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How to Skip Ahead & Rewind Podcasts on iPhone

Nov 9, 2012 - 4 Comments
Skip ahead and rewind podcasts in iOS

You can easily skip ahead and rewind in large blocks while listening to podcasts on the iPhone. This is a helpful feature of the Podcasts app in iOS for many reasons, perhaps you missed a section and want to rewind and hear it again, or maybe you want to skip ahead through an uninteresting segment. … Read More

Create a Playlist from Music Directly on the iPhone

Oct 30, 2012 - 3 Comments
Make a playlist out of music and songs already on the iPhone

You no longer need to create music playlists in iTunes and then sync them to an iPhone, iPad, or iPod, because the entire process can be done easily directly in iOS itself. The next time you leave home without creating a playlist, just make one quickly on the go by doing the following: Launch Music … Read More

Play a YouTube Video in the Background of iPhone & iPad to Listen to the Audio in iOS 6

Sep 6, 2012 - 20 Comments
Play YouTube Videos in the Background of iOS to Hear the Audio

Got an iOS 6 or iOS 5 device? You’re in luck because you can play YouTube videos in the background of iOS and hear the audio while you perform other tasks on the device, just like you can with any other music player on an iPhone or iPad. If you’ve tried this before and discovered … Read More

Fast-Forward, Rewind, and Scrub Songs in the iPhone Music Player

Aug 13, 2012 - 6 Comments
Fast forward or rewind music right from the lock screen in iOS

Any song playing from the iOS Music app can be fast-forwarded, rewound, or scrubbed easily, and in the case of rewinding or fast forwarding, you can do both right from the lock screen of an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch too. Fast-Forward in a Song From the Music app or the lock screen Music player: … Read More

Transfer a Playlist from iPhone, iPod, or iPad to iTunes

Jul 2, 2012 - 57 Comments
Export a playlist from an iPod or iPhone to copy to iTunes

Do you have a music playlist on an iPod, iPhone, or iPad that you want to move to iTunes on your computer? It’s fairly easy: Connect the iPod, iPhone to the computer and launch iTunes Under the “Devices” menu locate the playlist you want to copy to the computer and right-click on the playlist name, … Read More

Transfer Music from iPhone, iPod, or iPad to a Computer

Jun 4, 2012 - 78 Comments
Move Music from iPod or iPhone to computer

Everyone knows how easy it is to get music onto an iPod, iPhone, or iPad with the help of iTunes, but have you ever tried to get music off an iPod or iPhone and onto a new computer? As it turns out, transferring music from an iOS device and to a new or different computer … Read More

Join Songs in iTunes to Play Together as a Group When Shuffled

Apr 30, 2012 - 35 Comments
Play Songs together in iTunes by joining them

Do you want to join a group of songs together in iTunes to play together as a compilation even when iTunes on a Mac or Windows PC (or an iPhone, iPad, or iPod) is set to shuffle through a music collection? For example, let’s say you have a large album you want to shuffle between, … Read More

Delete Songs Directly on iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

Nov 9, 2011 - 44 Comments
Delete Music from iPhone

You can now delete songs directly from the Music app on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch. The music removal action is achieved directly on the iOS device without having to re-sync to iTunes, allowing you to rapidly clear out music or songs you don’t want stored on the device.

Spotify Comes to the USA – Enter to Win a Spotify Invite in our Twitter Giveaway!

Jul 14, 2011 - 27 Comments
Spotify Logo

Spotify, the extraordinarily popular streaming music service that took Europe by storm, has just launched in the USA. Currently it’s open by invite-only, but no big deal, we have a handful of invites to give away, so here’s how to get in the drawing. Enter to Win a Spotify Invite from Us! Here’s all you … Read More

Make a Song Play Louder in iTunes

Dec 20, 2010 - 2 Comments

Sometimes you will run into a song that plays notably more quiet than other music in iTunes. Rather than turning up your speakers for just one song, or getting frustrated at a particular songs audio level, you can manually adjust a songs volume level directly in iTunes. This is by far the easiest way to … Read More

Command Line MP3 Player in Mac OS X

Dec 7, 2010 - 9 Comments

You don’t need to use iTunes to play music on your Mac, particularly if you just want to play an audio document. Mac OS X comes with an included command line audio player that you can use to play most audio files with. In this example we’re going to use an MP3 file as the … Read More

iTunes gets The Beatles

Nov 16, 2010 - 10 Comments

Apple’s big iTunes announcement today was The Beatles joining the iTunes family, this was one of the predictions offered yesterday, later to be solidified by the Wall Street Journal and New York Times. Apple has crafted a heavy promotional campaign for the announcement, including a Beatles-centric section of the Apple website. Reaction around the web … Read More

Fade your iTunes music out while you and your Mac fall asleep

Nov 14, 2010 - 1 Comment

Want to fall asleep when listening to music on a Mac, and then have your Mac automatically stop playing music? You know, kind of like a sleep timer for iTunes? Well you’re in luck, Sleepytime does exactly that for Macs! Sleepytime is a simple app that functions as a sleep timer for iTunes and your … Read More

Mac Storm Trooper DJ’s Rocking Out!

Nov 5, 2010 - 2 Comments

How about a couple of Mac-wielding DJ’s wearing Storm Trooper helmets, presumably rocking out a crowd of fellow awesomeness to some awesome music? OK, I don’t know if this is was a halloween thing or what, but this is probably what you would see if Daft Punk were Star Wars fans and Mac users, and … Read More

How to Get Album Cover Artwork for iTunes

Oct 15, 2010 - 21 Comments

Did you know iTunes can find missing Album Artwork for you? If you have ripped your own CD’s or downloaded music from around the web, it’s not uncommon for songs to be missing album art. But worry not, you can spruce up the appearance of your iTunes music collection by using an excellent feature that … Read More

How to Increase or Decrease a Songs Volume in iTunes

Sep 30, 2010 - 18 Comments

If you come across a song playing in iTunes that is not playing at an appropriate level, perhaps it’s playing back way too loud, or maybe it’s far too quiet and it doesn’t play loud enough for your preference, you can individually increase the volume level of any specific song in your iTunes Library. Likewise, … Read More

Trim an MP3 on your Mac

Sep 16, 2010 - 24 Comments

You can trim any MP3 file for free in Mac OS X thanks to the bundled QuickTime Player app, which comes preinstalled on every single Mac. Though we’ll cover trimming MP3’s, it turns out you can actually use QuickTime to trim just about any audio file, as the app supports many more other audio formats … Read More

Trim your Music Files with QuickTime X

Jun 10, 2010 - 2 Comments

We have discussed in the past, some of QuickTime X’s hidden talents. Using a yellow slider control (iPhone Movie Editing anyone?), you can trim audio files from directly inside of QuickTime Player. The next time you need to MacGuyver yourself a ringtone, try this simple process: Open an audio file in Quicktime X (X just … Read More

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