Multiple iTunes Libraries

This feature, beginning with iTunes 9, allows you to create multiple iTunes Libraries in the same Login Account. Great for when you share an account among several people, each with their own connected devices, and would rather that everyone have unique libraries.

And it's easy to set up.

Similar to holding the Option key when you start up your Mac to choose between different booting cycles iTunes will create a fresh new empty Music Library. Simply give it a name and begin building your new library.

If you forget to hold the Option key when you open iTunes it defaults to the last library opened.

iTunes is available for Mac and Windows.

For more info read: iPad: The Missing Manual

iPad as 2nd Display

Your iPad can act as a second computer display within a Wi-Fi network.

Amazing, right? But there are caveats.

READ THESE REVIEWS FOR MORE INFO:

Air Display:

Add a second or even third monitor for $10 with Air Display!

App Turns iPad into Second Monitor for Mac

Use Your iPad as a Second Monitor, Without the Pain

$9.99 Air Display for iPhone, iPad , and iPod Touch by Avatron
Sys Reqs: Mac OS X 10.5.8 Leopard, Windows XP, Vista and 7

iDisplay:

app turns your iPad or iPhone into secondary screen – too good to be true?

Walkman Dies, iPod Lives On...

R.I.P. Sony Walkman...

Sadly, "After 30 years, Sony has announced that they will stop manufacturing and selling the venerable cassette Walkman."


"The iPod was introduced on October 23, 2001 and though also originally ignored, the iPod has grown at a ridiculous rate..."


READ: Sony Kills The Cassette Walkman On The iPod's Birthday*
via Casey Chan at GIZMODO

UPDATE: Sony says that the plug's only been pulled in Japan, and they will continue to sell a lone cassette Walkman model in the US

$29.99 - Get 'Em Now While They Last-!

Unreal 3 Engine for iPhone!

Even if you're not a "gamer" this is great news for all users
as this shows the amount of power "under the hood" of the
new hand held computer/phones from Apple. Awesome!

The bad news is there is still no port of Unreal Tournament 3
for the Mac, yet, but it's coming, so I've read...



"Anandtech spent some time with Epic Games' Mark Rein last week and was shown a demo of the Unreal Engine 3 running on a 3rd Generation iPod Touch. The demo included a flythrough as well as a playable level from Unreal Tournament.

The Unreal Engine 3 is a modern 3D gaming engine
which powers games such as Bioshock, Gears of War
and Unreal Tournament 3.



The game engine requires OpenGL 2.0 so this will restrict the game to 3rd generation iPod Touches and iPhone 3GSs only. Epic is planning on making the engine available to licensees at some point, opening the door eventually to Unreal-powered iPhone games."

READ: Epic's Unreal Engine 3 Ported to iPod Touch and iPhone 3GS
by Arnold Kim, MacRumors.com


Click to enlarge photo

A comparison of Unreal Engine 1, 2 and 3's rendering capabilities using the Malcolm model from Unreal Tournament, Unreal Tournament 2004 and Unreal Tournament 3 side-by-side.
(Unreal Engine, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Pod to Mac: Transfer Software

"Pod to Mac is an iPod, iPad or iPhone to Mac transfer software that lets users transfer iPhone, iPod Touch and iPod songs, playlists, videos, tv shows and much more to a Mac and into iTunes. Pod to Mac can rip music from all iPods and iPhones works with or without jail-breaking."

Computer Requirements:

    * Mac OSX 10.5, 10.6 or later
    * iTunes 8, 9 or later
    * A USB Connector for the iPod device


iPod Compatibility:
Works with all, iPods, iPhones and iPads including:

    * iPad (all generations)
    * iPhone (all generations)
    * iPod Classic (all generations)
    * iPod Touch (all generations)
    * iPod Shuffle (all generations)
    * iPod Nano (all generations)

This is a great "Crash Recovery Solution"
"If your computer crashed or you just bought a new one, Pod to Mac is the ideal solution to move your music back on to the computer. Simply download, install and click auto-transfer and everything will be back the way it was before."

Doom Classic for iPhone!

Boo! Spooky! Scary!

The official iPhone and iPod touch port of id Software's Doom is now available.

Priced at $6.99, the 76.8MB download packs a total of 36 levels across four episodes: Knee-Deep in the Dead, Shores of Hell, Inferno, and Thy Flesh Consumed.

Along with single-player, the touch-controlled game packs four-person competitive and cooperative multiplayer modes.

READ: Doom Classic Arrives on iPhone
by Chris Faylor, shacknews

Pwnage Tool 3.1 is OUT

"The iPhone hacking faithful can now unlock and jailbreak their original iPhone, iPhone 3G, and first-generation iPod Touch devices with the much-awaited PwnageTool 3.1. Unfortunately, the hacking tool does not yet support the iPhone 3GS or the new iPod Touch, but an update is expected soon.

Arriving only a week after Apple released the 3.1 software update for the iPhone and iPod touch, DevTeam has set free Pwnage Tool 3.1. The software allows you to create and install custom firmware packages to jailbreak your Apple device and also use SIM cards from carriers other than AT&T (or the original carrier you purchased your iPhone from).

As usual, a kind reminder that jailbreaking your iPhone or iPod touch is not something that Apple likes you to do and it will void your warranty. But if you know what you are doing (and follow the instructions closely) Pwnage Tool will give you access to the Cydia app store, a place full of apps that allow you to further customize your iPhone and also use many of the apps that Apple rejected from its own app store."

READ: New jailbreaking tool available for some iPhone users
by Daniel Ionescu, PC World

Apple iDisk app for iPhone

"Apple has released its long-awaited MobileMe iDisk application for the iPhone and iPod touch. It’s available for free download from the App Store.

MobileMe iDisk enables iPhone and iPod touch OS 3.x users with MobileMe accounts to access the contents of their iDisk — the online storage component of Apple’s MobileMe subscription-based online service."

READ: Apple releases iDisk app for iPhone
by Peter Cohen, Macworld.com

Remote Control LogMeIn for iPhone

"With the $29.99 LogMeIn Ignition for iPhone and iPod touch, you can check your email, access files, troubleshoot and use programs on the fly, just as if you were sitting in front your Mac or PC."

LogMeIn Ignition for iPhone and iPod touch is a fast and simple way to connect to your LogMeIn Pro² and LogMeIn Free Mac OS 10.4 Tiger, Mac OS 10.5 Leopard, Windows and Linux computers.

Remote Control your Mac from iPhone

If you need or just want to control your Mac computer from your iPhone or iPod Touch here's a Macworld article by Christopher Breen on Rowmote for iPhone

and an older Macworld article by Dan Frakes on Apple’s Remote application for iPhone.

4-Track Music Recording on iPhone

FourTrack 2.0 application for iPhone adds Bounce, Duplicate and Metronome and costs only $9.99
This Jim Dalrymple article on Macworld explains it here.

Wolfenstein 3D for iPhone!

"Assume the role of OSA agent B.J. Blazkowicz, who must escape Castle Wolfenstein and defeat Nazi scientists and soldiers who have crafted monsters using paranormal techniques.

Id Software has finally made its debut on the iPhone and iPod touch, releasing its classic 3D shooter Wolfenstein 3D for the system. It's available for $5 from the App Store.

Carmack also remarked that Classic Doom should come to the iPhone "fairly soon." Quake is also planned for release, and Wolfenstein RPG is planned for a release by EA Mobile, as well."

READ: Wolfenstein 3D comes to iPhone; developer releases source
by Peter Cohen, Macworld.com


Wolfenstein 3D Classic lets you relive the early days of Id Software on your iPhone.

The best iPhone apps not in the App Store

"Well, before the App Store arrived, bringing Apple-approved applications along with it, there was jailbreaking—the process of busting open the iPhone and iPod touch to allow them to run third-party applications that were definitely not approved by Apple.

While the App Store has enjoyed a great deal of popularity since its July debut, the jailbreaking community lives on and offers some very useful applications that you likely will never see from the App Store. Here are some of our favorites:"

READ: The best iPhone apps not in the App Store
by Christopher Breen, Macworld.com

YouTube Robot for Windows™

What is this post doing on an Apple blog?

Playing well with others.

"download and watch youtube video on computer
ipod, iphone, psp, zune, mobile phone."

YouTube Robot $34.95 Shareware at YouTubeRobot.com
Important: YouTube Robot is intended for use as a personal archiving tool only. Please respect the rights of the copyright holders of any material you get.

Of course you can use Apple Safari for Mac and Windows
to download from YouTube.com for free.

Use the FREE VLC video player, Mac and Windows to view.

Streaming Media To Your iPhone

Stream media to your handheld
click here for an excellent Macworld article
by Christopher Breen.

download Simplify 2.0 for your computer and iPhone
at http://www.simplifymedia.com

File Storage for iPhone & iPod Touch

"DiskAid is a tool for Mac and Windows which enables you
to use your iPhone or iPod Touch as an external Disk.
With DiskAid you can transfer files and folders between your
iPhone or iPod Touch and your Mac & Windows Computer."

No Jailbreak needed. And it's FREE!

Macworld article about DiskAid by Dan Frakes

DiskAid website & FREE download

iTunes FREE Single Of The Week

Apple's iTunes Store is giving away
a FREE single every week.

Simply click on this link:
iTunes FREE Single Of The Week.

Your iTunes application will automatically open
and you can review before downloading.

An Apple ID or AOL account is necessary.

Eno's Oblique Strategies for iPhone

Oblique Strategies (subtitled over one hundred worthwhile dilemmas) is a set of published cards created by Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt first published in 1975, and now in its fifth edition, has come to the iPhone!



Get: Oblique Strategies for iPhone

No iPhone?
Get: Oblique Strategies Dashboard Widget

ShoveBox for Mac & iPhone

"ShoveBox for Mac catches all those little scraps of information that you can't act on now but would rather not forget. It sits up in your menubar, waiting for you to drag in text, images, URLs, and more.

It also provides a sensible interface to sort everything you shoved. It's all about spending less time processing and more time actually working on the things that matter."

System Requirements:
Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.


ShoveBox for iPhone: Capture, view, organize, and edit data on-the-go. And sync wirelessly with your Mac. Use it to take web archives with you on the train to read offline, or take field notes for later review.

ShoveBox for iPhone puts the power of the desktop version in your pocket.

System Requirements:
Requires an iPhone or iPod Touch with iPhone OS v3.1 or higher.

Make Your Own iPod Ad Silhouette

Represent your iNess by using Photoshop on your picture
to create your own "iPod Ad".

READ: I See iPod People — The Photoshop Silhouette
by Jennifer Apple

you will also find many other helpful Photoshop Tutorials.