iTunes

Carl wrote in to ask how you can change your Apple ID (username and password) for the iTunes Store and the App Store on the iPhone, especially in iOS 5. When you set up a new iPhone or iPad with iOS 5 and iCloud, the system uses your iCloud username and password for the iTunes [...]

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When you’re troubleshooting your iOS device with iTunes on your Mac, it’s easy to solve if your device won’t turn on or iTunes won’t open, but what happens when both iTunes and your device appear to be working properly and they still won’t talk to each other? You can always try wiping your iPhone, iPad, [...]

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What to Do When iTunes Won’t Play MP3s

by Matt on March 25, 2011

iTunes is a fantastic application for managing your digital music collection. When you import music from a CD or purchase songs from the iTunes Music Store, you know you are getting a file that is 100% compatible with iTunes. But there are many other places people get their music from: online stores like Amazon, friends’ [...]

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Mailbag #2: More Questions Answered

by Matt on July 3, 2009

From Michelle: I’ve got quite a few dups in my itunes library right now and can find plenty of information as to how to fix that problem; however, I am wondering how they ever get there to begin with? The dups I have in my account seem so random – some are from cd’s I have [...]

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I’ve had several people ask me over the past few months how they can share or synchronize their iTunes libraries across all the user accounts on their home computers. This is a complicated affair, and there are different ways to accomplish these goals, depending on what the user ultimately wants. At this point, I don’t [...]

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Jake has a large iTunes library, and he wants to know if there’s an easy way to find duplicate songs. Luckily, iTunes has this feature built-in. Over time, it’s easy to build up duplicate MP3s. You’ll forget that you imported the same CD a year ago, then a friend gives you a mix that has [...]

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The Top 5 Announcements at MacWorld 2009

by Matt on January 6, 2009

Now that the keynote address at MacWorld 2009 has come and gone, let’s look at the 5 most exciting announcements to come out of the event. 1. iLife ’09 With the new iLife ’09, Apple introduced plenty of great features to justify the $79 upgrade. In iPhoto, you can now manage your photos by people’s [...]

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