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6 Free iTunes Tools You Need To Have On Your Mac.
Does iTunes do more than just store and playback your music? The answer is an unqualified “yes”. iTunes does more and there are many additional Mac utilities and tools which add enhancements to the popular media player. Whether iTunes is the best PC or Mac music player isn’t in question. There isn’t a music player that does more than iTunes. Use it to play music, play music videos, play movies, watch video Podcasts, listen to internet radio, sync your iPod, sync your iPhone, and, uh, what else? Oh, yes, buy music, videos, movies, TV shows from the iTunes Store. If ever a Mac and Windows utility resembled a Swiss Army Knife for media, it’s iTunes, Apple’s Trojan Horse of the 21st century.
How do you make iTunes better than it is? Apple continues to What utilities enhance the iTunes experience for Mac users? The list is healthy and growing.
#6 - MakeiPhoneRingtone
This is a typical Mac-like utility. Drag your AAC file over MakeiPhoneRingtone, drop, and you’re nearly done. Of course, it doesn’t edit a song to 30 seconds. You need RogueAmoeba’s $32 audio utility, Fission, to do that. What Make iPhone Ringtone does is take any unprotected AAC audio file and make it a ringtone compatible file for your iPhone. For $15 try iToner from Ambrosia Software. It works with MP3 and AAC audio files and the publisher says it’s compatible with the latest version of iTunes.
#5 - iTunes Manager
For example, not only does iTunes Manager handle music playback for iTunes, there’s a built-in volume control, information about the song being played, keyboard shortcuts, the ability to switch tracks and playlists, and a music alarm. This is a case of getting much more than you pay for since iTunes Manager is free.
#4 - DOT.TUNES
DOT.TUNES lets you listen to your music from a web browser, an iPhone, Wii, PSP, PS3, Treo or via streaming tracks from a web site or MySpace. You can even control who listens.
#3 - Aurora
End it all with Aurora, and let your Mac wake you up to whatever playlist and music to get you started the right way, the Mac way, the Appian Way, what does Valerie Bertinelli weight, anyway? Aurora is simple. It’s a free alarm clock for your Mac which wakes you to your favorite playlist in iTunes or even a TV or radio channel from Elgato’s EyeTV.
#2 - Sing That iTune!
I’m not fond of Dashboard Widgets but Sing That iTune! is one of a few for iTunes that are worth keeping around. Click Here for the publisher’s home page. Hint: How’s your Japanese?
#1 - GimmeSomeTune
GimmeSomeTune downloads both lyrics and album art in a way you’ll like. You don’t do anything. While you’re not doing anything you’ll see one of those new fangled translucent floating windows on your Mac which displays information about the current song, lyrics, and album art, and automatically add the art to iTunes. How’s that for convenience? There are dozens and dozens of nifty utilities for iTunes including, but not limited to CoverSutra, the popular G-Force visualizer, and others, but they’re not free. Got an iTunes tool or utility you can’t live without? Add it to the list and share with other readers in the Comments section below. The folks at Mac360 have a few domains for sale. If you've ever dreamed of setting up and running your own site about Apple, the Mac, iPods or the iPhone, this is a great way to get started. Click here for the basic details, and click AppleScene, iPhoneKillerTips, or ChatterMac for a more complete list. • Article by Ron McElfresh • Published on Tuesday, September 18, 2007
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Talk Back to the folks at Mac360 Doug Adams says:
Over 400 free tools for iTunes on the Mac: dougscripts.com. — Posted on Fri Nov 02 at 6:52 am by Doug Adams
SomeOtherGuy says:
GimmeSomeTune’s notification window is customizable, as well, by the way. — Posted on Tue Oct 09 at 2:05 pm by SomeOtherGuy
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