Category Archive: iTunes

Mar 01 2012

Windows 8 Comsumer Preview

Well, the Windows 8 Consumer Preview is upon us and every nerd and their Aibo (robot dog, get it) has been trying it out and sharing their thoughts with the world. Of course, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity being one to try things as soon as they become available so I thought I’d share my …

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Nov 14 2011

How to Guide – Performing an Over the Air Update of iOS & Multitasking Gestures

Given that the first update to iOS 5 came out and one of its much touted features was the ability to update the device without tethering it to iTunes on a computer I thought I would make a video showing you the execution of this process. I did cut quite a bit out of it …

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Oct 29 2011

Zune Music Pass Finally Coming to Australia

I don’t know how I missed this but I am really excited that Microsoft is releasing its Zune Music Pass in Australia for $11.99 a month starting on Wednesday 16th November, 2011. At long last, this missing piece of the Windows Phone ecosystem is enabled for us users down under so that we can have …

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Oct 26 2011

Recover Speed on Slow iOS Devices

Checking iOS Device Space Utilisation in iTunes

It seems that with each iOS update older devices can get a bit slower in having to support new features on existing hardware. Unfortunately, you just can’t crack open your device and add more memory or swap out the CPU for something more powerful. That said, there can be other causes of poor performance on …

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Oct 06 2011

Farewell Steve Jobs

Apple Tribute to Steve Jobs @ http://apple.com.au

It should come as no news that Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, died today just one day after the iPhone 4S was announced at Apple HQ in Cupertino. Love him or hate him, he made a profound impact upon the world of technology with things such as: the iPod and the major push into digital …

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Sep 29 2011

Why I Reckon There Will Never Be a Facebook Phone

I have been sitting on this one for a while to allow appropriate time for stewing but I think it’s about time for it to come out out of the oven. I don’t think we’ll ever see a Facebook phone. There has been recurring speculation in the media about a Facebook phone and while Mark …

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Sep 24 2011

iTunes Playing Audio Out of Sync With Audio

This is just an observation that I have made on my own computer so I don’t know if this is more widespread. Today, I was troubleshooting an issue when playing videos and the audio going in and out of sync (or maybe vice versa depending on how you anchor things). This was happening in Windows …

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Sep 05 2011

Disable “Natural” Scrolling in Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion)

Here’s a quick tip for people moving across to Lion. By default, the scroll gestures that we have become accustomed to are now inverted to simulate what would happen on an iPod Touch, iPhone or iPad. Scrolling from bottom to top on your trackpad will scroll the page up will scrolling from top to bottom …

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Aug 27 2011

Apple Quietly Pulls iTunes TV Show Rentals

A quick entry for tonight. Just under a year after Apple introduced the ability to rent TV episodes for 24 hours it has quietly shelved this offering from the iTunes store leaving the ability to buy individual episodes for a higher charge. According to AllThingsD, rentals have been removed due to relatively poor take up …

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Jul 20 2011

Update iTunes When Using a New iOS Device

Just a quick one tonight. The title might seem obvious to most people but it’s something worth mentioning anyway given the speculation around a refreshed iPhone and iPad being released before the end of the year. With the release of new devices (iPods, iPhones and iPads) there is usually a prerequisite update for iTunes to …

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