How to Copy iPod Music to Your Mac Using OS X Lion and iTunes 10

by Tom Nelson It has been a while since we talked about how to copy music, videos, movies, podcasts, and other content from an iPod to a Mac. With the advent of OS X Lion and recent updates to iTunes, it seems like a good time to verify that the copying process hasn’t changed. For [...]

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Apple Steals & Deals: Sunday, March 4, 2012

by Tom Nelson Looking for a fabulous deal on an Apple or related product? Well, so am I! Every Sunday, I scan the Apple refurbished store to see which Apple products are currently available, and which ones represent good bargains. I try to look only at current versions of Macs, but once in a while [...]

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Apple Steals & Deals: Sunday, January 22, 2012

by Tom Nelson Looking for a fabulous deal on an Apple or related product? Well, so am I! Every Sunday, I scan the Apple refurbished store to see which Apple products are currently available, and which ones represent good bargains. I try to look only at current versions of Macs, but once in a while [...]

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Apple Reveals iBooks 2, iBook Author, and Updated iTunes U

by Tom Nelson At its educational event at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City this morning, Apple revealed its new textbook publishing and distribution system. It also updated iTunes U to better serve educators in creating online courses. iBooks 2 is an update to the current iBooks reader app for the iPad. This new [...]

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Apple Launches iTunes Match Service With iTunes 10.5.1

by Tom Nelson iTunes Match, a service that for a $25 annual subscription allows you to keep a copy of your iTunes library on Apple’s cloud service, has been officially released. The service allows you to store your entire iTunes library on Apple’s cloud servers. Any tracks in your iTunes library that you didn’t purchase [...]

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Apple Updates iTunes, AppleTV, and Printer Drivers for OS X

by Tom Nelson Apple today released iTunes 10.1.1, a minor update that fixes a playlist bug that caused some iTunes users to see the application quit unexpectedly when deleting a playlist or resizing a window. The update also fixes a syncing issue that prevents some music videos from being added to an iPhone, iPad, or [...]

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Apple’s Big Announcement: The Beatles Finally Make Their Way to iTunes

by Tom Nelson Do you want to know a secret? Apple has acquired the Beatles catalog for the iTunes store. OK, it’s not really a secret, but that’s about the only Beatles song title that hasn’t been used as a lead-in for this story. Apple today unveiled the Beatles catalog on the iTunes Store. This [...]

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Apple’s Web Site Is Toying With Us

by Tom Nelson Apple’s home page is teasing us about an update to iTunes that will occur tomorrow (November 16, 2010) at 7 am PST. The page says: “Tomorrow is just another day. That you’ll never forget.” It also says we should check back tomorrow for an exciting announcement from iTunes. Well, that’s pretty straightforward. [...]

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Apple Releases iTunes 10.1 With AirPlay Support

by Tom Nelson Apple today released iTune 10.1. This latest update to the popular iTunes service supports AirPlay, allowing video as well as music to be streamed from iTunes to your AppleTV. You’ll also need iTunes 10.1 to sync with any device running iOS 4.2, which is expected to be released soon. I received an [...]

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Follow Me With iTunes 10 and Ping

by Tom Nelson iTunes 10 is now available from Apple. Its most interesting new feature is a social networking component called Ping. With Ping you can follow friends, artists, even About Guides like me, and find out what music they are listening to. Now, I’m not going to say I have great taste in music, [...]

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