Ross McKillop

How to quickly rate songs in iTunes – OS X

Please note: This guide was published back in 2007 and is now considered out of date. The software utilized in this article does still exist, but it hasn’t been updated in years and does not work on the latest versions of macOS. If you’re using an older version of macOS (10.13 or earlier) it will likely still work, but we can’t make any promises.

Funes is a song raters dream come true. With all of its faults, iTunes remains my #1 media player. I use Quicksilver to control iTunes, which means iTunes is minimized 99% of the time. So to rate a song I have to bring up iTunes, locate the song, and add the rating. Enter Funes. A small (and free) app that resides in your menu and serves one single purpose – to let you quickly rate the currently playing song. Genius.

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How to customize the music icons (buttons) on your iPhone or iPod Touch

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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