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Mac 101: iTunes artist alerts
Welcome back to Mac 101, our series of tips for new and novice Mac users.iTunes gets easier to use with every update. One feature, however, has gotten lost in the changes. Artist Alerts lets you receive email notifications of new releases from your favorite artists, which is great. The trouble is that the link to tag an artist isn't easy to find.
There are two ways receive alert updates from a given artist. First, navigate to that artist's page (for example, here's Paramore's page). On the right hand side, you'll see "Alert Me." Click it, enter your account password and then click "OK."
The other method is from an album page. Here's the page for Paramore's album Brand New Eyes. Scroll down a bit and you'll see "Artist Alerts" under "More Paramore."
To manage your alerts, click your account name in the upper right-hand corner. Once you've entered your password, a new window appears. Scroll down a bit and click "Manage My Alerts." From there you can de-select certain artists or clear the entire list.
Have fun and spend less time checking up on your favorites manually.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Christopher Humphries said 3:14PM on 10-02-2009
Thanks Dave!
This is a really good tip, one of those things where I was like "man iTunes sure would be nice if it had "... and it does.
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chris.wanja said 3:20PM on 10-02-2009
I have about 13 alerts (including the weekly email based on purchases) and have yet to get ANY of them from Apple. I think this is a failed process and system that they need to focus on or offer individual artists RSS feeds.
On the flip side, if any one can assist me with getting them work that would be greatly appreciated. I have since seen 3 albums and several singles come out from artist I have set to "alert me" and never got jack from Apple on it.
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Elliot said 3:55PM on 10-02-2009
Songbird has a thing where you can see what artists you have are playing shows near you in the future. Does iTunes have a plugin or something that can do that? That's what I though originally when I read "artist alerts."
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billchase2 said 3:59PM on 10-02-2009
Try http://www.iconcertcal.com/
Elliot said 6:50PM on 10-02-2009
You do not know how much you have just improved my life. iconcertcal is the program of my dreams, and it works wonderfully (though for some reason the link is wonky). Hats off to you sir, hats off.
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billchase2 said 8:56AM on 10-05-2009
Excellent, glad I could help!
Mike said 4:29AM on 11-04-2009
None of my artist alerts have fired despite major new releases from them appearing in the iTunes Store.
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