While I'm a big fan of digital music services like Last.fm and Spotify I've always had a very "mixed" relationship with digital purchases of music. I guess this stems from some bad experiences outside Apple's iTunes store. Having paid for an album I want to be able to "consume" it however I choose on whatever device I want. Unfortunately if the company you bought music … [Read more...] about Digital Music via iTunes vs. Physical CDs
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Which iPad Apps For My Mother?
I've given my mother my old iPad (wifi model) as I got myself an iPad mini. So far it's got Flipboard, Facebook and a couple of other apps on it, but I really don't know what else I should install for her. What would you recommend? … [Read more...] about Which iPad Apps For My Mother?
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OSX Mountain Lion Is Here!
Earlier today Apple released OSX Mountain Lion. So far I've installed it on my work desktop, but haven't had a chance to explore it yet - I left it trying to upgrade my mail .. which will probably take a while.. the downside to not having SSD drives At home I'm still trying to download it, though I suspect my connection from UPC Ireland is taking a rather long and nasty … [Read more...] about OSX Mountain Lion Is Here!
CD Ripping To Ogg Vorbis And Other Formats On OSX
If you use a Mac you get used to using its tools. Why wouldn't you? They're easy to use and pretty intuitive. Unfortunately my iRiver H340 can't read audio files in the standard OSX / iTunes format. It'll happily take the files in, but then you can't play the audio, which defeats the purpose of the exercise. There are quite a few software tools, both commercial and open … [Read more...] about CD Ripping To Ogg Vorbis And Other Formats On OSX