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It's all about the music: tunes from Apple's keynote presentations

by Sang Tang (Jun 18th, 2009)

I hope this post gets filed in the "I knew I wasn't the only one!" mental filing cabinets of many. Because if it doesn't, then it makes me the only one who really looks forward to the music Apple uses in its keynotes. Whether it's a song that leads up to Steve Jobs' entrance on stage, or one used in ...

TUAW Tip: Removing duplicate songs from iTunes

by Cory Bohon (Dec 15th, 2008)

Have you ever been listening your iTunes library and wondered why a song played more than one time? Duplicate songs in your library can be very annoying, and waste precious space on your hard drive. In this TUAW Tip, I'm going to show you how to get rid of duplicates using a built-in feature in ...

4 million iTunes songs disappear, speculations abound

by Cory Bohon (May 4th, 2008)

Last week, Apple's iTunes Store turned 5 years old. Now the blogosphere is buzzing with the fact that Apple said they had over "10 million" songs in their library, then later changed the page to say "6 million." That's a difference of 4 million songs unaccounted for. MacNN did the math and said that ...

Radiohead ditches iTunes to keep album complete

by Mike Schramm (Sep 21st, 2007)

Here's an interesting twist on the iTunes vs. record companies situation. Radiohead (disclaimer: I'm a Radiohead fan) is choosing not to sell their latest album on iTunes not because their record company is pressuring them out of the deal-- their record company is EMI, and they're more than willing ...

Possible bug with iPhone synching and external iTunes libraries

by David Chartier (Jul 14th, 2007)

TUAW reader Jamie Phelps has possibly stumbled upon a nasty iPhone synching bug when keeping one's iTunes library on an external hard drive. While tips like our how-tos for setting up iTunes with external drives or even an AirPort Disk work pretty well even when synching iPods with them, Jamie found ...

Princeton students get free tunes that won't play on iPods

by Erica Sadun (Dec 15th, 2006)

Princeton has made a deal with Virginia-based Ruckus to provide free music to all their undergraduate students. Ruckus, which has licensed 1.5 million tracks from various music labels, provides unlimited access to their library apparently in exchange for advertising to a captive audience. ...

iTunes: Tuesday Freebies

by Erica Sadun (Dec 12th, 2006)

It's Tuesday and it's time for another installment of the iTunes Tuesday Freebies. Every week I scour the iTunes stores, looking for the best free offerings around the world. Here are the freebies I found for you this week. US Music US: Silent Night by Sarah McLachlan Now we generally try to turn ...

Widget Watch: iPodage song calculator

by David Chartier (Nov 16th, 2006)

Remember that iPod storage calculator iLounge released? It seems Christian Chladek, maker of such other widgets as the Morse Code Translator, was inspired to provide an iPod calculator in widget form. iPodage allows you to pick your iPod model and adjust all the vital settings to do some quick and ...

iTunes 7 music purchases don't play on iTunes phones?

by David Chartier (Sep 19th, 2006)

A reader linked us to an Apple Discussion thread where a number of users have listed problems with playing purchases from the iTS through iTunes 7 on their Motorola SLVR and ROKR iTunes phones. It seems these users can play regular music they ripped from CDs, as well as purchases made through iTunes ...

Weird Al: "Don't Download This Song"

by David Chartier (Aug 24th, 2006)

Love or hate him, Weird Al has unquestionably cranked out some of the most notable humor and satire of the late 20th - and now 21st - centuries. The Digital Music Weblog (a sister site) has discovered Mr. Weird is at it again with "Don't Download This Song," a tongue-in-cheek anthem about the dark ...

Apple and Coke team up for European iTMS promotion

by David Chartier (Aug 2nd, 2006)

That Apple + Coca Cola promo we mentioned in June has been made a reality, but only in Europe - at least for now. MSNBC is reporting that iTunes has launched "the deepest alliance of its kind" to promote the iTMS on Coke's website in the UK and Germany, as the company will also be giving away 70 ...

PodBuffet - an iTunes Kiosk on its way?

by David Chartier (Jul 26th, 2006)

How many times have you found yourself out and about somewhere when 'the iTMS itch' strikes? You know, that catchy song playing over the mall speakers, or a kid's headphones at the airport blaring loud enough for you to jam along. But how are you supposed to scratch that itch if your computer and ...

Widget Watch: Check new releases by artists in your iTunes library with newTunes

by David Chartier (Jul 9th, 2006)

Tired of browsing the (often late) New Release emails from the iTMS to find out whether an artist you actually care about has released a new album? Sick of adding an 'Artist Alert' for each of the hundreds of artists cataloged in your vast library? Well pound those keys no more, frustrated iTMS ...

1000 song hack for iTunes phones?

by David Chartier (Apr 25th, 2006)

For those out there who find the 100 song cap (amongst other things) on iTunes phone a deal breaker, Engadget Mobile might have found your saving grace. A forum at MotoModders has the details and simple steps you can take to run a simple hack on any iTunes phone (except the v3i) to raise the ...