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Windows: We've mentioned one way        easily grab data from two
to sync your iPhone with multiple       computers. Just sync your iPhone
computers, but if you'd rather not      with your main machine, install
download a hex editor just to           the app on your other computers,
manually hack your iTunes               and run through the steps it
libraries, free utility PhoneAble       provides. It will set your library
will do it all for you with just a      key on each computer to match the  

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While many of you use services          Then copy out the URL up to the
like Pandora or Mixtape.me to           first question mark, and append
listen to music at work, some of        the correct music file extension,
you probably still like your local      it is usually the last three
radio stations, but hate playing        letters of the mess of capitalized
them in your browser. Here's how        radio jargon.
to open those streams in iTunes.        eg: http://208.80.52.              

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Windows: If you use iTunes to load      files already in iTunes, and
up your iPod and other Apple            more—as seen in the
devices but otherwise aren't a fan      screenshot above. SYNCiTunes will
of it—especially the slow         also update tag changes made
and sometimes quirky                    outside of iTunes which is great
importing—SYNCiTunes imports      for those of us who don't like
and synchronizes music into iTunes,     doing any serious tag editing in   

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Windows/Mac: iTunes 9.2 has rolled      with the future iPhone support,
out, preparing computers for the        iTunes 9.2 also displays album art
coming of the new iOS 4 upgrade         faster while flipping through your
and the iPhone 4. But there's also      library, and allows for the
PDF support rolled into iBooks for      organizing of apps into folders,
iPhones and iPod touch models, and      another iOS 4 feature that's a
faster device syncing.                  welcome upgrade for those with     

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Android: DoubleTwist already lets       doubleTwist player's real
you sync music, pictures, and           advantage is its integration with
videos from computers to Android        the doubleTwist desktop software
devices, but its native Android         for Windows and Mac. Because those
player ups the ante. It supports        apps can pull playlists and other
iTunes playlists, ratings               data from iTunes, and Windows
information, and play counts,           Media Player, Android users can    

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There are some iPhone/iPod/iPad         the U.S.—or, for U.S. users,
apps that don't want to make            the country you know the app
themselves available on a global        you're trying to get works in. The
scale. To jump around this weird        iTunes store accepts this
blockade, the Digital Inspiration       rudimentary offering as proof for
blog recommends creating a dummy        purposes of free applications, but
account with a different email          you won't be able to pay for apps  

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There are some iPhone/iPod/iPad         the U.S.—or, for U.S. users,
apps that don't want to make            the country you know the app
themselves available on a global        you're trying to get works in. The
scale. To jump around this weird        iTunes store accepts this
blockade, the Digital Inspiration       rudimentary offering as proof for
blog recommends creating a dummy        purposes of free applications, but
account with a different email          you won't be able to pay for apps  

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Mac only: Lots of us like to            the script's activation. All you
listen to music as we fall asleep,      need to do is download the script,
but if you usually drift off            drag it into your
before hitting pause, iTunes will       ~/Library/iTunes/Scripts folder
keep playing forever. If you don't      (if it doesn't exist then create
feel like making short playlists,       it), and activate it in iTunes by
try using this handy Applescript.       clicking the script icon in the    

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Windows: If you'd been enamored         Windows Media Player too.
with the idea of                        The following video demonstrates
TuneUp—brilliant and speedy       the TuneUp with iTunes but the add-
correction of music tags and cover      on for Windows Media Player
art—but not so enamored with      functions in exactly the same way: 

having to use iTunes, the smart         Just like the prior iTunes-only
music utility is now available for      version, the current version of    

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Mac only: With platforms like           choose; it will put the music in
Google Android becoming more            another folder named "Middleman"
popular, lots of Mac owners have        inside of it (your music will also
opted for non-Apple mobile devices,     be organized by folder the same
leaving them without a good way to      way it is on your hard drive for
sync their music. Middleman is a        the last two folders—if you
free app that syncs any USB mass-       have iTunes set to keep your music 

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