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Some people are content to use their iPod simply to play music. Some people want to do much more. If you want to get the most out of your iPod iPod and iTunes Hacks will take you beyond the obvious with 100 ingenious tips and tricks that will delight, entertain, and add astonishing power to the iPod and iTunes experience.

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  1. Chapter 1 iPod Hardware

    1. Hacks 1–22

    2. Good as New: Clean Your iPod

    3. Exercise with Your iPod

    4. Store Digital Photos on Your iPod

    5. Upgrade Your Ears

    6. Broadcast Your iPod to FM Radio

    7. Build Your Own FM Broadcaster

    8. Turn Your iPod into a Portable Stereo

    9. Use Two iPods to DJ

    10. Turn Your iPod into a Universal Remote Control

    11. Integrate Your iPod with Your Motorcycle

    12. Install Your iPod in Your Car, Permanently

    13. Integrate the iPod Remote with Your Car

    14. Turn Your iPod Mini into a Radio Station

    15. Use Your iPod as a Dictaphone

    16. Replace Your Generation 1 or 2 iPod's Battery

    17. Replace Your Generation 3 iPod's Battery

    18. Replace Your iPod Mini's Battery

    19. Build Your Own iPod External Charger

    20. Change the Colors of Your Generation 3 iPod's LCD Screen

    21. Turn Your iPod into a Wireless Jukebox

    22. Craft an iPod Case from Cardboard

    23. Repurpose a Dead iPod

  2. Chapter 2 Non-iPod Hardware

    1. Hacks 23–31

    2. Control iTunes from Your Palm

    3. Control iTunes from Your Mobile Phone

    4. Stream Music Around Your House

    5. Stream Music with AirPort Express

    6. Buy or Build a Headphone Amplifier

    7. Access Your iTunes Music Library Through TiVo

    8. Run iTunes on an Old Mac

    9. Build a Cheap MacMP3/AACServer

    10. Build a Cheap Linux Music Server

  3. Chapter 3 iPod Software

    1. Hacks 32–49

    2. Run Your iPod in Disk Mode

    3. Read News and More

    4. Diagnose iPod Problems

    5. Use Your iPod with a Mac and a PC

    6. Play Games on Your iPod

    7. Write an iPod Adventure Game

    8. Convert Text Files into iPod Books

    9. Write Your Own iPod Book

    10. Change Your Battery Icon

    11. Access Hidden Files on Your iPod

    12. Build an Emergency iPod Boot Volume

    13. Get Your Email on Your iPod

    14. Publish a Web Page from Your iPod

    15. Feed Streaming Audio to Your iPod

    16. Use an iPod with Linux

    17. Dial a Phone with Your iPod

    18. Use .NET to Access the iPod's Database

    19. Run Linux on Your iPod

  4. Chapter 4 iTunes

    1. Hacks 50–71

    2. iTunes Keyboard Shortcuts

    3. Control iTunes from the Finder

    4. Clean Up Your ID3 Tags

    5. Import Lyrics into iTunes and iPod

    6. Extend Your Visualizer Options

    7. Bulk-Rip CDs

    8. Work with Album Artwork

    9. Clutter Your Desktop with Music

    10. Make Your Playlists Smart

    11. Konfabulate Your iTunes

    12. Use Java to Expand iTunes Functionality

    13. Control iTunes with Perl

    14. Upload a Graphic of Your Currently Playing Song

    15. Create a Web Page to Display Your iTunes Library

    16. Create Links to the iTunes Music Store

    17. Skin iTunes with ShapeShifter

    18. Alter the iTunes Look and Feel by Resource Hacking

    19. Use the iTunes Visualizer as a Screensaver

    20. Turn iTunes into a Trivia Player

    21. Hack Kung-Tunes into a Dynamic Server

    22. Put the Ogg in iTunes

    23. Get at iTunes Music Store Metadata

  5. Chapter 5 AppleScript for iTunes

    1. Hacks 72–92

    2. Tame iTunes with AppleScript

    3. Swap Song Name and Artist

    4. Clean up "Artist - Song Name"-Style Titles

    5. Remove Unwanted Characters from Song Names

    6. Find a Track's File Path

    7. Get a Track's Running Time and File Size

    8. Increase or Decrease the Play Count

    9. AMG EZ Search

    10. Search for Lyrics on Google

    11. Remove Dead Tracks

    12. Build a Random Playlist

    13. Make a New iPod Playlist from Your Selections

    14. Change Your Encoder on the Fly

    15. Whack the Current Track

    16. Save Artwork to a Folder

    17. Send Current Track Info to iChat

    18. Rewind or Pause the Current Track

    19. See What Other People Are Listening to

    20. Play Snippets of Each Track in a Playlist

    21. Make Files Bookmarkable

    22. Search the iTunes Music Store for the Current Song

  6. Chapter 6 Beyond iTunes

    1. Hacks 93–100

    2. Play MP3 and AAC Files from the Command Line

    3. Manipulate Audio Using the Terminal

    4. Stream Your Music Collection over the

    5. Make a Custom Mix CD

    6. Stream Your Music via iDisk

    7. Back Up Your Digital Music Collection

    8. Get Your Record Collection into iTunes

    9. Create Your Own Free Audiobook

  1. Colophon

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Product Details
Title:
iPod and iTunes Hacks
By:
Hadley Stern
Publisher:
O'Reilly Media
Formats:
  • Print
  • Ebook
  • Safari Books Online
Print Release:
October 2004
Ebook Release:
February 2009
Pages:
464
Print ISBN:
978-0-596-00778-2
| ISBN 10:
0-596-00778-7
Ebook ISBN:
978-0-596-10507-5
| ISBN 10:
0-596-10507-X
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About the Author
  1. Hadley Stern

    Hadley Stern is a designer, writer, and photographer residing in Boston, MA. Hadley was born in London, England, relocated at age 4 to Singapore, then to Canada at age 10, and finally to America at age 22, where he met his lovely wife, Meiera. Hadley studied creative writing and western civilization and culture at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, before studying graphic design at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). Since graduating from RISD, Hadley has worked as a professional designer at Malcolm Grear Designers, Rykodisc Records, and Razorfish and is currently an Interactive Creative Director at Fidelity Investments. He has worked on corporate-identity projects, CD packages, web sites, Flash banner advertising, and a wide variety of print collateral. His personal site is http://www.hadleystern.com. Hadley has written for WebMonkey, American Photo magazine, iPodLounge.com, and O Reilly Media, and is the Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of AppleMatters (http://www.applematters.com). AppleMatters is a serious yet irreverent look at all things Apple. Covering opinions, news, and interviews, AppleMatters has done tremendously well since its launch over a year ago.

    View Hadley Stern's full profile page.

Colophon

Our look is the result of reader comments, our own experimentation, and feedback from distribution channels. Distinctive covers complement our distinctive approach to technical topics, breathing personality and life into potentially dry subjects. The illustration on the cover of iPod and iTunes Hacks is a set of spoons. The spoon is commonly known as an eating and cooking utensil, but has also known more colorful usage in music, combat, and even courtship. In an old Welsh tradition, a hopeful suitor would carve a spoon from a durable local wood such as sycamore, decorate it with carved symbols of his romantic intent, and then present it to the object of his affection; if she accepted the spoon, a courtship ensued. The oldest known existing "love spoon" dates to 1667. Jamie Peppard was the production editor and the proofreader for iPod and iTunes Hacks. Rachel Wheeler was the copyeditor. Marlowe Shaeffer and Claire Cloutier provided quality control, and Julie Hawks wrote the index.

Emma Colby designed the cover of this book, based on a series design by Edie Freedman. The cover image is an original photograph. Clay Fernald produced the cover layout with QuarkXPress 4.1 using Adobe's Helvetica Neue and ITC Garamond fonts.

David Futato designed the interior layout. This book was converted by Julie Hawks to FrameMaker 5.5.6 with a format conversion tool created by Erik Ray, Jason McIntosh, Neil Walls, and Mike Sierra that uses Perl and XML technologies. The text font is Linotype Birka; the heading font is Adobe Helvetica Neue Condensed; and the code font is LucasFont's TheSans Mono Condensed. The illustrations that appear in the book were produced by Robert Romano and Jessamyn Read using Macromedia FreeHand 9 and Adobe Photoshop 6. This colophon was written by Jamie Peppard.

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