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30 Most Recent RSS FeedDupin v1.0.2 Released
Dupin, the iTunes duplicates manager, has been updated to version 1.0.2.
- Fixed delay and stall issues occurring during Purge that some users were experiencing
- Fixed issue with Purge not proceeding when tracks selected; now allows Purge of selection
- Will display alert if iTunes is somehow inaccessible during Purge
- Minor performance fixes
This is a free update for registered users.
And thanks for the terrific response and feedback!
A Query
Some iTunes users alias or symlink their entire [username]/Music/iTunes directory to an external drive in the interest of freeing-up drive space. First of all, if you want to free up drive space, you can certainly move your iTunes Music folder off-drive, but aliasing the entire [username]/Music/iTunes directory off drive is frowned upon by Apple. While it may appear that this procedure works just fine, here may be an example of why it really does not.
Background: The preference file "com.apple.iApps.plist" keeps track of the XML file for the most recently loaded iTunes library. In turn, the XML file contains not only track and playlist information, but also the location of the iTunes Music folder for that library.
A Correspondent who has aliased his [username]/Music/iTunes directory to an external drive noticed this phenomenon: if he opened an iTunes multiple library stored locally, the iApps.plist file was updated correctly; if he opened an iTunes multiple library stored elsewhere, the iApps.plist was not updated at all.
Let me note that I have tried this (my [username]/Music/iTunes directory is where it is supposed to be) and my iApps.plist gets updated correctly no matter where I save a multiple library.
The query: if you have aliased you [username]/Music/iTunes in a similar manner, do you notice the same phenomenon? (You can view the iApps.plist file with "Property List Editor" if you have Developer Tools installed or simply by dragging it to TextEdit.)
Come On and Zune, Zune, Zune-A Zune!
Chicago Trib: In what is shaping up to be a hotly contested battle for consumers' gadget dollars this holiday season, Verizon Wireless and Microsoft Corp. will announce new products Wednesday that clearly borrow from Apple's recent innovations. "The Zune products are strong," said technology analyst Rob Enderle. "This will help make it an interesting quarter for Apple. They have a lot of people really mad at them. That could cost them some market share."
LA Times: Analysts said the new Zunes, which Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates unveiled to reporters in Redmond, Wash., on Tuesday, might help the company hold on to its sliver of the market and perhaps gain some ground against fledgling entrants. But Microsoft wasn't given much chance of taking customers from Apple Inc. "They're not going to gain against Apple because there is nothing really innovative about what they're doing," said Van Baker, a vice president at Gartner Group.
Dupin v1.0.1 Released
Dupin, the iTunes duplicates manager, has been updated to version 1.0.1. Updated in this version:
- Fixed issue with displaying dates according to International preferences
- Fixed issue with displaying playlist names
- Minor performance fixes
This update is free to registered users of v1.0.
Dupin v1.0 Released
Doug's AppleScripts for iTunes has released Dupin v1.0, the iTunes duplicates manager. Dupin is an application that assists with locating, sorting, filtering, and deleting duplicate tracks in iTunes.
With Dupin you can:
- Quickly find all sets of duplicate iTunes tracks based on your choice of criteria
- Select the "Keeper" tracks from among a number of duplicates automatically using a variety of versatile filtering options
- Purge duplicate tracks from iTunes and send files to the Trash
- Manage intentionally duplicated tracks
- Copy tracks to new iTunes playlists
- View duplicates in non-loaded libraries created with iTunes' multiple library feature
- View duplicates in iTunes libraries on other machines on your local network
- Sort tracks and view track info
- Export a list of duplicates to a text file
- Locate tracks in the Finder and in iTunes
- Audition tracks
In addition, Dupin features:
- Familiar iTunes-like interface
- Robust Help
- Ample keyboard shortcuts
- Visual progress feedback during operations
- Customizable toolbars
- Optional update checking
Requirements:
iTunes 7.0 or better and Mac OS X 10.4 or better (PPC or Intel)
That Didn't Take Long...iTunes 7.4.1
iTunes 7.4.1 was released today. No specific changes were noted by Apple, but by some accounts it blocks the ability to create your own iPhone ringtones by merely changing the file extension (to .m4r).
NEW: Album Rating Reset
Album Rating Reset will allow you to set the Album Rating for the album of the selected track to with full- and half-star ratings, or reset the Album Rating to its computed "clear-star" default rating. Requires iTunes 7.4.
iTunes 7.4 Released
iTunes 7.4 was released last night but I didn't get to it til this morning. New stuff! Album Ratings! My Good Friend Kirk McElhearn has observations on this new feature. I'm still looking into other AppleScript additions, but quite noticably there are three new track properties: album rating, album rating kind, and rating kind. The "kind" properties are read-only, but you can set album rating just like rating. I'll be posting a page of my findings later today.
DVD Housekeeping
Visitors who have been paying close attention to the latest AppleScripts posted here may have noticed a lot of DVD stuff going up. Well, I recently acquired a new DVD burner, a Sony DRX830UL/T. My Lacie d2 refused to burn any more DVDs. So far far, so good with the Sony. Anyway, I've been backing up all my TV Shows to data DVDs and naturally want to make the process as easy as possible:
- Go to the TV Shows playlist library and go into Browse mode. Select a Show and a Season.
- Make sure the tracks are sorted by Episode Number then Select All.
- Run the script Divvy Up For DVDs to create DVD-sized playlists using the selected tracks.
- Choose one of the new DVD-sized playlists and run the script Make Video PDF Booklet. This will create a PDF booklet with various info about each track and then add the PDF to the playlist.
- Burn the playlist (tracks and PDF) as a data DVD in iTunes. (Optionally, print the PDF to insert in the DVD case later. Paper...bah!)
- Have some sesame rice crackers and hummus. They're a great snack.
- When the DVD is cooked and mounted in iTunes, select it and run either CD Label of Selected Playlist (which uses AppleWorks) or Pages CD Label of Selected Playlist (which uses Pages) to create a sticky label for the DVD disc. (Sharpie...bah!)
- Optionally, return to the original playlist and use Print to make a DVD cover.
- Repeat for each DVD-sized playlist.
Then I smash the shows to make room for the upcoming new season's shows. We're big Season Pass users at my house.
NEW: Make Video PDF Booklet v1.0
Make Video PDF Booklet will create a PDF booklet containing video-oriented tag info from the selected tracks (or every track from the selected playlist) and then add the PDF to iTunes and copy it to the playlist where the selected tracks reside. Here is an example PDF Booklet made with the script. (Also see Make PDF Booklet).
