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iTunes is an application available for macOS and Windows. It is used to manage & play media and sync data to iOS devices.

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Front Row and iTunes "watched" flags out of sync

I cannot help with your original question, but you may be interested to know that Front Row was quietly removed from Lion, so if you have any imminent plans to upgrade, then it may be worth bearing in …
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How do you burn a CD in iTunes?

As Sören says, you cannot arbitrarily pick a selection of songs and burn them in one step, you can only burn a playlist. This does give you the opportunity to ensure that the total length will fit on …
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iTunes smart playlist based on folders?

The folder that the audio file is stored in is not considered meta data, and is not referenced at any point within the audio file itself - this is managed by the iTunes library XML file instead. … After importing tracks, no matter where they are located (and as an aside I would always reccommend using both allowing iTunes to manage your media, as well as copying into your library rather than just …
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Sync photo without syncing apps

As Paul said, one way is to check the option for manually managing music and videos/photos etc, this makes sure that an iTunes sync will only sync apps, but requires you to drag/drop music onto the iPad … If iTunes is setup to sync on connection, then these options never open automatically. …
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Is there a way to undo the "Show all available episodes" option for a podcast in iTunes?

So, still a workaround but the one that produces the results with the minimum of steps: Delete the podcast from your lists, it will ask you if you want to remove the files, or keep them in your itunes … Select keep, then go to (Windows example, this may be different on your Mac) File > Add Folder to Library > Navigate to your iTunes/Media/Podcasts folder, and select it. …
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Stop holiday/christmas/spoken word from playing in iTunes DJ?

Make a playlist that includes all your Christmas songs. Then in all your other playlists, explicitly exclude the Christmas playlist. The DJ can pull from a playlist that isn't the "holiday" mix.
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Why can't you create/open multiple instances of iTunes?

iTunes uses a database file to maintain a track of all the meta data on the contents of the iTunes library. … Opening multiple instances of iTunes would potentially result in the 2nd instance being unable to gain the correct access to these files as they would be locked by the first instance. …
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Getting list of Apps instaleld on my iPad from iTunes

I assume you mean from the App tab for your iPad within iTunes desktop app, that allows you to select which apps to sync, and re-order your home screens in. If this is the case, then no. … The only simple way to share, is to either take screen grabs of the iTunes windows to just screenshot (hold HOME and tap POWER) your whole iPad. Or type them up... …
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Can I safely uninstall iTunes from my Mac?

Particularly for a restore, using an iTunes backup will be much faster and get your device back in a single step, whereas using iCloud backups will perform a staged recovery, pulling back your options …
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Playlist questions for new iTunes update

Don't be aggravated, take a trip into settings where you can quickly and easily turn this off. Settings > Music > Show All Music: ON / OFF This settings toggles between: All music that has been …
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Why are some iTunes Store songs marked as CLEAN when no EXPLICIT version exists?

I have downloaded a number of items from the iTunes store which are marked as CLEAN. I understand this is common in tracks (I'm looking at you, rappers!) … However, the tracks I have are the original recordings, and are not clean versions of tracks that were originally explicit: What makes iTunes decide to add these flags to certain songs, and what is …
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Itunes music moved over, but the rating did not

Certain items of Meta data, (including play counts, last played, ratings etc) are not stored as a part of the songs own Meta data (Title, Album, Track number etc), but instead belong to the iTunes library … That's just the way iTunes works, it all revolves around your library as much as the individual items within that library, so a play count would not copy over as it is not considered a part of the song …
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How do I prevent iOS devices from being backed up in iTunes when plugging into a friend’s co...

You can't, it's controlled by iTunes. …
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iMessage Weird Behavior

iMessages on an iPhone will always receive on the phone number of that phone, and (by default) the email address associated with the iTunes ID you logged into. …
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What does "Do you want to erase this iPhone and sync with this iTunes library" mean?

Other phone content, like emails, contacts, settings should remain unaffected, as these are not held within the iTunes library (even if you have set iTunes to be the sync mechanism for putting them on … Rule of thumb: if the original iTunes copied the content on in the first place, it will be removed. It won't just wipe the whole phone, just what came from iTunes. …
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