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Apple just released a new update for iTunes. The release indicates that iTunes 7.7.1 “includes fixes to improve stability and performance.” You may recall that the last update for iTunes (7.7) was released on the iPhone 3G release date.
Apple has a treat waiting for all you iPhone/iPod touch owners who also happen to be iTunes users (I imagine there is a high level of overlap between the two groups): Remote. Remote is a free application that turns your iPhone (or iPod touch) into a remote control for iTunes. Sounds simple, but once you use it you’ll wonder how you did without it.
Fat Cat software just published the PowerTunes 1.0 for Mac OS X. Actually, it’s a assistant software for iTunes. For example, you can create multiple iTunes libraries, instead of having all your music in a single library. You can find orphaned tracks in your music folder and add them back to your library or throw ‘em in the trash. Also, you can copy songs and playlists between libraries while retaining all your play counts, ratings, and other data. One click sharing of your library among multiple users on your machine. Got tracks whose files are missing? Hook them back up or delete them quickly and easily. Merge entire libraries together into one. Move your music folder to another location in one easy step. PowerTunes remembers which music folder of your libraries uses, so you don’t have to…
Apple has released iTunes 7.7, the latest update to its digital media management application. iTunes 7.7 features support for the iPhone 3G and iPhone Software 2.0, the App Store and related applications for the iPhone and iPod touch, including Apple’s new Remote application that allows for iPhone or iPod touch control of iTunes playback, iPhone support for Nike+, and more. iTunes 7.7 is available now through Apple’s Software Update application, or as a free download from apple.com/itunes.
You’ll be able to control everything in iTunes, such as player controls, repeats mods, shuffle mod, … TotalTunes Control gives a lot of customizable shortcuts to control iTunes, search for a song, rate a song… However, instead of other controllers, TotalTunes Control allows to quickly select a Playlist/Movie/TV Show. It means that you won’t need to enlarge iTunes to select a new playlist.
TotalTunes Control updated version 2.3.7. They added the German localization (Thanks to Steffen Pörtner), added the ability to toggle show the controller window by clicking on TotalTunes Control icon in the Dock. You can also find new artwork for podcasts only and new icons for front row mode. Another new extension is a menu when you right-click on the mini-controller view. By the way, they also developed the Miscellaneous improvements. TotalTunes Control 2.3.7 requires the Mac OS X 10.4.11 or later, iTunes 7.0 or later.
Warner Home Video has unexpectedly unveiled an alternative to Apple’s iTunes Digital Copy program with the Blu-ray release of its movie 10,000 BC. iTunes Digital Copy, which first debuted via a partnership between Apple and Twentieth Century Fox, provides customers who purchase a DVD or Blu-ray disc with an additional, iTunes-compatible digital copy of the movie. As noted on Warner’s 10,000BC web site, the Blu-ray Disc version of the film provides buyers with an iTunes-ready Digital Download rather than an on-disc add-on due to capacity constraints, the first time that the extra has been offered as a download. According to a report, the iTunes-ready file will not be offered on the DVD version of the film. Apple unveiled the iTunes Digital Copy program in January; since then, Lionsgate has also announced its intentions to include iTunes Digital Copies on select DVD and Blu-Ray releases. Neither Apple nor Warner has released any official announcement regarding the partnership.
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