Archive for the ‘iTunes’ Category

Question of the day: How to Remove DRM from iTunes M4V Videos?

“I just downloaded some music videos from iTunes and to my dismay, they’re in the DRM-Protected .m4v format. How do I go about ripping these videos to .avi? What programs are available and how do I use them?”The movies or TV show rented from iTunes is DRM protected M4V files you can only watch these [...]

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The Beatles come to iTunes at last

At long last, the works of the Beatles are available in iTunes. As of now, the iconic band’s entire catalog can be purchased in Apple’s iTunes Store. Each album comes with iTunes LP, which features additional content including lyrics, photos, and album art. A digital version of the Fab Four’s entire body of work is also [...]

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Apple’s fall event: iTunes 10, new iPod Nano, and Apple TV

From time to time, Apple’s special events hosted by Steve Jobs have been less than thrilling. As expected, Apple refreshed its iPod lineup Wednesday, unveiling redesigned versions of its iPod touch, iPod nano, and iPod shuffle music players. But the company didn’t stop there, using its annual fall music event to also announce an update [...]

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iTunes 9.1 adds sync support for iPad

Recently, Apple released iTunes 9.1, bringing iPad support to the company’s multimedia jukebox software, and improving support for Genius Mixes. The update (available only via Software Update when this story was posted) adds support for iPad syncing. If you’re one of the lucky ones getting your hands on a shiny new iPad, you should be [...]

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Adding a non-protected DVD into iTunes library

ITunes plays an increasingly important role in the Apple culture in the way organizing and playing the music, video, Podcast. You may want to copy the VOB files of your non-proteted DVD and add them to iTunes, but iTunes and QuickTime Pro do not support importing content from DVD videos. You just need to convert [...]

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Apple iTunes sells 10 billion songs

Apple excitedly announced Wednesday that it had sold its 10 billionth song on iTunes. Maybe a little too excitedly, because the notorious perfectionists at the company spewed a typo onto its home page. The iTunes Store has been active since 2003. It recorded its first billion songs in 2006, and 5 billion by 2008. While [...]

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Apple updates iTunes to ver.9.0.3

Apple yesterday released another update to iTunes, bumping it up to version 9.0.3. This update fixes iTunes no longer ignoring your “Remember password for purchases” setting, addresses problems with syncing some Smart Playlists and Podcasts with iPod, and resolves a problem recognizing when iPod is connected. The update weighs in at 98.1MB and can be [...]

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