Posts Tagged ‘itunes’

10 iTunes Alternatives For Managing Your iPod

I really like my iPod but would like to ditch iTunes. It works alright but sucks RAM and doesn't have a stop button. How about 10 alternatives, covering all platforms, with some great tutorials on how to use your iPod with each? SimpleHelp.net did that and did quite well. Some other suggestions may be Rockbox or Ephpod, what are yours? Could they now write some alternatives to Apple Airport so… Continue reading

July 11 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: itunes | 4 comments»

Control iTunes With Quicksilver

Use iTunes on a Mac? Quicksilver junkie? Still aren't controlling iTunes with iTunes? Silly, let's use keyboard shortcuts to skip tracks: Play / Pause Option-Command-Up Arrow ⌥⌘↑ Next Song Option-Command-Right Arrow ⌥⌘→ Previous Song Option-Command-Left Arrow ⌥⌘← Search Artists Option-Command-Down Arrow ⌥⌘↓ It's a great tutorial from MacApper for Quicksilver users to get started controlling iTunes without having to open iTunes. Have some requests for app control through Quicksilver? Let us know. How-To: Control

June 7 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: apple, itunes, mac, quicksilver | no comments»

AutoRate: Turn iTunes into Pandora

One of iTunes' least used features must be the star ratings. I've never found the urge to pull up the player while listening to make sure I've rated what I like or not. A more practical solution would be one that's similar to internet radio programs like Pandora and Last.fm - and particularly useful because Pandora shut up shop for anyone outside the States. AutoRate is a simple iTunes… Continue reading

May 21 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: apple, ipod, itunes | 2 comments»

Instant iTunes Zen with FM3’s Buddha Machine

A little while ago I came across the Buddha Machine by FM3, a Beijing ambient duo. What they’ve created is a little box that plays a series of short ambient tracks over and over to create that nice little place of portable Zen. They look great but I wanted one for my computer while I work. Luckily, FM3 have, available for download, uncompressed versions of the 9 audio loops they use… Continue reading

March 20 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: itunes, relaxation, zen+habits | 3 comments»

How to get songs off your iPod with iTunes

iPod is cool and nice, but sometimes the inflexiblity of restoring my MP3s is troublesome. MP3Buzz has a how-to by using iTunes, you could get your songs off from your iPod. This is pretty handle where you have lost your copy on the PC and want to restore them: 3. Now we are ready to go find our music on our iPod. After hidden files are visible, you should see a new… Continue reading

June 28 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: ipod, itunes, mp3, software, tips | 1 comment»

Using iTunes to backup your music

One digital life has a straightforward how-to on using iTunes to backup your music library, which can span across multiple discs. For immediate level of iTunes user, he has a way of backup any new musics as well without spending time to manually track them: Now, you’re going to be adding more music to your library at some point, right? You don’t want to have to backup everything again do you?… Continue reading

March 23 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: itunes, software, tips | no comments»