Not only a media player, iTunes manages apps and data syncing to iPod and iOS devices.
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Copy DVD to iTunes for watching on Apple TV
I have quite a collection of DVDs which is slowly getting smaller and smaller thanks (in part) to crappy Wal-Mart binder style DVD cases scratching the discs. After purchasing an Apple TV, I'm ...
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How to get a list of all songs in iTunes?
Is there an easy way to get a list of all my songs in iTunes into a text file?
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Which is faster for syncing iPhone 4 with iTunes — USB or WIFI?
Is USB or WIFI faster when syncing an iPhone 4 with iOS 5 to iTunes?
This SuperUser answer suggests that Wireless N might be faster than USB 2:
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Can iTunes ignore store credit and use a credit card instead?
There are times when I've got some store credit from a gift card/certificate on iTunes, but I want to buy something without that.
I want to buy something with the credit card, regardless of what's ...
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Is surround sound easy on a mac?
My iMac, Macbook Pro, and Mac Mini all have only one stereo audio output each - none of them have digital audio output either (though perhaps other models do?).
Does OS X support surround sound?
Are ...
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Adding a song file to iTunes via the command line without playing the file
I want to add song files to iTunes via the command line.
open -a iTunes -g song.mp3
does exactly this. - However it starts playing the song, too. Any way to avoid this?
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Is there any way to get a generic (country-unrelated) iTunes link?
When copying links to stuff in iTunes or Mac App Store, I always get a countrycode-specific link. Is there any way to get a generic one?
If not, will those links resolve to national-specific iTunes ...
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Is there an app that creates a system-wide audio equalizer?
I like using iTunes' equalizer, but that only works in iTunes.
I'm looking for some software that lets me apply a global, system-wide equalizer to Mac OS X.
The app (or pref pane, etc.) would let me ...
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Updating ITunes Match metadata/tags?
I recently turned Match on in iTunes, and it did its thing and matched/uploaded songs. I then turned it on in my iPhone and to my horror, the tags that I thought I had meticulously organized weren't ...
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How can an old Apple ID be merged into the newer ID?
When I first creed an Apple account, years ago, I used a password which I've been using ever since. Later I joined Me.com and I was assigned an email address that also became another Apple ID for me. ...
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How can I move photos from iPhone to my local disk?
This has me stumped. I have nearly 4GB of photos and videos on my phone, and I want to put them into my computer's pictures folder.
I have opened Windows Explorer and found the photos in the weird ...
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How to fix usbmuxd spam in console when iPhone is connected?
Since I've upgraded from Snow Leopard to Lion (including the latest 10.7.1 update), my usbmuxd seems awfully chatty. This only happens when my iPhone is connected.
It spams the following message at ...
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How can I watch an AVI file on my iPhone?
I understand that iPhone does not support AVI files. However, I have lots of these files which I want to watch on my iPhone.
Can you suggest a streamlined, automatic way of doing this? I have never ...
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How can I get my entire iTunes Match-based music library to appear on my iPhone?
I have about 12,500 tracks uploaded to iTunes Match. From my desktop and laptop, everything works great. I can see the cloud-based tracks and play them. I can download them to my machines.
When I ...
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In iTunes 11, how do I download all existing shows for a podcast?
Recently, I've started listening to more podcasts on my iPhone. I've found a few that I like and want to listen to past episodes. Ideally, I want to just download. I can't seem to figure out a way to ...
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How do I mark songs as Explicit in iTunes to make them match correctly in iTunes Match
I have a few CD's that I ripped a while ago that are in my iTunes library, that have an explicit label. They play fine on my local computer.
The problem is, these ripped CDs are not marked as ...
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iTunes reports “There is no updates available” for applications but there are updates available
Recently I moved from Russia to New Zealand. And now I'm experiencing an issue - all the applications I purchased in Russia cannot update here in NZ.
I see there is a number in front of Apps in iTunes ...
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How do I share apps between iTunes profiles?
We have a number of iDevices in the family, and each user has their own Apple ID.
If I purchase an app for my ipod or ipad, can I share it with my wife and son, each of whom have their own IDs? How ...
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Can I gift a song from the iPhone iTunes app?
Just as the title says: can I gift a song from within the iTunes iPhone app? I searched but couldn't find any option to.
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Deleting photos from an iPhone
Is there a tweak that lets me delete any photos from my iPhone - including the ones uploaded with iTunes?
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Rent foreign language films in iTunes
It’s now pretty well-established that you cannot change the language of the iTunes store unless you also change your billing address.
Fair enough.
But the language setting also dominates the ...
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Always Asked to Configure Firewall for iTunes
Whenever I open iTunes, I get the standard OS X dialog, Do you want the application "iTunes.app" to accept incoming network connections?
Every time I click allow, but I am asked the same thing without ...
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Is there any way to specify “not” in iTunes search?
Whenever I want to listen to songs from a particular band in iTunes, I'll just type the name in the search box, select shuffle, and start playing. For most bands this works very well, but I've run ...
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Possible to rip a DVD as an iTunes film?
Is there a way to rip DVDs so that iTunes plays the DVD exactly like as if you playing from a disc. I mean so that it has the menus, and extra features like audio, commentary, subtitles, and deleted ...
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What does setting Media Kind to Audiobook do?
If I change the Media Kind option on a track to Audiobook, what does effects does that have on my iTunes library? How does it change the presentation and functionality of the track?
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Create audiobook from mp3 files?
How do I transfer a folder containing mp3 files to my iPod/iTunes to be recognized as an audiobook?
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Is there a limit to how many iOS devices I can synch with iTunes?
I've heard about the 5 computer limit.
I'm wondering if iOS devices are included in that or not.
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How can I automatically download lyrics in iTunes?
Is there a way to automatically download lyrics in iTunes?
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Can one still sort By Album By Year in any of the views in iTunes 11?
In previous versions of iTunes, it was possible to sort songs by Artist, and then by Album By Year, so that albums would be shown in the order they were released, rather than alphabetical order.
I ...
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Music disappears from iPod Classic after disconnecting from computer
I've got a somewhat puzzling problem here (or at least, I find it puzzling).
I'm going to go into great detail in the hope that it helps someone to point me in the right direction, and also in the ...
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Appstore, turn off password for free apps download?
is there a way to turn off the password requirement when downloading free content from the appstore?
I just find it slightly annoying when other app marketplaces don't have that compulsory ...
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Can't restore music to iPhone from iTunes
I have a family member that did something a bit carelessly (but with good intentions) and I'm trying to help fix it.
They upgraded their iPhone 4 to iOS 5, but they did it from a different ...
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Is there a way to configure apps to download automatically similar to podcasts in iTunes?
I'd like for apps to download 'free updates' whenever they are available so when I sync my phone they will already be there, similar to podcasts.
Is there a way to configure iTunes to do this ...
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Is there a simple way to compare apps in my iTunes library with those actually installed on my iPhone?
Thanks to the appshopper.com RSS feeds, I've downloaded a lot of free apps: some good, many forgettable. Is there a simple way to see a list of uninstalled iPhone apps so I can re-evaluate and delete ...
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How do I remove a Wi-Fi sync with a laptop that I no longer have in my possession?
I have a first generation iPad with many documents in iBooks. This iPad is still synchronized with a laptop that is no longer in my possession. This means I can't sync to my new laptop over Wi-Fi. How ...
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Can I use my MacBook Air to sync with two different iTunes accounts?
I recently bought a MacBook Air with OS X Lion. I have an iPad (iOS 5) and my wife has a iPhone 4S. We each have our own iTunes accounts and that's the start of the problem!
I successfully opened ...
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How can I make the new Podcasts app update iTunes played status?
I currently have iTunes set to sync all unplayed episodes of all podcasts to my iPhone. (I'm a bit behind - there are nearly 70 of them.) Today I downloaded Apple's new Podcasts app, and was pleased ...
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How to move an iPod or iOS device from one computer to another without losing anything?
I have a new (Windows) PC and I am fed up with booting up my old computer just to sync my iPad and iPod, so I have just decided to install iTunes and sync with my new one.
Music, Pictures and ...
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Sharing music in the iTunes library with multiple accounts and iOS devices
My wife and I both have iOS devices (some iPods, an iPhone, soon an iPad), which means that both our iTunes libraries have not only music, but also apps, podcasts, iTunes U stuff, etc.
How could we ...
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How can I know which GUID represents which app in my iTunes backup of my iPhone?
I backed up my data from my iPhone to my PC. This backup is not encrypted. When I open up the backup folder, I see a bunch of files named with long GUIDs. Each app that saves data (e.g. to a SQLite ...
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Why does iTunes create multiple exact copies of my music files and hide them from view in Finder?
Quite a while ago I downloaded an Indie/Rock Playlist and added it to iTunes, and it was all good. There weren't any doubles of songs or anything, in iTunes. But just now I've noticed that in the ...
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How does an app get to be featured in the App Store? [closed]
I have created an iOS Lifestyle app. In the App Store, under the Top Featured tab in the New column I was amazed to see my app listed there.
Is it organized by sales or Apple featured?
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Where do I look in iTunes to find sync errors?
I have started to get some error messages about items failing to sync. It seems to be a sporadic issue - and the error pictured below was for a sync attached to the USB cable. I do have WiFi sync ...
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How can I download free music from the internet to itunes on the iphone/ipad without using a mac/pc?
There are loads of bands on the internet offering their music as free downloads on their websites. Either as zips or direct mp3 downloads. What ways are there for iphone/ipad users to get the music ...
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iTunes Home Sharing never updates Play Counts or Ratings from iPhone
Ever since iTunes introduced Home Sharing, the Preferences dialog has had a checkbox titled "Home Sharing computers and devices update play counts". But this option has never had any effect ...
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How can I re-download all the apps I bought on another store account?
I have moved to another country, which comes along with the joy of moving apple store accounts. This would be easier, however, if there were a trivial automated way to re-download all of my free apps ...
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Is there an OS X equivalent to iOS's Remote App?
Is there some equivalent to Apple's (iOS) Remote App for the desktop (running OS X)? I.e. some – preferably small – application to control an iTunes instance which is running on another Mac? Maybe ...
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In iTunes Store, how can you view the full name?
When I'm looking in the store (iTunes U, specifically), many of the titles are cut off, ending in "..." I thought the standard "hold the cursor over the text" would show a little window with the ...
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How to not sync apps to iTunes 11
Since iCloud now offers a way for me to download apps directly from the cloud and I only want to keep updating the apps I use on my iOS device and not all that I have, I wanted to keep all my apps ...
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Retrieve Voice Memos from device?
iOS seems to refuse to allow me to email "long" voice memos, and I'm unaware of any way to extract them from iTunes backups of my phone. How can I retrieve entire voice memos that aren't really short?
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