Not only a media player, iTunes manages apps and data syncing to iPod and iOS devices.

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Downgrading from 4.2.1 to 3.1.3

I have an iPhone 3g and I'm trying to downgrade it from 4.2.1 to 3.1.3. I downgraded it successfully and use redsn0w to boot it. It is factory unlocked by itunes, but it seems like it's not getting ...
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How can I watch iTunes purchased movie on my Mac if it is missing in my library?

I have purchased Cars 2 HD movie on my iTunes. I can't find it and/or play it on my Mac now. the only option is to buy it once more. I have just one iTunes account. when go to the movie bar in my ...
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How can I tell what “Audio” and “Other” contains in iTunes's iOS device capacity meter?

In iTunes, when selecting an iOS device from the left pane, the user is presented with a bar graph along the bottom of the primary pane showing the used space and available space of the given device. ...
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iTunes deciding not to update podcasts

iTunes, trying to be helpful, automatically stops updating my podcasts when it thinks I've not listened to them recently enough. It's quite maddening! How can I turn off this "helpful" feature?
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Adding metadata for films/TV shows in iTunes

When I purchase videos from iTunes, I get a lot of metadata information on the movie. For example, like this: But when I add a DVD I own, I only get this: I understand that on OSX you can use ...
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Can I select music from my iPhone/iPad and it plays on my Samsung Smart TV

The title says it all, but to give a little more detail. What I want to be able to do is to sit on my sofa, and select music via my iPhone or iPad and then that music is played on my TV (which is ...
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Is it possible to reduce memory usage by iTunes 11 on Mac?

I have iTunes 11.0.1 running on Mac OS 10.8.2 with quite a large music library, some podcasts and my iPhone connected. According to Activity Monitor, the iTunes process is taking 1.6 GB real memory, ...
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How do I prevent iTunes from syncing down Voice Memos from my iPhone?

I've got an iPhone 4 (running iOS 4.3.5) and iTunes (v10.4.1) on a Mac running OS X (10.6.8). When connected to iTunes, I've got the Music -> Sync Music -> Include voice memos option unchecked, but ...
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How Many Genius Mixes Are There in iTunes?

Every so often I'll add a couple hundred new songs to my iTunes and discover a new mix has been created. It makes me wonder then, exactly how many mixes are there, what genres are they, etc. Here's a ...
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Download songs from iTunes to iPhone

When trying to download songs from iTunes to my iPhone, a message pops up saying I have to delete and sync. Will this delete all my photos, contacts, and apps from my phone? Or just the music part of ...
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iCloud won't let me download some deleted iTunes TV episodes again

I have purchased a bunch of TV shows iTunes. The original files for these shows are no longer on my hard drive and I probably deleted them. They show up in the iTunes directory, but when I try to ...
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Can someone else sign into my iTunes account to download my purchased apps?

I buy many apps and I'd like to let my little cousin use my account to download games I've purchased. Obviously Apple won't encourage accounts holders to share their accounts with relatives but ...
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iTunes Helper still running even if it is off

I wan't to disable iTunes Helper. I have remove it from Settings > Start up items, but it's still running after restart. Did I miss anything?
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How to backup iPhone by iTunes?

I'm new to iTunes and everything doesn't make sense for me. I need to do backup of contacts, photos and music on my iPhone. I've tried to follow several manuals how to do backup on my Windows PC but ...
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Can't resize iTunes 11.0.2

I own a 2009 13-inch MacBook Pro and a 24-inch Led Cinema Display. I have always been able to resize iTunes horizontally and vertically (both being connected to the Display and not being connected). ...
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Can you view a shared iTunes 11 library from iTunes 7, or use iMac as an Airplay target?

I picked up a beautiful old G3 Tangerine iMac. Works (and looks!) great. It has iTunes 7 installed on it. I popped a music CD in it and it's a great little music player for my den -- sounds ...
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Unable to create a new playlist in iPhone

I am unable to create a new playlist for my iPhone4. When I right click the iPhone in iTunes the option 'Create New Playlist' is greyed out. I'm using the latest version of iPhone OS & iTunes. I ...
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Macbook won't sync contacts over to iPhone 3G

I just got a iPhone 3G and tried to sync it with the macbook air with mountain lion via iTunes. The funny thing is, all the music and apps were able to be "synced" but only the contacts wasn't be ...
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iPad fails to sync : unknown error 1140

Recently whenever I try to sync my iPad to my iMac I get the following error message: 27/04/2013 14:34:01.376 AppleMobileDeviceHelper[3815]: ...
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How transfer iTunes playlists from two computers to same iPhone?

How transfer iTunes playlists from two computers to same iPhone? I have iTunes libraries on several different computers (Home, Work, Laptops etc. All use the same Apple iTunes account and password. I ...
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Why can't I add new m4v videos to my iTunes library?

Using iTunes 11.0.1, I tried to add some newly converted movies to my library for consumption on my Apple TV 2. This used to work well: ripping some movies from my DVDs, converting them using ...
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How to recover access to Apple ID in iTunes?

When I first set up my iTunes account I used a different email account for my Apple ID than I want to use now. This was years ago and since then the computer has died and I know have a laptop. I tried ...
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Viewing the Account Name of multiple Apps in iTunes

We have several people using the same computer and the same user account. However, each person has a different iTunes account. With respect to the Apps section, is there anyway to view the ownership ...
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Where and how I find the songs in iphone 5 which were downloaded into itunes

Can someone help me with this. As I am new to iPhone and itunes. I have couple of songe (audio format) downloaded from internet and added into "My Music" in itunes. I have synced my iphone 5 with ...
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Sync photos via iTunes on multiple Macs / Manually manage photos

My intention is to sync photos to a iOS device using multiple Macs/PCs. But every time I connect my device to a new computer, iTunes wants to delete all of my synced photos. I would prefer using ...
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When syncing photos to iPhone or iPad through iTunes from Aperture, it syncs the wrong (original) versions. Why?

I have an album, let's call it "Europe Trip 2011" within which, in Aperture, I have done at least some degree of editing to all of its pictures (exposure, saturation, curves, etc). As we all know, ...
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Change Default Artwork in iTunes 11

How do I change the default artwork for an artist in iTunes 11?
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During sync with iTunes I lose the photos that I have taken on iPad

Here is the problem I am facing: I take a picture with my iPad 3. I can see the photo in my library. When I go home, iTunes syncs with the iPad and erases the photo. I recover the photo using ...
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Double clicking the title bar of iTunes 11 does not minimize the window

With Mac applications I can double click on the title bar of the application and then it will minimize. iTunes 11 lost this behaviour. Is there a way to restore it? I'm on OSX 10.6.8 and using ...
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How to keep my iTunes (app) library after reinstalling Windows?

I have an iPhone 4 and I'm a windows 7 user; I have the latest iTunes installed on my PC and synchronized with my iPhone; I don't have any music or video in there, as I don't use the iPhone for that ...
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Prevent iTunes from Opening when I connect Bluetooth Headset

Every time I connect my bluetooth headset to my Mac, iTunes decides it times to launch. Is there a way I can prevent this behavior? I found this tread, but there is no solution: ...
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iTunes Shared Libraries on iOS

I have a number of iTunes users in my household, and most of us choose to share our extensive iTunes libraries over the local network. This is all well and good when I want to listen to something on a ...
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Can Spotify be paused when a Skype call is made, similar to how iTunes does it?

When I am listening to music on iTunes, the music is automatically paused when a Skype call is made. I recently switch to Spotify for my music resource. Can I have the same pausing functionality with ...
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How can I change calendar/contacts sync setting for iPhone?

I recently upgraded to iTunes 11.0.1.12. When I plug my iPhone 4 (iOS 5.1.1) into the computer, I noticed that under the "Info" tab, "Sync Contacts" and "Sync Calendars" don't have any options ...
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I want to download newer apps on my 3rd generation ipod touch [closed]

I want to download newer apps for my 3rd generation ipod touch is there any possible way i can ?
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How to get iTunes 11 to Group by Album Name

tl;dr Is there an easier way / hack to get iTunes to display albums by album name? Currently it splits albums up by artist, then sorts the album names A-Z. Going through and manually changing the ...
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New restored iPhone getting “iTunes couldnt not back up the iPhone because the backup session failed”

I looked everywhere and I can't solve this. I looked at Error trying to backup both iPhone4 and iPad (1) after 4.3/iTunes/XCode updates and didn't solve my problem EDIT: I have a used phone (1st ...
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Album purchased in iTunes but not in library

Immediately after pressing "purchase" for an album in iTunes, a number "1" quickly flashes next to download icon at bottom of screen. However, album never shows up in "purchased" or "downloaded" ...
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How to sync voice memos with itunes over air

How can I sync my voice memos on iphone with my macbook over air? It works with cable but I want to work over air. Is that possible?
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Is it a good idea to create a “soft link” from iTunes Library to an external hard drive to release hard drive space?

My iMac has a 1TB internal hard drive, and 300GB is allocated for Windows 7 using BootCamp. Of the 700GB, right now the space remaining is only about 20GB, and I do hope to create a new partition and ...
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How to fade out/in in iTunes?

Even in iTunes 11, there is no fade out when pausing playback or fade in when starting playback. How can I achieve this?
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How to troubleshoot stuttering iTunes video playback while downloading on Mac OS X 10.7.2?

Observations: Recently, not sure when it happened, with upgrade to Lion or before, but I have not been able to cleanly watch a video of any type in iTunes while something [movie, tv show, app, ...
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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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How do I view podcasts in a tiled artwork view using iTunes?

I upgraded from iTunes 10 to 11 and the view for my podcasts has changed. Is it possible to bring back the old tile view of my podcasts? The only option appears to be the list view on the side and ...
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Alternative to iTunes Album Art

I'm looking for an alternative to iTunes' Album Art. I liked it so far but since the upgrade to Lion / latest iTunes I see some annoying bugs. To be worth considering, the alternative I'm looking for ...
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How come Quicktime plays .avi files but iTunes doesn't?

I think I might be missing something but it seems like Quicktime is happy playing my .avi movies but iTunes isn't. So I have to go through the rigmarole of converting .avi to .mp4 with iTunes before ...
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How can I make sure that all songs sync to my iPod?

I have a 160GB iPod and it only syncs old music to my iPod. I buy new songs and it will not sync them. I have probably 150 songs that will not sync (purchased songs). I did run diagnostic and it ...
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How can I update my 3rd generation iPod touch from iOS 5.1.1 iOS 6.0

My itunes keeps on telling me that my iOS 5.1.1 iPod touch is up to date when I click Check for Update: iTunes 11.0.2 OS X 10.8.2 iPod 3rd gen (MC008LL) I recall that back in the day I used to ...
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Editing songs in iTunes 11.0.2

I've recently got a new Windows laptop and downloaded and installed the latest iTunes (11.0.2). All my music (over 5000 songs) went into iTunes fine, just as they were on my old laptop. However I have ...
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itunes won't sync mp4's to ipod

I have iTunes 11.0.2. For the first time ever I have downloaded some mp4's from youtube - the ones that say share with anyone and everyone if you can, so I thought I would. I was able to upload or ...

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