http://www.apple-news.net Newsifying the latest apple buzz Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:30:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.apple-news.net/get-automator-working-again-in-itunes-10/ http://www.apple-news.net/get-automator-working-again-in-itunes-10/#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:30:01 +0000 admin http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20100903004553923 /System/Library/Services. Navigate to that location and double-click the workflow file. Don't Panic! We are not going to modify this file; we're just looking for error messages when it's opened in Automator.

Automator complains that the actions 'Import Audio Files' and 'Add Songs to Playlist' could not be loaded because the application iTunes is the wrong version.

Navigate to /System/Library/Automator. WARNING: Do not modify files found under ...


]]> /System/Library/Services. Navigate to that location and double-click the workflow file. Don't Panic! We are not going to modify this file; we're just looking for error messages when it's opened in Automator.

Automator complains that the actions 'Import Audio Files' and 'Add Songs to Playlist' could not be loaded because the application iTunes is the wrong version.

Navigate to /System/Library/Automator. WARNING: Do not modify files found under ...


]]> http://www.apple-news.net/get-automator-working-again-in-itunes-10/feed/ 0 http://www.apple-news.net/restore-the-old-itunes-icon/ http://www.apple-news.net/restore-the-old-itunes-icon/#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:30:00 +0000 admin http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20100903020407255
This simple trick will restore your old iTunes icon (or you can replace it with another of your choice), and will work for any other app as well. Right-click on iTunes.app and select 'Show Package Contents', browse to Contents/Resources and copy the file iTunes.icns to a safe location.

Now take the the old icon and overwrite the new icon with it. You will need to authenticate from an admin account to do this. The old icon can be obtained from an old version of iTunes, if you have access to a non-upgraded machine or a Time Machine backup.

You need to start and stop iTunes a few times before it picks up the new icon, and you might even need to reboot your computer.

A demonstration video can also be found on ...


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This simple trick will restore your old iTunes icon (or you can replace it with another of your choice), and will work for any other app as well. Right-click on iTunes.app and select 'Show Package Contents', browse to Contents/Resources and copy the file iTunes.icns to a safe location.

Now take the the old icon and overwrite the new icon with it. You will need to authenticate from an admin account to do this. The old icon can be obtained from an old version of iTunes, if you have access to a non-upgraded machine or a Time Machine backup.

You need to start and stop iTunes a few times before it picks up the new icon, and you might even need to reboot your computer.

A demonstration video can also be found on ...


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Just like in any iTunes window -- whether browsing the App Store, Music Store, etc. -- the universal Search field in the upper right can now be used to filter/search through your own apps in the Sync Apps list.

[crarko adds: I tested this, and it works as described.]


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Just like in any iTunes window -- whether browsing the App Store, Music Store, etc. -- the universal Search field in the upper right can now be used to filter/search through your own apps in the Sync Apps list.

[crarko adds: I tested this, and it works as described.]


]]> http://www.apple-news.net/use-sync-apps-search-field-in-itunes-10/feed/ 0 http://www.apple-news.net/itunes-10-album-art-controller/ http://www.apple-news.net/itunes-10-album-art-controller/#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:30:00 +0000 admin http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20100902084315921
I was playing around with iTunes 10 today and happened to click on the album art in the Now Playing section (lower left corner) and the album art window popped up full-size like normal. I noticed that there wasn't a title bar and alas, there was a controller, just like the one on QuickTime X videos, that you can use to play/pause, skip, scrub, fast forward, rewind, and change the volume of the track! So now there's one additional way to control your music in addition to the mini player. I'm not sure if this is a Snow-Leopard only thing, but it's very nice.

[crarko adds: I tested this, and it works as described. Was this available in 9.2.1 on Snow Leopard? I never use the Now Playing drawer in iTunes so I didn't notice if it was or not. I looked on Leopard and it wasn't there in 9.2.1. How about in iTunes 10 on Leopard? I doubt it, since it looks like it uses QuickTime X. ]


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I was playing around with iTunes 10 today and happened to click on the album art in the Now Playing section (lower left corner) and the album art window popped up full-size like normal. I noticed that there wasn't a title bar and alas, there was a controller, just like the one on QuickTime X videos, that you can use to play/pause, skip, scrub, fast forward, rewind, and change the volume of the track! So now there's one additional way to control your music in addition to the mini player. I'm not sure if this is a Snow-Leopard only thing, but it's very nice.

[crarko adds: I tested this, and it works as described. Was this available in 9.2.1 on Snow Leopard? I never use the Now Playing drawer in iTunes so I didn't notice if it was or not. I looked on Leopard and it wasn't there in 9.2.1. How about in iTunes 10 on Leopard? I doubt it, since it looks like it uses QuickTime X. ]


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