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What, how does it work? Can I upload my entire collection of ripped CDs (as long as it's less than 50,000 songs) for free?! What's the catch here?
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Mar 10, 2015 19:42
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Xabi posted:What, how does it work? Can I upload my entire collection of ripped CDs (as long as it's less than 50,000 songs) for free?! What's the catch here? It kind of sucks.
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Mar 10, 2015 19:46
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Xabi posted:What, how does it work? Can I upload my entire collection of ripped CDs (as long as it's less than 50,000 songs) for free?! What's the catch here? 1. It takes forever to upload and 2. Google now knows your musical tastes and will start serving you ads based on them. Those are pretty much the only two arguments against Google Music. It is awesome and I highly recommend it. That said if Apple's rumored Beats Music/iTunes in the Cloud actually comes to fruition I will probably switch to it.
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Mar 10, 2015 19:52
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Because I have no reference to go against, I'm deferring to the goon brain trust: Around iOS 8.0.1, iCloud Tabs partially broke for me by not allowing me to close tabs from another iOS device (it still worked in OS X). Now in iOS 8.2, I can close tabs from another device, but there's a noticeable lag in closing. The tabs don't disappear on close in iOS but do in OS X. Basically, is this expected behaviour, or is iCloud Tabs still buggy for me? Incidentally, I'm kind of sad they didn't fix the AirPlay button bug on the iPad, especially as I often use my iPad with bluetooth earphones at work.
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Mar 10, 2015 20:20
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My boss wants a 'spare' iPhone in case his breaks (more likely than you might think in his tender care - his gear has a horrifying attrition rate) and has left me with figuring out how to do it for him. I have been an iOS user for years but have never tried using a phone's backup to essentially clone it to another device and then have them both working independently from that point. Is this possible? Will I run into problems if I do this? I'd really prefer not to go through and set up this new phone bit by bit to match the older one.
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Mar 10, 2015 20:22
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ineptmule posted:My boss wants a 'spare' iPhone in case his breaks (more likely than you might think in his tender care - his gear has a horrifying attrition rate) and has left me with figuring out how to do it for him. Back it up with iTunes and make sure to check the encrypted backup box, so it saves all the stored passwords that are in the phone's keychain. Then you'll basically have a 1:1 copy to restore onto a different phone.
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Mar 10, 2015 20:25
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lelandjs posted:1. It takes forever to upload
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Mar 10, 2015 21:43
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Endless Mike posted:I haven't done it in awhile, but I understand it matches songs when it can now, so it's not actually uploading unless all you have is 2 hour EDM mixes. iTunes Match does this. Google Music, if I remember correctly, uploads everything.
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Mar 10, 2015 21:51
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Henrik Zetterberg posted:iTunes Match does this. Google Music, if I remember correctly, uploads everything. They added scan & match about two years ago.
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Mar 10, 2015 21:58
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Endless Mike posted:I haven't done it in awhile, but I understand it matches songs when it can now, so it's not actually uploading unless all you have is 2 hour EDM mixes. It'll also match the EDM mixes assuming they're available on iTunes.
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Mar 10, 2015 22:18
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kitten smoothie posted:Back it up with iTunes and make sure to check the encrypted backup box, so it saves all the stored passwords that are in the phone's keychain. Then you'll basically have a 1:1 copy to restore onto a different phone. Magic! Thank you.
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Mar 10, 2015 22:26
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tuyop posted:When you restore from an encrypted iTunes backup, your home screen layouts are restored, all your texts and emails and everything else from the time of your backup are restored, all your app data (saved games, files) and apps are restored without redownloading, including their login credentials (encrypted only), all of your music and photos are restored. It's seamless. An iCloud Backup is exactly the same as a local iTunes backup except for two things, it does not back up your music/media library (just the iTunes stuff, camera roll is saved), or your downloaded apps (but it does backup configure/save data). Those are the only differences between the two.
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Mar 10, 2015 22:35
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kitten smoothie posted:They added scan & match about two years ago. Which is awesome, and annoying. I had to reupload a few things because it kept thinking it was the edited version for some weird reason. Rick posted:It kind of sucks. It only sucks if you have awful ID3 tags and unsorted music. If you're uploading your own and not using all access, its a brilliant service that works exactly as intended. Quantum of Phallus posted:I stream all my music with Google play music app, 50000 songs for free! I have my whole iTunes library on there This is actually me as well. I pay for All Access, and I really like googles setup. Pin a playlist, add to it from anywhere, auto syncs on your phone. Simple poo poo. I love all access. I'm a shill, whatever. But fact is everyone I've turned onto it, apple people included, pay 9.99 a month for it and love the hell out of it.
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Mar 10, 2015 23:07
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Apple's servers for nearly everything are apparently not working now, which freaked me out when I couldn't get some apps to update and then couldn't log into my Apple ID. (I have 2FA on, so it's very unlikely it got stolen.)
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Mar 11, 2015 14:18
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Endless Mike posted:I don't really take many videos, but I have a 64 GB phone and have plenty of available space, so I don't really think too much about them. They're all auto-backed up in iCloud anyway, *shrug*. You pay extra for iCloud space?
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Mar 11, 2015 14:23
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Yeah. The whole $1 a month isn't exactly breaking the bank. I wouldn't even need that if my iPad backup wasn't 4.7 GB for some reason. I should really find out what's doing that since my iPhone backup is 576 MB and I use that for way more things.
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Mar 11, 2015 14:57
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Has the App Store been down all morning? This is my first time back on an iOS device in like 3 years, so I don't know if this is a bug or not. Edit: by "down," I mean I can search for apps and find them, but nothing is downloading.
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Mar 11, 2015 16:21
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It's a wide-scale outage, yes.
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Mar 11, 2015 16:22
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Yeah, I have an update available that refuses to update too.
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Mar 11, 2015 16:47
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https://www.apple.com/support/systemstatus/
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Mar 11, 2015 18:23
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Does anybody use an MDM in a corporate environment that they like? I only need about 30 device licenses, and Airwatch seemed like a good deal until I found out that the installation cost is 3 times the cost of the licenses. I just need a way to install certificates on devices for VPN and 802.1x, and enforce a passcode (and maybe a few other simple things). Since the iOS profile settings are standard, I assume any MDM can do these things. I'm hoping for something to host on prem that costs less than say 75$/device (ongoing support cost is fine). It's not that I'm cheap, it's that Airwatch was in the no-brainer category, and assured me that yes, $50/device is the cost, you won't get any surprises, and then surprise you actually have to pay $250/device because we're dishonest. Now I have to shop around, and MDM is super boring and I don't give a poo poo about it and the Airwatch guy doesn't seem to get that that's why I'm annoyed.
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Mar 11, 2015 19:40
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I'm confused about how my phone is determining how much space apps are taking up. When I add up the list on my phone, it comes out at 2.94 GB, but the total at the top shows 4.9 GB. What is using that extra space?
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Mar 12, 2015 01:20
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What list are we talking about here? Settings>Usage>Manage Storage ?
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Mar 12, 2015 01:26
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Whirlwind Jones posted:What list are we talking about here? Settings>Usage>Manage Storage ? Yep.
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Mar 12, 2015 01:35
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Whirlwind Jones posted:I think you're confusing iCloud Backup with iCloud Sync. Ok, I haven't used it since it first came out, but it sounds like they've improved some things. My original point is that an iTunes backup/restore is still way more convenient because you don't have to download your music or apps again, you just have to hit restore and wait awhile. Unless you mean that when you restore from iCloud your screens fill up with little placeholders of all your apps in the right spot that download over time and your music library populates with songs with that cloud icon (if you don't use Match). If that happens, then it's just awesome.
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Mar 12, 2015 02:37
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Super Dude posted:I'm confused about how my phone is determining how much space apps are taking up. When I add up the list on my phone, it comes out at 2.94 GB, but the total at the top shows 4.9 GB. What is using that extra space? If you are manually adding up the list then you are doing it wrong.
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Mar 12, 2015 02:50
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withak posted:If you are manually adding up the list then you are doing it wrong. Ok...how should I be doing it then?
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Mar 12, 2015 02:56
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General question, but iphone/iPad related because those are the devices we all own. I have a roof deck with a pair of outdoor speakers whose terminus is on the third floor of my house. I want to be able to send audio from my phone to the speakers and control it on my roof. I bought a small amp and a Bluetooth receiver, which works but inconsistently. It's definitely because the roof/walls between me and the receiver are too much for the Bluetooth signal. Is there a way to do this via wifi? I want a direct connection between my phone and the speakers (I.e. no PC in between) and I want it to work with whatever audio app I'm using on my phone (iTunes, iRadio, Spotify, Amazon Music, Pandora, etc.). I thought of using an Apple TV with AirPlay, but my amp is R/L component or 3.5mm input (it's a small car amp) and Apple TV is optical audio and HDMI. Basically I want a wifi version of a Bluetooth receiver, but that doesn't seem to exist.
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Mar 12, 2015 03:02
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Super Dude posted:Ok...how should I be doing it then? Don't manually add up the list. edit: Also turn off the battery percent indicator.
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Mar 12, 2015 03:04
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Fremry posted:General question, but iphone/iPad related because those are the devices we all own. I have a roof deck with a pair of outdoor speakers whose terminus is on the third floor of my house. I want to be able to send audio from my phone to the speakers and control it on my roof. I bought a small amp and a Bluetooth receiver, which works but inconsistently. It's definitely because the roof/walls between me and the receiver are too much for the Bluetooth signal. AppleTV?
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Mar 12, 2015 03:05
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Fremry posted:Basically I want a wifi version of a Bluetooth receiver, but that doesn't seem to exist. You're right it doesn't, because they're completely different technologies with completely different protocols. Maybe look into pure wifi solutions, like the Sonos stuff. Bluetooth is really bad at walls, it was designed for about ten foot line of sight.
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Mar 12, 2015 03:08
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withak posted:Don't manually add up the list. I want to reclaim the storage iOS is mysteriously eating up. My phone is only 16GB, and a majority of it is filled with music and podcasts I listen to during the day since my connection is almost nonexistent at work. Why do they bother showing that list if it is completely wrong? This is about 12% of the storage that is unaccounted for.
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Mar 12, 2015 03:11
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withak posted:Don't manually add up the list. My guess would be it's either the OS itself (which isn't listed in the detail view) or something deep in the system files like the dreaded "other" issue.
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Mar 12, 2015 03:15
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Lately, my iPhone 4 hasn't been able to find almost anything transferred to it from a computer in any way. Syncing things over with iTunes doesn't work; it will show the songs and ringtones in the phone's view in iTunes grayed out with the dotted circle icon to the left. Using a filesystem access tool to try to add things manually hasn't worked either. Restoring the phone did not change either of these behaviors, and I'm stuck. What other options are available to me? I should note that I still use iTunes 11, since it works just fine with my phone.
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Mar 12, 2015 03:37
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LmaoTheKid posted:AppleTV? Read my post again. xzzy posted:You're right it doesn't, because they're completely different technologies with completely different protocols. Yeah, I am trying to find a pure wifi solution but I can't seem to find one. I was hoping people in here had known of one. Sonos doesn't seem to work because it's local files, and doesn't work with apps. My short term is to try a heavy duty 150ft Bluetooth receiver and hope it is enough to make it through the walls. I'll return it if it doesn't work. Looking for a backup in case this doesn't work.
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Mar 12, 2015 03:38
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Fremry posted:General question, but iphone/iPad related because those are the devices we all own. I have a roof deck with a pair of outdoor speakers whose terminus is on the third floor of my house. I want to be able to send audio from my phone to the speakers and control it on my roof. I bought a small amp and a Bluetooth receiver, which works but inconsistently. It's definitely because the roof/walls between me and the receiver are too much for the Bluetooth signal. If you can get an ethernet line or wireless signal up to the roof deck (which you'll need for the iDevice to control things anyhow), an airport express base station will work. It has a 3.5mm jack for speakers. I use mine in exactly the way you describe. e: there's a 1-2 second lag between when you execute a command (start/stop/skip track, etc.) and when it actually occurs, but this has surprisingly proven not to be annoying. e2: you might also want to read the airport express manual online to look at how to hook it up/bridge it before actually getting one to make sure there's no weird dealbreaker condition to your specific use case. Unity Gain fucked around with this message at 03:44 on Mar 12, 2015 |
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Mar 12, 2015 03:40
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Airport Express should work fine, you just need to buy a 1/8" to component cable.
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Mar 12, 2015 03:59
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I asked Siri why her voice sounded different and she said that she just had a little tea with lemon.
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Mar 12, 2015 04:22
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Thank you guys, that's what I'm looking for. If this extended Bluetooth thing doesn't work (150ft range while being 15 feet away through a roof), that's where I'm going. The Bluetooth receiver just happens to be 1/2 the price, which I can return to Amazon if it doesn't work.
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Mar 12, 2015 04:24
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Super Dude posted:I'm confused about how my phone is determining how much space apps are taking up. When I add up the list on my phone, it comes out at 2.94 GB, but the total at the top shows 4.9 GB. What is using that extra space? Check out the phone cleaner OS X app that just came out recently. It's good if you're low on space for clearing some cache junk.
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