This little beauty is called an airport express. You can buy it from Apple for $99 (USA) or $119 (Australia). It plugs into your home ethernet network (or straight into your ADSL modem) via that little Ethernet connection on the left next to the power cord. Then it shares your internet connection with all your iOS devices via wi-fi. But it has a few tricks up it’s sleeve. Continue reading »
To connect your iPhone, iPad or iPod to your home stereo you just need a 3.5mm to RCA cable like this cable here. The RCA cable plugs into the rear of your stereo and the 3.5mm plugs into your iPhone headphone jack. Continue reading »
Importing songs into iTunes is easy – you just INSERT the CD, SELECT it in iTunes, and press the ‘Import’ button!
But… the default setting on iTunes is not the best setting to use when importing songs. It’s far better to use the ‘Apple Lossless’ setting which will keep your music at CD quality. If you must compress the music (e.g. you want to fit it on your iPod or a laptop) then use the bitrate of 320kbps rather than the default 128kbps of iTunes.
This article describes how to import songs into iTunes with the better quality bitrate.
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When you have more than one computer and more than one iPhone or iPod there are various ways to sync your iTunes songs across all your devices. This article outlines them all.
This great site: http://www.itunesonsale.com.au http://www.giftcardsonsale.com.au/ (it’s been renamed due to a legal battle with Apple) is regularly updated and lists iTunes card specials from around Australia. For example it currently lists that you can currently get 25% off iTunes cards at Big W and the Good Guys. That means 25% off Apps purchased from the new Apple App store. 25% off Pages, 25% off Keynote, 25% off Aperture etc.
Just a quick post:
This is worth getting. Free for a day. It uses the gyroscope so it’s very accurate and doesn’t need calibrating. Only works on iPhone 4.
http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/gyroscope-ship-meter-pro/id417607812?mt=8
This is clever – timed video recording:
http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/bluecam-pro-for-iphone-ipod/id335423589?mt=8
This is useful – magnifier:
http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/over-40-magnifier-flashlight/id381663967?mt=8
BBC news highlights:
For me the number one criteria for buying an iPod is audio quality. Some people will go for looks, size, or battery life, but for me it’s simply a matter of which iPod sounds the best – not just through the headphones but also into my stereo.
This article discusses the reasons for the difference in quality of the sound output of the various models of iPods and iPhones, which iPod sounds the best, and why.
Some older music players do not sync with itunes but require you to manually copy an mp3 file onto them. Here is how to convert a song that you have in iTunes into an MP3 file so you can copy it to your mp3 player.
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