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September 29 2009 - 9:47 am

UPDATED: I Hate That iTunes Done Chime! v2.0

OK. I suppose I don't actually hate it. But you might find it convenient to change the "done" chime that sounds whenever you import or convert files in iTunes. I Hate That iTunes Done Chime! v2.0 will let you select a new sound to replace "boodely-OOP!" -- which is actually named "complete.aif". You can choose from any of the default system sounds (ping, sosumi, submarine, and so on), no sound, or your own AIFF sound file.

This latest version is simply a maintenance release and is saved as universal binary.

September 22 2009 - 8:55 pm

iTunes 9.0.1 Released

Apple has released an iTunes update and describes pretty explicitly (for Apple) what the fixes are, like the issue with the zoom button, unexpected quits, and unresponsiveness, the latter two of which I experienced a couple few times.

Tell you one thing. It installed a lot faster on Leopard than it did on Snow Leopard.

Now, did they fix the discrepancy with displayed track sizes versus displayed Finder file sizes under Snow Leopard (my pet radar report)? No:

September 16 2009 - 9:58 am

UPDATED: CDDB Safari Kit v3.1

These two AppleScripts, "CDDB Safari" and "CDDB Tracks to iTunes via Safari", assist in finding and retrieving Album track information, Album, Artist, and Year from Gracenote's CDDB website using Apple's Safari browser. CDDB Safari Kit v3.1 addresses some minor changes in Gracenote's page formatting.

September 10 2009 - 9:16 pm

UPDATED: Art to Desktop v2.1

This Stay-Open applet will continuously update your desktop picture to the album artwork of the currently playing track. Art to Desktop v2.1 is just spruced up to work better with Snow Leopard, other minor enhancements.

September 10 2009 - 9:27 am

UPDATED: Save Album Art to Album Folder v2.0

Save Album Art to Album Folder v2.0 is a collection of two scripts that will assist with exporting Album artwork to a track's parent folder, presumably the track's "Album" folder.

  • "Save Album Art to Album Folder" will export the artwork of the selected tracks or tracks in the selected playlist as a graphics file to the folder which contains each selected track's file--or a specific user-selected folder.
  • "Save Track Art to Album Folder" exports the artwork of the single selected track to its parent folder, replacing any previous version.

Read Me explains much more, including modifications you can easily make.

Universal binary for OS 10.5 and better only.

This latest version updates syntax for compatibility with Snow Leopard, streamlines some code, provides new bundled progress indicator app.

September 9 2009 - 2:29 pm

iTunes 9 Released

Apple released iTunes 9 today at its "It's only rock and roll" event. New features include "Genius Mixes"; improved syncing behaviors, like iPhone app organization; "Home sharing" to play, sync, copy tracks among up to 5 users on your local network; "iTunes LPs" in the iTunes Store featuring bonus material like lyrics, art, and video ("Cocktail"); new iTunes Store features.

September 2 2009 - 10:55 am

UPDATED: Lyrics via LyricWiki v2.1

Lyrics Via LyricWiki v2.1 addresses some changes in LyricWiki page formatting.

August 28 2009 - 2:56 pm

Updated a Handful

Nothing to do with Snow Leopard--what a relief, eh? I've updated seven scripts today:

These seem to be the most popular scripts that are affected by the "none/all" issue introduced in iTunes 8.2. There may be a few others, but I haven't gotten email feedback on those nor have I run across a problem with any other scripts I use regularly. But if you ever get a error like this:

...then let me know.

August 24 2009 - 10:27 pm

Join Together v5.4 Released

Join Together automates the process of joining the files of selected iTunes tracks together with QuickTime and exporting them as a single AAC Music or Audiobook file/track. Optionally, you can then create a "chapterized" audio file of the exported AAC file with pointers to the individually joined tracks.

Version 5.4 of Join Together provides compatibility with Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, addresses issues with multiple libraries, and has minor GUI and performance enhancements.

More information and download is here.

August 10 2009 - 9:55 am

UPDATED: Music Folder Files Not Added, v1.1

Music Folder Files Not Added is an application that will list the file paths of the files in your designated "iTunes Music" folder which are not in iTunes' library. Additionally, you can select a different parent folder and its contents will be compared to the iTunes library. Includes options to Add a selection of found files to iTunes or move them to the Trash.

This latest version fixes a problem with file paths containing single-quote characters.

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