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Apple Releases iTunes 9.1 to Support iPad

jb510 said:
Sorry to hear it and yes... it's all a bit ridiculous. However what you're saying isn't clear. You say "3.1.2, but iTunes would not let me". Do you mean you tried to install default 3.1.2 directly through Apple or that you had built a custom IPSW built via pwnage that 9.1 wouldn't let you install?

If you used Cydia you should of had your ECIDs on file and you should have been able to restore an older corresponding IPSW, at least as I understand it. Personally since 3.0 I build and save all my custom ipsw's immediately upon release of updates even if I don't install them (I have jail broken and unlocked 3.1.3 built, but am still running 3.1.2).
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Yeah, I had a 3.1.2 image and attempted to install it through iTunes, and iTunes wouldn't let me.

Cydia should have my ECIDs and I suppose I will go through the process of downgrading, but I am traveling at the moment and now I am left without tethering, and can't forward my voicemails through email :(

That's why I am so sick of this and starting to really hate Apple's increasing obsession with locking us down.
 
Now that 128bit downconversion feature would be really useful if I could finally also sync shared iTunes libraries. Thing is I build myself a windows based NAS which hosts my 300GB lossless lib which is of course too large to fit on my Macbook Pro (the computer I sync my iPhone to)

oh well....dreams
 
I guess I'll leave my library as it is.

I currently convert EVERYTHING to lame mp3... 192kbps VBR to be exact. Even my AAC purchases because while it's lossy to lossy, I don't notice a difference and I use the mp3's for streaming to other devices. It's just more universal. I rip my CD's securely to Apple Lossless. With this new on-the-fly converting to mobile devices feature, I was thinking of getting rid of all the duplicate lossy files and downconverting all of my Lossless files and purchases, but I'm not hearing good things yet, so maybe I'll wait until there's more options and things are fine-tuned. I'm not sure Apple will EVER allow you to tweak the conversion settings, but I'd prefer if only my lossless items were downconverted.
 
I think it was a really bad idea that they replaced 'Get Info' in the contextual menu with 'Pause'. WTF is the point of that....who would right click to pause when you can hit the damn spacebar :confused:
 
btw

am I the only one who got upgraded to OS 10.6.3? Came yesterday with the whole bundle but didn't see it mentioned anywhere in the Forums. As every single build gets reported I found that a bit odd...
 
riders

hmm... maybe the iPad stuff should, if not even on an own rider, be moved to the iPhone one. It's basically the same thing, just bigger anyway.

Or how about a new rider system?

Highlights | Pro | Software | Dubious | iToys | ...

:rolleyes:
 
AidenShaw said:
So, OpenCL and GCD must not be that wonderful, even after the 10.6 hype.... :eek:

Parallelizing isn't as simple as claimed at WWDC - it's a difficult and sometimes impossible task.
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iTunes doesn't incorporate OpenCL or GCD afaik, probably because it's a cross-platform app. So, you're right, parallelizing native apps on Windows is a difficult and sometimes impossible task because Windows lacks any decent infrastructure to support it.
 
NSMonkey said:
iTunes doesn't incorporate OpenCL or GCD afaik, probably because it's a cross-platform app. So, you're right, parallelizing native apps on Windows is a difficult and sometimes impossible task because Windows lacks any decent infrastructure to support it.
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DirectCompute comes to mind.
 
No more individual conversions in iTunes - forever ?

Have anyone else noted that the choice to convert existing wav, aif, mp3, aac or other files is gone from iTunes ?

It is sad. It makes a cleaner interface. ALOT in the right-click menu is different. I miss this thing, and now, have to do things differently.

Ffmpeg is nice and does the same.
 
norwaypianoman said:
Have anyone else noted that the choice to convert existing wav, aif, mp3, aac or other files is gone from iTunes ?

It is sad. It makes a cleaner interface. ALOT in the right-click menu is different. I miss this thing, and now, have to do things differently.

Ffmpeg is nice and does the same.
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The option is not really gone though, it has just been moved to the main menu (under 'Advanced')
 
The downconversion rate is fixed and cannot be turned off on a song-by-song basis. Useless.
 
thanks tkermit.

I can see it now. I see that there is meny good changes in the menus, that makes things more organized and better to use.

iTunes seems even quicker to start videos.
And the small frame in album view makes the little extra.

I have never been so satisfied with itunes! Great.. Now I just have to get rich, so I can buy an ipad.

Maybe I will stop buying cellphones, and ... just go ipad.
 
Apps vs "Applications"

rwilliams said:
LOL. Google started using the Google Apps name in August 2006, before the launch of the iPhone and the App Store.
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As a long-time Mac user, I can tell you that Apple (and therefore most of their users) have been using the short form "apps" for the word "applications" for a long, long time. The old type code for pre-OS X applications was "APPL" (which also was an Apple reference, as well). While PC-DOS used "EXE" for "executable" and Windows used "Program Files" for the folder where user programs were kept, "Applications" has been the folder for holding programs since at least System 7 (maybe older).

I'm just sayin'...it's a common abbreviation or nickname. I doubt either Apple or Google could trademark it.
 
I sure hope someone comes up with a way to change the auto transcoding bitrate. 128Kbps doesn't cut it for me. :(
 
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