1. In iTunes, click Edit > Preferences.

2. Under the General tab you can select Large for the option for Source Text to enlarge the text on the navigation bar. Then you can also do the same thing for Song Text to enlarge the text on the song side.

Before:

After:

So there you go, no more squinting.

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iTalk Pro is perfect for capturing how the world around you really sounds.

Whether you’re taking lecture notes, conducting an interview, or just want to bring the sounds of the great outdoors indoors, your only limitations are your iPod’s capacity, and your own imagination.

iTalk’s twin built-in mics record directly to your iPod, and adjustable gain settings give you control over the volume. You can even use external microphones with iTalk Pro. Just plug your mic into the 3.5mm jack on the bottom of iTalk Pro.

You can pick it up at Amazon for about $18.00

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Established as a domain only days after the October 23, 2001 announcement of the iPod, the iLounge site was originally built by Dennis Lloyd and HTML Guru Dennis Martin. Fully functional on November 16, 2001, the site has grown dramatically from its early days, hosting daily news updates, independent product reviews and editorial content, incredible discussion forums and photo galleries, software download and self-help pages.

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This time round the iPod is being accused of interfering with heart pacemakers. In a study headed by 17 year old Jay Thaker (who is young enough to know better) Apple’s MP3 player was held two inches from the chest of the subject for five to ten seconds. Electromagnetic interference was detected 50% of the time. The test group was made up of 100 people, average age 77.

Read the rest from Wired News.

http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/05/the_blame_game_.html

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=936824

Consider the following scenario. You have an Apple iPod that is connected to a Windows Vista-based computer through a USB connection. Then, you disconnect the iPod from the computer. In this scenario, the data on the iPod may become corrupted.

This problem may occur if you use one of the following methods to disconnect the iPod:

You use the Safely Remove Hardware feature in the notification area to disconnect the iPod. Then, you disconnect the USB cable.

You use the Eject command in Windows Explorer to disconnect the iPod. Then, you disconnect the USB cable.

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Replace the drive in your AppleTV with a 160 GB drive – four times the size. The installation process only takes a few minutes and then the AppleTV will re-synchronize with your iTunes to download all of your music, videos, and photos. The hard drive is fully prepared here. You simply use the included tools and instructions to remove the existing drive and install the new one! Now shipping internationally. Email for info.

Kits Include:

• New 160 GB Seagate drive with 5 year Seagate warranty (six month WeaKnees warranty)
• Torx T8 tool
• Installation instructions with pictures
• Phone, email, and forum support

Since its introduction in November 2001, the iPod has spawned an ecosystem of accessories that include cases, earphones, home stereos, and hardware for playing the device in the car. In addition, it has driven the success of Apple’s online music store iTunes, which sells more music over the Web than any other store.

In announcing its achievement Monday, Apple trotted out praise from Grammy Award-winning artists Mary J. Blige and John Mayer. The company even offered a quote from bicyclist Lance Armstrong, the seven-time Tour de France champion who apparently can’t be separated from his iPod. “I take my running shoes and my iPod with me everywhere,” he said.

Since the iPod’s introduction 5-1/2 years ago, Apple has unveiled more than 10 models. The iTunes music store’s library has grown to more than 5 million songs, and Apple claims to have sold more than 2.5 billion tracks.

Complete My Album offers customers up to 180 days after first purchasing individual songs from any qualifying album to purchase the rest of that album at a reduced price. When users buy any song on iTunes the corresponding album will immediately appear on their personalized Complete My Album page with the reduced price listed. For example, a user who’s already purchased three 99 cent singles and decides to buy the corresponding $9.99 album would be able to download the remaining songs to complete the album for just $7.02, without having to buy the singles again.

What it Does:

The apple TV is not a TV, it is a set top box that hooks to your widescreen TV only, (regular TVs need not apply) to display media content stored on your computer and purchased through iTunes. It requires iTunes be installed on your computer. It’s priced at $300.

It is a bit larger than a Mac mini. Just over an inch tall. And 7.7 inches on each side. On the back are the Power, HDMI, USB, Ethernet, Analog Audio, Component Video, and Optical Digital Audio ports. It doesn’t come with any cables except the power one.

When you plug in your Ethernet cable into the device’s Ethernet port, it will check this connection first for a viable network connection. If it finds one, it will connect to your network using DHCP. If no Ethernet port is present, it will then search for wireless networks using its built-in 802.11b/g/n capabilities.

It has a 40 Gig hard drive 33 Gigs of usable storage space. That’s 50 hrs of video or 9000 songs. That’s not a lot of space if you have a lot of TV shows, movies, photos and music. (Photo playback requires iPhoto on the Mac, or Photoshop Album or Photoshop Elements on Windows.) The Apple TV gives priority to your media, first syncing movies, then TV shows, music, podcasts, and, finally photos. When a computer is synced with an Apple TV, you see a tabbed interface where you determine how movies, TV shows, music, podcasts, and photos are synced to the Apple TV.

It will sync to 1 computer using iTunes ver 7.1.1or higher, Windows or Mac. You then tell it what content to move to the Apple TV. When the hard drive fills up, that’s it, it’s full. Content will disappear from the device as you sync it. Example, if you’ve configured Apple TV to grab the three most recent unwatched movies and you watch one of the movies, iTunes will tell the Apple TV to delete the watched movie from its hard drive and sync up the next unwatched movie. iTunes and the Apple TV constantly talk to one another. As long as iTunes is running on the synced computer and your network is up and running, the two will update content as necessary; there’s no need for you to initiate syncing. You can manage which media winds up on the Apple TV simply by telling it which content (and how much of it) is synced to the device. For example, you can tell iTunes to sync only the three most recent unwatched movies. Or disable movie syncing altogether so you can sync the five most recent episodes of a TV series.

The Apple TV can also stream content from up to five additional computers. To do so, navigate to the Sources menu on the Apple TV, select Connect to New iTunes, and a new PIN number will appear. Enter this PIN number into the Apple TV preferences on the new computer’s copy of iTunes, and iTunes will tell you you’re in sync. You can now stream content from that computer’s library to the Apple TV. How quickly it streams depends on the speed of your network and the kind of content you’re streaming. If you have an 802.11g or n network, video will stream fairly quickly. Although you can use an 802.11b networks, I wouldn’t recommend it, it will take a while for that content to be buffered by the Apple TV. A wired network should stream just about anything you want to the Apple TV.

Video formats supported

H.264 and protected H.264 (from iTunes Store): Up to 5 Mbps, Progressive Main Profile (CAVLC) with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps (maximum resolution: 1280 by 720 pixels at 24 fps, 960 by 540 pixels at 30 fps)

iTunes Store purchased video: 320 by 240 pixels or 640 by 480 pixels

MPEG-4: Up to 3 Mbps, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps (maximum resolution: 720 by 432 pixels at 30 fps)

Audio formats supported

AAC (16 to 320 Kbps); protected AAC (from iTunes Store); MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps); MP3 VBR; Apple Lossless; AIFF; WAV

Photos formats supported

JPEG, BMP, GIF, TIFF, PNG

TV compatibility

Enhanced-definition or high-definition widescreen TVs capable of 1080i 60/50Hz, 720p 60/50Hz, 576p 50Hz (PAL format), or 480p 60Hz

What it won’t do.

1) It won’t play your DVD’s

2) It not like a Tivo ( won’t record content from your TV )

3) It won’t play your ripped movies in Vob.divx or xvid

4) It won’t play music purchased from other music stores.

In conclusion

What it does it does very well. If most or all of your media is in a format that it reads your golden, or if you are willing to reincode all your media to H.264 it is a great product.

If on the other hand your media is in divx or xvid or one of the many other codex your out of luck.

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SAN JOSE, Calif. – Apple Inc. is urging some iPod and iTunes users to hold off on upgrading computers to Windows Vista, warning that the iTunes music software may not work well with the new operating system from rival Microsoft Corp.

Apple said iTunes may work with many Vista computers, but the company knows of some compatibility problems and recommends that users wait until it resolves the issues with an iTunes update in the next few weeks, the company said in a statement provided Friday by spokesman Derick Mains. The iTunes software is key to synching music on computers with iPod portable players.

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