Posted by Scott on February 23, 2009
Due to a technical glitch in my life (the wife factor), I was recently convinced to update the name of several of the Airport Express routers I have throughout my house. After renaming all of the access points (you can use Airport Utility to do this), the speaker names were still not correct in iTunes. After a reboot and some other monkeying around, I found the solution.
In Airport Utility, manually update your access point’s configuration, and then select the Music tab. On this tab, you can set the name of your remote speakers. After your Airport restarts, you will see the new remote speaker name appear in iTunes.
Posted by Scott on December 31, 2008
iTunes seems to have all sorts of problems when I use it lately. I was reading TechCrunch earlier this evening and their post regarding the best Apps of 2008 (for the iTunes App Store). Dr. Awesome was looked like a good buy. Of course, upon attempting to purchase this supposedly exciting game, I am greeted with the following error message:
I say supposedly exciting, because in the end, the developer lost out on a sale. I was unable to purchase this product when I wanted to. What is the point of having an instant delivery platform such as the App Store, when I ultimately cannot purchase items? Along with all of the other issues the iTunes App Store seems to exhibit, this is one the most egregious, as I am unable to fulfill my needs for instant gratification (no matter how hard I try). Oh, and I’d like to be able to use my Shopping Cart for Apps at some point also.
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Posted by Scott on September 5, 2008
After dealing with obscenely long backups and some recent iTunes store issues, I become more and more thankful with each passing day that I don’t actually use the mess known as MobileMe.
The latest issue? The “Shopping Cart” functionality of iTunes. Since the inception of the App Store, the “Shopping Cart” has not been enabled for purchases of iPhone/iPod Touch applications. Why? Who knows. Someone at Apple has just been lazy I suppose.
It would appear that today that functionality has been enabled, but of course, it simply does not work. I want to update my applications. I want to see the improvements to Twitterific for myself (and not just read about them in a review on TUAW). Apple does not want to see this happen. I click the “Get Update” button in iTunes. iTunes teases me, telling me the item has been added to my cart. I rush to my cart to hit the “Buy Now” button, and…
Nothing. My cart is empty. I return to the App Store, clicking “Get Update” once more. iTunes whines as it tells me the item is already in my cart. Which cart? Surely they don’t mean the empty cart that my iTunes client actually presents me with?
As with all things Apple, this will most likely be tweaked and fixed within a few hours, then all will be forgiven. I will just have to sulk until then.
Posted by Scott on September 3, 2008
Today I had the pleasure of experiencing my first 2+ hour iPhone backup. While not as bad an experience as some other Apple aficionados, it is still just another check in the minus column as it becomes easier and easier to fall out of love with my iPhone.
