I HATE APPLE

iWork already syncs to Macs, they just don't expose it in TW apps because the file formats arent compatible. You can find the files in yr Library folder, but they're useless.

*the

Somebody's having a go at replacing iTunes: http://www.enqueueapp.com/

I bet they hate apple

they must hate apple...they don't support playlist folders yet.

quick first experience...it's not choking on my library like iTunes does. It's fast. Light on features so far but a good start.

I take it back. Quick to scroll through my entire library, but slowish to load selected songs.

I have this conspiracy theory that apple encourages project/file bloat across the board, stuff like itunes, logic, pt, fcp etc so they can speed up people buying the next model w/greater hd capacity or attempt to sell that apple storage that only rich people can afford.

Eh, I think that iTunes just does a lot of shit and it's become a multi-purpose tool that's a little overblown.

Still, it actually runs pretty fast in the current 64 bit incarnation on my computers.

i have a theory, people fill their itunes with hundreds of thousands of stolen songs and then complain when it's not as fast as it was when they had fewer

lol

I have tons of legit files! I swear this.

very true.

that sounds a lot like he's just using the ipad as a monitor - all the work is being done on the remote server.

― koogs, Friday, November 4, 2011 9:59 AM (6 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

yup. "Look I replaced my MacBook with a VT220"

― stet, Friday, November 4, 2011 12:51 PM (6 days ago)

laugh, but I've been working in a similar fashion lately too, and it is kind of transformative (except I've been doing things like connecting back to a remote windows server and administering data loads on an oracle system). I just gave a couple of our sales reps ipads as a trial to see if they are suitable replacements for laptops. having a reliable, powerful, always-on mobile device that connects back to HQ to consume enterprise resources is a good thing.

there are still gaps and weaknesses on the ipad - the lack of a central file system gets frustrating when it comes to things like attaching multiple files to an email, not having file names or tags in the photo sorter makes it difficult to effectively use 100 or more product images, and the visible display of your password as you're typing it is beyond daft from a security standpoint - but I can see this increasingly becoming the way people work.

in the music app, when you're at the 'root' directory they replace the 'back' icon with the 'store' icon so you can really inadvertently click into the itunes store. fuck that

i am the root

5.0.1 really murders battery life on the ipad

curious to see if .0.2 fixes all the battery life issues or if this is something that's going to persist

I haven't noticed any battery issues on my iPad 2 with 5.0.1 & I've been using the fuck out of it on the road the last buncha weeks.

is yr ipad 3G or wifi?

was charging my ipad once every 2-3 days, now it's once a day or it's dead

3G w/ data plan enabled

though tbf I mostly have been using it for reading pdfs & have only used 100 megs of 3G data (a fair of wifi too though)

will keep eye open for this though

has been fab to use on flights I gotta say, I've never been able to be productive on flights until I got this thing b/c it's such a hassle to crack out a laptop, esp. on regional jets, but with this thing I can type just fine & take care of little tasks that don't warrant real time but still need to be done.

was 100% fully charged this morning when I left the house, it's been mostly sitting on my desk for a couple of hours (apart from 15 minutes of flipboard use) and already down to 88%

lol down to 87% while typing that

liveblogging my battery meter

I don't have mine with me right now but I'll check it tonight

Mine's doing all right on 5.0.1, no perceptible change

hating iTunes Match right now - took me most of my xmas holidays to upload/match and then proceeded to slow down my devices to a crawl (plus, not hiding compilation artists in the ipod menu is kind of a deal-breaker to me). Had to turn it off

argh. Updated itunes to 10.5.2 and now I can't access the store.
What have we learned?
NEVER UPDATE ITUNES

You didn't learn that ages ago?

itunes 4 4 lyfe

feel like I'm returning to an abusive partner

(plus, not hiding compilation artists in the ipod menu is kind of a deal-breaker to me)

idg why this still happens. Navigating music through the Apple TV is sort of horrendous because of this.

how did music end up on your TV man?? it's supposed to go through your stereo

just tryina help

Apple TV is for music, iTunes is for iPad syncing, iPhones are for games

:D

MacBook Air does not fly

apple nerds: I need help!

I want to do this:

http://www.tuaw.com/2008/05/27/mac-automation-e-mail-songs-from-itunes/

(select song in itunes, open a new e-mail message with it as an attachment)

except it seems automator was changed and I can no longer save a process as an applescript plug-in. I can only save it as a workflow runnable from within automator.

ideally I want something accessible via the menu bar or dock. any tips??

if it's a workflow then put it in ~/library/services and then it should be accessible from the itunes->services menu

dude, there has GOT to be a doug's applescript for this purpose

ding ding ding

http://dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/ss.php?sp=tracksasmailattach

thank you doug (and tracer)

surely launchbar can do this?

probably! this is for my mom's imac - want her to be able to do this all in one click instead of mucking around in finder etc

Lol I was just teaching my dad the "drag straight from iTunes to mail compose window" concept tonight. Can't your mum do the same?

I have taught her before but I think she forgot

I also resized her desktop to 1366 or some ishhhh (from native 1920) so screen space is limited

It amazes me how old people can tolerate that. Non-native screen resolutions drive me nuts.

well in the case of my own mom she tolerates it because she is basically blind and native resolution = no seeing

Isn't the ctrl-scroll zoom better? My mum's nuts for it.