iPhone 101: Speedier iPhone backups, three ways

August 5, 2008

Since the introduction of the App Store, the iPhone and iPod touch backup procedure has become quite time-consuming. The Panama Canal was constructed in less duration. Fortunately, the impatient can speed up (or kill) the process in one of three ways.

The first is the simplest. When the backu…

iTunes 7.7.1 update now available

July 30, 2008

Apple just released an update for iTunes. The release indicates that iTunes 7.7.1 “includes fixes to improve stability and performance.” You may recall that the last update for iTunes (7.7) was released on the iPhone 3G release day.

You can download that iTunes update by opening Software Upda…

Mac 101: Stars and Smart Playlists

July 28, 2008

 whether you’re anything like me — and I sincerely hope you’re not, for your sake — you have a large iTunes music library, but the music that you like right now is only a small fraction of that total. (Yeah, that embarrassing ‘96 Dave Matthews Band album is getting pretty dusty.)

Since my …

iTunes global search must be revamped

July 17, 2008

As the iTunes Store has grown, its search feature hasn’t. Enter a bit of text in the search field, and you get results for

Albums
Podcasts
Movies
TV seasons
Music videos
iTunes Essentials
iTunes U
Apps

The results were manageable when we were just browsing music, television …

Thoughts on iPhone Apps Management

July 14, 2008

I don’t know about you, but those new longer iPhone syncs are just killing me. Once an App has been backed up, I don’t see why Apple doesn’t just back up the Documents and Library notes rather than backing up entire applications every without day the iPhone connects.

What I’ve been doing is k…

First Look: Remote

July 11, 2008

Apple has a treat waiting for all you iPhone/iPod touch owners who additionally happen to be iTunes users (I imagine there is a high level of overlap amidst the two groups): Remote. Remote is a free application that turns your iPhone (or iPod touch) into a remote control for iTunes. Sounds simpl…

Found Footage: iTunes goes even more international

July 10, 2008

With the introduction of the App Store, iTunes has taken an worldly leap. It’s more internationaler than ever before with new, exciting internationality that ranges from Mexico to Qatar to Israel to Russia. It’s internationalpalooza!

If you’ve been waiting for iTunes to come to your country, …

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