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!
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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 https://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
I think Apple heard that Elaine’s on the warpath. No sooner did we mention the iPhone battery issue and the fact that Apple are saying nothing…. http://bit.ly/HhX93
Thanks for the answer to my iTunes Conundrum, I haven’t had chance to do all the scary script stuff yet but I’m looking forward to trying it out 🙂
Great work guys!
Cheers
Jane
Great podcast again. You guys are a mine of information. I really want to be able to sync iTunes by album too Mike – lets start a campaign!