Using iTunes with Vista

Apple has posted a support note advising users moving to Vista who use iTunes about the best procedure to follow with respect to iTunes. There are currently some issues with the Authorization function for playing purchased iTunes content.

MacWorld TakeControl PodCast

Macworld has published a podcast of a session from the Macworld Expo with authors of Take Control eBooks from TidBits Electronic Publishing.
Moderator (and Macworld Contributing Editor) Adam C. Engst is joined by Take Control authors Glenn Fleishman, Steve Sande, Michael Cohen, Scott Knaster, Karen Anderson, and Jeff Carlson as well as editor-in-chief Tonya Engst. They […]

A Briefing on Syncing

O’Reilly has published a excerpt from Take Control of Syncing in Tiger that explains, quite nicely, what syncing is, what actually happens under the hood on a Mac when you sync, and how syncing and backups differ from each other. Go read A Briefing on Syncing.

Syncing with third-party applications

The Macworld site has posted an extract from Michael E. Cohen’s Take Control of Syncing in Tiger here.

New E-Book: Take Control of Syncing

Michael E. Cohen’s latest book,
Take Control of Syncing in Tiger is out; this time it’s a Take Control ebook, from Tidbits publishers Adam and Tonya Engst.
Take Control of Syncing in Tiger covers:
syncing phone numbers between a Mac and a mobile phone, iPod, or PDA; syncing files between desktop and laptop Macs; and syncing Safari bookmarks, […]

iTunes Wishlist Service

I started a new meme over here, which involves using iTune’s nifty “Give music to a friend” feature; you can “gift” entire albums or single tracks to anyone with a viable email address. It’s a lovely way to say thank you, to legally share the music you love, or to cheer someone up who’s having […]

Older Versions of QuickTime

I notice a fair number of visitors come here via Google searches for older versions of Apple’s free QuickTime sofware. The current version is 7.0.3, but you can still find QuickTime 5 for Mac OS 9 and PCs, QuickTime 6.0.3 for Mac OS 9, QuickTime 6.5.2 reinstaller and manual installers for Mac OS 9, QuickTime […]

Good for Apple

Apple has changed the way the MiniStore works; now you see this explanatory screen. The screen replaces the MiniStore area of the iTunes window, and explains what the MiniStore does, and how to turn it off. It states that “Apple does not keep any information related to the contents of your music Library” and […]

Mac OS X 10.4.4 and iTunes 6.2 Update

Three things in the Mac OS X 10.4.4 update caught my eye:

.Mac now syncs which RSS feed items you have and haven’t read in Safari.
iChat can now detect when you’re using a Bluetooth headset as your audio device.
10.4.4 now allows you to reinstall bundled software from Mac OS X 10.3.4 or later DVDs, instead of […]

MacBook Pro

I confess, I’m intrigued, but not enough to let Apple or you pry my new 15″ Powerbook from my hands. Here are a few reasons why I’m not panting to get one of the new Intel inside MacBook Pros:

It only has FireWire 400
There’s no modem
I have to use a modem when I visit my mom, […]

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