How to keep your lyrics database updated with iTunes Lyrics Impo. How to manage your iTunes library with 5 Smart Playlists. Smart playlists have been a feature of iTunes since version 3.0 (circa 2002), and they provide a means for you to create automatically-updated playlists that fit a certain criteria. For me, they serve as a hands-off way to stay up-to-date on my latest music and Podcasts, as well as a repository for a certain genre of music. To create a smart playlist, click on "File" and select "New Smart Playlist" (or you can use the command-option-n keyboard shortcut). If you want a playlist that contains only holiday music, you could specify that the playlist include all songs with either the "Christmas" or "Chanukah" genre tag on it. Because smart playlists auto-update, you needn't worry about adding songs to it: as long as the track's tags meet the criteria, it is automatically included in the playlist -- unless, of course, you choose the "limit to" option, which limits the the tracks in the playlist based on your choosing.
Readers, tell us about some of the Smart Playlists that you use. Simplify Media 2.0. How to move an iTunes library to an external drive. Updated August 18, 2011. If you're an iTunes user (download for Windows|Mac) whose appetite for music, movies, and podcasts is outstripping the capacity of your computer, it might be a good time to think about offloading that library to an external hard drive or a separate internal drive. If you do it right, the process is relatively simple, although the transfer time could take an hour or more, depending on the size of your media library. To walk you through it, here are a step-by-step video and slideshow tutorial on how to move your iTunes library to an external hard drive. Comment créer un compte américain sur iTunes? Créer un compte américain sur iTunes peut s’avérer être une chose intéressante pour ceux qui désirent accéder à certaines applications pour l’iPhone et l’iPod Touch qui ne sont pas disponibles à l’extérieur des États-Unis.
Par exemple, l’application Onlive Desktop pour iPad a est uniquement disponible sur l’iTunes Store américain. Si vous n’habitez pas les États-Unie, la seule façon d’obtenir Onlive consiste à créer un compte américain. La technique est simple et rapide. Elle ne nécessite pas l’utilisation d’un numéro de carte de crédit et n’entre pas en conflit avec votre compte actuel. Voici donc les étapes à suivre pour créer votre nouveau compte sur iTunes US. 1- Démarrez iTunes et fermez votre session active. 2- Au bas de la fenêtre d’iTunes, cliquez sur « Mon Store ». 3- Vous basculerez sur la boutique américaine d’iTunes. 4- Rendez-vous sur l’App store 5- Sélectionnez une application gratuite et cliquez sur « GET APP » 6- C’est ici que vous débutez la création du compte.
Mojo. Plus, subscribe to the playlists of other users, and Mojo will update those playlists anytime they are online. Finally, all downloaded songs will automatically be added to your iTunes library. Mojo automatically finds other users on your network and allows you to easily add buddies to your roster for those who aren't on your local network. Select any user to begin sharing. It’s that simple. This is all accomplished transparently using a multitude of technologies such as Bonjour, XMPP (Jabber), HTTP/TCP, STUN, and STUNT.
This means Mojo will automatically handle all the messy network configuration without any user interaction. Select a user to share with, and Mojo opens a browsing window. If manually choosing the music is too much work, try using the playlist subscriptions. Want to chat with other Mojo users? FluidTunes. How to create a free US iTunes account. The iTunes software is performing a check when a user creates a new account to verify that the address of the user and his payment address are related. A credit card for instance would have to be from the United States as well if the user would select the United States as his country of residence. It is therefor not possible to create a US iTunes account the "normal" way unless US address and credit card are at hand. One way to get past this verification is to buy gift certificates and use them to create the account.
Some users probably prefer not to pay any money for the account because they just want access to the free contents and never make a payment in the store. The benefits of having an US account are access to free songs which are updated regularly, to better promotions and music, movies or tv shows that are not available in other iTunes store yet. The first thing you do is to download the iTunes software and install it. The zip code, state and city have to match. How to remove arrow links to iTunes Store in iTunes 8 in Windows. When selecting music in iTunes, arrow links appear that redirect to the iTunes store. If you don’t like them, here is how to get rid of them. Once again we are going to be hacking away at iTunes configuration files.
To do this needs a special free editor. Make backups of these files before editing them. Be sure that iTunes is not running. 1. %AppData%\Apple Computer\iTunes\iTunesPrefs.xml 4. 5. 6. To undo this, just delete the section and resave your file. How to rip a CD as one continuous mp3 in iTunes. How to create individual tracks from one long concert track in i. Top 10 iTunes smart playlists. I use a couple of smart playlists to help me manage my library.
The first one, is called 'Missing Data', and has these rules: * Match any: * Album contains 'Unknown' * Album contains 'Unidentified' * Artist contains 'Unknown' * Artist contains 'Unidentified' * Artist is 'Various' * Artist is '' * Name contains 'Track' * Name contains 'Track0' * Name contains 'Track1' Live updating, no limits. Optionally, I also created a static playlist called 'Valid Missing Data' where I placed all the tracks that match the above criteria but are not in fact missing any data. . * Match ALL * Playlist is "All Missing Data" * Playlist is not "Movies" (optional) * Podcast is false * Playlist is not "Valid Missing data" * Match only checked items * Live updating That should create a list of tracks you need to look through and fix up!
The next playlist, I use in conjuction with the Party Shuffle feature. . * Match ANY * Video Kind is Movie * Video Kind is TV Show Then, I have a playlist called 'All Unrated': * Rating is 0. How to build smarter playlists. I have just about 9,000 songs (35GB) in my iTunes library, and I listen to music the entire time I’m in the office every day. I live and die by my smart playlists. I’ve seen more than a few tutorials lately about how to utilize this iTunes feature, so I thought I’d toss my hat in the ring with a few tips on how to make Apple’s killer app work better. Here are five tips to keeping your daily listening enjoyable. Update Your Genres! This is a key first step in keeping your music organized, and keeping your music organized is the best way to get to hear what makes you happy.
I am a bit of a freak: I have been meticulously categorizing and detailing every mp3 added to my collection for almost a decade now. This is a key first step in keeping your music organized. I’m not saying that you have to go that out of control with your music library, but you can certainly take the time to properly tag your genres. Rate Those Songs! It only takes a second to click that middle dot a few times. Wrap It Up. How to re-create your iTunes Library. OurTunes. iTunes Folder Watch. Ok so, long time reader first time commentator. I've been compelled to make my statements because no one really makes an argument I can agree with on the itunes software. Most highlight some of the most trivial features like cover flow, etc. To get to the point, Playlist folders are what keep me ensnared. I have yet to find another player that even makes an attempt at mimicking this feature (and if you have any suggestions please do tell).
I work on mix cd's out of itunes before i edit them elsewhere. So I end up with alot of mix snippets and incomplete mix cd's. When playlist folders dropped it was like a godsend but its also kept me from migrating to a player that may cure my other gripes with the software, such as the issue stated. Yeah I wish itunes would auto search folders for me, or I wish they could cut the code down/re-write the darn thing so it wasn't Firefox slow/hungry(firefox 2 of course. No matter the issue, i still keep coming back. P.s. 30+ Tools For iTunes. Apple launched iTunes widgets last week, allowing you to post your iTunes info to blogs and social networks.
We thought it would be a good opportunity to round up all the services that let you extend and customize iTunes, as well as sharing your music with your friends. Desktop Applications Aurora - A Mac OS X only application for making it so you can wake-up to your favorite playlist via your computer. Bandwagon - An automated backup service of your entire iTunes library to a remote server of your choosing. Currently Mac only. GimmeSomeTune - Built for Mac OS X, gives you a mini-controller with numerous hot keys, downloads album covers, support for iChat and much more.
Goombah - Monitors your play history, compares it to other users and makes suggestions of tracks you may like, and suggests free downloads from their library. IdleTunes - Aids in managing your iTunes library, cleaning out dead tracks, making a playlist for each album, exporting playlists, and more. Tangerine! Miscellaneous. iTunes Sync transfer your iTunes library to other mp3 players. Just wanted to thank every one for their posts it helped me get some of my iTunes playlists to my Sansa c250 using iTunes Agent from [ita.sourceforge.net] I also have a fifth gen iPod video that I had to ship out for repairs and picked up the Sansa just to tide me over. As such I have become accustomed to using iTunes. I did some research and came across iTunes Sync and iTunes Agent, I tried them both but couldn't get them to work until I read: Re: Sansa and PlaysForSure: I have a Sansa m200 series player (m240, I think). After which I was able to sync the Sansa with both programs and finally chose to keep iTunes Agent because it seemed to be more efficient at transferring and lower overhead to run.
Thanks for the help hope this helps some one else. Free your music from iTunes with iTunes Export. iTunes organization: making the most of a large library. The Unofficial Apple Weblog has a great article on how to organize your iTunes library, just in time for their readers' New Year's Resolutions. It's a wonderful set of suggestions, but I'm not seeing how they'll work for me.
Most people who use iTunes have probably put some effort into organizing their iTunes Library. What makes me different, perhaps, are a few characteristics: I'm using iTunes to organize not only multiple users (Karsten and myself) and multiple media (music, movies, etc) just like everyone else, but I'm also using it to organize both business and pleasure. I acquire a lot of music that isn't for my listening pleasure; it's for songwriting research.
Believe me, I'm not a big fan of certain war-mongering politically-über-conservative country artists I could name, but I have copies of most of their CDs anyway. It's important to me to be familiar with what's getting sales and radio play, even as Karsten and I strive to bring our own style to pop country songwriting.