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CoverSutra kerfuffle highlights Mac App Store teething troubles

by Richard Gaywood (Jan 8th, 2011)

The Mac App Store is off to a great start, but it's not all sweetness and light. Users have been confused by how some third party apps bought elsewhere show as "installed" in the store UI whilst others don't -- and in fairness, it is confusingly inconsistent. Meanwhile, developers are struggling to ...

iTunes 101: Using the Album Art widget

by Mike Schramm (Sep 3rd, 2010)

Here's a cool new feature in iTunes 10 that we haven't mentioned yet: when listening to any song in your library, you can double click on the album art window in the lower left hand corner to detach it from the main window and see it full size. That's not new -- you could get a closer look at the ...

CoverSutra updated to be faster and Snow Leopard compatible

by Mike Schramm (Sep 24th, 2009)

I picked up CoverSutra a little while ago in a bundle purchase, and I generally liked it -- it's an iTunes controller with the added features of regular notifications with album art, a music search, and Last.fm scrobbling. My one complaint with the software was that it was a bit of a CPU hogger -- ...

Last day to buy MacHeist Bundle

by Cory Bohon (Jun 24th, 2008)

Today is the last day to buy the much coveted MacHeist application bundle. MacHeist has decided to sweeten the deal by unlocking SoundStudio early and offering $5 off any Insanely Great Tee. If you are a registered member of the MacHeist site you can also get early access to Headline (an RSS ...

CoverSutra iTunes controller 50% off today only

by David Chartier (Aug 8th, 2007)

I'm a big fan of CoverSutra, Sophia Teutschler's sexy and incredibly useful iTunes controller. It gives you global keyboard shortcuts to skip and pause songs, display album artwork in a jewel case in popup notifications or permanently on your desktop, and it can even interact with the Last.fm ...

TUAW Desktops of the Week for 4/30 - 5/5/07

by David Chartier (Apr 30th, 2007)

This week I found it impossible to choose just one image from our TUAW Desktops Flickr group, so I chose four - two desktops and two honorable mentions. The first, simply titled My Current Desktop (how about some more unique names for these desktops, eh?), is from Flickr user tj scenes and is ...

Revisiting CoverSutra, now with Last.fm and Growl integration

by David Chartier (Apr 26th, 2007)

It's been a while since we first mentioned Sophia Teutschler's CoverSutra, a new iTunes interaction and manipulation app, and it's come quite a ways since its v1.0 debut. From the start it's offered things like global keyboard shortcuts for controlling iTunes (including one for toggling Shuffle), ...

Desktop of the Week for 4/22 - 4/28/07

by David Chartier (Apr 22nd, 2007)

This week's TUAW Desktop hails from Flickr user brianpunx and makes use of a number of Mac OS X software and icons which brianpunx was kind enough to list (hint: that makes my job easier when picking a TUAW Desktop of the Week, though it doesn't influence my decision). First, it's running a ...

CoverSutra - a customizable iTunes controller with style

by David Chartier (Jan 24th, 2007)

These days, there is absolutely no shortage of apps that let you control iTunes in one way or another. You can use your PSP, tiny menubar controllers, countless iTunes widgets and now - CoverSutra. Featuring a stylish bezel with loads of control feedback and album art display, CoverSutra aims to ...

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