12 Responses to “iTunes 4.9”

1. Tim Morgan Says:
   June 28th, 2005 at 9:54 am

   I feel sorry for Odeo. Now the creation tools may be something to look at (if I really had anything to say) but the first thing I did before installing 4.9 was uninstall the Odeo Sync.

2. lewis pennock Says:
   June 28th, 2005 at 10:25 am

   hmmm, no presets like “radio.” This weekend’s NYT Mag. had an article about Nic Harcourt I’ll link below stating that KCRW is going to start podcasting their entire Morning Becomes Eclectic radio show. Wonder how the record labels are taking news like that. If they were smart they’d take it well.

   http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/26/magazine/26HARCOURT.html?

3. Josh Hallett Says:
   June 28th, 2005 at 10:29 am

   I like the ‘Report a Concern’ link on each podcast title page.

4. lewis pennock Says:
   June 28th, 2005 at 10:34 am

   okay, when i say “no presets” that isn’t really correct because of course they have an entire podcasting section via the music store.

5. lewis pennock Says:
   June 28th, 2005 at 10:48 am

   also, subscribing to a podcast manually should not be an “advanced” feature. Clearly they want as much as possible done through the Music Store. I want to click on a link in my web browser and have it automatically add the podcast in iTunes.

6. greg Says:
   June 28th, 2005 at 12:38 pm

   Thanks for the tip to manually add podcast!

7. Tim Morgan Says:
   June 28th, 2005 at 2:47 pm

   Yeah, I added the rexpodcast, but it hasn’t been updated in a while.

8. lewis pennock Says:
   June 28th, 2005 at 3:11 pm

   so far my biggest complaint is that if your iPod is before the click wheel model (mine is the one just before that - not really that old) then podcasts are treated just like regular mp3 files rather than separate podcasts (there is a software update available for only the color, click wheel, and mini that adds the podcast features), meaning that they are harder to find on your iPod unless you set up a podcast playlist (okay, not really that hard) and you can’t take advantage of the audio book feature where you can pause it and then come back to it later and pick up where you last were.

9. rex Says:
   June 28th, 2005 at 3:40 pm

   Okay, Tim. I hear you. You’re the first person to request a new episode…and that’s all it will take.

10. Kevin Newman Says:
    June 28th, 2005 at 9:03 pm

    One click subscriptions: Find a link to a podcast (like on this page: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Podcasting/). Click and drag the link to the word “Podcasts” in the source list on the left side of the iTunes window (above Party Shuffle and below Library on mine). The cursor turns to the green circle with a “+” in the center. Release the mouse, and you are subscribed.

11. Kevin Newman Says:
    June 28th, 2005 at 9:05 pm

    ^ This is even easier if you have Expose set up with an Active Screen Corner to show All Windows. Drag the RSS link into the corner, and all of your windows spread themselves. Hover over the iTunes window that you’ve buried under tons of other windows, and it will come to the front.

12. rex Says:
    June 28th, 2005 at 10:51 pm

    cool hack, Kevin.