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Using iTunes with Android devices

Saturday, 2012.01.07 J.D. H. Leave a comment

After transitioning away from iOS devices, I still have iTunes as my main music management software. So, I have been looking into some solutions for interfacing iTunes and Android. Thankfully with the right software they can play together pretty nicely 🙂 Top 5 Android Apps to Sync iTunes on Androidhttp://androidflip.com/top-5-android-apps-to-sync-itunes-on-android/DoubleTwist is a free media player app which rivals the default player of Android phones. The app not only play music files like audio/video in a clean user interface but also…

iTunes match stuck at Step 2?! [Solved]

Tuesday, 2011.11.15 J.D. H. Leave a comment

If you signed up for iTunes Match, it may finish with Step 1: Step 1. Gathering information about your iTunes library. and then eventually get stuck at Step 2: Step 2. Matching your music with songs in the iTunes Store. If you do get stuck, try going ahead and pressing the “Stop” button at the bottom of the iTunes Match screen, and then pressing the iTunes March “Start” button once it is available. It may take a bit, and it

Create BIGGER genius playlists in iTunes? [solved]

Monday, 2011.09.26 J.D. H. Leave a comment

Q. Good morning. I have iTunes for my music collection (mp3 & AAC) and really like the Genius feature of iTunes. However, I cannot figure out how to make a Genius playlist with more than 25 songs in it! Is this possible? I don’t really know my way around iTunes very well and I have checked preferences etc. but to no avail. Please help if you can. A. Yes, you CAN make a bigger Genius playlist with 50, 75 or 100

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Tips from MacBook Air

Tuesday, 2011.08.30 J.D. H. Leave a comment

[these are some random notes from when I was using a MacBook Air… if I ever use a Mac again I will try to clean up this page!] How to make a window FULLSCREEN? How to prevent a MacBook (Air or Pro or whatever) from sleeping when you close the lid How to take a screenshot (print screen) http://osxdaily.com/2010/05/13/print-screen-mac/ Command+Shift+4 Command+Up (or Left) Arrow Key = Home Command+Down (or Right) Arrow Key = End http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=415600 Switch between Chrome windows http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Chrome/thread?tid=496e18cf3b786729&hl=en

How to change iTunes backup Windows 7? [SOLVED]

Friday, 2011.03.25 J.D. H. Leave a comment

Here’s a great tutorial on changing the location of the folder that iTunes uses to backup iPhones/iPods/iPad. Change the Location of Your iTunes Backups on Windows Vista or 7 (iPhone and iPad) | The iPhone Guru http://www.theiphoneguru.net/2010/12/30/change-itunes-backup-location/Fortunately, Windows has a way of doing this using a concept known as symbolic links (symlinks, or in M$ speak, NTFS Junctions). A symbolic link is similar to shortcut, but… Specifically, the folder to be moved is “C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup”. Moving this off our your