"Why attend OLLI classes when you can just use iTunes to listen to lectures by Nobel Prize laureates?" is Art Gorski's pronouncement.
Today's (August 24) news article from Cupertino announces, " In just over three years, iTunes® U downloads have topped 300 million and it has become one of the world’s most popular online educational catalogs. Over 800 universities throughout the world have active iTunes U sites, and nearly half of these institutions distribute their content publicly on the iTunes Store®. New content has just been added from universities in China, Hong Kong, Japan, Mexico and Singapore, and iTunes users now have access to over 350,000 audio and video files from educational institutions around the globe."
Read more here, and note that it is FREE download of iTunes 9 for Mac + PC. You can even access iTunes U on your iPhone or iPod Touch.
For All the Music Lovers
"Airfoil allows you to link your music source to your audio system using Airport express." De Former Prez Allen Laudenslager continues, "Yes, I know you can do that with Airport Express alone, but only with stuff from iTunes. Airfoil allows you to use any digital source on your computer and link it to your Airport Express." Take a look here.
Two Other Good Ideas
"Here is an informative article, TechTails #728, from Small Dog Electronics." Jim Hamm goes on to elaborate: "I hadn't even thought about the idea of de-authorizing iTunes before taking taking in my Mac for a repair. This is good information to know and remember. Also, the article on all the video adaptors is useful information to know and keep for reference."
Improving iTunes
Want to get more from the sound in iTunes? Jim Hamm says, "This article will help you understand what the Equalizer (EQ) does in iTunes and how to use it. In the current version of iTunes the Equalizer controls are accessed by clicking the 'Windows' button in the Toolbar, then Equalizer. Adjust away, and happy sounds."
Fine . . . Subtle . . . Solid = iTunes9
Here's more on the iTunes 9 release, from Jim Hamm. See a 2 page article here. The writer concludes that the iTunes 9 is fine and subtle and solid, and outlines some refinements that are hard to find, but well worth it.
"Session Timeout" when accessing iTunes.
Have you been receiving a "Session timeout" error message while trying to buy something from iTunes? Well, here's the odd (and easy) answer to that particular problem: your system clock isn't synchronized with Apple's! Although this is reported as a Windows problem, some Mac users are also experiencing this problem. Click on the title link above for the solution given by PCWorld. Or, if you want the Mac solution right now, open "Date & Time" in System Preferences, make sure that the box for "Set date & time automatically" is checked, and in the panel on the right select "Apple Americas/U.S. (time.apple.com)". Oh, and don't forget to set the correct time zone: Phoenix - U.S.A.
Thanks to the Prescott Computing Society Newsletter for this tidbit.