Pages Tagged “iTunes”
Tech Tips
- Move Your iTunes Library from Mac to Windows In theory it’s easy, but you have to deal with a different folder structure, illegal characters, and then wiping and resyncing your iPod.
Blog Posts
- I’m Going to Miss the iPod Click Wheel
I prefer the older iPods for listening to music in the car, because a touch screen is a horrible interface for pause/play or skip while driving.
- Iconic Imagery
iTunes 10 has shed the CD imagery in its new icon. And yet a floppy disk is still the universal toolbar image for “save.”
- Explicitly Tainted Tracks
It’s silly to mark a song as having explicit lyrics only because another song on the same album does – especially since the song, not the album, is now the base unit of music.
- Hazards of DRM on Music (or video, or any other media)
Mark Pilgrim, in The Day the Music Died, points out what happens when DRM meets market failure. On August 31, Microsoft will turn off the servers that validate their “PlaysForSure” DRM system (this predates the system they use for the Zune). This means that anyone who has bought music that uses PlaysForSure will not be […]
- Apple Updates Software Update, Addresses Criticism
In conjunction with the Safari 3.1.1 security release, Apple has also released a new version of Apple Software Update for Windows. With version 2.1, they’ve taken the opportunity to fix one of the problems that caused so much criticism last month. It now shows two lists: one for updates, and one for new software. This […]
- Apple Software Update: a Simple Solution
I appreciate the fact that Apple provides a single updater for all their Windows software. It’s nice to consolidate things a bit with the profusion of updaters for what seems like each and every application (sort of like how every mobile device seems to need its own charger). But it has its flaws. I’ve mentioned […]
- Perfect Price Point
Reportedly the recording industry is still pressuring Apple to raise the prices on the iTunes Music Store. They don’t seem to understand that a big part of what made iTMS a success was the 99¢ price point. It’s sometimes cheaper than buying a CD, and more importantly, you can impulse buy at that price. Steve […]
- It worked for DIVX, right? (Oh, wait…)
You know, when Napster announced its subscription music plan, I never gave it a second look. Not because I assumed it wouldn’t work with my Linux box or Katie’s Mac, but for one simple reason: No matter how many songs you “buy” on the plan, once your subscription lapses, they’re all gone. Want to stop […]