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How To Clean Up iTunes

Posted on 05. Oct, 2009 by Prasanth Chandra.

iTunes has become a software that can be found on just about each and every computer. There are many reasons responsible for iTunes becoming very popular in every part of the world, but every great thing surely has few issues of concern. The main difficulty within iTunes is keeping all of your songs and albums cleaned and organized.

What does it really mean to organize your music files? Over time, our music libraries fill up with duplicate songs, mislabeled and misidentified songs.  Below are a few tools which will help you take care of these problems easily and efficiently.

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Sharepod: One of the Best Alternatives to Manage your iPod

Posted on 10. Sep, 2009 by srikanth.

Isn’t it annoying to often sync your iPod with iTunes on multiple computers? Well, I faced this problem with my iPod Shuffle. And, I was on the search for some best alternatives to manage my iPod. There are many alternatives to manage your iPod without iTunes. But, they are required to be installed on each computer first, or require large supporting files to be downloaded, which is troublesome.

I tried Sharepod and once I used it a couple of times, I had found the best alternative. SharePod has a simple, clean interface and is a hassle “free” solution to manage your iPod, without the worry of syncing with an iTunes library on multiple computers.

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The Ins and Outs of Jaikoz Audio File Meta Data Program

Posted on 06. Apr, 2009 by LesliePoston.

I am a Mac junkie, and a music lover. I have over 80GB of music, most of which I’ve imported from records, cassettes and CDs that I own. This means that much of my collection had issues with tags, missing album art and more meta data problems than you could shake a stick at. Then a friend recommended Jaikoz to me and I must say that it has made me a very happy girl.

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How To Remove DRM From Your iTunes Songs

Posted on 12. Feb, 2009 by Kyle Judkins.

Apple recently launched iTunes Plus which allows you to remove the DRM from your iTunes track and upgrade it to a higher quality format.  This is a great step forward, but there is a big catch.  Apple is charging 30 cents A SONG for this upgrade.  It’s basically like having to buy the song over again just to remove the DRM.

However, I have two solutions to this problem of getting the DRM off of your iTunes songs.

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Clean Up Your iTunes with TuneUp

Posted on 18. Dec, 2008 by Kyle Judkins.

Organizing your iTunes library can be the type of thing that makes you want to pull your hair out.  iTunes never finds all of the album covers and doesn’t have an effective way to get all of your ID3 tags right.  Without organization, you might get duplicate songs, mislabeled albums or songs that are out of order.  All of these things are frustrating and take away from the beauty that is your music collection.

TuneUp is a great piece of software for both Windows and Mac that takes the headache out of the great iTunes organization of 2008.  It allows you to easily clean up all the details about each song and find the album covers you are missing.  TuneUp has a free version that lets you cleanup a limited amount of songs, but it is perfect for someone with a few mistakes in their library.  Their paid version is only $20 and well worth it.

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How To Connect Your Website To The iTunes Store

Posted on 15. Dec, 2008 by Matt Brian.

Let’s say you run a music blog and you are reviewing a hot new band you found on iTunes, or perhaps you are a casual music fan who enjoys listening to new music and recommending them on your personal blog. At one time you may want to direct your website readers to the easiest place to download music, namely the iTunes Store, to get them to download that particular album. But how do you direct them to the right place to download the album?

Allow me to introduce the iTunes Music Store Link Maker (or ITMS for short).

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