April 22

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Adding iTunes Album Art

If you’re like me, iTunes is nearly always open when using my Mac.  I can’t go through the day with silence.  I also like looking at the big beautiful artwork available from the iTunes Music Store (iTMS).  But, did you know that the album artwork isn’t embedded into your audio file?  Me, I’d like a “complete picture” of my music.  iTunes will actually fetch artwork from the iTMS to display but unfortunately, it won’t embed it into the file itself.  Luckily, it’s an easy fix to marry art and music:

  1. Find the albumb you’d like to add art to.
  2. Select all the tracks in the album you’d like to embed the art into
  3. In the bottom left corner, click on the “Show/hide artwork” button
  4. Right-click (or control-click if you’re on a one buttom mouse) the image that is shown and select “copy.”
  5. Right-click the tracks you’ve selected and pick “Get info”
  6. In the window that pops up, right-click the artwork box and select “Paste”
You’re done!  Now, no matter were your music goes, no matter what software it may later grace, it’ll have embedded art.
April 21

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Evernote is pretty damn cool. Watch the video and then go here for more information. I’ve got 10 9 invites if you’d like to give it a go. Email me for one.
April 16

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Google Labs

Google Labs is a great place to see what Google’s working on.  Quite a few things that Google’s worked on “in the lab” has become a final product that millions now use every day.  Get ahead, find something cool!
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More Flickr tools

A few posts back I let you know about some cool Flickr tools - here are some more.
April 12

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If you’re like me, you have particular artists that you like to listen to. The problem lies with finding new artists that you like. I’m picky. In steps last.fm. Basically, start a free account and download the software. It will do two things: figure out from what you’ve listened to what you like, and then make new suggestions. Myself, I like just playing music from the last.fm software by typing in an artist or genre that I like and then it’ll play similar things. You can then rate songs by “love” or “ban” and it’ll figure things out further from there.  It also keeps log of what you’ve listened to, what you like, and what you don’t like.  You can also embed what you’ve listened to into your blog/tumblr/twitter/myspace etc. I rate it as “essential.” Click the picture for their site.


If you’re like me, you have particular artists that you like to listen to. The problem lies with finding new artists that you like. I’m picky. In steps last.fm. Basically, start a free account and download the software. It will do two things: figure out from what you’ve listened to what you like, and then make new suggestions. Myself, I like just playing music from the last.fm software by typing in an artist or genre that I like and then it’ll play similar things. You can then rate songs by “love” or “ban” and it’ll figure things out further from there.  It also keeps log of what you’ve listened to, what you like, and what you don’t like.  You can also embed what you’ve listened to into your blog/tumblr/twitter/myspace etc.

I rate it as “essential.” Click the picture for their site.

April 11

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Upload a lot of pictures to Flickr?  You’ll love some of their tools.  I use Flickr uploader all the time.  It makes assigning tags, sets and all kinds of other information a snap.  Free, of course.  Click the picture to go!
Upload a lot of pictures to Flickr?  You’ll love some of their tools.  I use Flickr uploader all the time.  It makes assigning tags, sets and all kinds of other information a snap.  Free, of course.  Click the picture to go!
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Flickr does indeed love you

Because of Flickr’s open API, loads of people have created loads of add-on services for Flickr, many of them free.  Check out this page for some very creative (and interesting) things to do with your photos.
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Sweet Mac Tips #3 - International and Special Characters.  It’s best if you watch it in HD and full screen.  You’ll need to go here to do it.
April 7

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Suggestions and Feedback

I’d love to hear some suggestions or feedback.  This site’s only been up for a few days and it’s approaching 60 followers… not bad I think :) 

Something driving you nuts?  Are there suggestions you think I should cover but you just don’t know how to do?  Curious about something?

Drop me an email:

smt [at] fronkis [dot] com 

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Sweet Mac Tips #2 - Add some personality with custom icons.  It’s best if you watch it in HD and full screen.  You’ll need to go here to do it.

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