iPod

I suppose this goes without saying, but just in case - make sure you have a jailbroken iPhone or iPod Touch. Without it, you won’t have Installer.app on your device. To add additional sources to Installer - which will give you a wider variety of software to install, follow the instructions outlined below. [click to continue...]

One of the things I adore about Apple products are how intuitive they are. Most of the time. Once in a while I run into a bit of an exception, and this is one of them. This brief tutorial will show you how to customize the icons/buttons that are displayed while listening to music on your iPhone or iPod Touch.

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Earlier today it became official - the Canadian iTunes Store will now sell TV shows. What seemed to get missed in this announcement was another ‘upgrade’ for Canadians - DRM free iTunes Plus tracks are finally available as well.

Totally unrelated note, you might have noticed the decrease in number of posts the last few days. I think a goal for 2008 should be to have a bunch of articles stocked away for those sick-weeks. Update: off to a bad, bad start.

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This tutorial could also be called “how to use your iPhone or iPod Touch to control your Mac” - because the featured (open source) software actually allows you to do both. Continue reading to be taken step by step through installing, setting up and accessing iPhone Remote on your Mac. [click to continue...]

This tutorial will guide you through the steps required to install and set up the iPhone (and iPod Touch) Web UI for uTorrent. This version of the uTorrent Web UI was created specifically for the iPhone/iPod Touch and allows you to access your uTorrent client remotely to pause or add new torrents. [click to continue...]

This tutorial will guide you in using HandBrake, an open-source DVD to MPEG-4 converter, to encode a DVD to a file format playable on your iPod.

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This guide will take you every single step of the way through making sure you have the right iPod software installed, “jailbreaking” your iPod Touch, and then installing 3rd party software on it.

1. Check your iPod Touch Software Version
2. Restore to Software Version 1.1.1 (if needed)
3. Jailbreak your iPod Touch
4. Installing Software on your iPod Touch

Note: The steps in this guide will be nearly identical if you want to jailbreak your iPhone, with the exception of the “Check your iPod Touch Software Version” and “Restore to Software Version 1.1.1″. The screenshots are specific to OS X, but Windows users should be able to follow along with no problem. [click to continue...]

This tutorial will guide you through converting video files to watch on your iPod Touch, using free (fully functional shareware) software in OS X. The steps are likely identical if you have an iPod Video or iPhone (I don’t, so I can’t be 100% certain). [click to continue...]

This overview details the features (with screenshots) of 10 different programs other than iTunes to manage your iPod. Tutorials are included for every program, and they’re all either free or Open Source.

If you’ve been wondering why I’ve been writing so many “How to use XYZ to manage your iPod” tutorials lately, now you know why.
 

Name	Supported Platforms
Amarok
Banshee
Floola
gtkpod
MediaMonkey
Rhythmbox
SharePod
Songbird
Winamp
YamiPod

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This brief tutorial will show you how to use MediaMonkey to manage your iPod. [click to continue...]

This tutorial will guide you in installing, setting up and using Banshee to manage your iPod in Ubuntu. Though the steps to install Banshee are specific to Ubuntu (or any Linux distribution that uses the Synaptic Package Manager), the steps to actually use Banshee can be applied to any Linux distribution. [click to continue...]

This brief tutorial will show you how to use Winamp to manage your iPod. [click to continue...]

This tutorial will guide you in installing, setting up and using gtkpod to manage your iPod in Ubuntu. Though the steps to install gtkpod are specific to Ubuntu (or any Linux distribution that uses the Synaptic Package Manager), the steps to actually use gtkpod can be applied to any Linux distribution. [click to continue...]

SharePod is a lightweight music management program for your iPod. You can copy music and videos between your iPod and computers - usually without having to install anything on the computer. [click to continue...]