itunes
Shutdown your PC at the End of iTunes Playlists
Many people need help winding down at days end before ultimately falling asleep. Some read, some watch TV, while others listen to music before the eyes close. As most music collections now live on the computer, iTunes is the logical playback system for satisfying the musical night time ritual. The problem in this going green [...]
Exporting iTunes Playlists with iExporter
iTunes is likely the top music library manager available for Windows and OS X, unfortunately it’s generally not because of the quality of the product – especially on the Windows platform. Rather, the iPod’s dominance in the portable music player market dictates iTunes success. Savvy users may be aware that the iPod is not exclusively [...]
Say Goodbye to Bonjour with Au Revoir, Bonjour
We all like clean and well maintained systems right? One of the most annoying tendencies of all software vendors is the installation of additional programs and system services that are not core to the main application. Two such vendors are Apple and Adobe. If you’ve installed iTunes, or other Apple software for the PC, you [...]
Syncing Your Contacts from Gmail to Thunderbird
At the office I’m forced to use Outlook as my main communication and scheduling tool. Outlook gets a lot of bad raps and while at one time I’m sure most of it was justified, nowadays it really isn’t that bad of a product – at least Outlook 2007. However, that doesn’t mean I use it [...]
Return Album Covers to iTunes 8 List View
iTunes 8 has arrived with limited fanfare even though it’s been given a full point increment. Much of the disappointment is centered around Genius, Apple’s answer to popular music recommendation engines such as Pandora and Last.FM. Selecting a song from your library and clicking the Genius button results in a playlist of songs that are [...]
