September 21, 2009

MacBites - Episode 0032

40 minutes

In this episode we'll be hacking iTunes, trying to fix Elaine's narcoleptic iPhone and forcing iTunes to do what it should be able to do out of the box!

BackBites

Hacking iTunes

iTunes 9 black background hack

iTunes 9 - Sync by Album

Sixty four switcher

Mike's LogMeIn experience

ChatBites

My O2 app (iTunes link)

iPhone 3.1 woes

Elaine's iPhone frustrations

ITV.com is now using Flash

Make your Logitech mouse compatible with Snow Leopard

Make your Logitech mouse compatible with Snow Leopard (Apple forum)

Screensharing problems

Software Review

Jane's iTunes conundrum

Script to open iTunes and update podcasts:

tell application "iTunes" to activate
tell application "iTunes" to updateAllPodcasts

Application to open iTunes and update podcasts (zip download)

ScriptTimer

LucyC - "I also love the app organiser in iTunes. Makes my life so much easier than trying to do it with those wibbly wobbly icons on the phone where I usually mess up"

Drinkster - calculates how many calories and units are in your drink (iTunes link)

Events

The next MacBites Live event is on Tuesday 29th September (20:00 BST) - Simon Bainbridge will be delving into the world of Things, a task management application that can be used on a Mac or an iPhone. To attend go to http://www.macbites.co.uk/live and put your name in the Enter as a Guest box. Please note this has been brought forward from October 1st

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By Elaine Giles and Mike Thomas

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