MacBites Episode 0032

on 21 September 2009 in Show Notes tagged by The MacBites Crew

In this episode we’ll be hacking iTunes, trying to fix Elaine’s narcoleptic iPhone and forcing iTunes to do what it should be able to do out of the box!

BackBites

• Hacking iTunes
• iTunes 9 black background hack
• iTunes 9 – Sync by Album
• Sixty four switcher
• Mike’s LogMeIn experience

ChatBites

• My O2 app (iTunes link)
• iPhone 3.1 woes
• Elaine’s iPhone frustrations
• ITV.com is now using Flash
• Make your Logitech mouse compatible with Snow Leopard
• Make your Logitech mouse compatible with Snow Leopard (Apple forum)
• Screensharing problems

Software Review

• Jane’s iTunes conundrum
• Script to open iTunes and update podcasts:

tell application "iTunes" to activate
tell application "iTunes" to updateAllPodcasts

• Application to open iTunes and update podcasts (zip download)
• ScriptTimer
• LucyC – “I also love the app organiser in iTunes. Makes my life so much easier than trying to do it with those wibbly wobbly icons on the phone where I usually mess up”
• Drinkster – calculates how many calories and units are in your drink (iTunes link)

Events

• The next MacBites Live event is on Tuesday 29th September (20:00 BST) – Simon Bainbridge will be delving into the world of Things, a task management application that can be used on a Mac or an iPhone. To attend go to http://www.macbites.co.uk/live and put your name in the Enter as a Guest box. Please note this has been brought forward from October 1st