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Display song lyrics on your desktop automatically!

Display iTunes song lyrics on your Mac desktop with GeekTool.

1. Download and install GeekTool. 2. Put this as a shell command into GeekTool (with all quotation marks, in one line):

osascript -e ”’tell application “iTunes” to set currentLyrics to the lyrics of the current track”’

This should display the lyrics of the current [...]

How to master your iTunes EQ

How to master your iTunes EQ

Web site MethodShop takes a close look at the 10-band iTunes EQ, explaining how to get the most from your music by tweaking the EQ.

The post describes which sounds are most effected by each of the 10 bands of the iTunes equalizer. For example, ‘The 2k frequency can [...]

iTunes Artwork with Curator

iTunes Artwork with Curator

Kavasoft has released version 1.0 of Curator, an iTunes Artwork management utility. Curator allows you to search for missing artwork and download any MIA items from Amazon. It also has a few spiffy features like creating Finder icons for your music and helping you perform custom searches for hard-to-find artwork. It [...]

13 iTunes AppleScripts

Hack Attack: Top 13 iTunes AppleScripts: “

by Adam Pash

If you use iTunes on the Mac, you should know about Doug’s AppleScripts for iTunes, a repository of scripts that add tons of useful functionality to Apple’s music player.

Doug’s AppleScripts not only plug obvious holes in iTunes’ feature set; they also add functionality to [...]

Display mp3 tag info within the Mac “get info” window.

Display MP3 metadata – like artist and album right inside Finder with the MP3-Info CMM add-on.

With the Contextual Menu Module (CMM) installed, choose Get Info from an MP3′s Ctrl-click menu in Finder to view its metadata. The MP3-Info CMM module is a free download, Mac 10.2 and greater only.

http://www.cdfinder.de/mp3info/

Mac Finder Tip: moving files to another hard drive

Many of you already know this… If you drag files on your internal/main hard drive from one folder to another on the same hard drive, all you are doing is moving them. (The same applies to any hard drive as long as you are dragging to a location on the same drive) If you want [...]

Unusual tape and writing found on a brand new iMac!

I opened up a brand new 17″ iMac today. The one with the built-in iSight camera. I found something on the front that I’ve never seen on a new Mac before. Look at these images. Anyone know what the writing on the tape says?

iPod Video DVD ripping guide

http://diveintomark.org/howto/ipod-dvd-ripping-guide/

Rip your DVD and watch it on your iPod Video.

CoverFlow

http://www.steelskies.com/coverflow/HomePage.html

“Don’t know about you, but I find browsing a list of album names somewhat uninspiring, to say the least. One of the big appeals of a physical album is the beautiful packaging and aesthetic appeal, something that’s sorely missed with the digital equivalent.

CoverFlow aims to bring that aesthetic appeal to your mp3 collection. [...]

iTunes Registry

http://www.itunesregistry.com/register.php

This site allows its users to upload their iTunes playlists and run them through a (growing) series of reporting tools in an effort to help you, the listener, better understand your musical collection.

Some of the interesting things available (once you make an account) include a Browse-By-Letter tool for your iPod, rankings of [...]

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