Tag: itunes

10 iTunes add-ons for Mac and PC users

December 11, 2007 by Jason

If you are an iTune user, the following add on list will come handy for both and users.

Lets first check the programs, which should be there on a :

: is an utility designed for expanding the graphical display of the standard feature set. The update adds the ability to display album covers of song titles being played.

Fetch Art for : Fetch Art allows to automatically download album art from music in . It uses album art from Amazon.com, and the ID3 tags in the files to determine the appropriate CD cover to download. Read More»

Stop Applications Automatically Starting With Vista

September 06, 2007 by Jason

I get so annoyed when I install applications only to find that other programs are installed in the background and set to run automatically at startup, without asking my permission. Major are , Adobe Acrobat, and anything from .

If you want to stop applications running at startup with Vista, there are two ways you can go about this:

Using the System Configuration Utility: Read More»

10 reasons you should get Vista

July 10, 2007 by Jason

1. UI built for the era of video and digital photography
It’s not actually ’s key selling point, but the thing that everyone will probably find the most useful about Vista is that photos, videos and music are not treated the same as Word documents any more. When you open a folder of photos, they come up as they’d appear in or iPhoto. There’s inbuilt basic photo editing. Music folders come up in columns of ID3 tags, a bit like . Finally, you don’ have to rely so much on third party apps to work with your files.

2. Image-based install
enthusiasts spend a lot of time installing and reinstalling for their own and other people’s PCs. The Vista DVD is actually a pre-installed version of the OS in a compressed form, making it substantially quicker to install. It’s also much easier to customise for unprompted installation with the correct defaults, and you can even install your own automatically at the time Vista is installed - like slipstreaming service packs but on steroids. Read More»

Safari 3 Public Beta

June 12, 2007 by Jason

The world’s best browser. Now on … Experience the , style, with : The fastest, easiest-to-use browser in the world.

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The fastest browser on any platform, loads pages up to 2 times faster than Explorer 7 and up to 1.6 times faster than 2. And it executes JavaScript up to 2.8 times faster than Explorer 7 and up to 1.6 times faster than 2. Read More»

Vista iPod Patch Released

April 01, 2007 by Jason

users will be relieved to know that has fixed a glitch in Vista that had the potential to mess up their players data. It concerns the Vista Safely Remove function, used to eject the player from the system and although the patch, which was released a few days ago, though the advice from is to continue using the eject function. CNET News also reports a number of other updates to do with hooking devices up to Vista PCs, including one that could result in a loss of images when transferring image files from a Canon EOS-1D

How to use Your Apple iPod as a Hard Disk

March 05, 2007 by Jason

To use your as a drive, hard drive or flash drive, depends on your , to store and transfer data files on check this steps below.

To put music files on your , use . Keep in mind that you can’ see the songs that copies to your in the “Finder” or “My ”.

Using your as a drive:

1. Connect your to a .
2. Open .(if it doesn’ open itself)
3. Click the icon in the Source pane.
4. Click the Summary tab.
5. For most models (excluding shuffle): Select “Enable disk use” or “Manually manage songs and ”. Either of them will allow you to use as a drive. If you choose “Manually manage songs and ”, won’ automatically update with the library. If you want to automatically update your , choose “Enable disk use”. Read More»

Great iTunes And iPod Plugins

February 28, 2007 by Jason

Originally was used by most users because it came bundled with an , but over the years its become a great application for playing mp3s. But, did you know you could make even better by adding plugins? Although there aren’ hundreds and hundreds like with , there are enough plugins for to make things interesting.

Here are some of the And Plugins I’m using currently or I’ve used in the past that you might think are worth giving a try. Read More»

Boot Leaner

February 03, 2007 by Jason

You may think a certain program is slowing your system down or actually hanging it for a few moments as soon as it boots. If so, try starting in “lite” mode. Click Start | Run, then type and press Enter. When the System Configuration Utility loads, click the Startup tab; you’ll be surprised to see all the programs you’re loading at start-up. For info, the ones that are questionable or otherwise annoying before unchecking them, and reboot
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