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Apple's iTunes Tips'n'Tricks

Here are some tips for different things you can do with Apple's iTunes.

You can change the visualizations in iTunes using these keys:

- Q and W changes the corridor
- A and S use these keys to change the style of the visualizations
- Z and X changes the color of the visualizations
- F displays the frame rate

Made a Visualization you like? Push shift and a number (1-9) to make it a preset.

M key changes the mode (i.e. random, user config, freeze the current visualization)
O turns on overscan mode

During a download, go to the downloads page under “Store” and click on the dash between the filesize and how minutes it has left to display how the download speed.

Say you want to download a song but don’t have time, find the song in the iTunes Store, and drag the 30 second clip into your iTunes Library where you can purchase and download it later in one click.

You can add “Smart Playlists” from the File menu. These playlists are self-updating based on the preferences you choose. Such as how many times a song is played, the year it was released, even the BPM.

You can add web radio stations to your library that come from the iTunes “radio” menu so you can easily stream them without having to go through a lot of lists and menus.

Want to know what’s all free on iTunes? Down near the bottom of the store page, there is a “free on iTunes” box. There is new stuff being added every week.

February 9th, 2008 / 0 Comments / Trackback

Apple Announces AppleTV Take 2

Now there's no computer required - you can now rent movies directly on the Apple TV in your choice of DVD quality or HD + Dolby 5.1 Surround Sound. Podcasts are available in audio and video format, as well as photos from Flikr and .Mac and sync with iTunes. AppleTV allows you to preview movies from the interface, and see what other users who have rented that movie have rented. Photo screensavers can be retrieved from .Mac web galleries. Music can be purchased from the iTunes Store from within the Apple TV.

The update is available as a free software update that should be available in two weeks for current AppleTV owners. Entry price for the AppleTV also drops from $299 to $229.

HD rentals are $4.99, with 100 titles available today.

January 15th, 2008 / 0 Comments / Trackback