Migrate music from itunes to google play. 1) goto play.google.com/music 2) sign up (the free service is fine, when it asks for a payment, you can select ‘google play balance’) 3) go here for instructions form google 4) go here: to get the google music manager to upload your tracks Read more…
Here is a selection of podcasts I subscribe to [RSS] PARANORMAL PODCAST [RSS] Practical Backpacking™ Podcast [RSS] Sasquatch Chronicles [RSS] The Unexplained with Howard Hughes [RSS] The Gralien Report [RSS] The Bigfoot Field Guide [RSS] The Linux Link Tech Show Itunes Feed [RSS] Ubuntu Podcast » MP3 [RSS] Coder Radio Read more…
This post is about osx console emulators. It should help you pick the best emulators for your games jump to: Game Boy / Color / Game Boy Advance Nintendo Entertainment System [ NES ] Super Nintendo Entertainment System [ SNES ] Nintendo 64 playstation psx link to another post on Read more…
This post will show you how to turn off app auto update on iphone. if you have a limited data plan then you might want to do this as the updates tend to eat all your data allowance. to disable the app auto updates: goto settings > itunes & app Read more…
This post will show you how to delete the backups of your iphone or ipad from itunes on your mac / pc with icloud you no longer need to make backups of your iphone or ipad in itunes, backups are sent automatically to icloud. to free up the space from Read more…
I use last.fm. I also use itunes match. the only problem is that there isnt an easy way to sync the play counts unless you sync your ipad / iphone to your iTunes. until I found cloudscrob. its an app that costs 69p, but for me its well worth it Read more…
Beathound.com is a cool service that will send you recommendations on what music is missing from your collection. it analyses your itunes xml file and emails you recommendations based on the artists and albums that you have in your collection. if it finds new releases by artists that you already Read more…
This is a great way to fix all your itunes album art. its not reversible, so its not for the feint of heart. 1) open itunes 2) goto ‘albums’ 3) press cmd+A 4) right click > get info if it says ‘you are editing multiple items’ click ok 5) tick Read more…
Itunes 11 is available in the app store right now! just open the app store and go to updates
This post will show you how to sync your podcast subscriptions between your ipad and iphone in your iphone / ipad: goto settings > podcasts turn ‘sync subscriptions’ on currently you cant sync subscriptions via icloud to itunes on your mac, but this feature is coming in itunes 11 :)
This post will list the various ways to get pdf ebooks (or anything in a pdf) on to your iphone / ipad / ipad mini there are a few ways to do it: if its just one or two pdf files then email it to an email address thats configured Read more…
If you have a lot of apps in your App Store purchase list in your ipad / iPhone then you might want to delete some of the apps that you either no longer use, or that you downloaded once to try out and found they were no good! There used Read more…
When trying to login you get a message similar to cannot verify login with facetime or messages on osx. warning: this is quite a complex set of instructions. In the end I ended up creating a new user account on my mac and transferring my documents to the new user Read more…
This post will show you how to quickly download multiple tracks from itunes match using a quick shortcut 1) make a new playlist 2) add in each of the tracks (you can select all tracks and drag them into the playlist) 3) once the songs are added, click on the Read more…
Itunes match is excellent. it scans your library, and matches the songs it knows against apples massive database. once thats done you can then download high quality DRM free versions of the matched tracks you can also listen to your entire library on your iphone, ipad and appletv but if Read more…
Itunes 10.7 is available now goto itunes > check for updates or check for updates in the mac app store. it adds support for ios6 (but doesnt have the cool itunes store enhancements – which I presume are just a server-side update)
You can get the ios6 GM versions (they will be identical to the actual released versions when they are released next week) through a simple google search click here for the google results page so that im not linking to anything other than a public google search, just incase ;) Read more…
Here is my [short] recap of the 2012 apple event: 1) new iphone with taller screen 2) ios6 3) updates to itunes 4) new ipod nano 5) new ipod touch ios6 looks to be very good. ipod touch and ipod nano dont really concern me as I use my iphone Read more…
You can open all itunes folders in the sidebar with an easy action. just hold cmd + click on the arrow of one of your folders, and all the folders will open.
I’ve been trying out apples new podcasts app for iphone and ipad. I usually use downcast. downcast is a fantastic app. apples podcasts app is very good too. they have a decent layout for all your podcasts and subscriptions, and it has a built-in browser to browse the itunes podcast Read more…
You probably all know about iTunes u on the iPad and iPhone. I’ve been trying it out, and so far its excellent. I’ve been using the stanford iOS course to try out the iTunes U app for both my iPad and my iPhone. a couple of things that I’ve noticed: Read more…
This post will show you how to stop iphoto from opening when you plug your iphone or ipad into your mac plug in your iphone / ipad open Applications > Image Capture in the left hand side, under devices, you will see your device. if you select that device (click Read more…
This will show you how to use itunes home sharing to view and play your entire itunes library from your mac or pc on your ipad or iphone in your mac or pc turn on ‘home sharing’ itunes > preferences > sharing turn on ‘share my itunes library on my Read more…
This will show you how to get a cool itunes ‘now playing’ notification in your dock open terminal.app type: defaults write com.apple.dock itunes-notifications -bool TRUE killall -9 Dock this will enable the setting and the next time you play something in itunes it will show you with a neat popup Read more…
There is an ios app development course by stanford university available on itunes u http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=480479762 check it out if you make, or are planning on making apps for ios :D
Viewing iphoto photo album on apple tv : This will show you how to view an iphoto photo album on apple tv2. This also works with Yosemite and El-Capitan with the new ‘photos’ app. To view photos on the Apple TV, you need to have Home Sharing turned on in Read more…
This is my list of 100 places to get free legal music downloads online www.largeheartedboy.com have a list with lots on it itunes is good for free music itsfreedownloads.com have a list of the latest free tracks on iTunes Amazon mp3 store has a lot of free stuff too last.fm Read more…
This will show you how to enable wifi sync on iphone and ipad. Wifi sync will let you sync apps and movies and ebooks between your iphone or ipad and your computer, without having to plug your device in during the sync. Once you have enabled the wifi sync you Read more…
Songgenie is an application by equinux that finds metadata for your music collection. Songgenie can find song names, album names, genre, track number, lyrics and can help fix missing or incorrect itunes song data. 1) Download and install You can download the app from the equinux website, there is a Read more…
This will show you how to force iTunes to re-scan your library to fix missing metadata by re-scanning all your music files. You can re-fresh individual files by playing them in iTunes. If you have used an external program to change data and you don’t want to have to play Read more…
coverscout is an application by equinux that finds covers for your music collection. It can fix missing album and song covers in itunes. it embeds the artwork in the mp3 files, and will make your itunes look perfect :D 1) download and install you can download the app from the Read more…
This post will show you how to fix the error ‘this movie requires quicktime which is not supported in this version of itunes’ when you try to play movies in itunes. If you get this message, then simply open finder, goto applications, right click on itunes and tick the ‘run Read more…
This will show you how to download content purchased in tunes automatically in your iphone and ipad [and in itunes on your computer too] the new icloud features look cool. they enable you to have all the things you buy in itunes available on all of your devices. automatically. to Read more…
If your iphone is going slow then you might be able to speed it up significantly by deleting your photos and videos. the first thing to do is to make sure you have all the photos synced to your pc or mac. once you are sure they are all on Read more…
Ripping a dvd to play on an ipad / iphone / appletv / ipod touch this will show you how to turn your dvd movie into a playable file for an ipad, apple tv2, ipod touch or iphone download and install handbreak open up handbreak insert your dvd in handbreak Read more…
Free carrier unlock for uk o2 iphone without jailbreak. this will show you how to unlock your iphone by going to the O2 website and filling in a form. its free for contract users and it costs £15 for pay as you go users. I got an email the other Read more…
How to un-jailbreak your iphone / ipad / ipod touch this will show you how to un jailbreak your iphone / ipod touch / ipod its really easy, just plug your iphone / ipad / ipod touch into itunes and do a restore. it will remove your jailbreak. jailbreak is Read more…
Do you have a folder called ‘ipod photo cache‘ on your desktop that, no matter what never ever goes away, even if you delete it, it comes back ? This post will show you how to remove it. The reason that this folder appears is that iTunes will create images Read more…
Playing flv mpg avi files on apple tv 2 ATV2. This blog post will show you how to play all your video files on your apple tv 2 Install Perian on your mac to enable lots of different codecs in quicktime download perian from perian.org install it navigate to your Read more…