Posts Tagged ‘iTunes’
I don’t mean to rag on iTunes, but, as music managers goes, it does kind of suck. I was intrigued by the new Genius sidebar in iTunes 8, though, so I gave the upgrade a spin. The first snag is that the Genius sidebar has to examine every single file before it will start working. [...]
When the iPhone syncs, iTunes will often perform a backup that is excruciatingly slow. Mac users have an “easy” (i.e., available to anyone) way to prevent iTunes from doing backups. A less publicized version of the same method exists for Windows: Quit iTunes. Press Win+R (opens the Windows Run dialog) Type or copy the following [...]
This looks like an intriguing project. You can use the iPhone or a Touch to control multi-room audio, at a cost of just $100 per room. Basically, the Airport Express lets you use iTunes to stream music wirelessly, and iTunes can manage more than one Airport Express. The iPhone can wirelessly control iTunes, and it [...]
It appears 7.7.1 has fixed a bug where apps downloaded to the phone were not being backed up properly. Now my sync time is painfully slow, just like everyone else! I’ll be turning off app syncing now… Edit: Scratch that – it was just the first sync that took forever.
