Improve iTunes with GimmeSomeTunes – part 2 [Mac only]

By | November 28, 2009 |

GimmeSomeTunes - Logo.jpgIn the previous article about GimmeSomeTunes, we’ve seen how convenient it is to have this app along with iTunes. As long as your computer is connected to the net, GimmeSomeTunes will automatically fetch the lyric and cover art for the currently playing song.

But that is not its only ability. There are other features that will make your song playing via iTunes more enjoyable.

The shortcuts

Imagine this situation: You are in the middle of your work and the tune in the background is changing into that song that you’ve got bored with and you want to skip it. Or your most favorite song has reached the end and you want to listen to it again. What to do?

You could easily switch to iTunes, change the song, and switch back to whatever you are doing. But keep repeating this seemingly simple process over and over again will become an annoying activity.

It would be nice if there are some shortcut keys for you to use to control your tunes on the fly without having to go back and forth between applications.
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Improve iTunes with GimmeSomeTunes – part 1 [Mac only]

By | November 24, 2009 |

GimmeSomeTunes - Logo.jpgI love music. It’s a part of life that I can’t live without. As a Mac user, I use iTunes to manage my music collection and I don’t think I’ve found any other music manager and player better than iTunes.

I’m sure that most people’s music collection are coming from various source with different standard in the completeness of the package. Some music has full info tagged to them, some has completely none.

If you could live with just “Track 15″ for your song, then you could skip this article completely. But if you are the kind of person who like to sing along while enjoying the nice cover art of your collection, I think I have a nice story to tell.
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