By ray | December 18, 2007
I decided to move my iTunes Library to a shared folder on my Windows Home Server. The HP MediaSmart Server does come with the ability to stream songs to any computer running iTunes on your home network. But this only provides streaming ability, which I can already do from my iMac. I wanted to [...]
By ray | December 3, 2007
I subscribe to a lot of video and audio podcasts through iTunes along with a couple TV shows. If iTunes has been shut down for a day or more there’s frequently quit a few files to download. It never seems to fail that what I really want to listen to or watch first is at [...]
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By ray | November 6, 2007
Apple released updates to iTunes and QuickTime for both OS X and Windows. The updates are available through Apple Software Update or as standalone downloads.
The iTunes 7.5 update contains:
…the ability to activate iPhone wherever service is offered and support for Phase, a new interactive music game designed exclusively for iPod nano (third generation), iPod classic, [...]
During the ramp-up to Leopard I’ve been reviewing the apps I use and why. So I headed out to my Wakoopa profile to see what it says I use the most.
These are the top 10 apps based on how much I use them according to Wakoopa.
1. Firefox 2.0.0.x - Used almost 10 times more than [...]
There was a lot of hype when Amazon began selling MP3 song downloads. Some even used the dreaded “iTunes Store Killer” phrase.
There’s certainly a lot to like about the Amazon MP3 store from a features point of view:
Un-DRM’d MP3 music downloads.
256kbps encoding. (Actually it’s Variable Bit Rate encoding)
Lower cost - $8.99 for top 100 albums [...]
By ray | September 27, 2007
Hot on the heals of yesterday’s iLife updates Apple has released updates to four applications and a bunch of firmware.
iWeb 2.0.2 was released. You’ll need the iLife Support 8.1 update that was released yesterday before you can install this one. It’s a 18.4MB download through Software Update (Intel) and a 17MB standalone download. Apple tells [...]
