iTunes Remote

iTunes 8.1 Coming Soon With Speed Improvements, Remote App Updated [Update: iTunes 8.1 Available]

Alongside the announcement of a redesigned iPod shuffle today, Apple has quietly announced iTunes 8.1. According to iTunes' "What's New" page, iTunes 8.1 will feature speed improvements, the ability to use "Autofill" on any manually managed iPod or iPhone, and an "Import as iTunes Plus" option. Additionally, several screenshots indicate that "Party Shuffle" has been renamed to "iTunes DJ."

Apple's Remote app [App Store] for the iPhone and iPod touch has also been updated to version 1.2 in order to add iTunes DJ support for iTunes 8.1.

Enter Text On Apple TV With Your iPhone

Tips

Here's a tip for you Apple TV owners. Navigating the Apple TV is usually pretty easy, but trying to enter text to do something like search YouTube from your TV using that tiny little Apple remote is a major pain. Fortunately they built a feature into their Remote app for the iPhone that solves this problem.

Apple Releases iTunes 7.7, Includes App Store [Update:Available for Windows]

Early Thursday morning, Apple released iTunes version 7.7 to Mac users via Software Update. The update includes access to the App Store and can be controlled via the iPhone or iPod touch iTunes Remote app, once available. Additionally, iTunes 7.7 is required for the iPhone 2.0 software as well as the iPhone 3G.

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