The latest version of iTunes includes the great “Automatic Downloads” ability which automatically syncs your new app, music, and book purchases to all of your other iOS devices. This is the first part of iCloud that is available free to iTunes users, but most users won’t see the benefit because it’s not enabled by default. … Read More
Did you get an iTunes gift card or three? My cousin just did too, but they didn’t want to buy music with the balance, they wanted iPhone apps, so naturally as the family Apple guy I get a text asking what to do. Here’s the thing to remember with iTunes gift cards: they can be … Read More
If you want iTunes to take up the absolute least amount of screen space, yet still be able to control music and volume, use the iTunes Micro Player (Yea I just named it that, I don’t know what the official name is). First minimize iTunes so that it’s in the standard mini-player mode, but then … Read More
Apple has released iTunes 10.3, an update that includes aspects of iCloud including a beta version of iTunes in the Cloud. What does that mean to you? iTunes 10.3 in the Cloud Beta has two main features: iTunes will automatically download new music, apps, and book purchases to all of your devices seamlessly and without … Read More
You can give your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch a custom name easily, or change it from its current name to something else if someone else happened to give it a name that you don’t like. This is helpful for when an iOS device transfers ownership, or if the name is perhaps just no longer … Read More
Many people juggle multiple iTunes accounts for a variety of reasons, be it to access international app stores and their different content offerings, having another iTunes account without a credit card for their kids, or because you’re dodging country and timezone restrictions. We all know it’s a pain to manually log in and out of … Read More
As if there was any remaining doubt that Apple was working on a cloud player for your iTunes library, a patent has surfaced that describes just how part of the service will work. Somewhat amusingly, one of the drawings contained within the patent is, well, of a cloud. So how will this work for the … Read More
You can increase and decrease the text size of artist and song info when you’re in iTunes Cover Flow view, all you need to do is right-click on the Cover Flow view and select “Use Larger Text” or smaller, if that’s your preference. The text size is fairly adjustable, but annoyingly, you have to repeat … Read More
Getting specific information about iTunes & iOS App Store downloads is notoriously difficult, very few developers are candid enough to share download counts and the majority of developers guard download data for competitive reasons. If you’re curious how well a specific app in the iOS iTunes Store is selling, try using this quick and dirty … Read More
If you want to change the universal equalizer in iTunes for your entire music library and all songs in it, the incredibly adjustable iTunes Equalizer Settings can be accessed quickly in one of two ways:
You can immediately check or uncheck all songs in an iTunes playlist by holding down the Command key and then clicking on the checkbox next to any song. There is no undo, and it’s universal for everything in the selected playlist, so if you have a carefully curated playlist be careful when you’re using this … Read More
In a somewhat hidden feature of iTunes, you can display a music spectrum analyzer in place of the iTunes song info. All you need to do is click on the little play icon in the song info area, it’s highlighted below with an arrow pointing to it: This has probably been around for a while … Read More
If you’ve been provided with an App Store promo code, here’s how to redeem it from the Mac App Store client and iOS App Store from iTunes: Redeem a Promo Code on the Mac App Store: Launch the Mac App Store From the Featured or Top Charts tab, look at the right side under “Quick … Read More
iTunes Home Sharing is a great feature that lets you share your iTunes 10.2.1 library wirelessly with anyone on your local network. This means you can share any Mac or PC’s media library with any iOS 4.3 compatible iPhone, iPod, iPad, or Apple TV, in addition to any other Macs and PC on your network. … Read More
Did you know that iTunes has a wealth of free language learning courses? There are tons of language lessons offered for free, just find a language you want to learn or brush up on, subscribe to the podcast, and start practicing. I have selected 15 popular languages below, but there are many more available through … Read More
iTunes 10.2 has been released, the update is required in order to install the upcoming iOS 4.3 and sync your Mac or PC with iPad 2. Release notes are brief in Software Update and pertain to iOS 4.3: What’s new in iTunes 10.2 • Sync with your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iOS 4.3. … Read More
Apple has just released iTunes 10.1.2 for download, the update is said to offer improved stability and performance in addition to improvements with AirPlay and iOS device syncing including the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. The release notes state iTunes 10.1.2 is necessary to sync iTunes with a CDMA iPhone 4: “iTunes 10.1.2 syncs music, … Read More
AirView is a great new app that lets you stream any AirPlay video from one iOS device to another, or even stream from iTunes to an iOS device. AirView does this by accessing the AirPlay feature in iOS 4.2 to essentially turn any iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad into an AirPlay receiver. This lets you … Read More
