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Control iTunes with the Media Keys in Snow Leopard

Thomas — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 21:15:05 +0000

**Many thanks go out to mbebop and his tip for getting the Media Keys working in Snow Leopard** Laptop media keys are excellent for quickly controlling iTunes and other media software. The Inspiron 1525 media keys worked on Leopard after installing both a kext and Butler, an application capable of converting your key presses into iTunes commands. The media [...]

My Dock (Part Two)

Thomas — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 01:21:07 +0000

My dock is a little more crowded than I would like, but then again, I launch the majority of my apps through Spotlight anyway (a quick Ctrl+Space to bring it up). It sits at the bottom of the screen with Hiding turned on so as not to take up any valuable screen real estate. It [...]

Apple Regains Their Collective Sanity, Updates iTunes 9 With Option for Dark Background

Alex — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:10:43 +0000

Awhile ago, I wrote a post about iTunes 9 and how Apple had completely uglified it. Now, Apple has released an update, 9.0.2, that resolves one of my complaints: the eye-shieldingly white Grid View background: Compare that to the new iTunes 9, with the option for a dark background: Now, doesn’t that look better, Apple? [...]

Five Things I Hate About The iPod Touch

Alex — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:03:03 +0000

I love my iPod. Not as much as this idiot, but I still love it. That said, there are some things that I absolutely hate about it; little design choices that make me groan every day: 1. The Music App When the iPod came out in 2001, it virtually created the PMP market, so you’d [...]

Apple Beats iTunes With The Ugly Stick, Announces New iPods

Alex — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:30:40 +0000

I am appalled at Apple and what they’ve done with iTunes 9. Sure, they’ve included some important functionality and all, like app management and a new interface for the iTunes store, but did they really need to make it so fricken ugly? I mean, just take a look at the thing: Fucked up gradients and [...]

Sync Nearly Any Device With iTunes

Thomas — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 17:21:10 +0000

A while back, Richard wrote a post about Syncing your Sansa Fuze with iTunes. While the post did help a lot of people, it required running a script and became quite problematic for some. The purpose of the post was to help out a select number of people who had the Sansa Fuze, but still [...]

iLeopard: iTunes-like Theme For Mac OS X

Alex — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 21:20:40 +0000

While browsing through the interwebs, I stumbled upon a nifty little theme for OS X called iLeopard. The theme is much softer than Apple’s default, employing less gloss and shininess. It uses iTunes-like scrollbars like the ones rumored to be in the new interface for Snow Leopard. The download includes an easy install, custom install, [...]

Dell HackBook Media Keys Working

Richard — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 07:56:43 +0000

After reading up on some information from Google and InsanelyMac, I decided to take a dive into getting the media keys working myself and now I’m writing about my success and how you too can get s to play nice with your touch sensitive media keys on the Dell Inspiron 1525. For this tutorial, we’re [...]

Sync Your Sansa (Fuze) With iTunes

Richard — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:41:59 +0000

**Follow this guide for any even easier method that supports more devices (including the Sansa Fuze)** I was able to score the Sandisk Sansa Fuze (8GB) for only $64.99 at Toys ‘R’ Us the other day on Black Friday. It retails for $129.99 and is a solid competitor to the iPod Nano. There’s only one [...]

iTunes 8, QuickTime, “Let’s Rock!”

Richard — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 01:26:42 +0000

Apple kicked off its “Let’s Rock” iTunes event this morning out on the west coast. For those of you looking to upgrade to the latest versions of iTunes and QuickTime released after the event — go right ahead! For anyone running Mac OS X using my tutorial, please be aware that once you reboot from [...]

Do You Care About iTunes DRM?

Richard — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:55:48 +0000

Back in the days of Windows 95 and “MMX” technology, you could purchase music from your favorite store that came on a disc (or tape). These mediums allowed you to play them in just about any device. From Sony to RCA, you could enjoy your music anywhere. It was, after all, your music. Play it [...]

MacBook Air: Serious Hangtime

Richard — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:41:46 +0000

Move over, Michael Jordan. Apple has introduced a notebook that’s going to be getting some serious air. And I don’t mean that lightly. At Macworld 2008 today in San Francisco, CA., Steve Jobs unveiled to the world the thinnest laptop computer ever made: The MacBook Air. This computer is so thin that Intel Corp. had [...]