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Accessing a large iTunes music library from an iPad

I have been streaming music to the iPad mini for the past 3 months or so. As Jesse says, the only reliable way I have found to share an enormous (100,00 + track) library is by storing it on an external hard drive, connected to a Mac Mini. The Mac Mini stays on all of the time.

I do have a problem with the iTnes / IOS sharing facility - I can never get the complete library to load onto the iPad without it timing out, so can’t use the share facility in the Music app.

My solution is to use an IOS app called Stream To Me. It has a free server app for OSX. THe server makes the iTunes library (including playlists) available over the network. Responsiveness is excellent too. I also use an IP forwarding service (No-IP), which provides me with a fixed WAN address, and allows me to stream music whilst I am away from home, and via the 3G network.

It works REALLY well.

Geoff

Posted by Geoff C on February 24, 2013 at 12:22 AM (PST)

Transferring Videos from iPhone 4S to Computer

Same as No. 3: Followed the instructions and some vids have no visual. Others are fine.

Posted by NeilM on February 23, 2013 at 8:36 PM (PST)

Gapless Playback in iTunes 11

I also disagree with this answer. I have albums that I ripped years ago (‘Smile’ by Brian Wilson is one that immediately comes to mind), before Apple introduced gapless playback into iTunes. There were always gaps between what should have been seamless transitions. Gapless playback fixed that, and it has played perfectly ever since. Now that manual gapless playback has been removed, the album plays with the gaps right back where they were. Apple really needs to fix this.

Posted by MysteryD8 on February 23, 2013 at 8:07 PM (PST)

Interview: How Soundfreaq Designs + Prices Speakers

Can you tell me if there are some ipad 4 and iPhone5 docks on the market that have audio out for less then a hundred dollars. 

                        Thanks Mert

Posted by Mert Elman on February 23, 2013 at 11:07 AM (PST)

Accessing Composers View in iTunes 11.0.2

FINALLY! Something useful for Bollywood music lovers too. It would be nicer still if we could control the artwork/font size, but still a nice addition.

Unfortunately the issue I am having with incorrect thumbnails persists in this update. Anyone know how to refresh the thumbnails? For playlists, grid view, some of the thumbnail artwork is showing up wrong. Songs have been manually tagged with correct artwork but certain songs for some reason do not show the correct artwork. Incorrect thumbnails are also displaying when running a search. The correct thumbnail shows up in now playing window… I wish they had “set default grid artwork” for iTunes 11. It would solve my issues, I think (if it worked this time).

Posted by manchali on February 22, 2013 at 6:27 PM (PST)

Accessing Composers View in iTunes 11.0.2

Composer view… they need to open up the MP3 file’s composer tag so there are more slots and individual tags for every composer involved… so that I could, say, choose Dr.Dre as a composer (or, Robert Plant or Mozart whoever) and then see EVERY song he has appeared on, collaborated with other artists with, made a cameo appearance, etc…

Posted by Mike C on February 22, 2013 at 11:51 AM (PST)

Instant Expert: Secrets & Features of iTunes 11

@23: Actually you can see the run time in two ways.

1- In iTunes select “View/ Show Status Bar” and the familiar track count and total time will show up on the bottom frame of iTunes.  This works for anything you select—a playlist, album, genre, etc.

2- Also, when a playlist is selected you’ll see the track count and total time shown above the playlist contents, right below the menu bar.

Posted by rockmyplimsoul on February 21, 2013 at 4:33 PM (PST)

Accessing Composers View in iTunes 11.0.2

If you don’t mind using the Composer field for other purposes, this new feature might open up new ways to browse your library.

For example, you might have several albums of a key artist under different artist (band) names.  To get quick access to all such related music, you could populate Composer with the common thread, such as tagging albums by the Yardbirds, Blind Faith, Cream, Derek & The Dominos, and Eric Clapton with “Eric Clapton” as the Composer.

Another example might be to use the Composer for a sub-genre (e.g. “Rock” can be further subdivided into dozens of variations).

True, you can always use a smart playlist to accomplish things like this. But like many things, this provides a different angle to address a particular need.

Posted by rockmyplimsoul on February 21, 2013 at 1:40 PM (PST)

Instant Expert: Secrets & Features of iTunes 11

Wow, all these features, and yet you can’t get a precise total run time of an album or playlist. Broken.

Posted by Festernaecus on February 21, 2013 at 1:21 PM (PST)

Display totals at the bottom of the screen in iTunes 11

Oh great, I can display total time. However, not in a precise format. I kid you not, 12 minutes 37 seconds becomes 12.4 minutes. This makes the total time feature entirely useless. 6.4 hours is not a measurement I can work with. Apple’s website claims you can click on the time measurement to toggle between rounded and precise measurements. Well, no you can’t. Nice job.

Posted by festernaecus on February 21, 2013 at 12:59 PM (PST)

Sending all iPhone calls to voicemail

I want to forward this to my Google Voice Number, but not send it to voicemail. Is that possible?

Posted by Rabah Rahil on February 21, 2013 at 10:26 AM (PST)

Deleting Podcasts from the Podcasts App

Same issue as 4 and 5. I want to free up storage space and stop having to scroll to find the episode I left off on within a podcast I subscribe to that has hundreds of episodes.

Posted by BP on February 20, 2013 at 10:50 AM (PST)

Disappearing iPhone Calendar events

Thanks so much for helping me fix this, it was so frustrating!! Very easy to understand instructions & a quick fix.

Posted by Kyla A on February 20, 2013 at 5:10 AM (PST)

Instant Expert: Secrets & Features of Apple TV 5.2

John, to “change the volume bar when selecting the AirPlay speakers to use” just tap the right button (to increase) and left button (to decrease) on the AppleTV remote.  The blue bar that initially shows 20% full will adjust as you click.

Posted by Josh on February 20, 2013 at 2:12 AM (PST)

Instant Expert: Secrets & Features of Apple TV 5.2

The 5.2 update has made my ATV completely unstable and practically unusable. Can not access my movies or even order a movie. Just keeps going back to main screen. Have tried all the normal fixes and nothing works. So sad that an update has to provide such grief just getting it to work the way it did before.

Posted by nimbleg on February 19, 2013 at 3:21 PM (PST)

Using Find My iPhone from a PC or Mac

hi someone his stolen my ipad and i download find my ipad and i cant locate it.please help is there any other way i could find it cause in other too track it who ever got it must have internet access.is there any other way i cound track it even if the person dont have internet

Posted by brent mathew on February 19, 2013 at 9:48 AM (PST)

Disappearing iPhone Calendar events

Have had same losing events problem for some time. Yr solution works SOOOO well—simple really. Many many thanks!!

Posted by Pete Fargher on February 19, 2013 at 5:43 AM (PST)

Deleting Camera Roll photos after uploading to Photo Stream

I have it all set to import photos from my photostream, like you suggest. Now, when I go to import, it sees the camera roll as full of duplicates: if if import them, I end up with two of each; if I don’t import them I never see the button to erase my camera roll. So, what’s going on there? How do I get around that?

Posted by Taj on February 18, 2013 at 10:56 AM (PST)

Gapless Playback in iTunes 11

+1 not agreeing with the answer. I’ve had many live albums added in the past (those are the ones where I use this feature) and thanks to that option they weren’t played with gaps. I actually used the feature to remove them myself. Now I was adding another live one and… bam, the feature is gone.
Wish it was still there :/ live albums with gaps suck. any alternatives?

Posted by Kevin on February 18, 2013 at 8:59 AM (PST)

Instant Expert: Secrets & Features of iTunes 11

Well, for one, the number of plays doesn’t advance, but more annoyingly, I get a popup window every time I enter iTunes that tells me my Cloud session has expired and to put in my password.  I have never had a Cloud session, and every time I try to get rid of it by typing in one of the three passwords I’ve ever used for Apple, it says incorrect password and pops up again.  How do you get rid of this?

Posted by Sal D'Agostino on February 17, 2013 at 4:38 PM (PST)

Disappearing iPhone Calendar events

This is wonderful news and it worked. I simply changed the setting to ALL EVENTS and they all reappeared on my calendar.
THANK YOU!!!!!

Posted by Eileen on February 17, 2013 at 11:04 AM (PST)

Monitoring iMessages on a child's iPod touch

Hi, I deelted my conversation witha friend off of my ipod touch. but i need to get it back. is there anyway i can do this? again this is an IPOD TOUCH $TH GENERATION not a iphone

Posted by Sarah on February 17, 2013 at 8:47 AM (PST)

Interview: Soundfreaq On Apple + The Accessory Market

A few weeks ago, almost on a whim, I thought I would like to have a portable bluetooth speaker system.  Even on a whim, I did a little research first by reading reviews on iLounge.com.  I purchased the Sound Kick at Target, and have been nothing but impressed with the sound quality, ease-of-use and design.

Posted by Galley in Greenville, SC on February 17, 2013 at 6:56 AM (PST)

Best Practices for iPad Battery Charging

This is what I was worried about n looking for since 2days I bought my new ipad mini. Thanks a lot for helping with your Wonderful explanation. However I noticed my ipad mini battery going down quickly when I use web with wifi. Even if I left it in sleep mode disconnecting wifi whole night, battery reduces by 20-25% by morning. Is this normal.

Posted by Anil on February 17, 2013 at 3:21 AM (PST)

Resetting Forgotten Passcode on iPod touch

Daughters put passcode on ipod touch is locked how do i unlock it help me please..

Posted by Ssissy2 on February 16, 2013 at 11:24 PM (PST)