Year: 2003

Create Web catalogs of your iTunes music library

Posted by | Nov 3, 2003 | |

KavaSoft has announced the release of iTunes Catalog 1.0, a new utility that creates Web catalogs of your iTunes music library. iTunes Catalog can create HTML catalogs of your music with the same brushed metal look as iTunes, complete with the cover artwork. It can also create catalogs in text, PDF, or XML format. In addition, the US$9.99 software can add album artwork to music in your iTunes library, play music, find song lyrics, search Google for artist info, and buy music from the iTunes Music Store or Amazon.com.

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Australian Apple reseller moves to PC sales

Posted by | Nov 3, 2003 | |

Australian Apple retailer NextByte is planning to sell its own brand of PCs in the first of what it hopes will be a national chain of Windows-compatible outlets, Australian IT reports. “The PC business would allow the company to capitalize on relationships formed through the Mac operation and the NBPC-branded machines would be cheaper than the HP and Toshiba hardware in the store.

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Apple pushing iTunes for Windows in updated ads

Posted by | Nov 3, 2003 | |

Apple has slightly modified its new iPod commercials to also promote iTunes for Windows. The ads, first noted on MacMinute last month, feature silhouetted people with iPods dancing in front of vibrant colors to either “Hey Mama” by the Black Eyed Peas or “Are You Gonna Be My Girl” by Jet. The original ads concluded with: “iPod,” then “Mac or PC,” and finally the Apple logo.

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Mac.Ars looks at Apple’s quality control

Posted by | Nov 3, 2003 | |

The latest Mac.Ars column discusses Apple’s quality control: “Panther and Firewire 800 drives. iTunes 4.1 for Windows and Windows 2000 installs. Really, really loud Mirror Drive Door G4s. And there’s more. Apple’s recent successes with the G5, iTunes Music Store, and Mac OS X 10.3 have been tempered somewhat by some rather nasty bugs that slipped out the door. Does Apple have poor quality control, or is the occasional severe bug an inevitable part of software and hardware development?”

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