tracks

iTunes 7 now keeps track of the frequency (Skip Count) and last date of skipping (Last Skipped). Two more useful smart playlist criteria to weed out seldom listened-to tracks. [robg adds: Control-click on the column headers to add either of these to the displayed columns...I'm particularly pleased with the skip count feature, and have already put it to use in a couple of smart playlists.]

published on Monday, the 18. September 2006, macosxhints