Chronillogical
I like listening to artists’ recordings in chronological order to follow the evolution of their sound. The ID3 (v2) specification supports the input of precise recording dates (and times, but even I’m...
View ArticleMore Keyboard Support in iTunes
Somewhere between 7.0 and the current 7.1.1 release, left and right arrow key navigation of the iTunes browser columns (Genre, Artist, Album) was added. Much better.
View ArticleSumming It Up
When selecting multiple items to be sent via e-mail or IM or copied to another volume, it is helpful to know the total size of the items; many e-mail servers restrict attachment sizes and CDs and DVDs...
View ArticleRedemption from Error
I finally redeemed two iTunes gift cards last night, finding the process generally straightforward. That said, many Macs now have iSight cameras built-in. As proven by Delicious Library, an iSight can...
View ArticleCredit Where Credit is Due
In the move to digital 1, and particularly with streaming, the musicians who play on recordings are rarely given credit outside of AllMusic or Wikipedia. A PDF of the liner notes might mention...
View ArticleMinimal Cover in Sight
When in the Artist view in iTunes, rather than album covers scrolling along with the tracks, they should bump up against the header and stay in view until all of the album’s tracks scroll out of view,...
View ArticleFurther iTunes CDDB Idiocy
Here is the dialog iTunes presents after CD information is successfully transmitted to the CDDB: This dialog might as well be worded like this: If iTunes cannot immediately send the CD information due...
View ArticleDrag-and-Drop Links to iTunes
Rather than downloading audio files in your browser, locating them in the Finder, and then dragging them to iTunes, why not drag-and-drop the links to them on the iTunes Dock icon? The download process...
View ArticleResize This!
With all three columns displayed in the iTunes browser, the Genre column is much wider than it needs to be and lengthy Artist and Album titles are often truncated. Resize handles to the rescue… I...
View ArticleTime for iTums
With version 6 (more like 5.1), iTunes has reached the bloating point. The video integration is clumsy and playback performance is awful compared to QuickTime Player on the exact same hardware. Good...
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