Not only a media player, iTunes manages apps and data syncing to iPod and iOS devices.
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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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iTunes asks to transfer purchased apps from iPhone even though app sync is off
A few weeks after iOS 5 came out, I disabled app syncing with my phone. I still sync my media with the computer.
Today when I synced my phone, it asked to transfer purchases from my phone to my ...
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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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Password protect MacBook while keeping iTunes running
So I want to prevent anyone from messing with iTunes, or anything on my MacBook actually. How can I password protect it without losing the sound?
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I just bought the wrong album on iTunes. How do I give it back?
I just bought the wrong album on iTunes. How do I give it back?
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iTunes library sync between two computers
I have two computers (iMac and a Macbook Air). Whenever I try to sync my iPhone to the Air it will remove all my data.
Is there any possibility to have a common sync mechanism in between my two ...
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Are there any features like Winamp's auto tag exist for iTunes?
It took me 3 months to ID3 Tag all of the MP3s (artist, album, released year, etc) in my iTunes library. It was annoying. I saw that Winamp solves this problem with an "Auto Tag" feature. Is there ...
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How can I back up my app data?
I have some app data that I'd like to preserve when the time for a new iPhone rolls around. This app does not (seem to) have any cloud-syncing functionality. I regularly sync my iPhone to iTunes via ...
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Why is Home Sharing not working with iPhone?
I have a Mac Mini with iTunes 10.2.1 installed, I enabled home sharing in the preferences and the Advanced menu. I also have an iPhone 4, which I enabled home sharing on using the same username and ...
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Don't copy songs into iTunes folder just use them from file system
I need to add songs into iTunes Library but I don't want to copy songs into library. While drag and drop just copies all songs which needs to be added to the Library folder and then uses it. So, we ...
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Why doesn't iTunes detect my iPhone?
When I connect my iPhone 3GS to my computer, iTunes does not detect it. The phone displays the green battery meter indicating it's charging, System Profiler detects an "iPhone" connected to the USB ...
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How can I activate my iPod if my PC is running Linux?
I just bought an iPod, and when I turn it shows an image with the USB cable and iTunes. It wants me to plug it to a computer with iTunes? But I use Linux, what do I do?
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How can I track detailed analytics for my iTunes Library?
Is there a way to view an "iTunes Analytics Dashboard" or some type of plugin that would have similar capabilities?
There's all this really good data locked up in iTunes, from Play Counts to Ratings ...
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How can we unlock an iPhone backup file if we don't know the password?
I've got a rather peculiar problem. My wife's iPhone got stolen and we bought a new one from the insurance money. When trying to restore the backup file to her new phone, iTunes asks for the password:
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How do I add lyrics to a song in iTunes?
How do I add lyrics to a song in iTunes so that it shows the lyrics on the iPod/iPad?
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What software can play FLAC files and has basic playlist support?
What are options to play FLAC files and have playlists on OSX? I've not seen a way to make iTunes play them natively, songbird looks terrible with retina display and same goes for clementine.
I just ...
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I don't want to lose my data on my iPhone, can someone help?
I got an iPhone 4S not too long ago, maybe a month or so. I already have it set up and I bought all of my music on iTunes. I am getting a MacBook Pro soon, and I want to load the music I have on my ...
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How can I extract Album Art from a track?
I'd like to use iTunes to extract Album Art into standard image formats (such as .png or .jpg), so that I can back them up in a location external to the iTunes library. How can I do this in iTunes?
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How do I prevent iOS devices from being backed up in iTunes when plugging into a friend’s computer?
Say you plug your iPhone or iPad into a friend’s computer. If iTunes is installed on this computer (which it will be on every Mac, for instance) it will automatically open and take a full backup ...
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Is it possible to upgrade a second generation iPod Touch to iOS 4.3?
Suddenly a lot of my apps are not working on my iPod Touch 2nd gen. Many of these are telling me that I need iOS 4.3 for them to work.
I've tried updating software in iTunes - but it says my ...
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Will jailbreaking my iPhone 4s allow me to copy songs manually in iTunes (or other software)?
I want to be able to manage my music manually on my iPhone, but it's currently synced with a no longer available computer and won't let me re-sync with another computer without completely erasing my ...
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How can I reduce the time it takes to sync my ipod touch
I have a 64 GB ipod touch with about:
20 GB of music on my external hard drive
20 GB of photos on my external hard drive
About 50 apps
It now seems to take over 40 minutes for my ipod-touch to do ...
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organising apps by multiple levels of folders possible?
I like the idea of putting our apps in "folders" , but is there anyway we can furthur put those "folders" into "folders" ?
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Can I update an existing Apple ID with a newly created MobileMe email address?
I've had an Apple ID for a while now and have many iTunes purchases associated with the account. Yesterday, I created a MobileMe account. I tried updating the existing Apple ID account e-mail with my ...
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Can I import my old podcast MP3s into iTunes?
The title pretty much says it all.
If I have 25 podcast MP3s, how can I associate them with the podcast in iTunes?
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How to move iTunes’ Mobile Applications folder to an external hard drive
I wanted to have more free space on my MacBook Air’s internal hard drive, so I moved drives iTunes media folders (i.e. Books, Mobile Applications, Movies, Podcasts and TV Shows) to my external hard ...
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How can I browse WWDC session videos directly on my iOS device or AppleTV?
On my Mac, I can log in to the developer center to watch the videos from the website, and that I can log in on iTunes on my Mac to browse and download them. However, is there a way to browse and watch ...
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How can I look inside iOS apps' folders from within iTunes?
When looking at an app's documents with iTunes (in the Apps tab of the iDevice), it is possible to view folders of the documents created by the apps. How can I look inside them? Double-clicking does ...
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How can I keep different app versions on two devices synced with iTunes
I have an 1st gen iPod Touch and an iPad 2. The iPod Touch is obsolete enough that most new apps won't run on iOS 3.1. Also, there is a growing number of apps that I own and use daily that have ...
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Automated/Simple Deletion of Apps from iTunes Library
Is there an approach to querying the local iTunes library to remove apps that aren't currently installed on any of your devices?
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View Song Lyrics in iTunes
Assuming I have songs with lyrics already added to them, how do I easily view them when listening to a song?
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How can I get “Automatically fill free space with songs” to reserve more space than a half gig
On my iPhone 3GS (32GB) I want to keep more than .48GB free space when I tell iTunes to "Automatically fill free space with songs" for doing things like taking pictures/recording videos.
I don't want ...
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How do I get a refund on an iOS app I just bought?
I just bought an iPhone app knowing that it may or may not provide the feature which was the entire reason for me buying it. I figured I could always get a refund if it doesn't do what I want. It ...
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How to make iTunes video window float on top?
In iTunes you can play videos in a seperate window. Is it possible to make that window stay on top? Preferably without any 3rd party apps?
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Unwanted hollow star / album ratings foul up a Smart Playlist of zero-star songs
The SXSW Showcasing Artist compilations typically include more than one thousand songs. When I add them to iTunes initially, the songs display a blank rating, which is what I want.
The songs are ...
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How can I get iTunes to recognize my iPhone 4S again without having to re-configure all my apps?
I have an iPhone 4S that I have bought directly from Apple. I used iTunes on my very old (2006) Mac to set it up and do the initial sync. After that, I did an OTA firmware update and several OTA syncs ...
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Lost everything after iPhone sync--How can I get it back?
I plugged my iPhone into my computer last night and opened up iTunes. It said I needed to sync and download the latest version. I clicked ok. After all was done my iPhone has been set back to ...
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Can I install apps on iPhone/iPad from iTunes without syncing?
Simple question: Can I install an application that was downloaded to my iTunes into my iPad/iPhone without syncing it with the computer?
I am abroad and without access to wi-fi, only network cable, ...
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What is the best way to listen to music in my shower/bathroom from iTunes?
I have all of my music catalogged in iTunes, and have no intentions of changing the software I use to listen to it. Therefore, I came here to gain some advice on the easiest/cheapest way to listen to ...
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How to copy MP3 files from my PC to my iphone?
How to copy MP3 files from my PC to my iphone? I have many Mp3 on my PC but some Mp3s I want to copy in iphone to listen from iphone. How to do that? I'm having itunes account and itunes software on ...
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Fast or automatic way to organize iphone/ipod apps
Is there a tool or application that can help me quickly organize my iphone applications? The standard way of dragging and dropping 1 application at a time in folder is too frustrating for me. I gave ...
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How can I prevent my iPod from downloading album art?
I have a first-gen iPod Nano 4GB. I live having album art in my iTunes library on my nice, big, fat, PC hard drive. However, I don't really need it on my iPod. I'd like to maximize the amount of music ...
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Is it possible to queue songs on the iPhone?
I would like to queue up songs on my iPhone like I can on my desktop music player. Is this possible with iTunes, or is there an alternative music app that will let me do this?
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How do I keep Last.fm from scrobbling podcasts?
I would like to use last.fm to just keep track of what music I listen to, but I listen to a lot of podcasts as well, using both iTunes and my iPhone. Is there any way to prevent the Last.fm ...
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Can I shuffle a set of songs when I add them to Up Next?
In iTunes 11, let's say I'm playing Song X by Artist A.
I have a few more albums by Artist A, and decide I want to hear some more of their stuff, but I'd like to hear it at random.
If I switch to ...
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After I delete an app on my iPhone, iTunes copies it over on next sync
On my iPhone, I go to the App Store. I download some app. It's crap, so I delete it, by clicking the 'x' when the icons start wobbling.
Some time later, I turn on my mac, and iTunes starts syncing ...
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How to copy iTunes Library from one user profile to another?
On my Windows Vista, I use iTunes to synchronize songs, apps, movies and books (items) with my iPod Touch. The iTunes media folder location is C:\Users\thomas\Music\iTunes\iTunes Media which does not ...
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iTunes/Mp3-Player and actual multi-tagging of MP3s
I search for a software to allow multi-tagging.
Meaning, i want to add more than one genre to a song/album to be able to easily access specific songs i.e. ("female singer, jazz" or "duet, jazz") which ...
