iTunes 11.1 arrives ahead of iOS 7, with iTunes Radio in tow
Apple pushed out a new version of iTunes on Wednesday morning, just ahead of when the company is expected to roll out iOS 7. The software, version 11.1, brings iTunes Radio -- Apple's new streaming music service. That service, which was first shown off at the Worldwide Developers Conference back in June, is also arriving as part of iOS 7, as well as with an update to the Apple TV set-top box. Along with iTunes Radio, the update adds a new "genius shuffle" mode that Apple promotes as a "magical new way to experience your music library." Choose Genius Shuffle and iTunes instantly plays songs that go great together. Click it again to hear something new -- enjoying your music has never been this easy.Other new features include a way to make "stations" of podcasts that are updated when new episodes are published, and that sync through Apple's Podcasts apps on iOS, along with support for syncing iOS 7 devices.Apple first began beta testing this update to developers near the end of June. The iTunes Radio service itself remains US-only, for now. See also: How Apple's iTunes Radio will rock the world
Monday, March 23, 2015
iTunes 11.0.3 update beefs up MiniPlayer's album art
iTunes 11.0.3 update beefs up MiniPlayer's album art
A new update to iTunes on Thursday adds two new features to Apple's MiniPlayer and improves performance for users with large libraries.Related storiesDialed in 110: Lessons for Android (podcast)The 404 Podcast 498: Where Jeff battles the TriadVersion 11.0.3, which went out as a free update on Mac and PC, has a new feature that lets you tweak the MiniPlayer to show album art with the player controls hidden. When you mouse over the player, the controls fade back into view. It also brings back the MiniPlayer progress bar, one of a handful of features Apple took out in the jump to iTunes 11. Other changes include now showing album art in the songs view and putting multiple disc albums together as one album when in album view. Apple also says the update improves search performance and sorting when a library is "large." Apple's last iTunes update came back in February and added a new "composers" view and sped up syncing large playlists. You can see the changes to the MiniPlayer in the animated GIF below:
A new update to iTunes on Thursday adds two new features to Apple's MiniPlayer and improves performance for users with large libraries.Related storiesDialed in 110: Lessons for Android (podcast)The 404 Podcast 498: Where Jeff battles the TriadVersion 11.0.3, which went out as a free update on Mac and PC, has a new feature that lets you tweak the MiniPlayer to show album art with the player controls hidden. When you mouse over the player, the controls fade back into view. It also brings back the MiniPlayer progress bar, one of a handful of features Apple took out in the jump to iTunes 11. Other changes include now showing album art in the songs view and putting multiple disc albums together as one album when in album view. Apple also says the update improves search performance and sorting when a library is "large." Apple's last iTunes update came back in February and added a new "composers" view and sped up syncing large playlists. You can see the changes to the MiniPlayer in the animated GIF below:
iTunes 11 surprise- Apple sneaks in a gift card scanner
iTunes 11 surprise: Apple sneaks in a gift card scanner
One unadvertised feature in Apple's just-released iTunes 11 lets users tap into their built-in video camera to redeem gift cards and other promotional codes.The feature, which Apple did not demonstrate at the software's unveiling in September or in subsequent marketing materials, can pull out the alphanumeric codes and submit them. This means you can redeem a code without having to type it in, though that option remains if the software is unable to pick it up.In order to use the feature, the promotional code must be from gift cards that place the code within a square box, something that freebie app and content cards from places like Starbucks do not currently include. The feature also only works on Macs, and not Windows at the moment.Despite the addition, Apple's iTunes and App Store for iOS continue to require users to manually type in the codes. (via Macrumors)This content is rated TV-MA, and is for viewers 18 years or older. Are you of age?YesNoSorry, you are not old enough to view this content.PlayUpdated at 12:45 p.m. PT to note that the feature is only present in the Mac version of iTunes 11.
One unadvertised feature in Apple's just-released iTunes 11 lets users tap into their built-in video camera to redeem gift cards and other promotional codes.The feature, which Apple did not demonstrate at the software's unveiling in September or in subsequent marketing materials, can pull out the alphanumeric codes and submit them. This means you can redeem a code without having to type it in, though that option remains if the software is unable to pick it up.In order to use the feature, the promotional code must be from gift cards that place the code within a square box, something that freebie app and content cards from places like Starbucks do not currently include. The feature also only works on Macs, and not Windows at the moment.Despite the addition, Apple's iTunes and App Store for iOS continue to require users to manually type in the codes. (via Macrumors)This content is rated TV-MA, and is for viewers 18 years or older. Are you of age?YesNoSorry, you are not old enough to view this content.PlayUpdated at 12:45 p.m. PT to note that the feature is only present in the Mac version of iTunes 11.
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