Ask iLounge 8-22-08

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Since the release of the iTunes App Store, I’ve accumulated a number of applications for my iPod touch that I don’t necessarily want to keep around, at least not in their current versions. Is there any way I can remove these from iTunes to unclutter my application listing but still get them back should I want them later? I know I can prevent them from syncing to my iPod by unchecking them in the Applications tab, but I just want them out of the way in general, but don’t want to have to purchase them again if I decide later on that I want them back. Any ideas?

- Jeremy

There are a couple of different ways you can go about handling this. Obviously if you don’t need to keep the applications around at all then you can simply delete them from iTunes as you would with any other item: Right-click on the application in the iTunes application listings, and choose “Delete” from the context menu.

As with other types of iTunes content, when you delete an application, you will normally be prompted first to confirm that you actually want to remove the application from iTunes, and will then be asked what you want to do with the actual application file:

If you want to keep the application around for later, simply choose “Keep File” and the application package itself will remain in your “Mobile Applications” folder along with your other App Store purchases. This folder is located under your iTunes library folder—generally your Music/iTunes on a Mac, or your My Music\iTunes on Windows. You can also go directly to this folder by right-clicking on any application from within iTunes, and choosing “Show in Finder” (Mac) or “Show in Windows Explorer” (Windows).

You may also notice when visiting this folder that multiple files may exist for a given application. This is because iTunes keeps earlier versions of an application on-hand whenever it is updated from the iTunes App Store. This is a useful feature in case an application update does not work as expected, but you may want to visit this folder every few months and clean out the older versions that you don’t need in order to conserve disk space. Normally the most recently-dated copy is the latest version, but you can confirm which version of the application iTunes is actually referencing by right-clicking on an application in iTunes and choosing Get Info from the context menu:

If you’ve removed an application and later want to reinstall it, you can simply locate the application’s IPA file in the “Mobile Applications” folder and double-click on it or drag-and-drop it into your iTunes window. The application will be reimported into iTunes in the same way as a music or video file would, and will appear in your iTunes applications listing. Note that as with applications newly-downloaded from the App Store, any applications that you re-import manually will also be immediately selected for synchronization to any iPhone or iPod touch devices that are syncing to this library.

Lastly, keep in mind that at this point at least, iTunes does allow you to re-download any applications you have already purchased at no additional charge. Simply attempt to re-purchase the application, and instead of the usual confirmation asking if you want to buy the application, iTunes will let you know that you’ve already purchased this item and can re-download it again for free.

This may reduce the need to keep applications around if you’re unsure of whether you’re going to want them again, but there’s also no guarantee that Apple will continue this practice of allowing free re-downloads, nor that the application will even continue to be offered on the App Store in the future, so keeping the actual application’s IPA file handy is definitely a better idea.

One other word of caution: When determining which updates are available, iTunes uses the actual presence of the application in your iTunes library, rather than looking at your App Store purchase history. If you remove an application from the iTunes library, you will no longer be offered updates for that application, even if you still have the original IPA file in the “Mobile Applications” folder. You will need to re-import the application into iTunes and then check for application updates to be offered an update, although of course you can still manually re-download the application at no additional charge if you have already purchased it, which will naturally provide the latest version of the app.

How do I get my iPod nano to keep playing through all of my songs, albums etc. It plays through one album and then stops. I have tried having it shuffle songs, albums etc. and nothing is working.

- Nicole

The iPod plays back your content on the basis of where you actually select that content from. So if you are selecting a track to play from under the “Albums” listing, then the iPod will play the remaining tracks in that album, and then stop. The same also applies if you select music from an Artist’s “All Albums” section: The iPod would play all of the remaining tracks from that artist, and then stop playback.

Basically, when selecting an item for playback, only the items that are shown in the current list that you are viewing are queued up for playback. Further, if you do not have shuffle mode enabled, only the items which are listed sequentially below the selected item will be played back.

To play back all of the content on your iPod, you can either choose your selection from the iPod’s “Songs” menu, which lists all of the content on the iPod in alphabetical order (and therefore will play back everything shown), or you can use the “Shuffle Songs” option which appears on the iPod’s main menu by default. Shuffle Songs will immediately begin playing back all of the audio content on your iPod except for those tracks which have been specifically excluded from shuffling, such as Audiobooks and Podcasts.

Selecting “Shuffle Songs” is effectively the same as choosing a song from the “Songs” menu with shuffle mode enabled, although obviously with the “Shuffle Songs” feature begins with a random selection as well.

Finally, if you simply want to play a larger sampling of content from multiple artists or albums, but do not necessarily want to play everything on your iPod, you can create a Playlist in iTunes containing those items that you wish to play. In this case, simply select your tracks from your playlist, and as with any other content selection, the iPod will play everything in your playlist, and then stop. The iPod’s “On-the-Go” playlist (which can be found at the bottom of the playlists menu) can also be used to build a dynamic playlist on your iPod, rather than creating one in iTunes.

I have been using an “Unrated Songs” playlist on my iPod classic to rate the many tracks which I have not yet rated. However, my playlist also includes episodes of Podcasts which I subscribe to and have not yet listened to. Is there a way to have this playlist only include music tracks and exclude podcasts?

- Jeff

This should certainly be possible as long as your podcasts have been downloaded through iTunes and are appearing in your “Podcasts” section in iTunes itself.

To exclude podcasts from a Smart Playlist, simply select the Smart Playlist and choose File, Get Info to edit its properties. Add a new criteria line, and enter “Podcast is false” to include only those tracks which are not podcasts. An Unrated Tracks Smart Playlist which excludes podcasts might look something like the following:

You can also of course add any additional criteria you like to further refine this Smart Playlist.

How do I bookmark a place after I pause during a song or audiobook?

- Michelle

There is no way on the iPod or iPhone itself to actually bookmark your position. Instead, you need to change a setting on your individual tracks in iTunes to make them “bookmarkable.”

To do this, in iTunes select the song or audiobook in which you would like to remember the playback position, and then choose File, Get Info from the iTunes menu. From the file info dialog box, choose the “Options” tab to display the options for that track:

Simply check the box marked “Remember Playback Position” and click OK to close the file information dialog box. Note that you may also modify this option for multiple tracks by selecting all of the tracks that you would like to make bookmarkable before choosing the Get Info option.

If you are synchronizing your iPod or iPhone with your iTunes library automatically, simply reconnect your device to resync these track changes back to the device. If you are using manual mode, you will need to manually re-copy the track to your device to update it.

Once this option has been set, your device will automatically remember the playback position in these tracks whenever you stop listening to them. Further, if you are using automatic synchronization, this “bookmark” will be transferred back to iTunes the next time you synchronize your device with your iTunes library, and will even sync out to any other iPod, iPhone, or Apple TV devices you may be synchronizing that library with.

Keep in mind that this is an “all-or-nothing” setting for each track. When “Remember Playback Position” is turned ON for a track, the iPod and iTunes will always remember the playback position and start playing where you left off the next time you listen. Therefore, this is probably not something you want to do for music tracks, but is frequently very useful for spoken word content such as audiobooks and lectures.

Note that Audiobooks downloaded from the iTunes Store or Audible.com, and Podcasts downloaded via iTunes itself have the “Remember Playback Position” setting enabled by default.

Is there any way to make all of the songs on your iPod play at the same volume level? I find that many of my songs play at dramatically different volumes as I move between them, and I’m always having to adjust the volume on my iPod between tracks.

- Troy

Yes, this can be done through a feature in iTunes and on the iPod known as “Sound Check.”

The “Sound Check” setting on the iPod itself can be found under the iPod’s Settings menu, but will not actually do anything unless iTunes has written the necessary sound adjustment information into your actual song files. Sound Check does not actually adjust the “real” volume of your music files—it merely adds in adjustment information that can be used by iTunes and the iPod to dynamically adjust the volume during playback.

To enable Sound Check in iTunes, simply go into your iTunes preferences and select the “Playback” tab:

Near the top, you will see the option to enable Sound Check. Simply click the box beside this option, and then click OK to save your settings.

The first time you enable Sound Check, iTunes will take a few minutes to go through your iTunes library and analyze your existing music files to add the sound check information to them. This progress will be shown in the normal iTunes status area at the top of your iTunes window.

New files you add to your iTunes library while Sound Check is enabled in iTunes will have this same analysis performed on them as they are imported.

You can examine the Sound Check information for a given track in your iTunes library by selecting that track and choosing File, Get Info from the iTunes menu. The “Summary” tab will show the volume adjustment information that is stored in that track:

Once the sound check analysis has completed, you will need to resync your iPod to update the sound check information on your iPod. Note that if you are using manual management of your iPod, you will need to manually recopy all of your music files back onto your iPod for the sound check information to be updated on the iPod.

Once this has been done, simply ensure that Sound Check is enabled under the iPod’s Settings menu, and all of your music should play back at a uniform volume level. If you find that you do not like this adjusted volume for certain tracks, you can simply turn off Sound Check on the iPod, and tracks will all play at their normal level.

Note as well that once the initial analysis has completed in iTunes, turning off Sound Check in iTunes itself does not remove any of the sound check information from your tracks, it merely tells iTunes to ignore this information when playing your tracks back, and to not bother adding this information to any new tracks that you import. Further, this does not affect sound check on the iPod itself for any existing tracks. Therefore, turning Sound Check on at a later time will use the information already in the existing tracks and only perform a quick analysis for any tracks that may be missing this information (ie, tracks that were added while Sound Check was disabled in iTunes).

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10-18-07: iPod and Windows Autoplay, Reinstalling iTunes, Manually Managing Videos, iPod charging accessories, iPod touch power and sleep modes, Resyncing recovered iPod content

10-11-07: Managing a class set of iPods, New firmware and older iPods, Windows ME support, Sorting artists by last name, 3G iPod car audio compatibility, Resetting iPod language

10-5-07: iTunes WiFi Store, Videos with no sound, Managing video content manually, Tagging TV Shows, Renaming iPod, Flash support on iPhone, Removing multiple artwork images, iPhone and multi-recipient SMS, US/UK iPod compatibility, Photo storage on iPod touch

9-27-07: iPod classic audio quality, New iPod models: features and accessory compatibility, Transferring music from iPod 5G to classic, iPod nano voice recording, Storing multiple bitrates in iTunes

9-7-07: Special Edition on the new iPod lineup - users most common questions answered about the new iPod lineup and new iTunes release, including accessory compatibility and new software features.

8-30-07: Playing single tracks, iPhone sleep timer, Deleting iPod content, TV shows do not appear on iPod, Manually sorting playlists, Fitting content onto audio CDs, Car line-out solutions

8-23-07: Set Video Kind within files, Authorization and iPod transfer, Chat Clients for iPhone, Importing CDs for gapless playback, Tethering iPhone, Burning Purchased Tracks

8-16-07: Managing podcasts, Bookmarking audiobooks, No artwork in Cover Flow, Storing iTunes content on two hard drives, Sleeping with an iPod, ROKR sunglasses and iPhone, Selling an iPod

8-9-07: Playing Podcast episodes in sequence, Recording radio in iTunes, New iPod with songs already on it, Authorized Computers, Sync iPod with a new computer, Transferring a Windows iPod to a MacBook

8-2-07: Syncing the iPhone to more than one computer, Transferring iTunes music to the Blackberry, Continuous video playback on the iPod, Problems editing track info in iTunes, Transferring content from iPhone to computer, Video playback from the iPhone, Sending MMS messages from the iPhone

7-26-07: Transferring photos from iPhone, Using iPhone speaker and dock, Song volume adjustments in iTunes, Transfer from a Mac-formatted iPod in Windows Vista, iTunes Other category and TV show syncing, Printing track lists from iTunes

7-19-07: Importing MP3 CDs, Using two iPods on one computer, Showing current track in Windows Messenger, iPod nano accessory compatibility, Keeping content only on the iPod, Transferring between two iTunes libraries

7-12-07: Sorting in iTunes 7.3, Joining CD tracks, Selecting TV Shows for sync, Recovering photos from iPod, Tagging multiple video tracks, iPhone activation requirements

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Comments

1

How do I sync Outlook 2007 Notes to to my iPhone 3G?

Posted by Harry on August 24, 2008 at 8:35 AM (PDT)

2

i just synced my itunes songs onto my ipod and tried to play them but for some reason when i listen to the songs on my ipod and on itunes they sound like they are in fast forward. i recently just used the free trial of fixtunes and i wonder if this has something to do with it. pls help me

Posted by brendan on September 4, 2008 at 12:13 AM (PDT)

3

My husband just loaded a stack of cd’s onto the iPod but, unlike before, the iPod keeps playing the same song over and over until I manually move it to the next song. This happens after selecting Music-All Songs-Shuffle. Is there a setting I can change so that the music moves from one song to another?

Posted by Moe on September 9, 2008 at 1:06 PM (PDT)

4

Why do some Artists Names appear more than once on my Ipod Classic in ‘Artist List?’

An example - UB40. I have numerous UB40 songs on my Ipod and albums. When I look in the Artist List the name UB40 appears twice. The spelling is the same, there are no spaces etc. It happens with a few other artists too.
Why?

Posted by Mick Slater on January 9, 2009 at 4:40 AM (PDT)

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